Award Information: View Green Capacity Building Grant Award Recipients

Key Dates: Applications Due: August 5, 2009; 4 p.m. EST

Program Information: Department of Labor-administered to fund projects that build the capacity of DOL-funded training programs to ensure that targeted groups are prepared to meet the needs of our country's expanding green industries.

Grant Information: In an effort to lead program participants to job placement and promote economic growth, grants will be awarded to workforce development projects that focus on connecting target populations, including auto and auto-related industry workers affected by significant automotive-related restructurings, to career pathways in green industries.  Applicants may propose strategies that train for those occupations from among the following industries: Transportation, green construction, environmental protection, sustainable agriculture including health food production, forestry, and recycling and waste reduction.

Grant proposals will be evaluated on each of the three separate and distinct parts:

• Cost proposal
• Technical proposal
• Attachments to the technical proposal

Applications that fail to adhere to these requirements will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. 

For More Information: View the full Funding Opportunity Announcement for program and application information.