FY25 Enacted Budget Initiative Creates Regional Training Hubs Across Upstate To Meet Increasing Need for High Skilled Workers in New York’s Growing Advanced Manufacturing Industry
Governor Hochul today announced the launch of her signature One Network for Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnerships program, a $200 million investment to help fund and realize a network of four new workforce development centers in strategic high impact locations in Upstate New York first announced as part of her FY25 Enacted Budget. The Centers will bring together industry, academia, social services, and community organizations to provide high quality, in demand skills training and wraparound supports necessary to empower New Yorkers with the skills they need to take on careers in high growth advanced manufacturing industries like semiconductors. Empire State Development developed and will manage the program.
“New York’s economic competitiveness is the result of our extraordinary workforce, striving every day to innovate, create and push the boundaries of what is possible,” Governor Hochul said. “My ON-RAMP program marshals resources to our Upstate communities to catalyze investments in manufacturing – and it’s already delivering for New Yorkers with tens of thousands of new jobs in the industries of the future coming right here to our state.”
Applications for regions to be selected for three additional ON-RAMP centers and receive planning grants to develop a full business and implementation plan are now open on the ESD website.
Empire State Development President, CEO and Commissioner Hope Knight said, “Under Governor Hochul’s leadership, Empire State Development is making smart, high-impact investments designed to expand the opportunity economy to all New Yorkers. The innovative ON-RAMP program partners the needs of the growing industries that we are successfully attracting to New York with a workforce we are ‘ramping up’ – with skills and training – to be successful in the jobs of tomorrow.”
Read the full press release here.