Sec. 2. Purposes
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The purposes of this Act are— to help local and regional leaders build and support the necessary environment and conditions for employers to create and expand middle and high-skill jobs; and to train workers to have the knowledge and skills to meet the requirements of those jobs; to support— economic expansion and resilience— by diversifying the commercial and industrial bases of local and regional economies; by removing barriers to growth; and by identifying means of encouraging such expansion, carried out in a manner that is increasingly proactive and predictive of future economic shifts, to build local and regional economic resilience; job creation, in new or existing industries; and workforce development and re-employment opportunities, by providing a range of workforce development activities, including occupational training, resulting in recognized postsecondary credentials for high-quality, in-demand jobs; and specifically, to meet the needs of economically distressed communities and regions by supporting locally or regionally determined, and locally or regionally led, plans and projects.