The Santa Clara Pueblo will use a $130,105 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program to develop community outreach and educational programming. Over a two-year period ending August 2024, the Tribe will create an assessment tool to understand community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, hold monthly roundtables with stakeholders, identify four outdoor learning spaces, and plan and implement twelve Montessori...
The Economic Development Administration awarded Pueblo Community College $6.08 million under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program on November 10, 2021 to redevelop two floors of the St. Mary Corwin Hospital in Pueblo, Colorado. This will allow PCC to expand vocational training programs in healthcare and develop space to train additional healthcare workers to address future coronavirus outbreaks, staffing shortages, and growing demand for nurses. Once...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Public and Indian Housing Office awarded a $2,088,339 Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) formula grant to the Housing Authority of the City of Pueblo in Pueblo, Colorado. The grant period runs from May 6, 2024 to May 5, 2028. This formula grant funding supports the development, modernization, and financing of nearly 1 million public housing units across the United States, including approximately 902,436 units managed by the...
The Pikes Peak Library District Foundation will digitize its aerial photography collection from the Stewart Brothers Commercial Photographers Collection under a $228,969 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). The Foundation will digitize thousands of photographic prints and negatives documenting Colorado Springs' growth from 1952 to 1995. It will hire a senior library associate to assist with prioritizing digitization of...
The Museum of Boulder, in partnership with the Boulder Public Library and Boulder County NAACP Chapter, will receive $500,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to develop activities highlighting the history of Black people in Colorado from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. Over the three-year period of performance in Boulder, CO, the Museum of Boulder will employ a community-centered process to develop an...
The Colorado State Library will use $4.54 million in Formula Grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310) to support its five-year plan for fiscal years 2018 through 2022. The plan's goals are to provide all Colorado residents with access to library services that support education and lifelong learning, share resources statewide to efficiently deliver services to diverse communities, enhance staff skills to advance library services,...
The Colorado River Boces was awarded a $1,021,000 Project Grant (S215K240009) from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The funding will support the EPIC Regional Career Pathway and Training Initiative, which aims to improve literacy...
The Colorado State Library will use $4.89 million in Formula Grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310) to support its five-year plan for fiscal years 2023 through 2027. The plan's goals are to provide all Colorado residents with access to library services that support education and lifelong learning, share resources statewide to efficiently deliver services to diverse communities, enhance staff skills to advance library services,...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $599,262 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to Colorado State University-Pueblo (CSU-Pueblo), a Hispanic-Serving Institution, for the project titled "CSU PUEBLO TITLE V - LA PROMESA: STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ACCESS, RETENTION, GRADUATION, AND CAREER PLACEMENT". The grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will support activities to...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) will fund bilingual workforce training and education programs for Latino residents of Reading and Berks County, Pennsylvania through December 31, 2025. The Berks Latino Workforce Development Center will establish employment services, English as a Second Language instruction, allied health occupation...