Project Grant 72066922FA00001

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) awarded a $6,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the International Labor Organization (ILO) to implement the "MWAKURI AIKA A RARAOI LBUKIMI 2 ACTIVITY" (MARI 2 ACTIVITY): WORKER PROTECTION AND FAMILY RESILIENCE project in Kiribati. The MARI 2 ACTIVITY aims to promote social justice and international labor rights through technical assistance, capacity building, research, and policy advisory services focused on advancing labor standards, decent...

The Marshall Islands Development Bank received a $398,014 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance program (CFDA 10.420). The grant will support the provision of technical assistance services to help very low- and low-income individuals and families in the United States build homes using the self-help method from June 2022 through March 2023. The Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service awarded a $580,000 Project Grant under the Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance program (CFDA 10.420) to the Marshall Islands Development Bank. This grant will provide technical assistance services to very low- and low-income individuals and families in rural areas to enable them to build their own homes through the self-help method. The services include construction expertise, homebuyer education, financial counseling,...

The Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Finance will receive $110,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under a three-year Project Grant award to strengthen the Waan Aelon cultural and vocational training program. The grant will support the program from July 2022 through September 2025. The Waan Aelon program provides cultural preservation and vocational skills development on the Marshall Islands. This funding will allow the Ministry of Finance to...

This $606,400 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support Asociacion Mesa De Ongs Comanejadoras De Areas Protegidas De Honduras Mocaph in delivering natural resource management and economic development services in communities surrounding the El Armado Wildlife Refuge in Honduras from April 2022 to April 2025. Specifically, MOCAPH will train community members in sustainable agriculture and watershed management practices....

This $137,820 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) is supporting efforts by the Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Finance to increase access to clean, reliable, and safe water and health sanitation by securing water catchments across the Ailinglaplap Atoll. The grant, which began on June 15, 2023, will fund activities through September 30,...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Marshland Credit Union on November 21, 2024 under the CDFI Program (CFDA 21.020). The purpose of this technical assistance grant is to build the organizational capacity of Marshland Credit Union, a certified CDFI, to serve low-income populations and communities that lack adequate access to affordable financial products and services. The grant will support Marshland...

This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664), aims to engage with communities and schools in urban and remote areas to identify vulnerabilities in their forests-agroforests and develop activities to combat these vulnerabilities. The total award amount is $175,126.00 and the performance period is from August 27, 2025 to July 31, 2029. The primary awardee is the Republic of the Marshall Islands...

This Project Grant award in the amount of $1,402,812.00 was provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) to Marshall University Research Corporation in Huntington, West Virginia. The funding will support a 3-year workforce training program to enhance the competitiveness of the regional economy in Appalachia. The project aims to increase the knowledge, skills, and employability of residents in the Appalachian region by...

The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $650,000 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875) to the Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Finance for the period of April 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The funding will support the Ministry of Finance in operating a food and agriculture program pursuant to Section 103(f)(2) of Public Law 108-188, the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act...