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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 326<\/a> and 470<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1412147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355540,"identifier":"23.1-627.2","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/4.1\/23.1-627.2","url":"\/23.1-627.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-627.2\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/4.1\/23.1-627.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-627.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The New Economy Workforce Credential Grant<\/span> Program<\/span> is established for the purpose of (i) creating and sustaining a demand-driven supply of credentialed workers for high-demand occupations in the Commonwealth by addressing and closing the gap between the skills needed by workers in the Commonwealth and the skills of the available workforce in the Commonwealth; (ii) expanding the affordability of workforce training and credentialing; and (iii) increasing the interest of current and future Virginia workers in technician, technologist, and trade-level positions to fill the available and emerging jobs in the Commonwealth that require less than a bachelor’s degree but more than a high school diploma.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNEW ECONOMY WORKFORCE CREDENTIAL GRANT PROGRAM; PURPOSE (\u00a7 23.1-627.2)\n\nThe New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program is established for the\npurpose of (i) creating and sustaining a demand-driven supply of credentialed\nworkers for high-demand occupations in the Commonwealth by addressing and\nclosing the gap between the skills needed by workers in the Commonwealth and the\nskills of the available workforce in the Commonwealth; (ii) expanding the\naffordability of workforce training and credentialing; and (iii) increasing the\ninterest of current and future Virginia workers in technician, technologist, and\ntrade-level positions to fill the available and emerging jobs in the\nCommonwealth that require less than a bachelor’s degree but more than a\nhigh school diploma.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, cc. 326, 470.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}