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The federal government has doled out a less-than-stellar amount of funding for San Diego art jobs.

Of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $50 million was earmarked for the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA gave some of that funding to state and regional arts agencies for distribution, while $30 million in direct grants was given to museums, theaters, symphonies and other cultural institutions in order to avoid cutting critical positions or to restore previously eliminated jobs.

However, the City of San Diego only received two grants totaling $75,000, according to an article by The San Diego Union-Tribune. The Old Globe theatre in Balboa Park received $50,000 and AjA Project, a photography education program in City Heights, received $25,000. Both organizations used the funding to save jobs that would have otherwise been cut.
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Several new San Diego jobs will be created through federal funding for a collaborative project.

The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that the San Diego area will receive a three-year, $4.95 million grant for the Biotechnology Readiness, Immersion, Certification and Degrees for Gainful Employment Project.

The BRIDGE Project is an effort among San Diego State University, BIOCOM, San Diego Workforce Partnership and the Southern California Biotechnology Center at Miramar College. The project will provide education, training and placement services to more than 1,000 veterans, incumbent workers, and dislocated and unemployment workers in the area.

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