{"id":18924,"date":"2023-05-09T15:55:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T19:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=18924"},"modified":"2023-05-09T15:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T19:55:57","slug":"sen-ossoff-working-across-the-aisle-to-help-georgia-students-access-job-training-programs","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-working-across-the-aisle-to-help-georgia-students-access-job-training-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Sen. Ossoff Working Across the Aisle to Help Georgia Students Access Job Training Programs<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Bipartisan JOBS Act would help more Georgia students access job training programs to prepare them for successful careers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to help more Georgia students access job training programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With businesses&nbsp;across the state facing workforce shortages, Sen. Ossoff is championing efforts in the U.S. Senate to the pass the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>JOBS Act&nbsp;<\/em>to help more students access and afford job training programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill would ensure that students across Georgia enrolled in high-quality short-term skills and job training programs have access to Pell Grants to complete their education and workforce development programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, Pell Grants may only be used for two- and four-year colleges and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am working to bring Republicans and Democrats in Congress together to pass the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>JOBS&nbsp;Act<\/em>, which will allow young people and people who are mid-career in Georgia to apply for and receive Federal financial aid to access job training programs and prepare for their careers,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bipartisan&nbsp;<em>JOBS Act&nbsp;<\/em>was introduced by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mike Braun (R-IN).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff continues to be a champion for Georgia students looking to enhance their professional careers by working to ensure they have the adequate resources to do so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Sen. Ossoff helped secure a $500 increase to the maximum Pell Grant award, the largest increase in a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Biden also signed Sen. Ossoff\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/news-sen-ossoff-rep-johnsons-bipartisan-bill-to-boost-cybersecurity-job-training-at-hbcus-signed-into-law\/\">bipartisan legislation to boost cybersecurity job training at HBCUs<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>into law last August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaine.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/job_act_bill_text1.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>&nbsp;to read the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>JOBS Act<strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bipartisan JOBS Act would help more Georgia students access job training programs to prepare them for successful careers Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to help more Georgia students access job training programs. With businesses&nbsp;across the state facing workforce shortages, Sen. Ossoff is championing efforts in the U.S. Senate to [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18924","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/18924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/18924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18926,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/18924\/revisions\/18926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}