Philadelphia works, a non-profit workforce organization, will implement three sector partnerships in healthcare, energy, and building and construction, in partnership with employers including…

The Philadelphia Works, Inc. was awarded a $45,552,722 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to implement three sector partnerships focused on healthcare, energy, and construction through September 2025.

Under the grant, Philadelphia Works will partner with employers in each sector including Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, PECO Energy, and Monroe Energy. The healthcare partnership, led by the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, will place trainees in well-paying union jobs in healthcare. The energy partnership through the Philadelphia Energy Authority will train workers for solar jobs. The construction partnership with the Philadelphia Area Labor Management Committee will connect workers to the Built-Rite program for contracting and construction careers.

All three sector partnerships aim to create pathways to stable employment for historically underserved communities in Philadelphia. The funding supports the Economic Adjustment Assistance program's goal of aiding regions facing adverse economic conditions through technical assistance and workforce development projects.

Philadelphia works, a non-profit workforce organization, will implement three sector partnerships in healthcare, energy, and building and construction, in partnership with employers including children's hospital of pennsylvania, peco, and monroe energy. The awardee's healthcare backbone organization, the west philadelphia skills initiative, is a workforce intermediary that has placed 97 percent of its program graduates into well-paying jobs and has long-standing relationships with key healthcare employers like the university of pennsylvania health system. Its energy sector partnership, led by the philadelphia energy authority, will train workers for the rapidly growing local solar market. Its infrastructure sector partner, the philadelphia area labor management committee (a partnership between business and labor), leads the built-rite program, a coalition of contractors, unions, and construction users established in 1985. Together these three sector partnerships will create pathways into well-paying, union jobs with a focus on local historically underserved communities.