This $1,022,870 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program will fund Generation West Virginia Inc.'s expansion of its NewForce online learning program. The program will train 96 participants over three years in high-tech software development skills and place at least 81 of these trainees in living wage remote positions to support West Virginia's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Economic Adjustment...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) has awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant to Coalfield Development Corporation, a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization. The grant will support the "Growing Renewed Opportunities for Workers in Appalachia (GROW Appalachia)" initiative, which aims to create economic mobility, address historic inequities, and produce high-quality...
This federal Project Grant award of $400,000.00 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 grant, awarded on July 1, 2025, will support workforce development and community enhancement initiatives in West Virginia over a two-year period ending on June 30, 2027. The funding will be used by the West Virginia Chamber Foundation Corporation, a non-profit...
This Project Grant award of $206,000.00 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of the Chief Operating Officer supports Generation West Virginia Inc., a non-profit organization, in delivering programmatic and construction activities, job training programs, clean energy and green economy projects, and broadband access planning to advance economic opportunity in local communities in West Virginia. The funding is provided through the SBA's Congressional Grants program (CFDA...
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 $2,878,888.00 to Appalachian State University to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions. The award supports workforce training activities, career services, supportive services, employer services,...
This Project Grant award of $1,000,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants (CFDA 17.277) program will provide disaster recovery and employment services to support workers impacted by significant economic disruptions or disasters in West Virginia. The grant recipient, Workforce West Virginia, will use the funding to deliver temporary disaster-relief employment for clean-up, recovery, and humanitarian...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration provides $2,843,526 to Rural Action Inc. under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants/WIA National Emergency Grants program. The award will support Better Appalachia Ohio in delivering on-the-job training and professional development opportunities to underserved individuals in Athens and Meigs counties through September 2025. Specifically, Better Appalachia Ohio will provide up to 1040 hours...
This $492,000 Project Grant was awarded 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 grant was awarded to Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, a state-controlled educational institution in West Virginia, to fund workforce development and skills training initiatives in the Appalachian region. Key products and services to be delivered through this grant include...
This federal Project Grant award of $515,521.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285), supports the West Virginia Department of Economic Development (the Awardee) in expanding, diversifying, and modernizing apprenticeship opportunities across West Virginia. The award period is from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. The key products and services to be delivered through this funding include...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Workforce Data Quality Initiative (CFDA 17.261), supports West Virginia Northern Community College in developing and enhancing state-level workforce longitudinal administrative databases. The $1,514,513 award, effective from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2029, will enable the college to modernize its data infrastructure, integrate workforce and education data systems,...
AWARD PURPOSE GENERATION WEST VIRGINIA (GWV) SEEKS $167,000 IN US DOL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING TO HELP EQUIP TRAINEES AND INSTRUCTORS FOR ITS NEWFORCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT JOB TRAINING PROGRAM, BOOST RECRUITMENT OF NEWFORCE TRAINEES, AND SUPPORT PLACEMENT OF NEWFORCE PROGRAM GRADUATES. ACTIVITIES PERFORMED PROVIDING LOANER LAPTOPS TO NEWFORCE TRAINEES WHO DO NOT HAVE AN ADEQUATE DEVICE, DISTRIBUTING PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS TO PARTICIPANTS TO AID IN RECRUITMENT OF TRAINEES, INCLUDING WOMEN, RESIDENTS OF COLOR, LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS, DISLOCATED COAL WORKERS, AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS. HOSTING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR TRAINEES THAT WILL ADDRESS BARRIERS TO JOB PLACEMENT FOR GRADUATES, INCLUDING THROUGH PROVIDING PARTICIPANTS WITH PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOTS TO AID IN THEIR JOB SEARCHES. PURCHASING TECHNOLOGY, HARDWARE, AND SOFTWARE FOR NEWFORCE PROGRAM STAFF TO SUPPORT REMOTE INSTRUCTION. COVERING TRAINING/CERTIFICATION COSTS FOR INSTRUCTORS. DELIVERABLES HELP TO ENSURE 86% PLACEMENT RATE OF NEWFORCE GRADUATES WITHIN 6-MONTHS AND 90% WITHIN 1 YEAR. HELP ACHIEVE MEASURABLE SKILL GAINS AND CERTIFICATIONS FOR 120 NEWFORCE GRADUATES LEVERAGE THE DOL WORC-FUNDED NEWFORCE LEVELUP INITIATIVE BY REMOVING ADDITIONAL BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION (LAPTOPS) TO BOOST PARTICIPATION IN NEWFORCE TRAINING BY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN TECH FROM 38% TO 50% INTENDED BENEFICIARY UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED WEST VIRGINIANS, INCLUDING UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN TECH (WOMEN/GENDER EXPANSIVE ADULTS, BLACK PEOPLE, LATINX PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDERS, LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE) SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES N/A