Through our Federal Access Center, the JTF is supporting eight applications to the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program.
Six JTF-supported projects recently won funding through the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)’s Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative, resulting in $5 million leveraged in coal communities in Appalachia.
The JTF is excited to support two projects in coal-impacted communities for their applications to the Economic Development Administration’s Good Jobs Challenge (GJC). Through this initiative, the EDA plans to make 5-8 awards totaling $25 million to support regional workforce training ecosystems.
We’re excited to announce Federal Access Center support for five projects in coal-impacted communities across the nation for their applications to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)’s Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program. As one of three Digital Equity Act programs, the Competitive Grant Program will award $1.25 billion in funds to support projects that promote digital equity and advance greater broadband adoption. We're supporting projects in Texas, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky.
We’re thrilled to share that JTF partner Green Building Alliance (GBA) was recently awarded $1,488,707 in funding through the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) Initiative!
We’re excited to announce our support for four projects in coal-impacted communities through their applications to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Rural eConnectivity (ReConnect) Program through our Federal Access Center. With this program, the USDA will make grants and loans to expand broadband infrastructure and services in rural areas.
We’re excited to announce our support for nine projects in coal-impacted communities throughout Appalachia through their applications to ARC’s Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative. POWER targets federal resources to help communities that have been affected by job losses in coal-related industries. Through this initiative, ARC funds projects that will leverage entrepreneurship, workforce development, and infrastructure to bolster local economic growth.
We’re excited to announce our support to four projects in coal-impacted communities for their applications to the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) Initiative.
We’re excited to announce our support for two projects in coal-impacted communities through their applications to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Clean Energy and Manufacturing Workforce Training and Technical Assistance Awards Program (IATC Program).
In early April, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced eight recipients of $20 billion in grants under two competitions (National Clean Investment Fund, NCIF, and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator, CCIA). These initiatives fall under the umbrella of the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).
We’re excited to announce two JTF-supported projects recently won funding through the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)'s Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE)! ARISE makes grants to multi-state collaboratives driving large-scale economic development efforts throughout Appalachia.
Three JTF grantee partners have been selected as host communities for the inaugural IEDC fellows program, Wind River Development Fund, Greater Peoria Economic Development Council, and Shaping our Appalachian Region (SOAR).
