Project Grant SJM37023GR0027

This $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, will fund the USAID YOUTH EMPOWER (EMPOWER) ACTIVITY in Jamaica over a five-year period from December 2023 to December 2028. The EMPOWER Activity aims to address risk and resilience factors influencing at-risk Jamaican youths' participation in crime and violence. The project will bolster civic education and...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 project grant to Family And Parenting Centre LIMITED under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program. The grant aims to improve economic opportunity for survivors of gender-based violence in Jamaica by supporting community-led solutions. Specifically, the grantee Family & Parenting Centre will use the funding to enhance the capacity of local organizations and promote the economic and social...

This $587,345 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, under the Secretary's Office of the Global Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.301) program, will establish a Climate Entrepreneurship Hub in Kingston, Jamaica. The Hub will build the technical capacity and skills of sustainability-focused founders and startups, to drive programming that addresses global economic and environmental challenges through innovative solutions. The award...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Parents And Children Together, a non-profit family service agency, for the "PACT COMMUNITY TEEN CENTER - BRIDGES BACK TO SCHOOL - HELPING YOUTH RE-ENGAGE WITH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY" program. The project will be carried out from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. The grant funding supports the organization's efforts to provide services under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy;...

The Partners In Development Foundation received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to support the PIHA ME KA PONO PROJECT. The award is funded through four federal programs—Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects—as designated by the 84.215 CFDA program title. The...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), through the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548), has awarded The Skills Center Inc. a $250,000 Project Grant to provide an array of sports-based youth development services for 50 minority middle and high school girls annually over a 3-year period. The program, titled "Tampa YES," will deliver trauma-informed, positive youth development programming that includes individual education plans, tutoring, mentoring,...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico received a $972,405 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.818 - Children Exposed to Violence) to implement the Puerto Rico Intervention, Diversion, and Education (PRIDE) program. PRIDE supports children and youth aged 6-18 exposed to violence in two high-crime, high-poverty public housing communities in Puerto Rico. The program provides a three-tiered system of...

Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888), the nonprofit organization Peace Over Violence will provide intervention and prevention services to participants in the Para Los Ninos Youth Workforce Services program in Los Angeles, California. The goal is to...

This $310,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supports Corporacion Taller Prodesal Promocion Popular Y De Alternativas Al Desarrollo in delivering entrepreneurship and skills training programs for at-risk youth in Colombia's Caribbean region. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), the grantee will work with young people to generate new economic and cultural ventures, provide business development and audio-visual production training, and offer $310K...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $4,125,000 YouthBuild program grant (CFDA 17.274) to Valencia College in Orlando, Florida. The project aims to equip disadvantaged youth ages 16-24 with education, occupational skills training, and supportive services to facilitate their career and post-secondary education placement. Key components include project-based learning, construction skills training, and involvement in affordable housing projects. Valencia...