Cooperative Agreement L08AC14657

The Phoenix-Talent School District received a $260,360 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the School Safely National Activities federal grant program (CFDA 84.184). The grant period runs from March 12, 2021 through March 11, 2022. The funding will support the district's School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) project. As described in the CFDA program summary, the goal is to improve student safety and well-being...

This $1,875,000 Project Grant was awarded on February 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274). The grant recipient, Heart of Oregon Corps, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides comprehensive workforce development services to underserved youth ages 16-24 in Central Oregon. Through this funding, Heart of Oregon Corps will deliver a YouthBuild program focused on equipping opportunity youth...

The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) program to the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) in Wilsonville, OR. The grant will fund a Healthcare Career Pathways program over a 2-year period from September 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. Through a sub-award,...

This $1,998,264 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance supports the "Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative" (CFDA 16.045). The grant funding will enable Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center & Rosemary Anderson High School (POIC+RAHS), a non-profit community organization, to implement the "Community Safety Worker (CSW) Model" program over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September...

The Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD) was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). Through this funding, NWRESD will implement a regional school safety initiative aimed at immediately responding to high-risk threats of violence across 20 school districts serving over 98,000 students in northwest Oregon. Key deliverables include developing and...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to New River-Mount Rogers Work under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274). The grant funds will support services from July 2021 through October 2025 to equip underserved youth with education and employment skills training to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Specifically, New River-Mount Rogers Work will provide post-secondary education opportunities, including apprenticeship training, to...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has awarded a $2,846,250 Project Grant under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274) to Rising Stars Business Academy (RSBA), a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit community development corporation based in Moreno Valley, California. The grant funds will be used to provide underserved youth aged 16-24 with education, occupational skills training, leadership development, and employment assistance, with a focus on construction...

The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) was awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The "Big Machines, Bigger Opportunities" project aims to provide a heavy-equipment training academy that offers industry-recognized certifications and a continuum of pre- through post-release wraparound reentry-preparation and employment services for individuals being released from...

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...

Summary of Federal Project Grant Award Portland State University received a $222,220 Project Grant from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training (RLTT) program (CFDA 84.129) for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports the development and implementation of academic training programs designed to address personnel shortages in vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities. The...