23A60HG000041
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Lead applicant organization name: Urban Institute
Lead applicant entity type: National nonprofit organization
Lead applicant location: Washington, D.C.
Required partners:
Employer partners
Name of employer partners industry trade association: Bank of America, IBM, Multiverse, OnRamp, Rocket Companies, Velocitor Solutions, Xpanxion
Education or training partner: Per Scholas
State apprenticeship agencies (SAAs): ApprenticeshipNC of the North Carolina Community College System
California Department of Industrial Relations, Apprenticeship and Workforce Innovation
Entities involved in administering the workforce development system: Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department
Worker organizations, labor-management organizations, or labor unions: Communications Workers of America
Optional partners type of organization: Interstate Renewable Energy Council National Non-Profit, Industry Intermediary in the Renewable Energy Sector
Geographic scope: National
Locations of grant services: Metropolitan regions of Dallas, Detroit, and Los Angeles; State of North Carolina, including rural communities; National access to remote training
Total federal funding requested (total 5-year period): $5,000,000
Total match proposed (total 5-year period): $815,898.75
Proposed number of participants who start training: 600
Targeted populations to be served: Unemployed and underemployed workers with a focus on people of color, women, and individuals with at most a high school diploma (an employment barrier that hinders movement into middle- to high-skilled information technology jobs)
Training track: Scaling track
Subrecipient roles:
Per Scholas will recruit, assess, and train participants.
Training will span technical and employability skills, and include preparation for and access to industry-recognized credentials.
Local sites will provide wraparound supports for financial capability and mental health and partner with workforce development entities and other public agencies for supportive services.
Per Scholas will place program completers into jobs, including RA programs, and build new employer relationships.
Per Scholas will also identify strategies to expand pre-apprenticeship to new sites based on lessons from Clean IT.
IREC will serve as a subject matter expert in the workforce needs of the renewable energy sector.
They will conduct a landscape analysis of the IT needs, existing training programs, and pathways across their extensive network of clean energy employers.
IREC will integrate IT into their career pathways map resources.
Similarly, IREC will integrate IT into its RA expansion efforts.
They will disseminate information about these pathways, Clean IT, and program completers available for employment through the National Clean Energy Workforce Alliance and other industry networks.
CWA, a national labor union, will develop and deliver a worker rights training module for all participants that will be embedded within the Per Scholas training.
They will connect program completers to local unions that can provide mentorship, peer-to-peer supports, or connections to RA programs.
CWA will deliver virtual events for partners and the public about worker voice, worker rights, and the history and status of the labor movement in the IT and renewable energy sectors.
Public contact information:
Name, title: Deborah Kobes, Senior Fellow
Address: 500 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20024
Phone number: 202-261-5443
Email address: dkobes@urban.org
Lead applicant entity type: National nonprofit organization
Lead applicant location: Washington, D.C.
Required partners:
Employer partners
Name of employer partners industry trade association: Bank of America, IBM, Multiverse, OnRamp, Rocket Companies, Velocitor Solutions, Xpanxion
Education or training partner: Per Scholas
State apprenticeship agencies (SAAs): ApprenticeshipNC of the North Carolina Community College System
California Department of Industrial Relations, Apprenticeship and Workforce Innovation
Entities involved in administering the workforce development system: Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department
Worker organizations, labor-management organizations, or labor unions: Communications Workers of America
Optional partners type of organization: Interstate Renewable Energy Council National Non-Profit, Industry Intermediary in the Renewable Energy Sector
Geographic scope: National
Locations of grant services: Metropolitan regions of Dallas, Detroit, and Los Angeles; State of North Carolina, including rural communities; National access to remote training
Total federal funding requested (total 5-year period): $5,000,000
Total match proposed (total 5-year period): $815,898.75
Proposed number of participants who start training: 600
Targeted populations to be served: Unemployed and underemployed workers with a focus on people of color, women, and individuals with at most a high school diploma (an employment barrier that hinders movement into middle- to high-skilled information technology jobs)
Training track: Scaling track
Subrecipient roles:
Per Scholas will recruit, assess, and train participants.
Training will span technical and employability skills, and include preparation for and access to industry-recognized credentials.
Local sites will provide wraparound supports for financial capability and mental health and partner with workforce development entities and other public agencies for supportive services.
Per Scholas will place program completers into jobs, including RA programs, and build new employer relationships.
Per Scholas will also identify strategies to expand pre-apprenticeship to new sites based on lessons from Clean IT.
IREC will serve as a subject matter expert in the workforce needs of the renewable energy sector.
They will conduct a landscape analysis of the IT needs, existing training programs, and pathways across their extensive network of clean energy employers.
IREC will integrate IT into their career pathways map resources.
Similarly, IREC will integrate IT into its RA expansion efforts.
They will disseminate information about these pathways, Clean IT, and program completers available for employment through the National Clean Energy Workforce Alliance and other industry networks.
CWA, a national labor union, will develop and deliver a worker rights training module for all participants that will be embedded within the Per Scholas training.
They will connect program completers to local unions that can provide mentorship, peer-to-peer supports, or connections to RA programs.
CWA will deliver virtual events for partners and the public about worker voice, worker rights, and the history and status of the labor movement in the IT and renewable energy sectors.
Public contact information:
Name, title: Deborah Kobes, Senior Fellow
Address: 500 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20024
Phone number: 202-261-5443
Email address: dkobes@urban.org
Awardee
Funding Goals
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOAL(S) TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MORE EFFICIENT FUNCTIONING OF THE U.S. LABOR MARKET BY PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, OR LABOR MARKET INFORMATION.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
District Of Columbia
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 56% from $5,815,899 to $9,079,494.
The Urban Institute was awarded
National Workforce Development Grant for IT Training and Job Placement
Project Grant 23A60HG000041
worth $5,000,000
from the Office of Workforce Investment in September 2023 with work to be completed primarily in District Of Columbia United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 17.268 H-1B Job Training Grants.
$4,079,494 (45.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity DOL Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 5/5/25
Period of Performance
9/30/23
Start Date
9/30/28
End Date
Funding Split
$5.0M
Federal Obligation
$4.1M
Non-Federal Obligation
$9.1M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for 23A60HG000041
Transaction History
Modifications to 23A60HG000041
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
23A60HG000041
SAI Number
1630:1630:HG:23A60HG000041:1:4
Award ID URI
SAIEXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
1630GM DOL (ETA) GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Funding Office
1630WS OFFICE OF WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
Awardee UEI
VNAYDLRGSKU3
Awardee CAGE
4N012
Performance District
DC-98
Modified: 5/5/25