The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration awarded a $4,409,825 project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program to the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology on August 16, 2022. The funding will support construction of the second floor level of a new training facility, which will provide expanded training, classroom, laboratory, library, collaboration, and restroom spaces to increase the Institute's student capacity to 800. This expansion of...
The Pennsylvania Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The grant supports five projects to capitalize on the growing outdoor recreation industry cluster in Pennsylvania's Wilds region. Projects include strategic recreation infrastructure development, workforce development initiatives, expanding the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem,...
This $1.5 million EDA Project Grant awarded by the Department of Commerce on September 2, 2021 supports the Pennsylvania Digital Transformation and Ecommerce Program (PADTEP). PADTEP will provide digital literacy skills training, website design assistance, social media training, ecommerce and payment/cybersecurity training to small businesses across Pennsylvania in response to COVID-19. Training will be delivered both online and in-person at Pennsylvania's 16 Small Business Development Centers...
The Lehigh Valley Equitable Entrepreneurship Project received a $150,000 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Technical Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 11.303). The project will scale technical assistance and research efforts to advance relationships with financial institutions and large businesses in order to promote local sourcing, supplier diversity, and capital access for historically disadvantaged...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $3,978,420 Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program to the Pennsylvania College of Technology, also known as Penn College, to support workforce development in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The grant will fund the renovation of the Building Technology Center and construction of the Clean Energy Center House on Penn College's campus. This project will enhance the college's ability to...
This $15,017,162 Economic Development Administration Project Grant will strengthen the robotics and autonomy cluster in Southwestern Pennsylvania through five projects. The Economic Adjustment Assistance program aims to support regions experiencing adverse economic changes. Projects include expanding pathways to careers in robotics and artificial intelligence through workforce training programs and a small and medium enterprise robotics adoption initiative. Innovation Works will support the...
The Pennsylvania Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Team Pennsylvania Foundation under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307). The grant will fund the development of a comprehensive statewide economic development plan for Pennsylvania through March 2024. Currently, the Commonwealth lacks a unified strategy and coordinates disparate local and regional plans. The funded work will bring existing plans together...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $1 million Project Grant to Pghq2, LLC under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to support the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative Coalition's proposal to promote economic development in the Greater Pittsburgh region. The Coalition will leverage the region's strengths in robotics and artificial intelligence to grow family-sustaining jobs and economic opportunity across counties by...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $47.86 million Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to the Office of Workforce Strategy in Connecticut. Through this funding, the Strengthening Sectoral Partnerships Initiative will train and place thousands of workers, particularly from historically underserved communities, in high-demand jobs across four priority sectors: manufacturing, information technology, healthcare, and...
This $1,022,870 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program will fund Generation West Virginia Inc.'s expansion of its NewForce online learning program. The program will train 96 participants over three years in high-tech software development skills and place at least 81 of these trainees in living wage remote positions to support West Virginia's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Economic Adjustment...