Workforce Roundup: New TechCred Funding Round Starts July 1

• The next round of the Ohio TechCred program will open July 1, and applications will be accepted until July 29.
• The DeWine-Husted administration has announced it is undertaking an extensive outreach effort to offer free individualized employment services to spouses of active and former military members.
• OMA Connections Partner MAGNET has set Oct. 7 as the grand opening of its new Cleveland facility, taking it from an abandoned school building to a high-tech manufacturing center that will serve as MAGNET’s headquarters (and offer space for manufacturing startups).
• The Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition has launched its roundtable series on diversity, equity, and inclusion to boost efforts to find “hidden workers.”
• The Alliance for Working Together Foundation — serving three northeast Ohio counties — this week held a manufacturing camp in Painesville to introduce young girls to manufacturing careers. (Watch this video.)
• If you haven’t already, there’s still time to register for the OMA’s June 23 webinar titled “Demystifying Industry 4.0 for Workforce Development.”

In other news, CNBC reports that workforce will be the most heavily weighted factor in its 2022 “Top States for Business” study, to be released July 13. In this article, the network spotlights Ohio’s talent development efforts. 6/16/2022