Project Grant 19060975123

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $3,117,812 Project Grant under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285) to World Arts Focus, Inc., a non-profit cultural arts organization based in Maryland. The grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will fund a 4-year initiative to expand apprenticeship opportunities and creative workforce training in industries such as performing arts, digital media, and technical theater. The project, titled...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Careerwise New York, Inc. a $6 million project grant under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA #17.285) to significantly increase enrollment of diverse, high economic need youth in registered apprenticeships. Over the July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026 performance period, Careerwise New York will enroll 3,200 NYC public school students from over 50 high schools in its youth apprenticeship program, with 400 enrolling in...

The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture will implement a paid apprenticeship program utilizing $500,700 in funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The 10-month program seeks to recruit up to 36 young people from low-income Baltimore families to receive essential life and professional skills training to pursue careers in museum exhibition installation, art handling, historic preservation, and related...

The Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee will receive $396,192 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to complete an inventory and rehouse its American metalsmithing object collection from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. Staff will hire a collections assistant to assist with moving objects to a new facility, purchase supplies to support photography documentation of each object's condition, and update internal and online...

This $5,656,729 federal Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Labor's Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285) supports initiatives to expand and diversify registered apprenticeship opportunities across multiple industries. The primary recipient, Building Futures, will use the funds to facilitate several sub-awards: North Atlantic States Carpenters Training Fund will integrate offshore wind-related training into its registered apprenticeship program, certifying 60 apprentices...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,562,500 Project Grant on June 1, 2024 to Clc, Inc. (doing business as Community Learning Center) under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274). The funding will be used to equip underserved youth ages 16-24 with the education, job skills training, leadership development, and employment assistance necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Program services include post-secondary education, apprenticeship...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $750,000 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 program (CFDA 84.215) to the Fine Arts Work Center In Provincetown, Inc. (FAWC) to provide arts and educational opportunities in Massachusetts. The grant supports FAWC's collaboration with...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program awarded a $175,935 Project Grant to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to establish the "Black Hills Applied Ceramic Engineering (BACE)" Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site. The grant will support a 3-year program focused on ceramics research from an interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing archaeological, cultural, and technical aspects. Key objectives include increasing local...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $26,599,844 Project Grant under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285) to the Youth Workforce Development Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Pekin, Illinois. The grant, effective July 1, 2024, with a performance period through June 30, 2028, supports the foundation's initiatives to expand, diversify, and modernize registered apprenticeship opportunities across approximately 48 high schools...

This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program supports the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in expanding its arts-based educational programming and community partnerships in the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Kensington and Feltonville. The $797,000 award will enable PAFA to hire two part-time art educators, add a fourth partner school, and continue providing year-round bilingual services such as student...