Accepting applications for 40 Golden Opportunity Grants, offering up to $10,000 in stimulus funding to any Georgia agency or organization to conduct Work Ready skills gap training and successfully help Georgians improve their Work Ready Certificate level.

The awarded organizations will receive $200 for each Georgian who successfully improves their Work Ready Certificate level through training provided by them.

Please note: This is a reimbursement grant only based on successful results.

Application guidelines can be found on the Georgia Work Ready website.

Completed applications should be mailed to:
Andrew Laarhoven
Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W.
606 West Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334

Soliciting proposals from qualified governmental entities and non-profit organizations to receive stimulus funding through the Neighborhood Clean-Up Program.

-To provide work experience and training to hard-to-employ populations, including the formerly incarcerated;
-To provide intensive one-on-one support for participants to resolve barriers to longer-term employment; and
-To provide professional development services such as workshops on problem solving, communication skills, workplace literacy, financial literacy and job interview training to participants.

Thursday, July 30, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Martin Luther King Community Service Center
4314 S. Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago, IL 60653
Please RSVP to Latresha.Chase@cityofchicago.org by July 29, 2009.

Submit one original and three copies of your application to:

Arlene Ortiz
Deputy Commissioner, Human Service Delivery
Department of Family and Support Services
1615 W. Chicago Ave, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60622

Click here to download the full RFP and application guidelines.

Accepting applications from public, private or nonprofit organizations with eligible diesel equipment to receive funding through the stimulus funded Reduce Emissions from Diesels (RED) project.

-To promote job creation or retention;
-To serve areas with the highest population densities or are in poor air quality areas;
-To maximize the useful life of certified engine configuration or verified technology; and
-To conserve diesel fuel or encourage the use of ultra low sulfur diesel in non-road diesel engines.

Russellville
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
3:00 pm
Pope County Library Heritage Hall
116 E. Third Street
Russellville, AR 72801

Send applications to:
Elizabeth Sartain
Air Division, ADEQ
5301 Northshore Drive
North Little Rock, AR 72118-5317

Click here to download the full RFP and application guidelines.

Accepting applications from local nonprofit entities and national nonprofit entities with networks of local affiliates, coalition members, or other established partners to receive funding through the stimulus-funded Pathways Out of Poverty Program.

-To target services to unemployed individuals, high school dropouts, individuals with a criminal record and disadvantaged individuals living in high areas of poverty;
-To provide sound recruitment and referral strategies;
-To integrate basic skills and work-readiness training with occupational skills training;
-To combine supportive services with training services to help participants overcome barriers to employment; and
-To provide training services at times and locations that are easily accessible to targeted populations.

Application guidelines can be found on the Federal Register.

Hosting workshops to discuss the preliminary guidelines for the following program areas funded by the Recovery Act’s State Energy Program:

1. Municipal Financing District Program
2. California Comprehensive Residential Building Retrofit Program
3. Municipal and Comprehensive Building Targeted Measure Retrofit Program.

San Diego, California
Friday, July 31, 2009
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
City of San Diego - Environmental Services Department
9601 Ridgehaven Court
First Floor, Auditorium
San Diego, CA 92123

All workshops will be shown live on-line. Click here to register for a webinar presentation.

A free training session to assist nonprofits learn how to become more competitive for federal grant funds and to learn about the organization structure necessary to secure government, corporate and foundation funding.

Jackson, Mississippi
Thursday, August 6 - Friday, August 7, 2009
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Hilton Hotel and Auditorium
1001 East County Line Road
Jackson, MI 39211

A new website and helpline designed to assist unemployed workers request expedited review of a denial by their former employers of eligibility for COBRA premium assistance under the Recovery Act.

Website: www.ContinuationCoverage.net
Helpline: 1-866-400-6689