From MEMA Washington Insider
WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week that approximately $1.8 million is available for up to six grants through the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations program.
The grants will support innovative projects that improve the recruitment, hiring, training, employment and retention of women in apprenticeships within industries such as advanced manufacturing, transportation and construction. Within these industries, the grants will fund activities focused on three occupational areas: existing occupations expected to experience primarily an increase in employment demand; existing occupations with significant change to the work and worker requirement;, and new and emerging green occupations.
Eligible applicants include consortia that comprise a community-based organization, a local workforce investment area and a Registered Apprenticeship program sponsor. Applicants must place at least 50 participants annually and at least 100 over the life of the grant into a Registered Apprenticeship program. The grants are jointly administered by the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau and its Employment and Training Administration’s Office of Apprenticeship.
The solicitation for grant applications was published in the April 10 Federal Register. Click here for more info.