(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer has announced $1,559,000 from Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bills to support vital Semi-Conductor and Health Care Workforce Training Programs and higher education infrastructure upgrades in Rochester. 

Schumer said the projects include a new Semi-Conductor Training Program at Monroe Community College (MCC) to bolster MCC’s role in new Schumer-secured Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse Semi-Conductor Tech Hub, security and technology infrastructure updates at State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo, and a win-win initiative by Rochester’s Ibero-American Action League to train under-employed workers through a new paid Apprenticeship Program to become Community Health Workers, a workforce desperately needed post-pandemic, will deliver sustained economic prosperity and improved quality-of-life to Rochester communities. 

Senator Schumer said the projects include: $800,000 for New Workers Apprenticeship Program for the Ibero-American Action League, Incorporated; $259,000 for New Semiconductor Training Initiative at Monroe Community College; and $500,000 for Technology and Security Infrastructure Improvements at SUNY Geneseo.

Schumer said: “I am proud to deliver funding for these Rochester-area projects, which are investing in the next generation of Workers - from training the future Semi-Conductor Tech Workforce at MCC and technology infrastructure upgrades to bolstering technology and safety on SUNY Geneseo’s campus, to increasing access to job opportunities in health care in underserved communities through Rochester’s Ibero-American Action League.  This funding will breathe new life into our Rochester communities, getting residents from underserved communities the hands-on skills they need to succeed in the workforce.  The pandemic showed us two things: We need to invest in health care and we can’t rely on getting our chips from overseas.  And these awards tackle both those problems head on by training Rochester Workers to lead the way in these in-demand fields.”  

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