Project Grant 23A60WO000024
- The Delta Regional Authority awarded a $449,992 Project Grant to Agricenter International, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee to expand AgTech career pathways for new entrants, dislocated, and incumbent workers. The grant, which runs from October 1, 2023 to October 1, 2025, supports Agricenter International's efforts to advance knowledge and understanding of agriculture through research, education, and conservation initiatives. Specific activities include delivering workforce development programs...
- The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded Tennessee Technological University a $500,000 Project Grant under the Appalachian Area Development federal grant program (CFDA 23.002) to support career and technical education initiatives from May 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The grant focused on strengthening the regional economy and workforce through activities advancing the ARC's strategic plan goals of investing in entrepreneurship and business development, increasing education and skills...
- The U.S. Department of Labor's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) has awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant to Coalfield Development Corporation, a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization. The grant will support the "Growing Renewed Opportunities for Workers in Appalachia (GROW Appalachia)" initiative, which aims to create economic mobility, address historic inequities, and produce high-quality...
- Carereach, Inc. received a Project Grant award of $996,084 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) for a workforce training initiative in North Carolina. The award, effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, supports the ARC's strategic objective to increase the education, knowledge, skills, and health of residents to work and succeed in Appalachia. The project aligns with the ARC's mission to build community capacity...
- The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $689,687 Project Grant to Northeast State Community College in Tennessee to provide workforce training programs. The award, effective August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2024, is funded through the ARC's Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002). Under this grant, Northeast State Community College will deliver workforce skills training, including programs for industrial control systems technicians and cybersecurity, targeting displaced...
- This Project Grant award of $1,630,934.00 from the Appalachian Regional Commission's Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) supports workforce training activities in the Appalachian region. The grant will fund a range of initiatives over a 3-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. This supports the program's objectives to increase the education, knowledge, and skills of Appalachian residents to succeed in the regional economy. The grant aims to build community...
- The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $698,022 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to support a workforce training initiative titled "WORKFORCE TRAINING". The award, with a period of performance from November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2024, is funded through the ARC's Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002), which aims to strengthen the regional economy and build community capacity in Appalachia. As part of this...
- The Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS) was awarded a $2.78 million project grant from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants/WIA National Emergency Grants program. Under this award, ACDS will provide workforce development services to 375 participants in the Appalachian and Delta regions of Arkansas. Specifically, ACDS will enroll pre-apprentices in self-paced training and IT fundamentals bootcamps, provide necessary...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration provides $2,843,526 to Rural Action Inc. under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants/WIA National Emergency Grants program. The award will support Better Appalachia Ohio in delivering on-the-job training and professional development opportunities to underserved individuals in Athens and Meigs counties through September 2025. Specifically, Better Appalachia Ohio will provide up to 1040 hours...
- This $1,500,000 award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) aims to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions. The funding recipient, Tri County Jobs For Ohios Graduates, a non-profit organization, will use the grant to provide...
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.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 2/14/24 | ||
| Not listed | $1.5m | 9/14/23 | ||
| Not listed | $1.5m | 9/14/23 |