Grants

Category Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in 2025

Building Hope in the City

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for job and career readiness programming for immigrants and refugees in 2025

Center for Employment Opportunities Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals in FY25

Cleveland Builds

Amount
$30,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for program support in 2026

Dress for Success Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for clothing and mobile styling for underserved women in 2025

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

to launch a pilot initiative to strengthen workforce programming for homeless young adults in 2025

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$30,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

to help unhoused families address economic stability in 2025

Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for adult literacy and numeracy education in FY25

Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Amount
$65,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

to remove barriers to economic independence through civil legal aid in 2025

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

to provide workforce training for individuals with employment barriers in 2025

May Dugan Center

Amount
$30,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for the Education Resource Center in 2025

New Bridge Cleveland

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for adult workforce programming in FY26

Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons, Inc.

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for the Cognitive Behavioral Health Interventions for Employment program in 2025

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$15,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

to provide adult basic education in FY26

Smart Development, Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for the Community First program in 2025

Spanish American Committee for a Better Community

Amount
$25,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for the Families First program in 2025

Towards Employment

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for the Career Pathways program in 2025

West Side Catholic Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2025

for family stability services in 2025

Total $390,000