Project Grant V191D150034

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,999,333 Cooperative Agreement under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program to Access Connections To Success, a non-profit organization. The award, with a performance period from March 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will fund comprehensive workforce development services to justice-involved individuals in Mississippi. These services include occupational skills training, job readiness preparation,...

The National Disability Institute Inc. was awarded a $4 million cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Solicitor under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) for the period of September 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. Under the award, the National Disability Institute will work across the workforce development system to develop policies and provide technical expertise that increases competitive integrated employment services,...

The City of New Orleans, through its Division of Housing doing business as Job 1 Office of Workforce Development, has been awarded a $1,218,757 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270). The grant will fund the Reimagining Employment Strategies to Offer Reentry to Employment and Beyond (RESTORE) program, which aims to remove barriers and provide a pathway for 150 incarcerated individuals in...

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded Metro Community Ministries Inc. a $4 million Project Grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities federal grant program (CFDA 17.270) for the period of July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2024. The grant will support Metro Community Ministries' REINTEGRATION OF EX-OFFENDERS project located in San Diego, CA. Through this funding, Metro Community Ministries will provide reentry services focused on increasing employment...

The Kent State University Prison Reentry Program is a $900,000 project grant awarded under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The program aims to develop comprehensive educational and employment-based reentry services for moderate to high-risk justice-impacted individuals in the Trumbull Correctional Institution in Northeast Ohio. Key program activities include providing transitional and reentry support, education and skill-building, career...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $6 million Project Grant to the Little Rock Workforce Investment Board through the Reentry Employment Opportunities program. The grant will fund job readiness training, occupational training, case management, legal advocacy, mental health counseling and referrals for 200 individuals in the six months prior to release from the Pulaski County Correctional Facility. Services will include comprehensive individual...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $6,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Department of Employment Security (ESD) under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program (CFDA 17.270). The grant funding will support comprehensive workforce development services to justice-involved individuals in Washington, with the goal of improving employment outcomes and reducing recidivism. Key services to be provided include occupational...

The Urban League of Rochester, N.Y., Inc. will provide $6 million in reentry employment services under a Project Grant award from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration. The grant is part of the Reentry Employment Opportunities program, which aims to increase employment among returning citizens and at-risk youth. Services will include case management, occupational skills training, high school equivalency preparation, paid work experiences, mentoring, supportive...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded an $11,482,900 cooperative agreement to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity under the Reentry Employment Opportunities federal grant program (CFDA 17.270). The award will support expansion of in-reach services at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan and four associated residential reentry centers through March 2026. Key deliverables include establishing a statewide network to support...

The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) received a $200,942 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The grant, titled "NEVADA COLLABORATIVE: TRAINING SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH AUTISM," aims to enhance the...