$2M grant will fund job training and employment programs for laid-off Boeing workers in Snohomoish and King counties.
A $2 million federal grant will help more than 2,000 laid-off Boeing workers in Snohomish and King counties with job training and employment services.
Workforce Snohomish, Future Workforce Alliance of Snohomish County, and the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County will help administer the grant.
In October 2024, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg announced the company would lay off 17,000 workers worldwide, about 10% of its workforce.
The largest number of layoffs has been at Boeing facilities in Everett. During two separate reductions in force in January and February, 1,422 Boeing employees lost their jobs, more than half of the 2,595 employees slashed from the Boeing payroll in Washington, according to an Everett Herald analysis.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/2m-grant-will-fund-job-training-and-employment-programs-for-laid-off-boeing-workers-in-snohomoish-and-king-counties/
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