Tim Boyle/Getty ImagesFMCSA awards CMV-OST grants to a variety of educational institutions that provide truck driving training, including accredited public or private colleges, universities, vocational-technical schools, post-secondary educational institutions, truck driver training schools, associations, and state and local governments, including federally recognized Native American tribal governments.
The 2015 FMCSA grants announced will provide training for hundreds of new students. Awards were made to these organizations:
•California—West Hills Community College District, Coalinga, $199,460
•Georgia—Central Georgia Technical College, Macon, $146,771
•Maryland—Cecil College, North East, $101,825
•New York—Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES, Angola, $105,201
•North Carolina—North Carolina Department of Transportation, Raleigh, $200,000
•Ohio—Cuyahoga Community College District, Cleveland, $195,040
•Oklahoma—Central Technical Center, Drumright, $200,000
•Pennsylvania—Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, Willow Street, $194,811
•Pennsylvania—Northampton County Area Community College, Bethlehem, $134,400
•Pennsylvania—The Sage Corporation, Camp Hill, $198,504
•South Carolina—Orangeburg-Callhoun Technical College, Orangeburg, $197,399
•Texas—Alamo Colleges/ St Phillip’s College, San Antonio, $196,680
•Virginia—Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, $199,879
Go to www.dot.gov/veteranstransportationcareers for further information.
