Program Fact Sheet

BayStateWorks Grants to industry-driven partnerships and nonprofits to address workforce shortages and improve wages by providing training of direct-care workers in healthcare and other professions. (Recapitalized under the 2003 Economic Stimulus Bill, c.141 of the Acts of 2003,s.54) Total appropriated under 2003 Economic Stimulus Bill: $6,000,000 Department of Workforce Development / Commonwealth Corporation

Fiscal year of grant approval	Recipient	Region	Industry Type	Grant amount(s) approved	Grant amount(s) disbursed	Amount of funds matched or leveraged	Purpose of grant(s)	Existing jobs upgraded	Job vacancies filled
Totals				$5,370,976	$5,304,881	$7,977,627		737	244
CBO/older worker grants
2005	Operation ABLE of Greater Boston	Greater Boston	Healthcare	$200,000	$200,000	$158,608	Training older workers for customer service jobs	3	63
2005	Neighborhood Development Corp. of Jamaica Plain	Greater Boston	Healthcare	$146,832	$146,832	$249,647	Pre-employ- ment training for health care	**	15
2005	Community Work Services	Greater Boston	Healthcare	$199,831	$199,831	$75,054	Training for the homeless for careers in the hotel -hospitality industry	**	36
2005	Cambridge College	Greater Boston	Healthcare	$195,761	$173,238	$123,419	Training medical office and human service interpreters	**	5
2005	Action Inc. (Goucester)	Northeast	Healthcare	$200,000	$200,000	$109,601	Training clinical medical assistants	**	17
2005	Lutheran Community Services of Southern NE (Springfield)	West	Healthcare	$146,000	$143,705	$112,782	Education, training, job placement for legal immigrants	77	**
2005	Jewish Vocational Service	Greater Boston	Healthcare	$184,150	$184,150	$117,756	Training, job placement for the unemployed	43	19
Subtotal Networks: CBO/older worker grants				$1,272,574	$1,247,756	$946,866		123	155
Fiscal year of grant approval	Recipient	Region	Industry Type	Grant amount(s) approved	Grant amount(s) disbursed	Amount of funds matched or leveraged	Purpose of grant(s)	Existing jobs upgraded	Job vacancies filled
Totals				$5,370,976	$5,304,881	$7,977,627		737	244
Industry-driven grants
2005	Bristol County /New Bedford WIBs	Southeast	Healthcare	$416,589	$416,002	$695,823	Training for entry-level employees	340	20
2005	REB of Hampden County	West	Healthcare and manufacturing	$276,600	$264,932	$349,500	Training, job placement of incumbent and unemployed workers	**	**
2005	Berkshire County REB	West	Technology	$276,600	$276,600	$244,247	Training, job placement in manufac- turing IT	**	**
2005	Greater New Bedford WIB	Southeast	Manufacturing	$271,189	$271,189	$341,462	Education and training for workers	30	29
2005	Brockton Area PIC/ South Coastal WIB	Southeast	Healthcare	$489,947	$481,772	$3,025,311	Education and training for health care workers	8	**
2005	Cape & Islands WIB	Southeast	Healthcare	$187,613	$181,547	$92,054	Education and training for health care workers	10	4
2005	Boston PIC/ Metro North REB	Greater Boston	Healthcare	$371,968	$371,968	$257,315	Training, job placement of direct-care workers	48	9
2005	Boston PIC	Greater Boston	Healthcare	$274,274	$274,274	$621,196	Training and job placement in healthcare	9	17
2005	Metro S/W REB/ Central Mass/ Merrimack Valley/ Southern Essex/ Lowell WIBs	Northeast	Healthcare	$967,749	$967,675	$623,412	Training to address staffing shortages	12	2
20055	North Shore WIB	Northeast	Technology	$275,791	$261,085	$176,091	Training for jobs in aerospace	13	5
2005	Franklin Hampshire REB	West	Manufacturing	$290,082	$290,082	$604,350	Training for workers in educational services & manufacturing	144	3
Subtotals: Industry-driven grants				$4,098,402	$4,057,126	$7,030,761		614	89
Totals				$5,370,976	$5,304,881	$7,977,627		737	244

Note: Data involve transactions conducted from January 2004, following enactment of the 2003 Economic Stimulus Bill, to February 2007.  Data are updated when provided by the administering agency.

* Not applicable     ** Not yet available      *** Not disclosed