Seven technical and community colleges across the U.S. were awarded a combined total of nearly $1 million in grants from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to help train military veterans and their families for jobs as truck drivers.
The grants were awarded through FMCSA’s Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training program.
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The grants were presented to the following institutions:
- Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois – $159,800
- Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, Iowa – $100,524
- Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas – $104,376
- Central Technical Center, Drumright, Oklahoma – $200,000
- Rogue Community College District, Grants Pass, Orego – $71,300
- The Sage Corporation, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania – $210,980
- Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, Virginia – $149,967
This year’s grants are expected to provide training for more than 250 students, according to FMCSA.
“We charge each of the institutions that will receive a grant to train those that have served our nation in the armed forces to be the very best professional drivers in the industry,” said FMCSA Administrator T.F. Scott Darling, III. “In this profession, being the best requires an absolute commitment to making safety the top priority, and I believe there is no group better prepared to do that than our veterans.”
