Funding Amount

$63,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

SMUD Shine Program Award

Funder: Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)

Award Amount: $63,000

Geographic Scope: Sacramento County, California (SMUD service area)

Status: Active/Awarded

Announcement Date: June 5, 2025

Focus Areas:

  • Clean energy workforce development

  • Justice-impacted young adult employment support

  • Workforce transition and readiness

  • Clean energy STEM education

  • Environmental justice and equity

  • Zero carbon workforce development

  • Youth training and job readiness for under-resourced communities
  • Target Population:

  • Justice-impacted young adults

  • Under-resourced community members

  • EDD Opportunity Young Adult (OYA) Career Pathway Program participants (100+ participants)
  • Program Components:

  • Stipends for workforce readiness and training

  • Career coaching

  • Supportive services

  • Economic barrier reduction for workforce reentry
  • Partner Organizations:

  • NextGen Policy (grant recipient)

  • Clover Agency (strategic partner)
  • Background: SMUD is the nation's sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider serving Sacramento County for over 75 years. The Shine program supports nonprofits that engage key communities in transitioning to a clean energy future. Research from North Carolina State University shows that within the first year of release, about 37% of formerly incarcerated individuals find employment nationally.

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