The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,200,000 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grant (CFDA 17.280) to the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP), a non-profit organization. The purpose of this 3-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, is to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions, including those in...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,999,568 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grant (CFDA 17.280) to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Office of Research on September 30, 2024. The purpose of this 3-year project grant is to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions, including those in critical...
The American Indian Center of Arkansas, Inc. was awarded a $1,498,810 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) on September 30, 2023. The grant will fund the WORC Arkansas Tribal Rural Workforce Development project, which aims to create economic mobility, address historic inequities, and produce high-quality employment outcomes for Native American...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280), will deliver a range of workforce training and career services in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions. The $1,500,000 grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will enable the St. Landry Parish Government in Louisiana to increase access to stable, family-sustaining jobs in critical...
The Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS) was awarded a $2.78 million project grant from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants/WIA National Emergency Grants program. Under this award, ACDS will provide workforce development services to 375 participants in the Appalachian and Delta regions of Arkansas. Specifically, ACDS will enroll pre-apprentices in self-paced training and IT fundamentals bootcamps, provide necessary...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,134,709 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grant (CFDA 17.280) to Gradus Project, a woman-owned, Black American non-profit organization, on September 30, 2024. The three-year grant project, titled "Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) Round 6," aims to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,876,688 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grant to the Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri (CPSEMO), a non-profit community development organization, on September 30, 2024. The purpose of this 3-year project grant is to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions,...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,500,000 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grant (CFDA 17.280) to EO Companies, doing business as United Way, on September 30, 2024. The purpose of this Project Grant award is to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions, including those in critical sectors such as...
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 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) National Dislocated Worker Grants (CFDA 17.277) program. The grant's purpose is to provide disaster-relief employment, as well as employment and training services, to address the employment and economic impacts of declared disasters and emergency situations in disaster-declared areas. Eligible participants...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,148,000 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grant to Tunica County Administrators Department, doing business as Tunica County Board of Supervisors, on September 30, 2024. The purpose of this 3-year project grant is to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions, including...