Project Grant 23A60HG000057
- Federal Grant Award Summary Civic Works, Inc., a Baltimore-based nonprofit organization, received a $788,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The award supports workforce development and community service initiatives targeting underserved youth and residents in Maryland, building upon the...
- The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation will receive $45.9 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program to support workforce development for the growing offshore wind industry. Through partnerships with leading employers in the field and seven local unions, the awardee will implement a new apprenticeship model focused on training thousands of individuals, including formerly...
- This $2,999,986 WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, aims to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions, including those in critical sectors such as infrastructure and clean energy. The grant recipient, Electrical Training Alliance (also known as NJATC), will utilize the funding to provide workforce...
- The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (doing business as BSRC Weatherization), a non-profit community development corporation in Brooklyn, New York. The grant was awarded under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289), which aims to fund projects specified by Congress. The grant funds a 24-month project to provide technology career skills...
- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,840,000.00 Project Grant to Civic Works, Inc., a Baltimore-based non-profit organization, under the YouthBuild federal grant program (CFDA 17.274). The grant, which has a performance period from February 2025 to May 2028, will provide underserved youth ages 16-24 who have previously dropped out of high school with pre-apprenticeship services, including education, occupational skills training, leadership...
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded Civic Works, Inc. a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA #66.815) to provide workforce development services in Baltimore, Maryland from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2028. Under this award, Civic Works will recruit, train, and place 240 unemployed and underemployed Baltimore residents in environmental remediation careers through 8 classroom and hands-on training courses. Trainees will obtain...
- Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) was awarded a $30.9 million project grant from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Middle Mile Broadband Grant Program (CFDA 11.033). The grant will fund the construction of 69.9 miles of underground fiber optic cable to expand middle mile broadband infrastructure in underserved communities across multiple counties in Maryland. Specifically, the funding will support the installation of new...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded Alpena Community College a $3.125 million Project Grant on October 1, 2025, under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300) to develop a comprehensive Utility Technology Training Program. The project, with a completion date of February 1, 2029, will establish workforce training infrastructure to prepare power linemen and utility...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Springforward Ventures, Inc. received a $307,000 Project Grant from the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Department of Labor, under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) effective July 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. The award supports workforce development and community enhancement initiatives in Maryland. While the specific products and services to be delivered are detailed in the...
- This federal Project Grant award of $750,000.00 was provided by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant was awarded on May 1, 2024 to the Living Classrooms Foundation, Inc., a Baltimore-Washington based non-profit organization. The funding supports the foundation's diverse range of hands-on educational, job training, and community development programs across Maryland....
EDUCATION OR TRAINING PROVIDERS:THE FIBER OPTIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (FOA)CAT DITCH WITCH ELECTRICAL TRAINING ALLIANCESOUTHEAST LINEMAN TRAINING CENTERABC - GREATER BALTIMORECHESAPEAKE SAFETY COUNCILOPTIONAL PARTNER(S): TYPE OF ORGANIZATION:PUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER (PJC) NON-PROFIT PUBLIC JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONGEOGRAPHIC SCOPE: LOCAL BALTIMORE, MARYLANDSPECIFIC LOCATION(S) WHERE GRANT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED: 3501 BREHMS LANE, SUITEB, BALTIMORE, MD 21213TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING REQUESTED (TOTAL 5-YEAR PERIOD): 2,000,000.00TOTAL LEVERAGED FUNDS PROPOSED (TOTAL 5-YEAR PERIOD): (DEVELOPMENT TRACK ONLY) 300,000DOL BUILDING PATHWAYS TO BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS GRANT PROGRAMPROPOSED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 260SUMMARY OF PROJECT PURPOSE AND EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES OFFERED:THE PURPOSE OF OUR BUILDING PATHWAYS TO BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE AND STRUCTURED TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. OUR PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE TARGETED POPULATIONS WITHIN BALTIMORE CITY TRAINING AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES NEEDED TO PROVIDE GOOD-PAYING JOBS TO THESE TARGETED POPULATIONS AND BUILD THE BALTIMORE CITY BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR PROGRAM WILL HAVE A DIRECT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT ON BALTIMORE CITY CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES. ALTHOUGH OUR PROGRAM IS TARGETED TO BALTIMORE CITY, WE ARE DEVELOPING A BROADBAND TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE AND STANDARDIZED TRAINING ANDCAREER PATHWAYS THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY ANY ORGANIZATION THAT PURSUES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE. OUR PROGRAM WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER PATHWAYS AND GOOD-PAYING JOBS TO THE NEW BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE AND UPSKILLING AND ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXISTING BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE. OVERALL, OUR PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) INVESTMENT TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND SCALE WORKER-CENTERED SECTOR STRATEGY TRAINING PROGRAMS IN H-1B INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS CRITICAL TO MEETING THE GOALS OF THE BROADBAND INDUSTRY. IN DOING SO, OUR PROGRAM DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE VERY IMPORTANT TASK OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPING THE WORKFORCE NEED TO BUILD OUR NATIONS BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INCREASED ACCESS TO GOOD PAYING JOBS IN ALL INDUSTRIES, HEALTHCARESERVICES, EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, AND IMPROVING OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL AMERICANS. OUR PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE CAREER PATHWAYS FROM ENTRY LEVEL TO MANAGERIAL LEVEL: BROADBAND INSIDE PLANT (ISP) TECHNICIAN BROADBAND OUTSIDE PLANT (OSP) TECHNICIAN BROADBAND CREW LEADER SUPERINTENDENTTARGETED POPULATION(S) TO BE SERVED: INCUMBENT WORKERS AND HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AND UNDERREPRESENTED UNDERSERVED CITIZENS OF BALTIMORE CITY, SUCH AS PEOPLE OF COLOR, JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS, AND OTHER POPULATIONSTRAINING TRACK:DEVELOPMENT TRACKTARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR(S):BROADBANDTARGETED H-1B OCCUPATIONS:TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS, EXCEPT LINE INSTALLERS(O NET 49-2022.00)TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINE INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS (O NET 49-9052.00)CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS (O NET 17-3022.00)ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS (O NET 17-3023.00)CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS (O NET 11-9021.00)RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL(S) OFFERED:CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC TECHNICIAN (CFOT)CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST, OUTSIDE PLANT (CFOS O)CERTIFIED PREMISES CABLING TECHNICIAN (CPCT)CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST, SPLICING (CFOS S)CAT CERTIFIED HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORDITCH WITCH CERTIFIED DIRECTIONAL DRILL OPERATORSHA TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL MANAGER (TTCM)ATSA CERTIFIED FLAGGER TRAININGOSHA 30OSHA 10CPR FIRST AIDE CERTIFICATIONBLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN CERTIFICATION
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 8/1/24 | ||
| Not listed | $2.0m | 9/26/23 |