Awards

NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY

Connection Training Services, Philadelphia, has received a Face Forward 2 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to serve as an Intermediary funding & administration organization to three nonprofit sub-grantees to provide services for 625 pre-adjudicated & adjudicated delinquent juveniles ages 14 to 24 in a) West Philadelphia including the Promise Zone; b) Chester City and c) Camden, N.J.

$4.25 million is available for diversion and expungement programs to include assessment, case management, education, vocational training, mentoring, job readiness, employment & other services. Responses are due by August 15th 2014. To obtain a copy, please complete and submit the form below and the solicitation will be sent to the email address shown. No calls, please.

Eligible applicants include community or faith-based organization with IRS 501c3 non-profit status (including women’s and minority organizations), units of state or local government or any Indian and Native American entity eligible for grants under WIA Section 166, that are located in areas with high-poverty and high-crime rates.