Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010951

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education awarded Illinois Central College a $4,640,748 Project Grant to establish the Central Illinois Regional Work-Based Learning Hub. The award, effective on February 1, 2024, will support the college's efforts to deliver career and technical education services and workforce development programs to the central Illinois region through this initiative. The project aims to enhance educational pathways, provide...

The Delta Regional Authority awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Delta Area Economic Development program (CFDA 90.201) to Mississippi Coding Academies, a non-profit organization. The funding supports the delivery of tuition-free, 11-month training programs that transform recent high school graduates into full-stack coders and web developers. The project aims to promote economic growth and development in underserved rural areas of the Mississippi Delta region by providing workforce...

This $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) under the Cybersecurity Education and Training Assistance Program (CFDA 97.127) will enable South Memphis Renewal Community Development Corp, a minority-owned non-profit organization, to establish a Hub for Innovation and Technology Workforce Center. The Center will provide technology skills training, apprenticeships, job readiness instruction, and...

Illinois Central College was awarded a $29.28 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program to serve as the lead entity for a new information technology sector partnership in Central Illinois. The partnership will provide training to strengthen the technology and cybersecurity workforce for over 40 partner companies in the region, including Accenture, JP Morgan Chase, and OSF Healthcare. Trainees will receive...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration provides $1.22 million to Macomb Community College to develop a talent pipeline into skilled trades occupations in manufacturing and construction through October 2025. Funded through the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289), the college will conduct outreach to increase enrollment in its Industrial Readiness Certificate program, particularly among...

The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership will use a $37.1 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to deliver workforce training programs through four sector partnerships. The Partnership will lead partnerships focused on healthcare, manufacturing, transportation/logistics, and information technology. These partnerships will work with over 40 employer partners and the Chicago Workforce Funders Alliance to place more than 90,000 job seekers in...

The Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS) was awarded a $2.78 million project grant from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants/WIA National Emergency Grants program. Under this award, ACDS will provide workforce development services to 375 participants in the Appalachian and Delta regions of Arkansas. Specifically, ACDS will enroll pre-apprentices in self-paced training and IT fundamentals bootcamps, provide necessary...

The Economic Development Administration awarded an $8.3 million Project Grant to John A. Logan College under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300). The funding will support construction of a new Career and Technical Center to develop the regional workforce in critical advanced manufacturing industries such as welding and computer numerically controlled machining. In response to pandemic-driven demand for retraining, the Center's classrooms and...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) to San Bernardino Community College, through its subsidiary Crafton Hills College, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. The award funds the development and implementation of a comprehensive cybersecurity education and workforce development program designed...

Project Grant Summary: STEM Career Connections Scaling Initiative The National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded $1,005,076 under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, in collaboration with the University of Colorado at Boulder and Utah State University, to scale and expand the STEM Career Connections model across three rural school districts. Initiated August 1, 2025, and...