Project Grant STX10021GR3019

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...

The Chicago Women In Trades (CWIT) was awarded a $9 million project grant from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285) to deliver pre-apprenticeship programs and support services to increase women's participation in construction trades apprenticeships. Over the four year period from July 2022 to June 2026, CWIT will operate a minimum of seven pre-apprenticeship programs serving approximately 360 aspiring...

Summary CareerRise Inc. received a $722,408 Project Grant award dated September 30, 2025, from the Department of Labor Women's Bureau under the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 17.701). The grant funds a two-tiered technical assistance model delivered to employers across metro Atlanta and ten surrounding Georgia counties (Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Gwinnett, Fulton, Henry, and Rockdale) through...

This Project Grant award of $716,701 was provided by 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). The grant will support Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), a non-profit organization, to scale an existing model for engaging the workforce system in supporting women's entry into and retention in skilled construction, manufacturing, transit, rail, utilities, and clean energy...

INCREASING H.O.P.E. PROJECT GRANT SUMMARY Increasing H.O.P.E., a minority-owned, woman-owned, and veteran-owned nonprofit community development corporation based in North Charleston, South Carolina, received a $150,000 Project Grant awarded on September 30, 2025, under the Small Business Administration's Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043), administered by the Office of Entrepreneurial Development. The award supports the organization's operation of a Women's Business...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Labor Women's Bureau awarded Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, Inc. (doing business as Big Step) a $1.49 million Project Grant under the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 17.701) on September 30, 2025, for the "She Drives the Future" program. This 12-week integrated training program combines entry-level construction skills training with Commercial Driver's...

The YWCA of Oahu was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development to continue providing services under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #59.043) from September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2023. The Women's Business Ownership Assistance program aims to support organizations that provide training and counseling to help remove discriminatory barriers faced by women business owners. Through...

The federal Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043) provides funding to the Urban League of Louisiana, a non-profit civil rights organization, to deliver training, counseling, and technical assistance to women-owned small businesses in the New Orleans area. The goal is to remove discriminatory barriers women entrepreneurs face in accessing capital,...

The Women's Center for Entrepreneurship Corporation will provide entrepreneurship training and counseling services to women-owned small businesses through a $200,000 cooperative agreement award from the Small Business Administration's Office of Entrepreneurial Development. The award is part of the SBA's Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043), which aims to fund organizations that assist women entrepreneurs through training and counseling, and remove...