CCEDC’s ITAG Tapped to Administer $500,000 Program to Invigorate IT Sector in Six Southeast PA Counties

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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) and Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) have announced a $500,000 award to the Southeast Pennsylvania Regional Workforce Development Boards, which includes Chester, Berks, Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.

The funding will be used to address critical staffing needs within the region’s information technology (IT) sector. Tech has been one of the top growth sectors in the six-county region, accounting for approximately 25 percent of net job growth since 2000, with growing gaps between demand and skilled workforce.

The Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) was selected to administer the grant project in collaboration with the Chester County Workforce Development Board, which will be the fiscal agent and grantee. The grant is a component of the Wolf Administration’s funding support for incumbent worker training to companies across the Commonwealth.

“Our region’s companies face two major challenges in the tech sector,” said Marybeth DiVincenzo, the CCEDC’s Senior Vice President. “There is a significant shortage of available skilled workers for new tech jobs. There’s also a need to upgrade existing employees to enable workers to maintain their jobs and for companies to achieve their business goals and objectives related to technology.”

CCEDC is the parent company for the Innovative Technology Action Group, known as ITAG, which will play a pivotal role in managing the grant program.

“ITAG works with employers in our six-county region on addressing the re-skilling crisis in technology,” said DiVincenzo. “CCEDC/ITAG – along with our partners from the region’s workforce development boards, economic development, and education – work together to identify and provide collective solutions for these business and worker challenges.”

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