Project Grant SBN15018GR0022

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $499,959 Project Grant under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls Program (CFDA 16.035) to Samuel Merritt University (SMU) in Oakland, California. The primary purpose of the VALUE H.E.R. (Value Hope Education and Respect) initiative is to prevent sex and labor trafficking among Black and Latinx girls in Alameda County, California, which is considered the third-largest trafficking hotspot in the United States. The project...

The Disability Law Center of Virginia will provide $500,000 in training, consultation, and outreach services to end violence against women with disabilities through September 2024 under a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The goal of the Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities program (CFDA 16.529) is to create sustainable improvements in how organizations respond to...

This Project Grant award of $541,500 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.215 - Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects) will support The Education Alliance's "4T Rural Expansion" initiative. Specifically, the funding will launch the "4T Academy" in Mason County Schools and...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau awarded a $1,428,870 Project Grant under the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 17.701) to the Veterans Enterprise Training & Services Group, Inc. (The Vets Group) to design and implement a project that creates more pathways for women, including women veterans, spouses, and women of color, to enter or expand their skills for high-demand occupations in the IT industry. Key...

This $150,000 Project Grant awarded on September 30, 2023 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043) will fund Communityworks, a non-profit Community Development Corporation, to provide training, counseling, and technical assistance services to support small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. The goal is...

This federal Project Grant award of $150,000 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development through the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043). The award will fund Miles College, Inc., a private non-profit university designated as a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), to deliver training, counseling, and technical assistance aimed at assisting small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau under the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 17.701) will provide $2,150,103 in funding to the Southern Nevada Building Trades Unions Non-Profit Development Corporation, Inc. over a 24-month period from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The funding will support technical assistance activities to encourage employment of women in apprenticeable...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,156,140 to support the "Collaborative Research: Learner-Co-Created Social Robots for Supporting Girls' Development of AI and Computing Skills" project. The award aims to empower middle school girls from historically underrepresented backgrounds to engage in robotics education, develop positive STEM identities, and explore the societal implications of...

The U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to Equal Rights Advocates, Inc. (ERA) to assist marginalized and underserved women workers who have been impacted by gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the workplace. The project aims to: build awareness through dissemination of worker- and survivor-centered information and educational materials; implement worker- and survivor-driven strategies to mitigate workplace risks and prevent GBVH;...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to Ladies Empowered with Resources, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI. This 24-month project, beginning on October 1, 2024, will provide advocates and case managers with knowledge, tools, and trauma-informed strategies to support survivor entrepreneurship as a pathway to economic independence and healing. The project will also equip advocates and case...