This federal Project Grant award of $271,000.00 was made by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The award was granted to the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation (URIRF), a non-profit organization based in Kingston, Rhode Island, with a project period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. Through this funding, URIRF will deliver a range of workforce development...
This $1,800,000 Project Grant, awarded on February 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289), supports workforce development initiatives led by the Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner (RIOPC). The key products and services to be delivered through this award focus on skills training, student counseling, and STEM capacity building, with the goal of...
This federal Project Grant award for $300,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289), funds a workforce development and community enhancement project implemented by the Rimta Foundation in Rhode Island. The project will support a range of employment-related initiatives, including job training, vocational education, and career services, with a focus on serving...
This federal Project Grant award of $550,000.00 was made on July 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The award supports workforce development and community enhancement initiatives delivered by the Iyrs School of Technology & Trades, a non-profit educational institution in Newport, Rhode Island. The funding will be used over a 3-year project period ending...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) to Woonasquatucket Valley Community Build, Inc. (doing business as The Steel Yard) in Providence, Rhode Island. This three-year award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, will support diverse workforce development and community enhancement initiatives, including job training, vocational...
This $3,600,000 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The award, effective February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2028, will fund workforce development and community enhancement initiatives delivered by the University of Rhode Island (URI). Based on the details provided, the grant supports URI's research and program delivery capabilities...
The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation (URI Research Foundation) received a $300,000 Project Grant award under the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration's Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will support the URI Research Foundation's delivery of workforce development and community enhancement initiatives in Rhode Island over a two-year period ending on June 30, 2026. The...
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant to Skills For Rhode Island's Future, a non-profit organization, under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant will fund a 33-month initiative to train 500 unemployed, underemployed, and underserved individuals in Rhode Island with industry-aligned skills, ultimately placing at least 325 of those trained into career employment or additional...
This Project Grant award of $150,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The funding will support the Providence Housing Authority, a local government entity in Providence, Rhode Island, in delivering a range of workforce development and community enhancement initiatives. Key activities to be funded include job training, vocational education,...
This $444,939 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285) supports the expansion and diversification of registered apprenticeship opportunities in Rhode Island. The grant recipient, the Labor & Training Rhode Island Department, will use the funding to develop new apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship initiatives across critical industries such as healthcare, IT, education,...