Grant Program Job Opportunities

To prepare and place nine ex-offenders in entry-level, living wage jobs in construction.

To place ex-offenders from the Suffolk House of Corrections and the Roxbury STRIVE program in jobs.

To strengthen current on-site training program at Clarks Shoes, and recruit two additional companies to host on-site training centers.

To help poor and homeless individuals in New Haven’s Hill neighborhood become financially self-sufficient.

To enable ACCION USA applicants to improve their credit scores and financial knowledge; and to help microentrepreneurs to achieve long-term business success and stability.

To build capacity of rural entrepreneurs to establish networks and improve their business success by giving them access to technology and technology skills.

To enable Quality Care Partners to improve its retention strategy, encourage staff development, and improve state programs for home care workers.

To increase business knowledge and planning in the short term, leading to job creation and increased profitability in the long term.

To produce a workforce development map with policy recommendations that will educate and inform policymakers and the public about the workforce development system.

To increase employment retention rates and reduce re-incarceration for ex-prisoners in New York City.