Employment Grants 2009: $4,391,200
Advocacy
- Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law Inc.
- Chicago, IL $250,000
- For continued advocacy to promote transitional jobs and career
advancement opportunities for low-income adults in Illinois and nationally.
(2 yrs.)
- Women Employed Institute
- Chicago, IL $450,000
- For advocacy to increase the number of low-skilled adult learners who
obtain college-level training credentials in Illinois. (2 yrs.)
Making the Case
- MDRC
- New York, NY $200,000
- To support an evaluation and cost analysis of Ohio’s TANF Educational
Awards Program. (2 yrs.)
- National Center for Business Champions
- Denver, CO $100,000
- For the Great Lakes Business Champions project. (1 yr.)
- The University of Chicago Chapin Hall Center for Children
- Chicago, IL $50,000
- For the Chicago DataWorks project, which will collect, analyze, and
disseminate information on the performance of Chicago-area workforce
development programs. (1 yr.)
Shifting Gears
- Illinois Community College Board
- Springfield, IL $400,000
- To continue its Shifting Gears Initiative, a state policy reform effort
designed to create education options for low-skilled adults that lead to
employment in industries experiencing workforce shortages. (2 yrs.)
- Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
- Lansing, MI $300,000
- For continuation of its Adult Learner Initiative, a state policy reform effort
designed to create better education options for low-skilled adults. (2 yrs.)
- Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
- St. Paul, MN $450,000
- To continue its FastTRAC Initiative, a state policy reform effort designed
to create pathways for low-skilled adults to obtain postsecondary
occupational credentials that lead to family-supporting wages. (2 yrs.)
- Ohio Board of Regents
- Columbus, OH $440,000
- To increase the education attainment level and earnings potential of
low-income working adults by widening their access to postsecondary
workforce education and shortening their paths to degrees or credentials.
(2 yrs.)
- PublicVoice Inc.
- New Rochelle, NY $538,200
- To provide strategic communications assistance to the Shifting Gears
state policy initiatives. (2 yrs.)
- State of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
- Madison, WI $600,500
- For continuation of its RISE Initiative, a state policy reform effort
designed to create career pathways for low-skilled adults that will lead to
employment in high-demand jobs. (2 yrs.)
Job Retention & Stability
- Center for Economic Progress
- Chicago, IL $50,000
- For its continued national advocacy work on tax policy for low-income
working families. (1 yr.)
Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration
- Center for Community Solutions
- Cleveland, OH $30,000
- For dissemination of the Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration
research findings in Ohio. (1 yr.)
- Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota
- St. Paul, MN $60,000
- For dissemination of the Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration
research findings in Minnesota. (1 yr.)
- Jasculca/Terman
- Chicago, IL $400,000
- To help disseminate research findings from the Joyce Foundation’s
Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration project. (2 yrs.)
- Workforce Inc.
- Indianapolis, IN $30,000
- For dissemination of the Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration
research findings in Indiana. (1 yr.)
- YWCA of Greater Milwaukee
- Milwaukee, WI $42,500
- For dissemination of the Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration
research findings in Wisconsin. (1 yr.)