Project Grant P066A210171

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. a $1,801,219 Project Grant under the TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers federal grant program (CFDA 84.066). The grant period runs from September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2021 to provide information and assistance to qualified adults seeking to pursue postsecondary education opportunities. Specifically, the Educational Opportunity Centers program grant funds Georgia State...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Chicago State University $1,802,043.68 under the TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers federal grant program (CFDA 84.066) for the period of September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2021. The grant aims to provide information on financial and academic assistance available for qualified adults seeking to pursue postsecondary education programs and assist them in applying to institutions of higher education. Specifically, Chicago...

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Morehead State University a $556,502 Project Grant under the TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) Program (CFDA 84.066) to provide comprehensive postsecondary education support services to qualified adults. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, with a completion date of August 31, 2025, will fund the university's Educational Opportunity Center in Morehead, Kentucky. The EOC Program aims to help participants...

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 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...

This $760,367 Project Grant award from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the CFDA 84.305 Education Research, Development and Dissemination program supports the "CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS: ADVANCING EQUITY IN OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES" project at the University of Chicago. This one-year award, effective September 1, 2024, will fund research activities designed to improve educational outcomes and reduce achievement gaps in Chicago public schools. The...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Career Technical Institute, Inc., doing business as Career Blazers Learning Centre, a $403,976 Formula Grant under the Education Stabilization Fund program (CFDA 84.425). The grant funds will support Career Technical Institute's delivery of educational services and student support activities from March 2021 through March 2022. As a proprietary institution, Career Technical Institute will use the grant funding to provide direct...

The Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington (OIC of Washington) has been awarded a $475,000 Project Grant under the Migrant Education High School Equivalency Program (CFDA 84.141) from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant, with a performance period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will fund OIC's High School Equivalency Program (HEP) to provide educational attainment services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $599,208 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to the Los Angeles Community College District, doing business as East Los Angeles College. The grant will support activities to strengthen the management, fiscal operations, and academic quality of the institution, with a focus on expanding educational opportunities for underrepresented and minority student populations. Key...

This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The funds will support a 3-year initiative led by the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, operating as the City Colleges of Chicago, to develop a roadmap to help high school seniors in Chicago pursue postsecondary education. Through this initiative, City Colleges of Chicago will...