The Oregon Community Foundation is seeking applications for its Eastern Oregon Border Board Ready Workforce Mobilization Grant Program to support workforce and economic development in the Region.
Donor Name: Oregon Community Foundation
State: Oregon
County: Baker County (OR), Grant County (OR), Harney County (OR), Malheur County (OR), Umatilla County (OR), Union County (OR), Wallowa County (OR)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/30/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose of the program is to provide loan or grant funding to eligible applicants within the Region through multiple funding opportunities to enhance economic vitality and opportunity in the Region.
The Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board is charged with implementing investment strategies and practices in workforce and economic development in the region and to make grants to eligible applicants for encouraging regional workforce and economic development.
All grant awards must significantly impact education, workforce, and/or economic development capacity in the Border Region. Priority will be given to programs and projects that:

Enhance prosperity in the Border Region
Improve the Border Region’s property tax base
Improve the Border Region’s competitiveness with Idaho
Increase workforce availability and skills in the Border Region
Improve the image of Border Region
Leverage the funds with a complement of outside funding

Funding Information
Maximum grant is $100,000 per project.
Eligible Projects and Activities
Eligible activities must significantly impact education, workforce and/or economic development capacity in the Region. Priority will be given to programs and projects that: 

Enhance prosperity in the Region. 
Improve the Region’s property tax base.
Improve the Region’s economic competitiveness. 
Increase workforce availability and skills in the Region. 
Leverage the funds with a complement of outside funding.
Improve the image of the Region.

Uses of Funds
Purchase equipment, facility upgrades, start-up costs, expansion or other products and services necessary to mobilize a workforce around housing, childcare, transportation and accessibility.
Eligibility Criteria
An eligible applicant includes but is not limited to:

Local governments;
Institutions of higher education as defined;
Private or nonprofit businesses with their principal places of business or the majority of their workforces located in the Region; 
Small business development centers established under;
Economic development organizations; 
School districts; and 
Private persons and public, private, and nonprofit entities promoting housing, workforce, or economic development within the Region.

For more information, visit OCF.