West Kentucky Workforce Investment Board receives labor grant
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the West Kentucky Workforce Investment Board a $250,000 regional innovation grant to establish plans for promoting economic growth for an area consisting of nine counties in Western Kentucky and one in Tennessee.
The grant will be implemented by the West Kentucky Workforce Investment Board’s Leadership, Education and Economic Development team, which includes representatives from 27 Kentucky and Tennessee organizations.
The organization is focused on the growth of the region’s energy, advanced manufacturing and health care sectors.
The project encompasses the Kentucky counties of Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and Trigg, plus the Tennessee county of Montgomery electronic check payday advance.