Consortium featuring Ingram Barge nets grant
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 8:28 am
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a $2 million grant from the Recovery Act kitty for the Mississippi River Corridor Tennessee to retrofit Ingram Barge diesel engines. The program is expected to remove particulates equivalent to 200 trucks.
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Filling Tennessee’s green job openings
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 8:34 am
The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, the State Workforce Investment Board and MTSU’s Business and Economic Research Center have received a $765,340 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to improve the matching of the state’s green jobs with workers.
The survey will focus on public and private interest in renewable transportation, sustainable agriculture, and Federal funding focused on the State’s burgeoning green economy. This survey will expand on prior green studies (Growing Green: the Potential for Green Job Growth in Tennessee 2008) by providing current estimates for the number of green jobs and green job vacancies within the 13 labor and workforce investment areas of Tennessee. A focus of the grant is to help workers affected by significant automotive-related restructurings connect to career pathways in green industries. Additionally, the grant will develop an enhanced online self-service labor exchange module to match green job seekers with respective employers.
All the DOL grants are here.
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United Way gets tax prep grant
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 11:39 amThe Internal Revenue Service has sent a $120,000 matching grant to the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville as part of its push to have volunteer organizations help people prepare their tax returns.
“United Way and the Tennessee Alliance for Financial Independence are delighted to partner with the IRS to help working families and individuals through free tax prep services and the Earned Income Tax Credit program. This grant will allow us to expand our efforts and reach underserved populations in 34 counties across Tennessee. With approximately $400,000,000 in EITC credits unclaimed in our state last year, we still have a lot of work to do to help these low- and moderate-income working families move closer to financial stability,” said Eric Dewey, President and CEO, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville.
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Bredesen and Kisber announce stimulus grants
Posted on October 22, 2009 at 8:18 amGovernor Phil Bredesen and Commissioner Matt Kisber of the Department of Economic and Community Development announced today that $9.3 million in federal stimulus funds will be available to small- and medium-sized cities and counties through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. The competitive grants are available to assist local governments in conserving energy and reducing fossil fuel emissions.
“I am very pleased these Recovery Act dollars are available to help local governments become more energy efficient,” said Governor Bredesen. “I have emphasized how important I believe it is for government to lead by example at the state level when it comes to conserving energy. Now our local governments will have the same opportunity to promote energy efficiency in their own communities.”
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Belmont biz school lands international program grant
Posted on August 19, 2009 at 10:11 amFrom the university’s College of Business Administration comes word of a $188,000 check that will fund the expansion of its international business education offerings.
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The Y gets a federal grant
Posted on June 14, 2009 at 10:43 pmAmong the 183 community organizations netting this year’s crop of YouthBuild grants is the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, which will get $625,000 to help young people finish their education and prepare for the work force.
Participants in YouthBuild programs include individuals who have been in the juvenile justice system, youth aging out of foster care, high school dropouts and others. In addition to receiving academic and occupational skills training, these young people develop leadership skills and participate in community service opportunities. Many YouthBuild participants are learning “green” building techniques, assisting with retrofitting existing homes, and discovering how to help make their communities sustainable and environmentally friendly.
NASA grant for Vanderbilt
Posted on April 23, 2009 at 3:25 pmThe nation’s space agency is cutting a check for almost $200,000 worth of research into “model-based software health management.”
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More worker training cash for Zeledyne
Posted on February 11, 2009 at 12:41 pmThe state is almost doubling the $100,000 grant it initially allocated to cross-train employees of the former Ford auto glass plant. Zeledyne in December furloughed 175 workers.
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More than $1M for math in area schools
Posted on December 29, 2008 at 3:13 pmThe Tennessee Department of Education has cut checks to MTSU and Lipscomb to boost elementary- and middle-school math teaching in most Middle Tennessee counties.
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