Ben Franklin Technology Center Of Central & Northern Pa Inc Archive

To expand the Shale Gas Innovation Contest, which identifies, vets, and rewards outstanding new shale gas technologies, to West Virginia in addition to Pennsylvania in 2013-14

For a health care coordination model for patients who are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare

For entertainment technology student teams to design educational products for West Virginia University professional development schools (over two years)

To expand a women’s entrepreneurship program to include a customized training course and a clinic for students to work with business owners (over two years)

For the Reaching the Summit community service initiative, to provide last-dollar mini-grant funding for volunteer service projects in a nine-county area of southern West Virginia

To expand a housing-related social enterprise that produces income through the sale of reclaimed materials resulting from the deconstruction of dilapidated structures

To provide support for volunteer-based programs that construct and rehabilitate housing

To create a curriculum for municipal officials and community leaders on new approaches to blighted and abandoned properties, in partnership with the Local Government Academy

For a post-secondary transition program for career & technical education high schools

To promote an adolescent healthy lifestyles self-management program through West Virginia school based health centers