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Why it matters: The four grants pay for customized training for 689 new and current workers in manufacturing, technology, logistics and other fields.
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has made four Skills Development Fund grant awards totaling $1,726,092 to Houston City College, Workforce Solutions Lower Rio Grande Valley and local partners, Gov. Greg Abbott's office announced on Oct. 29, 2026. The grants will pay for customized training for 689 new and current workers in manufacturing, technology, logistics and other fields.
Houston. Three grants were presented at a ceremony at Houston City College, according to the release:
- $782,998 to train 261 workers at Tesla Inc. as maintenance technicians, process technicians, welders and more.
- $690,044 to train 300 workers at Texas Tissue LLC and Karsten Management LLC as maintenance technicians, production line operators, design specialists and frontline supervisors.
- $83,963 to train 41 workers at Watchfire Signs LLC as operations specialists, industrial maintenance technicians, production supervisors and more.
Rio Grande Valley. A fourth award of $169,087, presented in McAllen, lets Workforce Solutions Lower Rio Grande Valley train 87 new and current workers at Denso Ten America Limited, Alps Logistics (USA) Inc., Index Fresh Inc. and Emerson Electric Co., the release says.
About the program. The Skills Development Fund is the state's workforce training grant program for businesses upskilling new or current employees. The state says that since 1996 the program has worked with more than 5,000 employers to upgrade or support the creation of over 446,000 jobs in Texas, per the release.
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How we checked this: We read the Texas governor's Oct 29, 2026 release in a copy saved on Nov 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM ET, and checked each dollar amount, worker count and employer name in this story against it.
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