Award purpose.worc purpose: in alignment with the JUSTICE40 initiative, the purpose of the worc initiative grants is to create economic mobility, address historic inequities for marginalized…

Award purpose.worc purpose: in 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: maine west supports new entrants to the natural resource workforcegrantee region: nbrcdeliverables expected outcomes.total participants: 150 participants obtaining new or enhanced employment: 75INTENDED beneficiaries.target population: new entrants (high school students)areas to be served: maine towns of paris, rumford, west paris, bethel, harrison, norway, otisfield, oxford, upton, andover, mexico, hanover, newry, gilead, greenwood, woodstock, sumner, hartford, waterford, dixfield, canton, carthage, peru, roxbury, byron, hebron, buckfield.activities to be performed.summary of project: the project serves new workforce entrants in five high schools across four school districts in western maine (RSU10, RSU56, SAD44, SAD17), with a focus on the forest economy industries that are predominant and in the region: forest products, tourism, hospitality, outdoor recreation. Through a coordinated and supported effort involving schools, businesses, and community partners, the project will develop a long-term, sustainable and supported system to expose high school students to forest economy career opportunities and pathways and provide them with appropriate training and experience needed to enter those pathways. The project will support area businesses in increasing good jobs attributes and developing systems for engaging new entrants to the workforce. By creating new school, business, and community partner networks and capacity, the project will create new and robust systems needed to secure the long-term success of the regions forest economy and the people and communities IT supports. Subrecipient activities. The recipient intends to subaward funds.