Grant Program Job Opportunities

To launch the day labor pool component of the First Step Housing Project.

To create a home care cooperative, provide ongoing support to two existing employee-owned home health care companies, and participate in a campaign to gain health care coverage for home health care workers.

To support a paraprofessional health care cooperative in southern New Hampshire. Specifically to help create a training curriculum for certified nursing assistants.

To fund the Campaign for Permanent Capital that will support new and innovative projects that are perceived as too risky for more traditional lenders.

To create a public policy initiative aimed at improving the pay, working conditions and possibility of advancement for entry level health care jobs, one of the key entry points into the workforce for low-income individuals, particularly women of color.

To collaborate with Parents United for Child Care in researching policy issues, conducting a needs assessment and suggesting possible mechanisms for providing and paying for child care during non-traditional working hours.

To fund training and other support services to rural women attending STEP UP, a training program designed to help low-income women enter the skilled trades.

To support the job readiness program.

To develop a new housing prototype to serve the chronically homeless, and for a related study on the feasibility of creating a day labor pool to link these marginalized individuals with short-term work assignments.

To support the development and expansion of small business and microenterprise programs by the Community Development Corporations that make up MACDC’s membership.