This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445), will fund the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) to accelerate career tracks in the water utilities sector and provide access to water utility workforce opportunities. The key activities include establishing education and training programs, such as internships and apprenticeships,...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $1,153,803 will support wastewater technician training programs at the University of Hawai'i Maui College and Hawai'i Community College from July 2022 through June 2025. The grant funds the development of an advanced professional certificate program in wastewater management through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The certificate program aims to address Hawaii's critical shortage of skilled wastewater technicians needed to replace 88,000...
This Project Grant award of $1,000,000.00 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 funding supports workforce development and community enhancement initiatives led by the non-profit organization Re-Use Hawai`i in Hawaii. Specifically, the grant will fund a range of employment-related activities, such as job training, vocational education,...
This $1,843,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.289 - Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending) supports Hawai`i Pacific University (HPU) in delivering a range of workforce development and community enhancement initiatives. The funding will enable HPU, a private non-profit minority-serving institution, to provide educational, research, and community services focused on areas such as STEM, marine...
The Office of Insular Affairs within the Department of the Interior awarded $140,400 to the Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands to implement a Certified Employee Water and Wastewater Training Program at levels 3 and 4. Through this project grant funding under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program, personnel from the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation will obtain critical training, field testing, and examination activities in...
This $2,033,378 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445), provides funding to The Water Tower Institute, Inc. to accelerate career tracks in the water utilities sector and expand access to water utility workforce opportunities. The key activities include establishing targeted internship, apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and post-secondary bridge programs...
The University of Hawaii was awarded a $32.7 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307) to support workforce training initiatives across four major industries in Hawaii: healthcare, information technology, energy and resilience, and film, arts, and media. Over the four-year period from September 2022 to September 2026, the University will partner with industry organizations and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445) awarded a $5,594,866 Cooperative Agreement to the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) to accelerate career pathways in the water utilities sector and provide access to water utility workforce opportunities. The funding supports NRWA's establishment of targeted internship, apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and post-secondary bridge programs for skilled water utility trades....
This federal Project Grant award of $4,999,707.00 from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285) supports the expansion, diversification, and modernization of registered apprenticeship opportunities across Hawaii. The grant recipient, the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, will use the funding to develop new apprenticeship programs, create pre-apprenticeship initiatives, and increase access to...
The federal Project Grant award of $674,000.00 was made on February 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 grant was awarded to Clean The Bay Inc., a non-profit organization, to fund projects specified in the Division H explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022. The project aims to deliver a range of employment, labor, and...
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded $2 million under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) to Pacific International Center For High Technology Research (Pichtr) for a project grant concluding January 2025. The grant aims to address Hawaii's critical technician workforce shortage required to replace cesspools by 2050 through three goals: strengthening wastewater career pathways by engaging employers to align skills training; increasing awareness of environmental issues and job opportunities to recruit for programs; and increasing participation of underrepresented populations through training and supports. As subrecipient, Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations will bring together industry leaders to provide training input, increase community awareness of pressing environmental challenges, oversee outreach/recruitment, and implement an introductory wastewater training program with an experiential field study component.