Project Grant 90YO2552

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) was awarded a $30 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to deliver reentry services to federal inmates in Illinois. The award will fund DCEO's adoption of the Department of Defense's Transition Assistance Program model to deliver reentry services to 750 federal inmates during incarceration, in...

This $4,000,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program. The award recipient, Youth Development, Inc. (YDI), is a non-profit organization based in Albuquerque, NM that provides a wide range of services to at-risk youth and families through federal grants. Through this 3.5-year project, YDI will deliver comprehensive workforce development services to...

This Project Grant award of $2,500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) will enhance the delivery of high-tech, career-focused mentoring to youth with disabilities age 17 and younger at risk of court involvement. The "Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP)" led by the Institute for Educational Leadership will work with seven existing mentoring sites across seven states to formalize...

The Reclamation and Restoration Ministries, Inc. (RRM) will receive $1,498,637 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) federal grant program to implement the Ready4Life Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Project in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. RRM will work with local partners in Baton Rouge to develop and...

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development received a $100,000 project grant award from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities federal grant program (CFDA 17.270). The grant will support the reintegration of ex-offenders through workforce reentry services from April 2021 through April 2025. In addition to serving returning adults, the Reentry Employment Opportunities program aims to assist youth involved or at risk of...

This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) is designed to reduce recidivism, increase positive social skills, and create leadership development opportunities through civic engagement. The program will serve 10 young men who have been involved in the justice system, providing a year-long curriculum with leadership development and civic engagement...

The South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270). The award period is from April 7, 2021 through April 6, 2025 to support reintegration services for ex-offenders in Pierre, South Dakota. This particular grant aims to increase employment opportunities for returning citizens and at-risk youth through reentry...

Rockville Economic Development, Inc. (Redi) received a $150,000 project grant award from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). The grant will fund Redi's delivery of training and counseling services to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women. Redi will work to remove discriminatory barriers these women entrepreneurs face in accessing resources as outlined under the...

The University of Oregon was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) to revise an existing employability skills curriculum for justice-involved youth with disabilities. The three-year project aims to update the curriculum, identify implementation strategies for job coaches, and incorporate applied work-based learning activities. Working with stakeholders including juvenile services personnel,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) provides $991,759 to Resilience Force, a non-profit organization, to implement a sectoral strategy to create good climate resilience jobs and develop a skilled, scaled resilience workforce. The project, titled "A Good Jobs Blueprint in the Climate Resilience Economy", will recruit, train, and...