Cooperative Agreement AID176A1400008

This $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, will fund the USAID YOUTH EMPOWER (EMPOWER) ACTIVITY in Jamaica over a five-year period from December 2023 to December 2028. The EMPOWER Activity aims to address risk and resilience factors influencing at-risk Jamaican youths' participation in crime and violence. The project will bolster civic education and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the East Asia and Pacific Grants Program (CFDA 19.124), aims to support ASEAN small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing products and services that contribute to climate change goals in urban settings. The $3,500,000 award, effective from September 30, 2024 to February 27, 2025, will focus on three key outcome areas: knowledge, capacity building, and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) provides $217,500.00 in funding to the non-profit organization National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc. (NEW Solutions) under the Experienced Services Program (CFDA 15.016). The funding supports placing experienced professionals aged 55 and older in roles to provide specialized technical assistance and support services to BLM offices nationwide. The services encompass a...

This $249,999.92 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, supports the STARTECH Climate Action Lab (ST-CAL) project delivered by Education For Employment (EFE) in Tunisia. The project aims to provide entrepreneurship and soft skills training to Tunisian youth interested in starting climate action-focused businesses. Key activities include: EFE-Tunisie will conduct...

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) will fund a 3-year effort by the University Enterprises Corporation at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) to develop and validate an improved self-use questionnaire and user manual for people with disabilities to select Internet-connected assistive devices that meet their functional needs. The key objectives are to: 1) bolster the content...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Experienced Services Program (CFDA 15.016) provides $100,923 in funding to National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc. (NEW Solutions), a non-profit organization. The award, with a period of performance from February 28, 2024, to May 1, 2027, supports NEW Solutions in delivering technical assistance and support services to BLM offices across the United States. These services leverage the expertise of...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs will provide $360,000 through March 2024 via a Cooperative Agreement to support five partnership projects under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) between U.S. and Kazakhstani universities. Funded activities will focus on delivering products and services in the areas of good governance, financial planning and management, joint research publications, and curricula revision. American Councils For International Education: Actr /...

The Earth Conservation Corps (ECC), under a $133,333 Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 Project Grant from the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will provide teacher training workshops on the Eco-Schools USA program curriculum and philosophy. Teachers will then implement the Eco-Schools program with their students, challenging them to evaluate their school's sustainability and design conservation-focused campaigns. Teachers will also participate in additional...

This $407,453 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 supports the Women For A Healthy Environment in providing capacity building and technical assistance to early learning centers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania under the Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks federal grant program (CFDA 66.609). Over the two-year period from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2024, the recipient will educate approximately 200 early learning center personnel and conduct...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $118,493 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) to Entrepreneurs For Global Change Inc., a non-profit organization. The grant will fund a five-week program involving at least 6 undergraduate students aged 18-25 from diverse communities. The program will provide academic residency and experiential learning focused on entrepreneurship, youth employment, and economic development in...