The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development presented a $2.3 million Jobs Plus grant to the Jacksonville Housing Authority on July 10.
The money will be used to train 300 residents who live in JHA properties throughout the city.
Richard Monocchio, principal deputy assistant secretary U.S. HUD, Washington D.C., presented the check at a ceremony at the Brentwood Community Center that included Mayor Donna Deegan, Vanessa Dunn, acting CEO of the Jacksonville Housing Authority; and Alesia Scott-Ford, field office director of Field Policy and Management U.S. HUD Jacksonville.