Project Grant 0742007031

The New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA) will receive $800,000 through September 2024 under a Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program. NOLABA will establish the OurNOLA Fund, a $10 million equity-based investment fund to democratize investment access for millennials, Black, Indigenous, and people of color. The Fund will appeal nationally to non-accredited investors to invest minimum amounts of $500 each,...

The City of New Orleans, through its Division of Housing doing business as Job 1 Office of Workforce Development, has been awarded a $1,218,757 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270). The grant will fund the Reimagining Employment Strategies to Offer Reentry to Employment and Beyond (RESTORE) program, which aims to remove barriers and provide a pathway for 150 incarcerated individuals in...

This Project Grant award of $600,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support a three-year Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site focused on sustainable polymer engineering research at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). The RET Site will immerse 10 local high school and community college teachers per year in state-of-the-art polymer research at USM. Teachers will collaborate with faculty on fundamental materials research...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $500,000 project grant to the Greater New Orleans Development Foundation under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307). The funding supports the H2TheFuture coalition's proposal to build a green hydrogen energy cluster and decarbonize the South Louisiana industrial corridor. Specifically, the grant will coordinate and execute five interrelated projects: 1) a workforce training program; 2) a green hydrogen...

The Delta Regional Authority awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Sankofa Community Development Corporation to provide green infrastructure job training in New Orleans, Louisiana. The grant was awarded on September 15, 2022 under the Delta Area Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 90.201) and will be completed by September 15, 2024. The grant will support job training related to green infrastructure, consistent with the program's goal of assisting the Delta region in obtaining job...

The $12.96 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program will support the H2theFuture Coalition led by the Greater New Orleans Development Foundation. The Coalition will boost New Orleans' clean energy sector by transitioning the regional hydrogen energy sector from fossil fuel-based hydrogen to green hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources. Coalition projects include...

This $4.8 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) supports the H2theFuture Coalition led by the Greater New Orleans Development Foundation. The Coalition will boost New Orleans' clean energy sector by transitioning the regional hydrogen energy sector away from fossil fuel-based hydrogen production toward green hydrogen produced from renewable sources. Coalition projects include supporting a central campus connecting the hydrogen cluster...

This $7 million Economic Development Administration project grant supports the H2theFuture Coalition led by the Greater New Orleans Development Foundation to advance the clean energy sector in New Orleans through hydrogen energy transition. Coalition projects include establishing a central campus connecting industry partners, coordinating programming to improve hydrogen cost competitiveness, developing a testbed for hydrogen-fueled ships, and deploying a hydrogen fueling barge. Once implemented,...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $625,000 Project Grant to The Idea Village, Inc. under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to develop a pipeline of startup activity across the New Orleans region. Funded activities will position New Orleans, particularly Opportunity Zones in downtown, as an innovation hub by empowering founders from diverse backgrounds to build technology-based businesses. This aims to help the local economy recover more...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815) provides $650,500 in funding to Limitless Vistas, Inc., a non-profit community development corporation based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The project aims to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of New Orleans in environmental careers related to the assessment, cleanup, and management of solid and hazardous waste sites...