Cooperative Agreement TP2AH000064

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $9,325,293 Project Grant under the WIOA Youth Activities (CFDA 17.259) program to the South Carolina Department Of Employment & Workforce. This funding supports the delivery of comprehensive youth services focused on assisting out-of-school youth and in-school youth, with one or more barriers to employment, to prepare for employment and postsecondary education opportunities. Key services include tutoring, paid...

The Hive Community Circle, a minority-owned non-profit organization in Columbia, South Carolina, has been awarded a $400,000 three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016). This grant will support the organization's efforts to provide comprehensive, culturally specific services to Black and Latino survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living (ACL) awarded a $740,324 two-year formula grant to Able South Carolina, a disability-led non-profit organization based in Columbia, South Carolina. The grant funds were provided through the ACL Centers for Independent Living (CFDA 93.432) program, which supports a nationwide network of consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organizations that empower individuals with significant disabilities. The grant...

The South Carolina State-Wide Investment Accelerator Project will receive $2.1 million from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) from November 2022 through October 2025. The funding will support organizing, launching and operating a statewide investment accelerator program with stakeholders to identify an accelerator contractor, recruit and deliver programming twice annually for early-stage startup cohorts,...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina, Inc. The grant will fund the implementation of a Youth Mentoring Program in Greenville County, South Carolina from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The program will build on Goodwill's prior GoodGuides youth mentoring initiative by partnering with New Mind...

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...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $1,991,525 Project Grant through the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (CFDA 14.276) to Eastern Carolina Homelessness Org, Inc. (ECHO) in Myrtle Beach, SC. The goal of the YHDP program is to support communities in developing and implementing coordinated approaches to preventing and ending youth homelessness. The funding will enable ECHO to provide a range of assistance, including: acquiring and rehabilitating housing,...

The Children's Trust of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Corrections will use a $741,960 award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop a family education program under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA #16.812). The program aims to reduce risk factors and improve protective factors for high-risk families with incarcerated parents by engaging parents and children in innovative...

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $515,064 Native American Employment and Training program grant to the South Carolina Indian Development Council, Inc. to provide supplemental employment and training services to low-income Native American youth. The grant will support services through June 2025 to address needs like reducing dropout rates, improving access to post-secondary education, and academically preparing students for further education. Eligible...

The South Carolina Department of Education was awarded a $15,353,308 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program (CFDA 84.424). This three-year grant, awarded on September 15, 2022 and set to conclude on September 30, 2025, will support the Stronger Connections Grant Program. The SCG Program will use the Formula Grant funding to improve student academic achievement by increasing...