Goodwill Industries of Arkansas (GIA) has been awarded the Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice, amounting to $749,973. The money will be used to support Goodwill’s Transitional Employment Opportunity (TEO) program over a…
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ASBTDC Offers Free Webinars to Prepare for Federal Funding Opportunity
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC), based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is offering a free summer series designed to help small businesses win federal funding for research and development of innovative technologies with…
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‘Be Pro Be Proud’ Receives $1.5M Grant for Second Mobile Workshop
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday the approval of a $1.5 million grant for the construction of a second “Be Pro Mobile Workshop” unit. The funding and construction of the second unit will allow the workforce development program to better serve…
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Little Rock Granted $1 Million for Stephens Elementary, Community Center
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe City of Little Rock has been awarded a $1 million Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for students and staff at Stephens Elementary School and Community Center. Stephens Elementary, located on 18th St. in…
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SWEPCO, AEP Foundation $100k Grant Supports Rogers Latino Students
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSouthwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) recently shared that the American Electric Power Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Rogers Development Foundation to promote academic success among Latino students in Rogers high schools. The American Electric Power Foundation is…
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Walton, Rockefeller Nonprofit ‘Forward Arkansas’ Launches Teacher Prep Program
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffForward Arkansas is launching a grant program focused on building a collaborative of Arkansas Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) that will develop transformative plans to more effectively recruit, train and retain qualified, diverse classroom teachers across the state. Forward Arkansas was…
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Arkansas Hospice Awarded $50,000 Grant for Rural Black Communities
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Hospice Foundation announced Monday that it has received a $50,000 grant from the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation to educate African American communities in rural Arkansas about the benefits of hospice and palliative care. Part of the Hillman…
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UALR Bowen School of Law Receives $1M from Walmart for Court Project
by Tina Medlockby Tina MedlockThe UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has received a $1 million grant from Walmart, Inc. The grant will fund a Court Observation Project through Bowen’s new Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform. The project will introduce a state-wide court…
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Windgate Foundation Grants UA Little Rock Over $3 Million for Art Outreach, Children International Education
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received more than $3 million in grants from the Windgate Foundation to support art education, acquisition of art from working artists for UALR’s permanent art collection, and support of UA Little Rock…
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UA Pine Bluff to Conduct Pandemic Food Safety Training
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Small Farm Program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is conducting a produce food safety training program that includes safety practices specific to the COVID-19 pandemic, Karen Lee, extension assistant for UAPB, said. “When it comes…