The City of Birmingham, Alabama will receive $10.76 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The Birmingham Region Health Partnership will utilize the funding to establish a pipeline of skilled healthcare and digital health workers through workforce training initiatives focused on marginalized communities and people of color. In partnership with leading healthcare employers in the region...
The City of Birmingham, Alabama will receive $21,529,962 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program to establish the Birmingham Region Health Partnership. This Partnership will build a skilled healthcare and digital health workforce through training programs focused on marginalized communities and people of color. In partnership with leading healthcare employers such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $450,000 project grant to the Birmingham Business Alliance Foundation on May 20, 2021 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The grant will fund market intelligence studies in Birmingham, AL to support the city's economic development efforts. The EAA program provides technical and planning assistance to regions facing adverse economic changes, and this award will help Birmingham assess business and industry...
The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham received an $840,000 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302). The funding will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for a six-county region in central Alabama through December 2025. As part of this EDA Planning program award, the Commission...
The Economic Development Administration awarded a $2.17 million Project Grant to Vilcap, Inc. to develop lasting investment infrastructure for technology startups led by founders of color in the Southeast region of the United States. Under the Resource Invests initiative funded through the agency's BUILD TO SCALE program (CFDA #11.024), Vilcap will work with the Black Innovation Alliance from November 2022 to April 2024 to launch infrastructure and a replicable model to improve...
The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) Foundation, a non-profit organization, received a $216,674 Project Grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002). The grant funds an Entrepreneurship Education program, which provides business and technical assistance activities to strengthen the regional economy in Appalachia. The program aims to advance ARC's strategic goals, such as investing in entrepreneurial and...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $500,000 project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to the Louisville Healthcare CEO Council Inc. The grant supports the Council's proposal to establish Louisville, Kentucky as a national hub for digital healthcare by broadening the region's artificial intelligence (AI) talent pipeline and supporting AI adoption in the healthcare sector. Key deliverables include establishing an Innovation and...
This $4.8 million Economic Development Administration project grant funds the New Orleans Startup Fund Inc. to launch the Diversifying and Expanding the Entrepreneurship Pipeline in Technology in New Orleans initiative through September 2025. The Startup Fund will enhance its portfolio management capacity and deliver customized technical assistance to over 100 women- and minority-owned technology entrepreneurs to help them progress from pre-seed funding to venture capital rounds and exits. It...
The City and County of Denver received a $6,180,520 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to fund the Denver's TechUp project. The three-year project will provide a multi-tiered entrepreneurship program focused on technology and targeted towards Black, Indigenous and other People of Color entrepreneurs in the Denver area. Delivered in partnership with Access Mode, University of Colorado...
The Wayne State University Research & Technology Park in Detroit, Michigan (Techtown Detroit) received a $1.17 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to recruit and train 200 high-net-worth individuals from Michigan and the Great Lakes region as angel investors from October 2021 through September 2024. The project aims to activate the potential of underrepresented investors...