Planning a Southern Sector Initiative
Insight Center for Community Economic Development
- Program Education
- Program Initiative Expanding Economic Opportunity
- Grant Amount $50,000
- Grant Period July 1, 2007–December 31, 2007
- Location Oakland, CA, United States
- Geographic Focus Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina
About this grant
This grant will support a partnership between the National Economic Development and Law Center’s National Network of Sector Partners and the Southern Growth Policies Board to develop a Southern Sectoral Employment Initiative. Sector employment development aims to help low-income workers find, keep, and advance in good-paying jobs, while also improving the regional economy by addressing labor-market needs in targeted industry sectors. This initiative will be geared toward expanding support for sector initiatives in the South and creating upward mobility for low-wage, low-skilled workers.