The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $4,999,003 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York, doing business as RFCUNY - Queensborough Community College, for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2025. The grant funding will support independent initiative services delivered under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants/WIA National Emergency Grants federal program. Commonly known as DWGs, this program provides...
The New York City Department of Social Services will receive $37,275,497.04 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program to support workforce development efforts in the local building and construction and transportation, distribution, and logistics industries. The NYC Mayor's Office of Workforce Development and the Consortium for Worker Education will serve as coordinating organizations to place...
This $1,720,000 Project Grant award was provided 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 granted to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) on July 1, 2025, with a final completion date of June 30, 2028. The grant supports diverse workforce development and community enhancement initiatives across New York, including job...
This $450,000 Project Grant awarded by the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under CFDA 17.289 - Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending will fund employment, labor, and workforce training initiatives at the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), acting on behalf of Bronx Community College. The award period is from Feb 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025. The grant supports the delivery of a range of education, training, and community...
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (doing business as BSRC Weatherization), a non-profit community development corporation in Brooklyn, New York. The grant was awarded under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289), which aims to fund projects specified by Congress. The grant funds a 24-month project to provide technology career skills...
This $1,875,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274) supports education, occupational skills training, counseling, and leadership development for at-risk youth ages 16-24 in the Bronx, New York. The primary awardee, Crenulated Co LTD operating as New Settlement Apartments, is a non-profit community development corporation that will use the funding to provide pre-apprenticeship services, including...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280), aims to expand job quality and availability of good jobs in the care, climate resiliency, and hospitality sectors. The $398,657 award, granted on September 30, 2024, will support industry-led, worker-centered sector strategies built through labor-management partnerships. The projects...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,875,000 YouthBuild Project Grant (CFDA 17.274) to the New York Center For Interpersonal Development, Inc. (NYCID), a non-profit organization located in Staten Island, New York. The grant will support NYCID's workforce development services, including academic and occupational skills training, leadership development, and employment assistance for underserved youth aged 16-24 over the performance period of February...
This $6,000,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280), aims to expand job quality and create good employment opportunities in the care, climate resiliency, and hospitality sectors. The grant will support industry-led, worker-centered strategies developed through labor-management partnerships. Key activities include short-term...
This $1,173,278 Project Grant was awarded on September 30, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) to Tompkins County Area Development Inc. The grant will accelerate and expand the Direct to Work (DTW) initiative within advanced manufacturing and establish a similar program within the construction trades across the Appalachian region of New York. Over the 3-year award...
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $9,059,450 project grant under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants/WIA National Emergency Grants program to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York on behalf of Bronx Community College. The grant will support the CUNY Construction Skills Consortium to create a pathway connecting construction training from high school, community providers, and CUNY colleges to employers. The Consortium will assess existing construction skills programs, develop non-credit and credit-bearing courses along a career pathway, strengthen alignment between training and academic degree programs, and introduce work-based learning opportunities. It will also ensure instructors and facilities are NCCER-credentialed and develop a plan to award credit for prior learning. $879,991.20 was subawarded to Building Skills NY to place workers into paid employment, provide retention support, and facilitate upskilling opportunities between employers and workers. The grant period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026.