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Meta launches US workforce academy with $115M investment
The Business Guardian
|June 11, 2026
Meta is launching America’s Workforce Academy (AWA), a nationwide program designed to fast-track individuals into long-term careers in skilled trades, backed by an initial USD 115 million investment in its first year.
The cost-free initiative supports all participants during their training and guarantees a job for every graduate. According to Meta, this initiative marks the largest private-sector commitment to the skilled trades with a “job guarantee in American history”. The academy will debut its pilot locations in Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, and Texas. Dina Powell McCormick, Meta President and Vice-Chairman, said: “The AI revolution is bringing change but also historic opportunities. Skilled workers electrified rural America one pole at a time. They manned the factories that built the arsenal that won World War II.” The program aims to address
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