Ivanka Trump makes workforce announcement in Alabama

FILE - In this April 14, 2019 file photo, White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, listens to women speak about their experiences working with Muya, a manufacturing center of textiles and traditional craftsin Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ivanka Trump will travel to South America in September to focus on issues that make it difficult for women in developing countries to prosper financially, including lack of access to credit and limits on employment.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
FILE - In this April 14, 2019 file photo, White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, listens to women speak about their experiences working with Muya, a manufacturing center of textiles and traditional craftsin Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ivanka Trump will travel to South America in September to focus on issues that make it difficult for women in developing countries to prosper financially, including lack of access to credit and limits on employment. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) - Ivanka Trump visited a robotics training center in Alabama to make a workforce development announcement.

News outlets report that President Donald Trump's eldest daughter and senior adviser on Tuesday visited the Alabama Robotics Technology Park outside Decatur.

The younger Trump announced an expansion of a skills training program created by Toyota Motor North America. The program called the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education, FAME, will be managed by the National Association of Manufacturer's Manufacturing Institute.

She says apprenticeship programs will be expanded across the nation.

The younger Trump tweeted that it was an "incredible day" visiting with students at the center.

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