Award purposein alignment with the JUSTICE40 initiative, the purpose of the worc initiative grants is to create economic mobility, address historic inequities for marginalized communities of color,…

Award purposein alignment with the JUSTICE40 initiative, the purpose of the worc initiative grants is to create economic mobility, address historic inequities for marginalized communities of color, rural areas, and other underserved and underrepresented communities, and produce high-quality employment outcomes for workers who live or work in the appalachian, delta, and northern border regions, enabling them to remain and thrive in these communities. Project title: expanding agtech career pathways (EACP) for new entrants, and dislocated, and incumbent workersgrantee region: dradeliverables expected outcomestotal participants: 140PARTICIPANTS obtaining new or enhanced employment: 112INTENDED beneficiariestarget population: dislocated and incumbent workers high school students (in at least 10TH grade)areas to be served: tennessee: shelby countyactivities to be performedsummary of project: agricenter international is targeting new entrants and dislocated and incumbent workers by providing a skills- and work-based learning experience leading to high quality employment opportunities in the agricultural technology and business sectors. Leveraging agricenters experience serving the youth of the greater memphis community, agtech 1.0 and 2.0 intend to prioritize high school students who are in the 10TH grade as of january 1 while also expanding the agtech model to serve dislocated and incumbent workers through its newly developed gradtech 3.0 program. By partnering with regional agricultural technology-based firms, agricenter is expanding its programmatic offerings to implement a workforce training solution to develop the next generation of agricultural business professionals, agricultural technologists, and UAV (DRONE) pilots.subrecipient activitiesthe recipient intends to subaward funds.