Eastern Workforce Opportunity Regional Center And Services, Inc.

Eastern Workforce Opportunity Regional Center And Services, Inc. is a non-profit organization structured as a corporate entity. It is registered in SAM.gov to receive federal awards, with its current registration expiring in December 2024.

Eastern Workforce Opportunity Regional Center And Services, Inc. has received several federal grant awards primarily focused on agricultural workforce development and supporting agribusiness enterprises in the Potomac Highlands region of eastern West Virginia. In 2023, it received a $26,400 project grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission for organizational capacity building. Most notably, in 2021 it was awarded a $500,000 project grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an agricultural workforce through applied education, experiential learning, and mentorship from experts and agribusiness owners. This project aims to counter the loss of skilled agricultural labor by providing training opportunities ranging from webinars to short courses and farm fellowships, with the goal of improving existing or new agricultural enterprises, connecting participants to agricultural careers through apprenticeships, and empowering participants with skills to advance the local agricultural economy. Eastern Workforce Opportunity Regional Center And Services, Inc. has partnered with West Virginia University's Extension Service, local farmers, agricultural enterprise owners, and industry leaders, as well as Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, to deliver this comprehensive agricultural workforce development program. Additionally, in 2019, it received a $285,805 project grant from the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service to build a collective sales, marketing, and distribution system for farmers to sell their products to larger buyers such as restaurants, schools, and institutions.