Missoula's Clean Energy Workforce Coalition wins Three HEROx Prizes
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Missoula’s Clean Energy Workforce Coalition is one of 10 winners of all 3 Phases of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Community Clean Energy Coalition Prize!
Missoula’s Clean Energy Workforce Coalition (CEWC), founded in December 2022, is comprised of Missoula County, Climate Smart Missoula, Mountain Home Montana and the Missoula Economic Partnership. CEWC received $30,000 to strengthen and grow this coalition in February 2023; it received an additional $150,000 in June 2023 to launch a pilot program focused on building clean-energy career pathway access and awareness for low-income women and women of color; and it won $50,000 in December 2023 to fund the creation of a pre-apprenticeship program and Women's Trades Council, to help springboard more women to successfully enter the clean energy trades.
Our mission is to work with low-income women and women of color to create and scale up a workforce development pipeline in clean energy careers, increasing access to family-supporting opportunities.
Want to learn more from a human? Email Shanti Devins.
Missoula’s Clean Energy Workforce Coalition (CEWC), founded in December 2022, is comprised of Missoula County, Climate Smart Missoula, Mountain Home Montana and the Missoula Economic Partnership. CEWC received $30,000 to strengthen and grow this coalition in February 2023; it received an additional $150,000 in June 2023 to launch a pilot program focused on building clean-energy career pathway access and awareness for low-income women and women of color; and it won $50,000 in December 2023 to fund the creation of a pre-apprenticeship program and Women's Trades Council, to help springboard more women to successfully enter the clean energy trades.
Our mission is to work with low-income women and women of color to create and scale up a workforce development pipeline in clean energy careers, increasing access to family-supporting opportunities.
Want to learn more from a human? Email Shanti Devins.
Get Involved.
There are lots of exciting ways to get involved with this new initiative.
- Becoming a Supportive Employer or Join our Women's Trades Council - If you are involved in the trades industry and are interested in becoming a more inclusive workplace, mentoring women to enter the trades, or offering training, please email Nicole at Missoula Economic Partnership to start a conversation.
- Start your Clean-Energy Career - Are you someone who identifies as a women, non-binary, BIPOC, or as a member of an underserved population? Interested in learning more about clean-energy career pathways? Drop Shanti a note to connect.
IN THE NEWS:
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- December 24, 2023. NBC Montana. Missoula Clean Energy Workforce Coalition places 2nd in national competition.
- December 20, 2023. ABC Fox. Missoula Coalition wins $50k in U.S. Department of Energy Competition.
- August 8, 2023. Missoula Current. Missoula Coalition Creating Pathways for Young Mothers in Clean Energy Jobs.
- June 13, 2023. NBC Montana. Clean Energy Workforce Coalition awarded $150k for project.
- June 21, 2023. KPAX. Missoula's Clean Energy Workforce Coalition receives grant (*Note: the coalition received a "prize" which is different from a grant. See press release for details.)
PRESS RELEASES:
- February 15, 2023. Missoula County, Partners Receive National Award to Create Clean Energy Jobs for Low-Income Women, Women of Color
- June 13, 2023. Local Clean Energy Workforce Coalition Awarded $150,000 Prize
- December 19, 2023. Local Clean Energy Coalition Named 2nd Place Winner in National Energy Competition
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