Annual Report 2004 - Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY: GRANTS
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Aspen Institute
Washington, DC
To further develop research on sectoral $500,000
employment development.
14 mos.
To support an evaluation of workforce $225,053
training intermediaries in implementing 36 mos.
sector employment programs for lowincome
individuals.
To promote greater programmatic capacity $150,000
and innovation in the workforce
12 mos.
development field through leadership training.
Center for Employment Opportunities
New York, NY
To promote efforts to reduce poverty
among low-income, non-custodial fathers
under age 30.
Chrysalis
Los Angeles, CA
Grant increase to build the capacity of an
alternative staffing service.
$50,000
12 mos.
$8,000
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Ann Arbor, MI
To design a set of economic and $50,000
workforce development policies and
12 mos.
strategies for Michigan.
To assist the state of Michigan in $250,000
strengthening the capacity of local
10 mos.
workforce development organizations.
East Harlem Employment Service, Inc.
New York, NY
To improve labor market outcomes for lowincome
people.
Focus: HOPE
Detroit, MI
To support an anti-poverty and civil rights
organization serving low-income Detroit
residents.
Goodwill Temporary Services, Inc.
Austin, TX
To support a project that provides
transitional employment opportunities for
job seekers facing multiple barriers to
employment.
Impact Services Corporation
Philadelphia, PA
To promote efforts to reduce poverty
among low-income, non-custodial fathers
under age 30.
Independence Care System
New York, NY
To support an organization dedicated to
providing health-care services to the
disabled and better paying jobs for lowincome
individuals.
$50,000
12 mos.
$1,000,000
12 mos.
$200,000
15 mos.
$50,000
15 mos.
$150,000
12 mos.
Interfaith Education Fund
Austin, TX
To support the replication of sectoral
employment initiatives throughout the
Southwest.
Jewish Vocational Services
Boston, MA
Grant increase to support an evaluation of
the impact of sectoral employment training
on the employment, job retention and
earnings of low-income participants.
Jobs for the Future
Boston, MA
To address the challenges facing
community colleges in helping low-income
adults increase their skills and earnings.
Legal Action Center
New York, NY
To support efforts to increase and enhance
labor market participation among former
offenders.
$450,000
36 mos.
$100,000
$300,000
12 mos.
$150,000
12 mos.
Manufacturing Institute
Washington, DC
To test whether the employer community $350,000
can successfully implement sectoral
36 mos.
employment programs to prepare lowincome
individuals for employment.
Grant increase to demonstrate the role $100,000
of employer associations as workforce
development intermediaries in increasing
retention and advancement of disadvantaged
workers.
Michigan League for Human Services
Lansing, MI
To inform state policy about the needs of
the state’s low-income workforce.
National Center for Strategic Nonprofit
Planning and Community Leadership
Washington, DC
To support interventions that increase labor
market participation, earnings and
responsible fatherhood among young, lowincome
fathers.
National Economic Development and
Law Center
Oakland, CA
To support a vehicle to provide technical
assistance and training to the workforce
and sectoral development fields.
$300,000
36 mos.
$200,000
12 mos.
$700,000
24 mos.
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