AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott announced that Skillpoint Alliance is receiving $210,000 out of an over $6.3 million in Texas Talent Connection grants.
The money for Skillpoint Alliance will go towards year two of the Expanding Rural Community Economic Pathways project in multiple counties in Texas. In the Permian Basin, Skillpoint Alliance serves Andrews, Howard, Pecos and Reeves County.
According to Greg Abbott's Press Office, the grant utilizes Skillpoint Alliance’s Rapid Employment Model to provide fast-paced skill-building and placement to veterans and veterans’ spouses in rural communities to place them in the advanced trades or manufacturing industries.
