The Economic Development Administration awarded Howard Community College $602,936 under the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Talent Challenge Program federal grant to address the cyber workforce demand in Central Maryland. Howard Community College will use the two-year project grant funding, from February 2021 through January 2023, to deliver services that respond to the cyber workforce shortage in the region. As the place of performance for the award, Howard Community...
The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded Hagerstown Community College $7.3 million under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program on August 9, 2022. The funding will support renovating a facility to expand workforce training programs in commercial truck driving and skilled trades. This will help address labor shortages and support economic growth in key industries in Washington County, Maryland. Once completed, the project is expected to create job...
The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded US Ignite, Inc. a $1.9 million project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to launch the DC Regional Startup and Workforce Training Project. The two-year project will expand access to digital skills training and accelerate technology-focused workforce development and small business support in targeted Opportunity Zones in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. Once implemented, the project...
Activate Work Inc. received a $1.4 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307). The grant will support Activate Work's launch of a cybersecurity training program in Denver, Colorado. The program will recruit, screen, train, and match participants for employment, including placement in a 12-month registered Department of Labor apprenticeship. Activate Work will provide 12 months of...
The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment awarded a $1,122,211 Project Grant to the Department of Commerce Office of Finance Programs under the Economic Adjustment Assistance for State Governments (CFDA 12.617) federal grant program. This funding supports the "CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR MARYLAND DEFENSE FIRMS: PHASE 3" project providing cybersecurity assistance to Maryland defense contractors from March 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022....
This Project Grant award from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment provides $1,256,180 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance for State Governments (CFDA 12.617) program to the University of Maryland Baltimore County to modernize cybersecurity curriculum for manufacturing operational technology. The University will work with sub-awardees MXD USA and UMBC Training Centers to develop new cybersecurity course content informed by manufacturer...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $327,577 Cooperative Agreement to Howard Community College (HCC) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620). The funding will enable HCC to expand its successful Cybersecurity Registered Apprenticeship Program, which partners with AT&T to provide apprentices with top-secret security clearances and promote workforce diversity. Additionally, HCC will establish a Cyber Clinic to give...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $939,230 project grant to Health TECH Alley Inc. of Columbia, MD under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The grant will support the "CATALYZING HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND GROWTH IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES" project from April 2021 through October 2022. The project aims to catalyze the use of health information technology in underserved communities to promote economic...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded Connected DMV $755,142 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307) on September 20, 2022 to launch the Life Sciences and Healthcare Quantum Innovation Hub pilot program. This 12-month program will accelerate the development of life sciences and healthcare industries in the Greater Washington D.C.-Maryland-Virginia metropolitan region by leveraging local strengths in life sciences, healthcare,...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant to the Garrett County Board of Commissioners on May 27, 2021 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The funding will support broadband infrastructure projects in Oakland, Maryland aimed at addressing adverse economic impacts from changes in the region. As part of the EAA program, this award will help the county expand connectivity to boost economic development opportunities in the...