Virginia Tech COVID-19 Response: Workforce Training

Virginia Tech COVID-19 Response: Workforce Training​
Virginia Tech Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology​

Goal: Scale up testing services and create a training program that adds skilled workers to the region who could compete for high paying jobs in the health care technical laboratory testing space. ​
Investment Strategy: Workforce Development ​
Grant Type: Economic Resilience and Recovery – COVID Response
Grant Period: 2020 – 2021​
Achieved Outcomes:​
    • 6,000 samples processed per week​
    • 75 students trained ​
    • 51 jobs created ​
    • 750 businesses served​
    • 20 internships created ​
GO Virginia Funding: $100,000
Subregion: New River Valley