Kaina Pereira, Executive Director Dr. Angelo Farooq, Chair Gavin Newsom, Governor 800 Capitol Mall, Suite 1022, Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 657-1440 www.cwdb.ca.gov
Workforce Accelerator Grant Fund 13 (Accelerator 13): Accelerator 13 Award Announcement
Award Total: $2,900,000.00
The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) is pleased to announce the following projects have been awarded for the Accelerator 13 Grant.
Accelerator 13 grant awards focus on workforce development projects that design, develop, and implement innovative service models leading to quality jobs, employment, and re-employment for California workers. These projects incorporate High Road principles that improve job quality, create upward mobility, and bridge workforce programs to quality jobs for workers from disadvantaged or low-income communities.
Accelerator 13 Awardees
Lead Applicant Project Name Award Amount
April Parker Foundation Public Sector Certificate Training Program for BIPOC Veterans
$150,000
Asian American Drug Abuse
Program, Inc.
AADAP Veteran Accelerator $250,000
California Lighting Technology
Center
Western Electrical Cybersecurity
Apprenticeship Training
(WECAT) Expansion
$150,000
City of Moreno Valley Skills Moreno Valley $150,000
City of Richmond Richmond Wired for Success $500,000
Fresno Area Workforce
Investment Corporation
Valley Build Tribal & Veterans' Initiative $500,000
Loyola Marymount University Behavioral Health Employment Pathway Program (BHEPP)
$150,000
MCS, Economic Development
Corporation
Veterans Career Pathways
(VCP) Accelerator
$250,000
Kaina Pereira, Executive Director Dr. Angelo Farooq, Chair Gavin Newsom, Governor 800 Capitol Mall, Suite 1022, Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 657-1440 www.cwdb.ca.gov
North Central
Counties Consortium
Homeless to Hopeful 3.0 $500,000
Rise Up Industries Reentry Program $150,000
The Jesus Center Accelerating Employment for Northern CA Unhoused & Veterans in Local
Government
$150,000
The Workforce Accelerator Fund 13 is supported by the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) in coordination with the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Governor’s Discretionary Fund funding totaling $2,900,000.
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