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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The Times Leader has received a $30,000 state grant to be used for workforce development and training.</p><p>Announced Tuesday, that award from the Workforce and Economic Development Network of Pennsylvania (WEDnetPA) was among five grants to area companies totalling $68,650.</p><p>&#8220;Receiving this grant is exciting,&#8221; Times Leader Media Group Publisher Mike Murray said. &#8220;We will now be able to provide our employees with development programs that can be individualized for groups based on career paths.&#8221;</p><p>At the Times Leader, the grant funds will be used to focus on training and development for all levels of the organization: basic computer skills, enhanced sales training and leadership coaching.</p><p>WEDnetPA is an alliance of educational providers across Pennsylvania, including State System universities, community colleges and other educational providers, that acts as a delivery mechanism for workforce training grants.</p><p>Funding is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development through Pennsylvania&#8217;s appropriation to the PA First fund.</p><p>The training is for full-time employees who earn at least 150 percent of the federal minimum wage, or roughly $10.88 per hour. They also must be Pennsylvania residents who are employed in the state.</p><p>The training must be completed by June 30, 2019.</p><p>Times Leader Human Resources Director Amy Kosch spearheaded the application process, which was done with assistance from the Hanover Township-based Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center, a not-for-profit organization that provides professional services to manufacturers. The Times Leader qualifies as a manufacturer based on its printing operations, Kosch explained.</p><p>The company previously received similar funding in the early 2000s, Kosch added.</p><p>The other area recipients were:</p><p>&#8226; Advertising Outsourcing Services, $7,000.</p><p>&#8226; Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, $11,000.</p><p>&#8226; InterMetro Industries Corp., $18,900.</p><p>&#8226; Itoh Denki USA Inc., $1,750.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The Times Leader Media Group headquarters at 90 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre, as seen earlier this year. The company has received a $30,000 state workforce development grant for staff training. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web1_TTL072218readership.jpg</photo0><caption0>The Times Leader Media Group headquarters at 90 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre, as seen earlier this year. The company has received a $30,000 state workforce development grant for staff training. </caption0><photoCredit0>Times Leader file photo </photoCredit0></div></div>

Times Leader receives $30K state training grant