Training Resources and Internships Network
This grant provides funding to support training and internship opportunities for unemployed, underemployed, and new adult learners in Massachusetts, helping them gain skills and credentials for meaningful employment.
The Training Resources and Internships Network (TRAIN) Grant supports workforce-readiness and industry skills training for unemployed, underemployed, and new entrant adults in Massachusetts. The program is intended to help adult learners gain job placement, meaningful employment, or entry into credit-bearing college coursework that leads to industry-recognized credentials or an associate degree. Funded activities may include workforce-readiness assessments and training, industry-relevant skills training, college-entry and student-success assessments, employer-sponsored internships or other experiential learning, wrap-around support services, and stipends for training-related expenses. The solicitation emphasizes replicating and expanding proven training models, building capacity for critical-needs jobs, and creating pathways to family-sustaining careers, including through collaborative regional partnerships.
Award Range
$75,000 - $200,000
Total Program Funding
$1,500,000
Number of Awards
Not specified
Matching Requirement
No
Additional Details
Total available funding is $1.5 million, with 15 anticipated awards. Awards range from $75,000 to $200,000, with a maximum of $150,000 for individual applications and $200,000 for collaborative applications. The grant period runs upon approval through June 30, 2027.
Eligible Applicants
Additional Requirements
Applicants in Massachusetts may include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and other eligible organizations. Proposed work may provide workforce-readiness and industry skills training, college-entry assessments, internships or other experiential learning, wrap-around support services, and stipends for training-related expenses for unemployed, underemployed, and new entrant adults. Eligible applicants include Public and State controlled institutions of higher education and Other in all eligible geographies. Eligible work includes workforce readiness assessments and training; Industry-relevant skills training and credential assessments/designations; College entry academic and student success assessments; Employer-sponsored internships and/or other forms of experiential learning; Wrap-around support services; Stipends for training-related expenses serving children and youth in MA.
Geographic Eligibility
All
Application Opens
Not specified
Application Closes
Not specified
Grantor
Eleanor Baumgarten
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