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FMCSA Funds Veteran’s CDL Driver Training
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it has awarded nearly $1 million in grants to seven technical and community colleges across the country to help train veterans and their families for jobs as commercial bus and truck drivers. The funding is provided through FMCSA’s Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training grant program.
“These types of programs are just one small way in which we can show our appreciation and commitment to our nation’s veterans and thank them for their brave service,” said United States Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “These men and women represent the absolute finest of our country, and with the help of programs like this, they will be prepared to be some of the safest commercial drivers on the road.”
The 2016 FMCSA grants announced today are projected to provide training for more than 250 students. The awards were made to the following organizations:
- Illinois: Joliet Junior College, Joliet, $159,800
- Iowa: Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, $100,524
- Kansas: Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, $104,376
- Oklahoma: Central Technical Center, Drumright, $200,000
- Oregon: Rogue Community College District, Grants Pass, $71,300
- Pennsylvania: The Sage Corp., Camp Hill, $210,980
- Virginia: Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, $149,967
FMCSA is proposing a three-year pilot program to allow a limited number of individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce if they received specified heavy-vehicle driver training while in military service and are sponsored by a participating motor carrier.
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