CORBIN, Ky. (WMDJ) — More than $22 million in funding is headed to Eastern Kentucky for projects ranging from workforce training and industrial development to water infrastructure and emergency services.
 

Gov. Andy Beshear and Congressman Hal Rogers announced the funding Friday during the Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) Summit in Corbin.
 

Among the recipients is Johnson County Schools, which will receive $2.9 million to expand nursing and agriculture programs at the Johnson Central Career and Technical Center.
 

The funding will provide medical simulation equipment for hands-on nursing education, along with greenhouses and farming equipment for agriculture students. Officials expect the programs to train more than 300 students during their first year.
 

In Pike County, $600,000 will go toward constructing a build-ready pad at the Wolfpit Industrial and Technology Park. The project represents the final phase of development at the 88-acre industrial park, which officials say has the potential to support as many as 250 manufacturing or technology jobs.
 

Letcher County will receive $2.15 million to extend water service to the planned Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation Children's Autism Center and approximately 200 households. The funding will help support construction of a facility dedicated to diagnosing and treating children with autism.
 

Other projects receiving funding include:

• Leslie County: More than $4 million to extend natural gas service to businesses, households, schools and churches.

• Elliott County: $2.5 million to replace the existing EMS facility in Sandy Hook with a larger, modern building.

• Harlan County: More than $2.2 million to replace aging water infrastructure in Cumberland.

• Clay County: $2.76 million for robotic surgical equipment at AdventHealth Manchester.

Additional funding will support tourism and economic development projects in Laurel and Owsley counties.
 

The grants are being awarded through the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization program, established in 2016 to help coal-producing communities develop new economic opportunities.
 

Officials also presented a separate $25.7 million in broadband funding intended to expand high-speed internet access to more than 3,000 homes across 12 counties.