Project Grant LA50122

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Amikids, Inc. a $12 million Project Grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025. The grant will introduce justice-involved youth ages 15 to 18 to careers in the culinary arts industry through classroom training and paid work experiences. Specifically, Amikids and three sub-awardees—Amikids Greater Fort Lauderdale, Amikids White Pines, and Amikids Tampa—will...

The City of New Orleans, through its Division of Housing doing business as Job 1 Office of Workforce Development, has been awarded a $1,218,757 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270). The grant will fund the Reimagining Employment Strategies to Offer Reentry to Employment and Beyond (RESTORE) program, which aims to remove barriers and provide a pathway for 150 incarcerated individuals in...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $12 million project grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc. for the period of July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025. Through its subrecipients, OIC of America will deliver workforce development services to 350 justice-involved youth and young adults in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Subrecipients will partner with local employers...

Operation Restoration will receive $900,000 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Community Based Reentry Education and Employment Services (C-BREES) program. The program will provide comprehensive education and employment services to 75 currently and formerly incarcerated women annually through 2025 to improve vocational education programs available in custody at Louisiana Correctional...

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) was awarded a $900,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to expand its Hospitality Opportunities for People (RE)entering Society (HOPES) program. HOPES provides sequenced job readiness training, support services, occupational training, industry credentials, employment connections, and advancement...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $6 million Project Grant to the Little Rock Workforce Investment Board through the Reentry Employment Opportunities program. The grant will fund job readiness training, occupational training, case management, legal advocacy, mental health counseling and referrals for 200 individuals in the six months prior to release from the Pulaski County Correctional Facility. Services will include comprehensive individual...

The $12 million Project Grant from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) will fund workforce development services for 350 justice-involved young adults in Milwaukee, WI. Midwest Urban Strategies Inc. will serve as the local project manager, coordinating comprehensive case management, skills training, credential attainment assistance, and job placement services through December 2025. Services will include...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) awarded a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Cplc Nevada Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) federal grant program (CFDA 17.270). The grant, with a performance period from March 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will support the "CPLC S YOUTH GROWTH OPPORTUNITY PROJECT" to provide comprehensive workforce development services to justice-involved youth in Nevada. The...

The Gang Alternative, Inc. received a $6 million project grant award from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to provide career pathway training and workforce development services to at-risk youth in Miami, Florida. The grant aims to introduce 160 justice-involved youth ages 18-24 to employment through paid work experiences and industry-recognized certifications. Services will address essential skills...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) program supports the "Increasing Capacity Around Residency Education 4 the Unhoused (ICARE4U)" program delivered by the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford (UICOMR) Family Medicine Residency Program. The goal of the ICARE4U program is to enhance the training of family medicine residents in street medicine, including...