The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1.6 million Project Grant to Workforce Inc. DBA Recycle Force under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards (CFDA 93.570) program. The grant will support Recycle Force's URBAN MINING: REMAKING OUR RESOURCES project from September 2022 through September 2025. As part of this project, Recycle Force will provide services to recover and process recyclable materials from municipal solid...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,000,406 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) to Workforce Inc. dba Recycle Force for the "Recycling Lives" project. The 24-month grant will fund an initiative to expand job training and job placement programs for justice-involved adults aged 18 and over living in high-crime, high-poverty areas of Indianapolis, Indiana. The project...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to Recycle Force under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815) to provide environmental career training and placement services. Recycle Force will recruit, train, and place 50 unemployed and underemployed residents of Marion County, Indiana with skills applicable to remediation work at solid and hazardous waste sites. Training will include 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response...
This $19,535,709 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, supports a network of community action agencies in Indiana to provide a range of anti-poverty and social services programs. The funding will be used to deliver services such as early childhood education, housing assistance, energy assistance, job training, and emergency services to low-income individuals and families across the state from...
The federal Project Grant award of $750,000.00 was made on May 1, 2024 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 made to Green City Force Inc., a non-profit organization, to fund workforce development and community enhancement projects. The specific products or services to be delivered under this grant include job training, vocational education,...
This federal Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families provides $21.9 million to the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority under the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program. The CSBG program aims to reduce poverty through funding to states and local community action agencies. Under this award, services will be delivered from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023 to address the causes and conditions of...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.570) Discretionary Awards program, will fund a $1,344,000 project by the Edna Martin Christian Center Inc. to renovate a community facility and expand early childhood education services in Indianapolis, IN. The four-year project, starting on Sep 30, 2024 and ending on Sep 29, 2028, will support the non-profit...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $800,000 to Northern Great Lakes Initiatives through the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program to create jobs and strengthen the food manufacturing sector in Battle Creek, Michigan. The Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program supports community economic development, rural community development, and neighborhood innovation projects. Northern Great Lakes...
This $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.570) Discretionary Awards program will fund the Coalition For Responsible Community Development (CRCD), a non-profit community development corporation, to implement a lead abatement work job creation project in South Los Angeles. The project aims to stimulate job creation, business development, and economic self-sufficiency initiatives in this high-poverty urban...
The City of Indianapolis has been awarded a $12,000,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The grant, with a performance period from August 22, 2024 to June 14, 2029, will support the Indianapolis Canopy Growth and Resilience Initiative. The program aims to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in...