Job Opportunities

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Microenterprise Technical Assistance

Central Vermont Community Action Council	$40,000
To offer enhanced services and programs to Vermont Women's Business Center alumnae.

Coastal Enterprises Inc.	$40,000
To provide comprehensive business assistance to low-income women in Maine's rim counties.

Four Directions Development Corporation	$40,000
To foster entrepreneurial activities within Maine Native American communities.

University of Vermont and State Agricultural College	$45,000
To provide support, peer networking and technical assistance to at least 60 farmers engaged in small-scale, ecologically-oriented businesses.

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Workforce Development Innovations / Enhancements

Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund	$40,000
To provide ex-offenders with legal assistance in overcoming barriers to employment and housing.

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation	$50,000
To help 120 formerly incarcerated young adults aged 18 to 24 reintegrate into society and the workforce.

Boston Private Industry Council	$40,000
To help Boston high school graduates who are planning professional careers in the financial services sector enter and succeed in college.

Center for Employment Opportunities	$50,000
To provide training for formerly incarcerated individuals that will lead to well-paying, skilled-labor jobs.

Common Ground Community HDFC, Inc.	$25,000
To provide general support for Common Ground Community, in honor of 2008 Sparkplug Award winner Rosanne Haggerty.

Community Servings	$50,000
To train participants for employment in the food sector, and to increase Community Servings' capacity to feed the critically ill.

Crittenton Women's Union	$40,000
To create clear and attainable pathways for low-income women to become economically independent.

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow	$40,000
To enable young people from low-income families to find employment, advance towards self-sufficiency and achieve financial security.

Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute	$45,000
In partnership with Home Care for Maine, to develop a career advancement pilot for personal support specialists that will encourage worker retention and job satisfaction.

Pioneer Valley Rebuilders CDC	$50,000
To implement a pre-apprenticeship training program for women emerging from the Western Massachusetts Women's Regional Correctional Center.

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United	$50,000
To initiate an advanced restaurant training and placement program for immigrant and US-born restaurant workers in Maine.

Safe Harbors of the Hudson	$5,000
To provide general support, in honor of Rosanne Haggerty, winner of the 2008 Sparkplug Award.

STRIVE Boston Employment Service	$60,000
To train and place Boston ex-offenders in jobs, and help ten ex-offender graduates enroll in post-secondary education.

Vermont Works for Women	$50,000
To ensure the modular home building program's smooth transition to the St. Albans Correctional Facility, and to pilot a transitional jobs program for women recently released from prison.

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See 2007 Grants

See 2006 Grants

See 2005 Grants

See 2004 Grants

See 2003 Grants

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