The Rapides Foundation is seeking applications for its Workforce Opportunity Grant Program.
Donor Name: The Rapides Foundation
State: Louisiana
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/08/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $75,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The Rapides Foundation believes that lower and middle household income levels must rise for the standard of living to increase for all income levels. Healthy economies with low unemployment rates and higher wage jobs provide people with the means to purchase medical insurance, make better healthcare choices and live healthier lifestyles. The Workforce Opportunity Grant will support collaborations between industry and postsecondary institutions to offer training for high-wage occupations for which there is demonstrated unmet employer demand. The goal of the funding opportunity is to increase skills and knowledge of potential employees or existing employees that will require higher wages and to increase the production capacity of business or industry partners.
Note: Projects that are eligible for the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP) are not eligible for this funding opportunity.
The mission of The Rapides Foundation is to improve the health status of Central Louisiana. The Rapides Foundation focuses its work in three strategic areas:
- Healthy People, to improve access to healthcare and to promote healthy behaviors;
- Education, to increase the level of educational attainment and achievement as the primary
path to improved economic, social and health status; and - Healthy Communities, to improve economic opportunity and family income, and enhance
civic and community opportunities for more effective leaders and organizations.
Funding Information
The Workforce Opportunity Grant provides up to $75,000 for up to a twelve-month period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible grant recipients include accredited, nonprofit, postsecondary institutions. Trainings must benefit businesses and employees located within The Rapides Foundation’s nine-parish service area (Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Vernon and Winn parishes).
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