Project Grant P031S220027

This Project Grant award of $600,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) will support Dominican University's "Pathways to Wellness: Empowering Hispanic and Low-Income Scholars to Build Successful Careers in Healthcare" initiative. The award will fund activities to expand educational opportunities, improve academic offerings, and enhance institutional capacity for underrepresented and low-income student populations at...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to Calumet College of Saint Joseph Inc., a private non-profit university in Whiting, Indiana. The grant, titled "CAMINO AL EXITO -- THE PATH TO SUCCESS", will be used to support the college's efforts to expand educational opportunities, improve academic offerings, and enhance institutional capacity for...

The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership will use a $37.1 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to deliver workforce training programs through four sector partnerships. The Partnership will lead partnerships focused on healthcare, manufacturing, transportation/logistics, and information technology. These partnerships will work with over 40 employer partners and the Chicago Workforce Funders Alliance to place more than 90,000 job seekers in...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010) to the Institute for Latino Progress (Instituto del Progreso Latino), a non-profit organization based in Chicago, IL. The grant funds the "INSTITUTO FAST TRACK TO CITIZENSHIP 2023" project, which aims to provide citizenship preparation services to Chicago's immigrant communities over a 2-year period...

The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) program to the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) in Wilsonville, OR. The grant will fund a Healthcare Career Pathways program over a 2-year period from September 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. Through a sub-award,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to the Hispanic Federation Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York. The grant, titled "THE HISPANIC FEDERATION CREAR FUTUROS IL MENTORSHIP INITIATIVE", will support college readiness, achievement, and retention of Latinx and other students attending the University of Illinois system. The...

Federal Grant Award Summary Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc. (ASPIN) received a $1.2 million project grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) to implement the ASPIN Behavioral Health Career Pathways Program (ABHCPP). The three-year award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, supports the development of sustainable career pathways for high school youth in rural Indiana communities. The program...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a $333,331 Project Grant under the CMS Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations program (CFDA 93.779) to the California State University San Marcos Corporation (CSUSM) for the "Community Schools Bridges2Health Research Project". This project aims to develop and evaluate a "Bridges2Health" community health advocate program that will be implemented within two community schools in the Vista Unified School District in...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $488,756 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant to the Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque. The project, running from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2026, will provide a health careers pathways program for Hispanic and Indigenous teens in New Mexico. Key activities include developing and facilitating health-related out-of-school learning experiences such as hands-on workshops, teen science cafes, and a statewide...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) will fund bilingual workforce training and education programs for Latino residents of Reading and Berks County, Pennsylvania through December 31, 2025. The Berks Latino Workforce Development Center will establish employment services, English as a Second Language instruction, allied health occupation...