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A new round of funding will help prepare students for San Antonio nurse jobs, as well as provide funding for other career-related initiatives.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs recently announced that she would award $6.37 million in equipment and job-training grants to nonprofit organizations and schools. The funding will be used to train more people for careers in high-demand occupations.

Two local entities will benefit from that funding. Alamo Colleges will receive $61,754 through a grant from the Alamo Community College District Foundation to support the school's distance learning licensed vocational nurse to registered nurse initiative.

In addition, Project Quest will receive $980,000 to support multiple job training programs in San Antonio, Dallas and the South Plains region. Of that funding, Project Quest will invest $180,000 in the San Antonio area.

A total of 17 colleges throughout Texas will receive more than $3.51 million in Job Building Fund grants and 10 nonprofit organizations will receive more than $2.86 million in Launchpad Funds.

Texas is using the Job Building Fund to help schools purchase equipment in order to train individuals for high-demand careers. The Launchpad Funds were awarded to support nonprofit organizations that help students fill high-paying jobs.

"We're using the Job Building Fund to help schools purchase cutting-edge equipment needed for high-demand career and technical education programs, training students for high-growth industries throughout the state in an era of rapidly increasing enrollment," Combs said. "With the Launchpad Funds, priority was given to organizations whose students are expected to graduate and find jobs paying salaries equal to or greater than the prevailing wage for high-demand occupations in the region."

Check out this recruiting video for Alamo Colleges:

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