Project Grant 23A60CC000014

The Department of Labor & Industry Pa, through a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270), will expand its existing PROWD (Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development) program to provide job club, navigation, and peer mentoring services to help formerly incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania secure sustainable, high-quality employment and reduce...

Cooperative Agreement Summary: PROWD 2025 The North Carolina Department of Commerce, Workforce Solutions Division, received a Cooperative Agreement award of $3.16M from the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program (CFDA 17.270), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. The REO program funds comprehensive workforce development services designed to improve employment outcomes and reduce recidivism for justice-involved...

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) was awarded a $30 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to deliver reentry services to federal inmates in Illinois. The award will fund DCEO's adoption of the Department of Defense's Transition Assistance Program model to deliver reentry services to 750 federal inmates during incarceration, in...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded the California Workforce Development Board a $10.7 million cooperative agreement under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270). The award will fund workforce development services for individuals involved in the federal criminal justice system in California from October 2022 through March 2026. Key services include providing Multi-Craft Core Curriculum certification training to 550 incarcerated individuals...

The California Workforce Development Board received a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program. The project aims to integrate the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) pre-apprenticeship training into federal correctional facilities' career and technical education offerings, and provide warm handoff wraparound services to assist individuals transitioning...

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...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the County of Santa Barbara, CA to provide comprehensive workforce development services to justice-involved individuals through the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program. The grant aims to improve employment outcomes and reduce recidivism by offering pre- and post-release services, including occupational skills training, job readiness preparation, case management,...

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...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development (DEED), doing business as Deed Careerforce, received a $2.0 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program (CFDA 17.270). The award, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029, funds comprehensive workforce development services designed to improve employment outcomes and...

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) was awarded a $2,238,250 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education under the Career and Technical Education -- National Programs (CFDA 84.051) to support the "Unlocking Pathways Wisconsin" initiative. This 1-year project aims to revolutionize Wisconsin's career readiness ecosystem by developing educational pathways, providing vocational training, enhancing STEM offerings,...