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• 54 organizations across six states to receive grants supporting innovative workforce education and training programs
• Initiatives include efforts to grow pipeline of women, veteran and minority engineers

• Grants presented to eight initiatives that aim to increase training opportunities for students who want to become electric line technicians or pursue other energy industry careers

• Announcement comes on the heels of nearly $265,000 in education grants awarded in April for initiatives in southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky

• Initiatives include efforts to grow pipeline of women, veteran and minority engineers

• One unique program will create utility lineworker certification for high school students