Truist Foundation Friday announced a $2.25 million grant to Lancaster-based Community First Fund to help launch its Economic Justice Fund (EJFund). 

Project SPARK, through the state’s Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Program, has received new funding to help recruit and train 150 people to boost the skilled workforce in Lancaster County. 

York County’s Glen Rock Mill Inn is one of 25 independent restaurants nationwide that will receive $40,000 from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation through the “Backing Historic Small Restaurants” grant program. 

Five airports in central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley were among the recipients of $10 million total in state investments, announced Monday by Gov. Tom Wolf, through the Aviation Transportation Assistance Program. 

PNC Foundation is supporting Thaddeus Stevens College Foundation’s efforts to put low-income adults from Black and brown communities in Lancaster to work. 

Apprenticeship programs are growing across the state to help students earn while they learn and provide employers with a stream of workers they need.  Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced awards totaling more than $11 million for 26 apprenticeship programs for occupations in agriculture, manufacturing, health care, IT, education, human services, building trades and more.  “Apprenticeships ...

Renovations of the former St. Joseph’s Hospital Delp Wing is moving forward with a $200,000 grant. 

York College’s Knowledge Park, a component of the College’s Graham Center for Collaborative Innovation, recently received a $125,000 grant from the George I. Alden Trust of Worcester, Mass. 

Pressley Ridge, a nationally recognized provider of mental health, treatment foster care and specialized education services for youth and families, announced that has received a $10 million unrestricted gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

Lancaster General Hospital received a nearly $2 million federal grant to continue to reduce childhood lead poisoning in Lancaster County. 

Cumberland County’s Smilehaus Pediatric Dentistry was approved for a loan from the Department of Community and Economic Development’s Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority to support the growth of the practice and add jobs.

Community Homes of Lebanon County has secured a $750,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLB) toward construction of Phase I of the Canal Street Affordable Housing development in North Lebanon Township. 

Central Penn College will be using newly awarded grant money to help build an operating room lab for its new surgical technician diploma and degree programs. 

Governor Tom Wolf today announced a $297,000 grant to expand BAYADA Home Health Care’s nurse residency apprenticeship program to help adults and children who need home health care in Pennsylvania. 

Millersville University received a grant from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Foundation to help local immigrants and refugees gain access to higher-paying jobs in behavior health.