$60 million available to build climate-ready workforce

July 1, 2024

In June, the Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced $60 million in funding to help train and place people in jobs that advance a climate-ready workforce for coastal and Great Lakes states, Tribes and Territories as part of the White House's Investing in America agenda under the Inflation Reduction Act.

In this interview, Frank Niepold, Climate-ready workforce manager for NOAA's Climate Program office, breaks down the funding and how the projects were chosen. 

For the full press release, click here.

To view the entire Stormwater Solutions video library, click here.

About the Author

Katie Johns

Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Stormwater Solutions, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Stormwater Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected].