Program purpose awardchicago women in trades transforming the workforce system to ensure gender equity in infrastructure proposal seeks to support womens entry into and retention in the skilled…

This Project Grant award of $716,701 was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau under the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 17.701). The grant will support Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), a non-profit organization, to scale an existing model for engaging the workforce system in supporting women's entry into and retention in skilled construction, manufacturing, transit, rail, utilities, and clean energy industries. Key activities include expanding the capacity of emerging tradeswomen's organizations, developing women-focused pre-apprenticeship training programs, and embedding gender equity into workforce systems. Expected outcomes include enrolling 80-120 women in pre-apprenticeship programs, assisting 65-95 women in entering registered apprenticeships, and supporting the employment of 65-97 women in high-wage, "good jobs" aligned with the grant's objectives. The award period is September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2026.

Program purpose awardchicago women in trades transforming the workforce system to ensure gender equity in infrastructure proposal seeks to support womens entry into and retention in the skilled construction, manufacturing, transit, rail, utilities and clean energy industries. The focus of this proposal is two-fold, to scale an existing model for engaging the workforce system in supporting womens nontraditional career paths, while continuing to build the capacity of emerging tradeswomens organizations and industry partners to prepare and support women in construction careers by developing women-focused pipeline training programs, embedding gender equity into workforce systems, and scaling workforce gender equity best practices.activities to be performedin addition to the workforce system, cwit seeks to expand the infrastructure that will help to build the capacity of emerging tradeswomens organizations. Cwit will engage central ohio women in trades (cowit), and texas women in trades (texwit), to help them develop workforce equity plans for major infrastructure projects and expand efforts to build womens participation in local pre-apprenticeship programs and registered apprenticeship. This work will also promote and support the development of women-focused pre-apprenticeship training.deliverables expected outcomec. Expected outcomes and OUTPUTSYR1YR2NUMBER of women young women enrolled in completing pre-APPRENTICESHIP80120NUMBER of women entering registered apprenticeship or NTO6590NUMBER and % of women served through the grant from underrepresented COMMUNITIES6075%9075%number and % of women who secure employment consistent with the good jobs principles as a result of TA you PROVIDE6581%9781%number and % of women who secure a job with a higher wage as a result of TA you PROVIDE6581%9781%number of women young girls who receive information on RAP NTOS600800NUMBER of products developed and SUSTAINED35NUMBER of employers and or labor unions that receive TA200300NUMBER of new and sustained pre-apprenticeship programs in targeted REGIONS12INTENDED beneficiary(IES)in addition to aspiring tradeswomen, tradeswomens groups, workforce boards, and community organizations, the beneficiaries of this work include registered apprenticeship programs, contractors, and project owners for major infrastructure projects who will gain access to qualified candidates, technical assistance on how to establish, monitor, and evaluate gender equity goals, and training to promote respectful and equitable worksites.subrecipient activitiesna