Target Customer
The target groups include opportunity and disconnected young adults ages 18-28 facing significant employment barriers that increase the likelihood of lower earnings throughout adulthood, including but not limited to: being Black or a person of color, being female, holding a service sector job, persistent unemployment, being a teen parent, work-limiting health conditions or having a disability, history of incarceration, low parental earnings and wealth, lack of a high school diploma or GED.
Purpose
The OYA Career Pathway Program PY 23-24 grants will be awarded to design and implement projects that focus on creating pathways to success that test and demonstrate program strategies to improve employment outcomes and reduce persistent economic inequities for OYA 18-28 years of age. The OYA Career Pathway Program should position OYA to obtain access to good-quality jobs, including jobs that pay family-sustaining wages, offer benefits, have predictable hours, opportunities for career advancement, and worker voice. Projects will also provide investments for wrap-around support and services to increase the likelihood of program completion, employment outcomes, and career pathway advancement, including comprehensive case management with a trauma-informed lens.
Eligible to Access Funding
- Nonprofit organizations
- Labor unions
- Public agencies
- Tribal governments
- Community colleges
- Local Workforce Development Boards
- Education and training providers
