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ETA News Release: [07/07/2005]
Contact Name: David James or Mike Volpe
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
Release
Number: 05-1233-NAT
U.S. Labor Department Announces Winners of $15.6 Million
for Youth Offender Projects
WASHINGTONU.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced
winners of a competition for grants totaling $15.6 million to prepare
youth offenders for successful entry into the workforce. Sixteen organizations
from a pool of 168 applicants from across the country won a competition
for awards ranging from about $851,000 to $1 million.
“These grants will help young people turn their lives around and give them
an opportunity to take a more positive path in the future,” said Secretary
Chao.
A competitive solicitation for grant applications was issued April 22 seeking
projects consistent with both the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative
and the Labor Department's Youth Vision.
These grants will provide occupational training, on-the-job training, apprenticeship
opportunities, internships and other work-based learning to help former offenders
gain the skills for which high growth industries have strong demand. Winning
projects will focus on addressing the workforce needs of growing industries
that provide employment opportunities and potential for advancement.
“Winners of these grants have been selected because they can help these
young people prepare for employment with an array of services ranging from
acquiring new or additional skills to helping them enter community and four-year
colleges,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training
Emily Stover DeRocco. “These grants will provide these youth, who do not
have a long work history, good employment opportunities to help put their
past behind them and begin to realize their potential.”
For more information on the Department of Labor's employment and training
programs, including the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative,
please visit www.doleta.gov.
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Youth Offender High Growth / High Demand Project Award
Recipients
AWARDEE |
|
CITY |
|
STATE |
|
AMOUNT |
Improved Solutions |
|
Dayton |
|
OH |
|
$1,000,000 |
Community Learning Center, Inc. |
|
Fort Worth |
|
TX |
|
$970,566 |
Quad Area Community Action Agency, Inc. |
|
Hammond |
|
LA |
|
$1,000,000 |
Suncoast Workforce Board, Inc. |
|
Sarasota |
|
FL |
|
$994,248 |
Cuyahoga County |
|
Cleveland |
|
OH |
|
$1,000,000 |
The Bridge |
|
Imperial Beach |
|
CA |
|
$1,000,000 |
Worksystems, Inc. |
|
Portland |
|
OR |
|
$1,000,000 |
Aspen Diversified Industries Services.,
Inc. |
|
Colorado Springs |
|
CO |
|
$851,249 |
Colors of Success, Inc. |
|
Salt Lake City |
|
UT |
|
$952,394 |
Goodwill Industries – Suncoast |
|
St. Petersburg
|
|
FL |
|
$996,289 |
The Oregon Consortium |
|
Albany |
|
OR |
|
$1,000,000 |
Workforce Connections, Inc. |
|
LaCrosse
|
|
WI |
|
$934,679 |
Camden County WIB |
|
Cherry Hill |
|
NJ |
|
$1,000,000 |
DCCCD – Richland College |
|
Dallas |
|
TX |
|
$1,000,000 |
Goodwill Industries of Central Arizona,
Inc. |
|
Phoenix |
|
AZ |
|
$999,005 |
State of Oklahoma |
|
Stillwater |
|
OK |
|
$1,000,000 |
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