Support for a workforce and career development project applying a 2Gen framework to provide parallel adult and youth tracks and integrated family services, strengthening workforce skills and pathways to generational economic mobility.

Capacity building support to expand the CDL training by purchasing a driving simulator, upgrading curriculum, and strengthening staff and employer partnerships to meet rising student demand and regional workforce needs.

Support to build capacity for leadership development, strategic planning, and technology related to workforce and career development.

Support for a college access and completion proposal to continue and expand the McKinney Vento Collaborative’s support of families facing houselessness to increase student attendance and success in regional public charter schools.

Support to pilot a new way to provide entrepreneurs with microloans in KC. AWBC proposed utilizing its fiscally sponsored project, GoodBread Innovations, Inc., to advance this grant’s purpose.

Capacity building support to design and deploy AI solutions that increase overall student enrollment by leveraging predictive analytics and behavioral insights.

Support for research exploring Main Street entrepreneurship.

Support for workforce and career development project to create and maintain a hub on Documenters.org, automated uploads of public meeting data, and training for local editorial staff across newsrooms to use the data collected.

Support for general operations.

Support for 2024 general operating expenses.