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Allentown Works: $20 million, five‑year workforce program moves into implementation with childcare, transit and property plans
Summary
Officials said Allentown Works — funded through a recompete EDA award — completed year one and will execute 15 partner work plans tied to eight component projects including resource navigators, childcare capacity building, transportation pilots, reentry coursework and urban site acquisitions; staff said contracts will be in place by March.
Trevor, the Allentown Works program lead, told the Community and Economic Development committee that the five‑year, $20 million recompete award has completed its first year of planning and piloting and is now entering the implementation stage.
"We're saying it's $20,000,000, but in reality it's eight individual grants," Trevor said, describing eight component projects and 15 comprehensive work plans that he said will be executed under contract through the Allentown Economic Development Corporation by March 19. He said the program completed a $500,000 strategy development phase and piloted a community engagement "power cohort" of 10 residents who will now serve as recruiters into the initiative.
Staff and program leads outlined several priority components. Project 1 will place four resource navigators in priority neighborhoods at shared community hubs (Casa Guadalupe, St. Luke Sacred Heart, Resurrected Life, Community Bike…
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