The purpose of the critical sectors job quality grant program is to expand job quality in the care, climate resiliency, and hospitality sectors and to support transformative efforts to improve job…

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $499,890 Project Grant under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) to the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF). The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, with a completion date of March 31, 2026, is intended to expand job quality in the care, climate resiliency, and hospitality sectors. The grant will fund both short-term capacity-building planning grants to support initial convening and strategizing, as well as longer-term implementation grants that will use existing sector partnerships to directly impact job quality within the chosen sectors. The target beneficiaries include new workforce entrants, dislocated workers, and incumbent workers, with a focus on serving historically marginalized populations and communities.

Activities

Projects under this announcement will fund both short-term capacity-building planning grants to support initial convening and strategizing for future impacts as well as longer-term implementation grants that will use existing sector partnerships to directly impact job quality within the chosen sector.deliverables: n a planning grant intended beneficiaries: this grant program intends to serve participants who are new entrants to the workforce, dislocated workers, or incumbent workers. Within these eligible participant categories, this grant program intends to serve historically marginalized populations and communities within the local or regional economic area served by the grant, especially those that are reflective of the local and regional economic area being served, including women, people of color, justice-involved individuals, individuals with disabilities, or other populations who will benefit from improved job quality and career advancement opportunities within the target critical sectors.

Subrecipient activities

Subrecipient activities are allowable under this award to carryout project activities.