Grants

Category Workforce Readiness

Grants Awarded in 2024 $80,000

Center for Employment Opportunities Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2024

for employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals in FY24

Smart Development, Inc.

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2024

for the Community First program in 2024

Spanish American Committee for a Better Community

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2024

for the Families First program in 2024

Towards Employment

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2024

for the Career Pathway program in 2024

Grants Awarded in 2023 $134,500

Center for Employment Opportunities Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2023

for employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals in FY23

Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Amount
$50,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2023

to remove barriers to economic independence through civil legal aid in 2023

May Dugan Center

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2023

for the Education Resource Center in 2023

Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons, Inc.

Amount
$12,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2023

for workforce development/family resiliency programming in 2023

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2023

for adult literacy programming in FY24

Smart Development, Inc.

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2023

for the Community First program in 2023

Spanish American Committee for a Better Community

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2023

for the Families First program in 2023

Stella Maris

Amount
$2,500
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2023

for workforce development programming

Grants Awarded in 2022 $207,000

Center for Employment Opportunities Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals

Jennings Center for Older Adults

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for the Employment Resource Network for Cleveland-area assisted-living/long-term care facilities

Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Amount
$50,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

to remove barriers to economic independence through civil legal aid in 2022

Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for community-wide literacy initiatives in 2022

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for the Workforce Development program in 2022

May Dugan Center

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for the Education Resource Center in 2022

Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons, Inc.

Amount
$12,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for workforce development/family resiliency programming

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for adult literacy programming in FY23

Smart Development, Inc.

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for the Community First program in 2022

Spanish American Committee for a Better Community

Amount
$25,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for the Latino Construction Program

Towards Employment

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2022

for the Career Pathway program in 2022

Grants Awarded in 2021 $305,000

Center for Employment Opportunities Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

For employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2021 (to date)

for the Access Centers

Cuyahoga County Public Library

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

For adult basic education for Cuyahoga County’s reentry population

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2021 (to date)

to increase income and stability for homeless families

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2021 (to date)

to help homeless families achieve stability

Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Amount
$50,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

For Economic Justice programming

Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2021 (to date)

to support community-wide literacy initiatives

MAGNET

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

For ACCESS, a credential and job training program

May Dugan Center

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

For the Education Resource Center

OhioGuidestone

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

To support workforce training participants

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

For adult literacy programming

Smart Development, Inc.

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

For Community First programming

Spanish American Committee for a Better Community

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

For the Families First program

Stella Maris

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

To provide kitchen training to individuals in recovery

Towards Employment

Amount
$25,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2021 (to date)

for the Career Pathways program

Union Miles Development Corporation

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2021

For workforce training programming in the construction trades

Grants Awarded in 2020 $135,500

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Amount
$18,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

For the Adult Diploma program

Cuyahoga County Public Library

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

For adult basic literacy programming

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

To help homeless families achieve stability

Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

To support community-wide literacy initiatives

May Dugan Center

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

For the Education Resource Center

Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

For workforce development programming

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$12,500
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

For adult literacy programming

Spanish American Committee for a Better Community

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

For the Latino Construction program

Stella Maris

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

For workforce programming

West Side Catholic Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2020

To provide workforce readiness programming for low-income and homeless individuals

Grants Awarded in 2019 $170,000

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the Adult Diploma program

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2019

To help homeless families achieve stability

Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Amount
$40,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the Employment Law program

Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2019

to support community-wide literacy initiatives

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2019

For career services

May Dugan Center

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the Education Resource Center

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2019

To pilot fluency programming for low-level readers

Towards Employment

Amount
$25,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the Career Pathway program

West Side Catholic Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2019

To provide workforce readiness programming for low-income and homeless individuals

Grants Awarded in 2018 $100,000

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2018

To help homeless families achieve stability

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2018

For employment services

May Dugan Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2018

For the trauma-informed education and workforce readiness program

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2018

For program support

Stella Maris

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2018

For job preparation, placement, and retention services for individuals in recovery from substance abuse

Towards Employment

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2018

For job preparation, placement, retention and advancement services for individuals with criminal backgrounds

United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2018

For the community employment program for adults with disabilities

West Side Catholic Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
2018

To provide employment readiness programming for low-income and homeless individuals

Total: $1,132,000