For the Expanding Markets program, supporting growth and diversification of manufacturers and business services in the region by facilitating export opportunities, fostering B2B connections, and providing technical support (over three years)
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To demonstrate for students and teachers, as a local academic role model, the relevance of Pearl Buck’s life, literary achievements, and humanitarian legacy
To develop and pilot a methodology for identifying and aligning current workforce skills with future workforce demand, ensuring communities successfully navigate significant economic transitions
To support a Guaranteed Income pilot in partnership with Zion Child Development Center, serving low-income families in Charleston, West Virginia
To establish a school-based health center in Taylor County, West Virginia
For the Appalachian Vision Outreach Program which addresses vision care to West Virginia adult patients that are financially or geographically isolated
To catalyze the West Virginia food ecosystem by evaluating and strengthening the capacity of Healthy Kids, Inc. and their Central Kitchen Project (over two years)
For the formative research phase of a statewide Community-Based Stigma Reduction Campaign in West Virginia, to reduce public stigmas against people with substance use disorder
To assist the West Virginia University Land Use Law Clinic in collaborating with five communities to create a tailored comprehensive plan, meeting specific goals and objectives, while also developing a statewide comprehensive plan guidebook (over 2 years)
For facility improvements and expanded program opportunities for school children