Project Grant SJO10023GR0026

This Project Grant award of $199,999 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs' Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500) aims to improve the economic participation of 350 vulnerable female youth in three underserved governorates in Jordan. The funding will support activities to facilitate stable employment in the private sector or self-employment for this target population. The project will be implemented by the non-profit organization Questscope for Social...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (CFDA 19.519 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Middle East and North Africa) awarded a $2,700,000 cooperative agreement to the Near East Foundation (NEF), a non-profit organization, to advance the social and economic well-being of vulnerable refugee and Jordanian women in Jordan. The award, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to February 26, 2025, will support comprehensive humanitarian assistance...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the Philadelphia Area Project On Occupational Safety and Health (Philaposh) on September 30, 2023. The grant will fund Philaposh's efforts to engage immigrant women workers in leadership development, training, resource sharing, and support services aimed at preventing and responding to gender-based violence and harassment in their workplaces. Philaposh will implement this program in partnership with...

The Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development awarded $300,000 to Grand Rapids Opportunities For Women (GROW) dba Grow, through the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). Under this one-year Project Grant ending September 2023, Grow will provide training and counseling services to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Women's Business Ownership Assistance program aims to fund...

This federal Project Grant award of $100,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) program supports the organization Tomorrows Women to arrange weekend retreats for young Palestinian women aged 14-35. The retreats will increase the participants' knowledge of peacebuilding, nonviolent activism, and help them imagine alternatives to occupation, violence, despair, or apathy. The award period...

The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $525,000 Project Grant under the Girls in the Juvenile Justice System program (CFDA 16.830) to The Woman's Opportunity Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (WORC) to implement the WORC GYRL program. The WORC GYRL program is designed to reduce risk factors and provide comprehensive services for girls aged 17 and under who are at risk of or involved in the juvenile justice system, with a focus on serving Black...

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...

The Workplace Inc., a non-profit workforce development organization in Bridgeport, Connecticut, received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant, awarded on March 1, 2024, will fund the organization's delivery of a range of employment and training services through February 28, 2026. Key activities include job training, career...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 19.517 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa) to Jesuit Refugee Service USA (JRS USA) to provide livelihood and psychosocial support for urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda. The grant aims to increase the resilience of urban refugees and vulnerable host community members through livelihoods training, socio-economic integration, and psychosocial support...

The Women's Refugee Commission, Inc. was awarded a $331,242 cooperative agreement by the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration to expand measurement of and build evidence for refugee self-reliance programming under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Strategic Global Priorities (CFDA 19.522) federal grant program. The award period runs from September 15, 2021 through September 14, 2022. The Bureau supports this program through contributions to the United...