Project Grant MB20OBD8020151

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded Defy Ventures Inc. $587,358 under the MBDA Business Center federal grant program (CFDA #11.805) to support an entrepreneurship education program for formerly incarcerated individuals from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. The grant will fund Defy Ventures Inc. to deliver innovative entrepreneurship training and business development services to help reduce recidivism among formerly incarcerated persons. With high recidivism rates...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $5,098,657 Cooperative Agreement to Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc. (OIC of America), a minority-owned, non-profit organization, under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) federal grant program (CFDA 17.270). The funds will support comprehensive workforce development services for justice-involved youth and young adults, including pre- and post-release training, job readiness...

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) was awarded a $30 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to deliver reentry services to federal inmates in Illinois. The award will fund DCEO's adoption of the Department of Defense's Transition Assistance Program model to deliver reentry services to 750 federal inmates during incarceration, in...

The Department of Labor & Industry Pa, through a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270), will expand its existing PROWD (Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development) program to provide job club, navigation, and peer mentoring services to help formerly incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania secure sustainable, high-quality employment and reduce...

This federal Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), will support the Queens County Overall Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) in operating a comprehensive entrepreneurship program for formerly incarcerated individuals in Kew Gardens, New York. The program aims to address the significant challenges faced by this population in starting and operating small...

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 Indiana Department of Workforce Development received a $100,000 project grant award from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities federal grant program (CFDA 17.270). The grant will support the reintegration of ex-offenders through workforce reentry services from April 2021 through April 2025. In addition to serving returning adults, the Reentry Employment Opportunities program aims to assist youth involved or at risk of...

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...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program to Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc. (OIC of America), a non-profit organization that provides workforce development services to disadvantaged and justice-involved individuals. The grant, with a performance period from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027, will fund OIC of America's efforts to deliver job...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $5,395,182 Project Grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program to Youthbuild Global, Inc. to provide comprehensive workforce development and support services for formerly incarcerated individuals. The grant will fund a range of services from November 2024 through December 2027, including occupational skills training, job readiness preparation, case management, mentoring, and job placement...