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Council approves Good Jobs Challenge amendment to fund Women's Foundation of Alabama workforce work with nearly $2 million in EDA grant dollars
Summary
The council approved a first amendment to the city's Good Jobs Challenge award to provide up to $1,977,500 to the Women's Foundation of Alabama for workforce development programming and employer‑aligned training through Sept. 30, 2025.
Council approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a first amendment to the city's Good Jobs Challenge award to transfer up to $1,977,500 to the Women's Foundation of Alabama to support workforce development activities.
According to the item read into the record, the funds derive from a grant the city received from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration and will be used to support co‑designed programming by the worker success roundtable, recruitment and training aligned to employer needs, and related support during the program's third implementation phase. The award term runs through Sept. 30, 2025.
The clerk moved approval and the council adopted the amendment by voice vote; no roll‑call tally appears in the meeting transcript. The item was described as using EDA grant funds already received by the city; the amendment formalizes the city's agreement with the Women's Foundation of Alabama to carry out the described workforce activities locally.
No additional budgetary increases were proposed at the meeting; the action implements allocation of previously awarded federal EDA funds according to the Good Jobs Challenge program plan.
