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...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $550,000 Congressional Grants Program (CFDA 59.059) Project Grant to the Latino Economic Development Corp Inc. in Springfield, MA. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the local community through the end of the performance period on March 31, 2026. The funded activities are expected to include business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training,...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $1,000,000 Congressional Grant (CFDA 59.059) to Hispanic Federation Inc., a non-profit organization, to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives. The funding will be used to provide a range of programmatic activities, including business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, and economic development services. These efforts are focused on empowering and advancing the Hispanic community, particularly...
This Project Grant award of $250,000 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives. The award was granted to the Essex County Latino-American Chamber of Commerce, a minority-owned non-profit organization, to deliver business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, and community economic development services in the City of Orange, New Jersey. The...
The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Boulder County received a $250,000 Congressional Grants (CFDA 59.059) award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), with a performance period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028. This Project Grant will fund the organization's small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives, including programmatic and construction activities such as counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, education services, facility upgrades, and...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to the Latin American Economic Development Association, Inc. (Laeda), a minority-owned non-profit organization and community development corporation based in Camden, NJ. The award will support Laeda's work to provide entrepreneurial training, counseling, and technical assistance services to small businesses and entrepreneurs, with a focus on underserved...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059), will provide $455,000 in funding to Berkshire Black Economic Council Inc. for small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives. The award period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. The Congressional Grants program supports a wide range of programmatic and construction activities to foster small business growth, including...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $150,000 Congressional Grants (CFDA 59.059) project grant to the Hudson County Latin American Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit organization in North Bergen, New Jersey. The grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will be used to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the local community. Typical funded activities under this program include business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, education...
The U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of the Chief Operating Officer awarded a $250,000 Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) project grant to the Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington, D.C. (LEDC) on October 1, 2024. The grant funding will support LEDC's ongoing initiatives to advance economic and social opportunities for low-to-moderate income Latinos and other underserved communities in the Washington, D.C. area. As a certified Community Development Financial...
The Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of the Chief Operating Officer under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059). The grant will support LEDC's initiatives from June 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024 to provide small business development and entrepreneurship services in St. Paul, Minnesota. As described in the program details, the Congressional Grants funding can be used to support various...