Project Grant 87905722

This Project Grant award from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) provides $1,400,000.00 to the Cherokee Nation to expand skilled employment training services for tribal members in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Specifically, the project will expand the tribe's building trade, lineman, and fiber technician training programs to help create jobs and drive economic development in the region. Once completed, the project is expected to increase job creation throughout the area.