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Grant News
April 2008
$453,370 in Grants Awarded to Train 713 Area Employees at 42 Businesses
Forty two Monroe County businesses in a number of different industries were awarded $453,370 in grants to provide training to 713 employees. The funds were awarded from December 15, 2007 – March 21, 2008. For information on how your business can benefit from available training funds please see Grant Opportunities.
Customized Training Grants
Organization |
Industry |
Training Type |
Contract
Amount |
Trainees |
Micro Instruments |
Adv Mfg |
Industry Specific |
$10,000 |
15 |
AIDS Community Health Center |
Health Care |
Industry Specific |
$10,000 |
27 |
| Total |
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$20,000 |
42 |
On-The-Job Training Grants
Organization |
Industry |
Training Type |
Contract
Amount |
Trainees |
Special Care Systems |
Telecom |
OJT |
$2,520 |
1 |
Metro Circuits |
Adv Mfg |
OJT |
$2,160 |
1 |
| Total |
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$4,680 |
2 |
25-M ADVANCE NY (NYS Grant)
Organization |
Industry |
Training Type |
Contract
Amount |
Trainees |
KAYEX div. of SPX Corp. |
Adv Mfg |
Process Improvement |
$44,047 |
56 |
ABR Wholesalers |
Wholesale |
Industry Specific |
$15,000 |
40 |
PharmaSmart, LLC |
Adv Mfg |
Process Improvement |
$14,400 |
9 |
Villager Construction |
Construction |
Technical |
$27,503 |
25 |
Center for Disability Rights |
Non-Profit |
Technical |
$7,796 |
23 |
Rochester Eye and Human Parts |
Health Care |
Industry Specific |
$8,967 |
13 |
DeWolff Partnership Architects |
Engineering |
Process Improvement |
$30,000 |
15 |
| Total |
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$147,713 |
181 |
Finger Lakes Wired Scholarship
Awarded to Finger Lakes region businesses.
Organization |
Industry |
Training Type |
Contract
Amount |
Trainees |
Blue Tie |
Information Tech |
Technical |
$4000 |
19 |
Finger Lakes Technology Group |
Information Tech |
Process Imprvmt |
$4,575 |
2 |
Casa Larga Vineyards |
Food & Agriculture |
Technical |
$9,496 |
25 |
Koch Container |
Adv Mfg |
Industry Specific |
$5,618 |
6 |
York Animal Hospital |
Health Care |
Industry Specific |
$3,636 |
41 |
MKS Instruments |
Engineering |
Industry Specific |
$12,377 |
27 |
LaBella Associates |
Engineering |
Technical |
$5,140 |
18 |
JK Jewelry, Inc. |
Adv Mfg |
Industry Specific |
$6,727 |
9 |
Optimax Systems, Inc. |
Optics/Imaging |
Technical |
$4,318 |
9 |
Mooney Keehley |
Adv Mfg |
Industry Specific |
$6,000 |
4 |
Ultralife Batteries |
Adv Mfg |
Technical |
$2,700 |
15 |
Geospatial Systems |
Optics/Imaging |
Process Imprvmt |
$7,029 |
14 |
Mastro Graphic Arts, Inc. |
Optics/Imaging |
Industry Specific |
$24,960 |
38 |
JML Optical |
Optics/Imaging |
Technical |
$3,330 |
7 |
Rochester Chiropractic Group |
Health Care |
Industry Specific |
$6,058 |
6 |
Rochester Precision Optics, LLC |
Optics/Imaging |
Technical |
$1,380 |
3 |
Koike Aronson, Inc. |
Adv Mfg |
Process Imprvmt |
$25,000 |
87 |
Upstate Door, Inc. |
Adv Mfg |
Process Imprvmt |
$8,400 |
48 |
Performance Technologies |
Information Tec |
Technical |
$4,500 |
3 |
Express Press |
Optics/Imaging |
Industry Specific |
$11,882 |
3 |
Peko Precision Products, Inc. |
Adv Mfg |
Industry Specific |
$8,939 |
8 |
The Feltner Group |
Business Services |
Technical |
$1,326 |
1 |
Litron Laboratories |
Biotech/Life Sci |
Technical |
$6,300 |
5 |
Wilmac Business Equipment |
Information Tech |
Technical |
$4,296 |
3 |
Automotive Corporation |
Adv Mfg |
Industry Specific |
$8,550 |
9 |
Rel Comm |
Information Tech |
Technical |
$25,000 |
5 |
SenDec |
Adv Mfg |
Industry Specific |
$23,660 |
55 |
Williams and Sons Heating Contractors, Inc. |
Business Services |
Industry Specific |
$15,600 |
4 |
Nexus ISR |
Engineering |
Industry Specific |
$20,612 |
3 |
Optimax Systems, Inc. |
Optics/Imaging |
Industry Specific |
$8,528 |
9 |
Benefit Link, LLC |
Business Services |
Technical |
$1,040 |
2 |
| Total |
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$280,977 |
488 |
See Previous Grant Awards
January 2008
September 2007
May 2007
February 2007
2006
December 2005
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