West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. Archive

To increase business and community member access to an Environmental, Social and Governance micro-credential program to drive economic development and Justice40 initiatives within the Central Appalachian Region

To address housing, training, employment, and wraparound social services for young men through the New Vision Next Gen employment and ecosystem development project (over three years)

To develop a robust and well-resourced network of K-12 youth-serving practitioners to increase access to entrepreneurial opportunities for youth (over two years)

For the Teen Career Education Opportunities program, which provides students with “life and career skills” training, social and emotional skills training, and summer employment experiences in partnership with local businesses

To expand the CATCH My Breath vaping prevention program to an additional six West Virginia counties, 12 schools, and 4,000 students with the goal of preventing first use of nicotine (over two years)

For a comprehensive program to serve individuals as they are released from jails/prisons to support basic needs (housing, food insecurity, transportation) and to connect them to established employment support programs

For the Child Care Invest Project which will improve the child care infrastructure allowing increased access to affordable, quality, early childhood programs and will advocate for expansion of funding for child care

To support the Constructing Jobs in West Virginia Coal Country project which is a collaboration between Mountwest Community and Technical College and Hope Nation to create a construction degree that leads to new jobs in coal-impacted counties (/3 yrs)

For the Appalachian Innovation Collective to provide nonprofit leadership and organizational development services to improve the capacity and quality of nonprofit organizations and their leaders (over two years)

To reduce the rate of tobacco use among African Americans in West Virginia by building the capacity of the West Virginia African American Tobacco Prevention Network