The Women and Minority Veterans in Construction Trades Program (WMVIC) seeks to eliminate economic barriers commonly associated with an individual’s inability to invest in skills training and work readiness and connect women veterans and/or minority veterans that are National Guard, Reserve, retired and transitioning active-duty military members to quality career and training opportunities in the building and construction industry.
Donor Name: New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/10/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant program provides women veterans and minority veterans with training to prepare them for placement in Registered Apprenticeship programs and/or full-time, long-term employment in construction industry or building and construction trades occupations and provides quality support services to ensure successful placement and retention in employment.
Funding from this grant announcement shall be used to support training in the construction and building trades. Any construction craft or administrative, support, or operational occupations are acceptable. This includes professional titles as well as skilled trades.
Funding Information
$1,500,000.
Target Populations
This funding opportunity seeks proposals that strengthen access for women veterans and/or minority veterans seeking career development leading to jobs in the construction industry. In accordance with program requirements, applicants must meet the following program participant eligibility requirements:
- A veteran who is a woman or minority group member
- Is a resident in New Jersey who is authorized for employment in the United States
- Has a legitimate interest in the construction industry; and
- Must be registered with a One Stop Career Center (OSCC) and, if eligible, be WIOA co-enrolled and offered appropriate services such as interviewing skills resume writing, career exploration, and supportive services.
Eligibility Criteria
This targeted, competitive opportunity is designed to provide funding to eligible organizations to provide construction trades training, placement services and quality support services to women veterans and/or minority veterans in accordance with the NGO. The following organizations are eligible to apply as the lead applicant:
- Any employer based in New Jersey or with a New Jersey presence;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors;
- Employer / Trade Associations;
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private);
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Public high schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- State, Local, County governments within New Jersey;
- Faith-based organizations; and
- Any other private educational or training entity that is on the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL).
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