Grant Awards & Special Projects
Apprenticeships, Internships and Training for Veterans Grant
This grant provides innovative job training services; apprenticeships and internships to help veterans throughout Monterey County secure high-demand and high-wage jobs in the construction, healthcare and protective service industries.
- Grant Period: March 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008, extended to March 31, 2009
- Grant Award: $500,000
- Original Grant Application: [Resources]
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Pipeline Training Grant
This grant provides training, work experience and On-the-Job training services for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) through a partnership with Shoreline Workforce Development Services and the Adult Schools.
- Grant Period: April 1, 2007 – March 31, 2009, extended to June 30, 2009
- Grant Award: $528,705 (includes in-kind contributions)
- Original Grant Application: [Resources]
Community, Network, Family, Individual – Successful Parolee Reentry Grant
The goal of this project is to develop innovative strategies to serve County residents in state correctional facilities before and after they are released. The outcome of this one-year planning project will be the development of successful models for parolee services that results in a safer community, a more collaborative and effective support network, and successful families and individuals.
- Grant Period: January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007
- Grant Award: $100,000
- Original Grant Application: [Resources]
Disability Program Navigator Grant
Over the past six years, the WIB has successfully applied for and received a total of $379,995 in state funding for the Disability Program Navigator (DPN). The role of the DPN is to conduct outreach to the disabled community and organizations that serve individuals with disabilities, provide expertise and information on work incentives and employment programs, provide assistance on navigating through programs and employment services such as transportation and healthcare and serve as a resource throughout the One Stop Career Center system.
- Grant Period: July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009
- Grant Award: $72,000
- Original Grant Application: [Resources]
Governor's Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention CalGRIP - November 2008
This grant project proposes to serves 100 youth who are at risk for gang involvement, gang-involved or gang members, and are 18-24 year old. The need to provide a continuum of services from successful local programs that serve youth until their 18th birthday will be answered by this collaborative effort. Turning Point of the Central Coast, the Rancho Cielo Youth Campus – Salinas Youth Corps, Salinas Adult School, Monterey County Behavioral Health and Probation Department, and local employers will support participants’ academic and employment achievement and opportunities.
- Grant Period: To be determined
- Grant Award: Pending approval (includes cash and or in-kind match contributions)
- Original Grant Application: [Resources]
High Concentration of Eligible Youth Grant
This grant allows for the expansion of services to serve eligible foster youth to receive in-depth career assessment opportunities, tutoring, vocational training, work experience and On-the-Job Training (OJT) opportunities in partnership with the Office for Employment Training and the Family and Children's Services Independent Living Program (ILP), a division of the Department of Social and Employment Services.
- Grant Period: December 1, 2006 – December 31, 2007
- Grant Award: $55,000 (this grant maximizes an in-kind contribution $18,333 from the Family and Children's Services, ILP)
- Original Grant Application: [Resources]