Recently Awarded NYS Department of Labor Grants
(Updated 4/17/08)


April, 2008

To Develop and Broker Student Internship Opportunities - RFP #7P

RegionApplicantAmount Awarded
CAPITAL DISTRICTColumbia-Greene Community College$200,000
CENTRAL NEW YORKMetropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York, Inc.$200,000
FINGER LAKESFinger Lakes Workforce Investment Board, Inc.$100,000
Genesee County (on behalf of Genesee Livingston Orleans Wyoming WIB)$100,000
HUDSON VALLEYChamber of Commerce of the City of Yonkers$100,000
Orange County Community College$36,376
Westchester Community College$94,407
LONG ISLANDThe Long Island Works Coalition, Inc.$98,345
Dowling College$100,000
MOHAWK VALLEYWorkforce Investment Board of Herkimer, Madison and Oneida Counties, Inc.$100,000
Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce, Inc.$93,230
NEW YORK CITYPencil, Inc$100,000
Brooklyn Alliance, Inc.$100,000
NORTH COUNTRYNorthern Area Health Education Center, Inc$100,000
Jefferson County (on behalf of Jefferson-Lewis Workforce Investment Board)$94,857
SOUTHERN TIERDCMO BOCES$100,000
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, Inc.$93,165
WESTERNWIB Inc. dba Chautauqua Works$100,000
Research Foundation of SUNY (behalf of University at Buffalo, Career Services)$89,620
 
Total Awarded
$2,000,000


February, 2008

Regional Economic Transformation Strategies Through a
Sector or Cluster Based Approach - RFP #13N
Round Three

RegionApplicantAmount Awarded
SOUTHERN TIERCSS Workforce Development Board - Tier II$500,000
FINGER LAKESGenesee County Economic Development Center - Tier II$500,000
 
Total Awarded
$1,000,000


January, 2008

Regional Economic Transformation Strategies Through a
Sector or Cluster Based Approach - RFP #13N
Round Two

RegionApplicantAmount Awarded
SOUTHERN TIERCSS Workforce Development Board - Tier I$50,000
LONG ISLANDLong Island Forum for Technology, Inc. - Tier I$50,000
LONG ISLANDLong Island Forum for Technology, Inc. - Tier II$500,000
NORTH COUNTRYPlattsburgh North Country Chamber of Commerce - Tier II$500,000
HUDSON VALLEYWestchester-Putnam Workforce Investment Board - Tier II $500,000
 
Total Awarded
$1,600,000


November, 2007

Limited English Proficiency and Contextualized Learning in the Workplace - RFP #12N

RegionApplicantAmount Awarded
CENTRAL NYGreater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce$486,280
HUDSON VALLEYWestchester Putnam WIB (Consortium on behalf of Yonkers, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan WIBs)$500,000
NEW YORK CITYCUNY Research Foundation on Behalf of Borough of Manhattan Community College Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development$500,000
CUNY Research Foundation on Behalf of Kingsborough Community College$481,392
 
Total Awarded
$1,967,672


Regional Economic Transformation Strategies Through a
Sector or Cluster Based Approach - RFP #13N
Round One

RegionApplicantAmount Awarded
MOHAWK VALLEY &
CAPITAL REGION
Workforce Development Board of Fulton, Montgomery & Schoharie Counties, Inc. - Tier I$50,000
MOHAWK VALLEYWorkforce Investment Board of Herkimer, Madison & Oneida Counties, Inc. - Tier I$50,000
HUDSON VALLEYWestchester-Putnam Workforce Investment Board - Tier I $50,000
MOHAWK VALLEY &
CAPITAL REGION
Workforce Development Board of Fulton, Montgomery & Schoharie Counties, Inc. - Tier II$500,000
CENTRAL NYCNY Works, Inc. - Tier II$500,000
WESTERN NYBuffalo & Erie County Workforce Development Consortium, Inc. - Tier II$500,000
 
Total Awarded
$1,650,000


Strategies to Assist Workers Impacted by the Berger Commission Report - RFP #16N

RegionApplicantAmount Awarded
CAPITAL REGIONIroquois Healthcare Association Inc.$2,500,000
CENTRAL REGIONCentral New York Area Health Education Center Inc.$1,826,522
WESTERN REGIONWestern New York Rural Area Health Education Center Inc.$1,999,795
NEW YORK CITY1199 SEIU League Grant Corporation$2,500,000
 
Total Awarded
$8,826,317
*Hudson Valley and Long Island Regions - No Applications Received


Adult Ex-Offender Reemployment Initiative - RFP #20N

RegionApplicantAmount Awarded
ERIEBuffalo Urban League, Inc.$241,850
WESTCHESTERWesthab, Inc.$300,000
NEW YORK CITYExodus Transitional Community, Inc.$300,000
FINGER LAKESRochester Rehabilitation Center, Inc.$300,000
ONEIDAWorkforce Investment Board of Herkimer, Madison & Oneida Counties, Inc.$300,000
 
Total Awarded
$1,441,850