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Workforce Training and Technical Assistance

Insight Center for Community Economic Development

www.insightcced.org

  • Program Education
  • Program Area Expanding Economic Opportunity
  • Grant Amount $600,000
  • Grant Period January 1, 2006–March 31, 2008
  • Location Oakland, CA, United States
  • Geographic Focus Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi

About this grant

This grant will provide continued support to the National Economic Development and Law Center (NEDLC) for the Workforce Training and Technical Assistance project to assist in the implementation of sectoral employment initiatives in the Mississippi Delta. NEDLC will supply the sectoral employment sites with ongoing research and analysis, programmatic technical assistance, training, and resource development assistance. Through this work, NEDLC will help relocated hurricane refugees connect to livable-wage careers and assist several communities, including New Orleans, prepare residents to resume permanent employment.NEDLC is a national research and consulting organization dedicated to building economic health and opportunity in vulnerable communities. Through partnerships, it seeks to develop innovative strategies and programs that result in systemic change and help people become, and remain, economically secure.