MA Workforce Training Fund Program

The San Francisco Environment Department is offering grants of up to $2,500 to help food service businesses lease or purchase an automatic dishwasher, cover minor installation costs, and buy essential dishwashing supplies. The purpose of this grant is to help San Francisco food service businesses reduce waste by building or expanding their reusable foodware use and systems for on-site dining. Funding is specifically intended to support businesses in transitioning from disposable foodware and to long-term reuse solutions, in alignment with San Francisco’s zero waste goals. Grants are available only until funding runs out. Early applications are strongly encouraged.

The Geneva Microenterprise Assistance Program (GMAP) provides Geneva, New York small businesses, start-ups, and entrepreneurs with grants of $5,000 to $30,000 to support business start-up and growth. Administered by the City of Geneva's Grant Coordinator (with additional program delivery support from a training consultant) and funded by the New York State Office of Community Renewal through the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Microenterprise Assistance Program, the program has $150,000 in total grant funding available. The GMAP is designed to meet the CDBG National Objective of benefiting low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons through LMI job creation and LMI microenterprise assistance, and aims to help launch or grow at least seven small businesses (including at least four owned by LMI persons) and create at least three new LMI-qualifying jobs. To qualify, applicants must be a private for-profit business (sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, or corporation) with an existing or planned business location within the City of Geneva, currently have five or fewer employees (including the owner), and be up to date on all local, state, and federal taxes and obligations. Applicants must either have majority ownership held by LMI individuals or commit to creating at least one new full-time equivalent (FTE) job for an LMI individual. Businesses that received prior MAP funding will be required to create at least one new LMI job regardless of owner LMI status. If more than one FTE job is created as a result of GMAP funding, at least 50 percent of the jobs created must be made available to or taken by LMI individuals. Applicants must also commit to a 10 percent equity (cash) match of the awarded grant amount and complete an OCR-approved entrepreneurial training program (either the Fast Track to Business Start-up offered by the Onondaga Small Business Development Center, the Business Startup Program offered by an Ibero Business Center, or the customized training program offered at no cost by the City of Geneva) before incurring any grant-related costs. Grant funds may be used for working capital for equipment, furniture, inventory, operations, salaries, and hardware and software directly related to business operations. Funds may not be used to pay off existing debt, for lobbying, religious, or political activities, to purchase real estate, for short-term rental properties or private recreational facilities, or for construction-related activities. Grants are disbursed on a reimbursement basis: expenditures must be paid by the awardee and submitted to City staff for reimbursement with relevant invoices and receipts as proof of payment. The equity match must be documented on a pro rata basis before any grant disbursements will be processed, and no disbursements will be issued until the awardee submits a certificate of completion for the required entrepreneurial training program (or receives an approved waiver based on completion within the prior 24 months). Applications are reviewed by a Grant Review Committee that scores each eligible application across ten criteria (out of 40 total points), including LMI ownership, minority/woman/veteran ownership, start-up status (less than 6 months in operation), whether the project will fill a vacant, street-level storefront in downtown or a neighborhood business district, reasonableness of costs, project feasibility, owner experience, size of the match relative to the grant amount, job creation, and expected economic multiplier effects (such as attracting visitors or committing to procure goods and services locally).

Purpose: The purpose of the California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP) is to encourage private and public investment in, and improved management of, California forest lands and resources, to ensure adequate high quality timber supplies, related employment and other economic benefits, and the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of a productive and stable forest resource system for the benefit of present and future generations. Description: The program scope includes the improvement of all forest resources including fish and wildlife habitat, and soil and water quality. Cost-share assistance is provided to private and public ownerships containing 20 to 5,000 acres of forest land. Cost-shared activities include: Preparation of a Forest Management Plan by a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) and RPF Supervision of the following: Reforestation, Site Preparation, Trees and Planting, Tree Shelters, Stand Improvement, Pre-commercial Thinning or Release, Pruning, Follow-up (includes mechanical, herbicide and/or slash disposal follow-up), Forestland conservation practices / fish and wildlife habitat improvement Broadcast/controlled/cultural burning is not eligible for CFIP cost share.

This funding opportunity aims to support the development of in vivo high-resolution structural and functional imaging technologies for the living human inner ear. Proposed projects should focus on improving the resolution of current imaging techniques or developing new imaging techniques that can visualize inner ear structures in vivo with significantly greater detail and accuracy than currently possible. Both structural and functional aspects, including visualizing dynamic elements are important to development of new and improved techniques. Projects may also focus on developing new imaging probes or contrast agents that can enhance visualization of the inner ear structures. Ultimately, research supported in response to this RFA is to encourage technologies that allow, for example, structures such as hair cells, otoliths, membranes, ions, and vasculature to be viewed in detail in awake patients in a clinical setting using non-invasive techniques. To achieve this goal, a multi-disciplinary team approach that takes advantage of the expertise of each team member is highly encouraged. Studies in humans and intermediate studies in animals, but not non-mammalian species, may be proposed to develop or advance the needed technology. Any intermediate studies must articulate a clear path of the proposed methodology to application in awake humans or define the limitations and the usefulness in anesthetized humans.

The CFDA x NY Forward Grant Fund, created in partnership with the New York State Department of State, is dedicated to sustaining the New York City Garment District, the historic heart of American fashion production. The program will provide grants to New York City Garment District-based fashion manufacturers as well as designers producing in-house. Two rounds of funding will be distributed, one in 2026 and another in 2027, empowering businesses to invest in innovation, expand production capacity, and preserve local jobs, contributing to the revitalization of this commercial hub. In each round, one manufacturer recipient will also receive the Ralph Lauren Manufacturing Award, providing the full grant amount in recognition of the most innovative approach to advancing their business.