The Department of Energy Tuesday awarded a five-year financial assistance renewal grant to the Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization.
The $5-million funding spread over five budget periods will enable the Community Reuse Organization to continue with its “Workforce Opportunities in Regional Careers I” program to provide job training for people in several South Carolina and Georgia counties seeking to work at the DOE’s Savannah River Site, DOE said in a press release.
The Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization will provide residents in the two-state region with a chance to learn skills needed for careers with DOE’s Office of Environmental Management and the semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration missions, particularly those at the Savannah River Site, according to the news release.
Rick McLeod, the executive director of the reuse organization, said in a Tuesday email the “bulk of the workforce grants go to the academic institutions we have partnerships with.” Also, part of the grant goes to scholarships and marketing training programs at each college and university, he added.
Established by Congress in 1993, the Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization supports regional planning and economic diversification in five counties around the DOE complex. The service area includes the counties of Richmond and Columbia in Georgia, and Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell in South Carolina, according to the group’s website.
