Cooperative Agreement 00F61701

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $2,316,000 Project Grant under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300) to the Arkansas Construction Education Foundation (ACEF) to support the renovation of a building adjacent to its headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. The project work includes constructing state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratory space to expand ACEF's highways construction training and apprenticeship programs....

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education awarded the Arkansas Department of Career Education, operating as the Jtpa State Education Program, a $5,004,558.15 Project Grant under the Career and Technical Education -- National Programs (CFDA 84.051) to expand the Arkansas Career Coach Program to 10 additional rural school districts. This grant award, dated February 1, 2024, with a completion date of January 31, 2025, aims to address Absolute Priorities...

The Arkansas Department of Career Education received a $14.38 million Career and Technical Education – Basic Grants to States (CFDA 84.048) formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, effective July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This funding supports the development and enhancement of career and technical education (CTE) pathways for secondary and postsecondary students throughout Arkansas. The department utilizes these grant funds to...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Arkansas Department of Commerce, Office of Skills Development, received a $780,950 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. This award supports the expansion, diversification, and modernization of registered apprenticeship opportunities throughout Arkansas by developing new apprenticeship programs and...

The Employment and Training Administration awarded Arkansas Division of Workforce Services $6.3 million under the Adult Education - Basic Grants to States program (CFDA 84.002) effective July 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This formula grant funds comprehensive adult education and literacy services designed to serve adults and out-of-school youths aged 16 and older who lack secondary education credentials or English language proficiency. The funded services include workplace literacy...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Arkansas Department of Career Education received $477,466.31 in formula grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education under the Career and Technical Education – Basic Grants to States program (CFDA 84.048) for the performance period of July 1, 2025 through September 1, 2026. This award supports the development and enhancement of career and technical education (CTE) pathways that align secondary and...

The Arkansas Department of Career Education received a $20,428,351 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education under the Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States program (CFDA 84.048). The grant period runs from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Funds will support developing the academic and technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students enrolled in career and technical education programs and programs...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $6 million Project Grant to the Little Rock Workforce Investment Board through the Reentry Employment Opportunities program. The grant will fund job readiness training, occupational training, case management, legal advocacy, mental health counseling and referrals for 200 individuals in the six months prior to release from the Pulaski County Correctional Facility. Services will include comprehensive individual...

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) received a $9.05 million formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239), obligated on March 2, 2026, with a completion date of September 30, 2034. This formula allocation supports affordable housing activities across Arkansas, including rehabilitation of owner-occupied housing, homebuyer assistance, acquisition and construction of rental housing,...

The Arkansas Department of Career Education received a $13,786,625 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education under the Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States program (CFDA 84.048). The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The funding supports efforts to develop secondary and postsecondary students' academic knowledge and technical/employability skills by enabling their enrollment in...