What does the Ohio River Valley (the Appalachian states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky) have in common with the region of Eastern Wielkopolska (Eastern Greater Poland)? This guest blog a feature by Natalia Rudiak of Reimagine Appalachia with Prezmyslaw Piechocki of Wielkopolska Social Economy Support Center (EU), following Natalia's fall 2024 visit to Poland, and explores the similarities of the just transition movement between Appalachia and Eastern Poland.
Our team is growing, and we recently welcomed Rhea Carter as our new Development Manager!
We are thrilled to welcome Mollie Dalbey to our team as our new Policy Program Associate!
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) hosted a webinar where they offered application tips for developing a proposal to the Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) grant program. To support you in applying for WORC and enhance your chances of application success, we’ve compiled a summary of ARC’s recommendations.
We’re thrilled to announce our support of five visionary plans in coal-impacted communities across the country in their applications to Phase 2 of the Economic Development Administration (EDA)’s Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program.
The Just Transition Fund is thrilled to welcome our new Director of Communications, Camille Simpson! As the Director of Communications, Camille is responsible for orchestrating and overseeing strategic communications and media relations to advance JTF’s mission, vision, and organizational initiatives.
We’re thrilled to announce that the Just Transition Fund (JTF), in partnership with Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), has been awarded $900,000 through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Broadband Technical Assistance (BTA) program!
Meet the 2023 policy grant winners at the JTF! A total of $650,000 will be awarded to seven organizations to support the development or implementation of state transition funds in Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Virginia.
he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Climate Ready Workforce program is seeking applications to support climate resilient workforce programs in coastal states and territories. Check out the details below and contact our Federal Access Center if you could use support applying!
We’re excited to announce the launch of our policy grant cycle, which will focus on supporting efforts to create and implement state transition funds.
We’re excited to announce the launch of our Coal Communities Get Ready! Challenge! We know that communities have visionary ideas for growing and transforming their local economies, but often need targeted support to be ready to apply for and manage the federal funding that can bring these ideas to scale.
The Just Transition Fund is excited to announce that we are expanding our Federal Access Center!
