On October 15th, 2015, four federal agencies participating in the POWER initiative – the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, the Small Business Administration, and the Appalachian Regional Commission -- announced 36 awards totaling nearly $15 million to partnerships in communities impacted by the downturn in the coal economy that are working to diversify their regional economies, create jobs, and train dislocated workers for good new jobs.