Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Program
Skilled Trades Legacy Project
Last-Dollar. Last-Mile. Life-Changing Opportunity.
Helps motivated people enter and complete existing training, apprenticeship, and employment pathways by using existing resources first and addressing the remaining barriers.
Existing resources first
Last dollar and last mile
The Skilled Trades Legacy Project does not replace training programs, apprenticeships, or employers. It uses public, employer, scholarship, and training resources first, then looks at the remaining barriers that can prevent a qualified participant from succeeding.
Last dollar
Use CareerSource, apprenticeships, employers, scholarships, grants, and other available assistance first. Dawn’s Heart would consider only a remaining gap.
Last mile
Address practical barriers such as tools, boots and protective equipment, transportation, certification testing, tuition gaps, emergency stabilization, mentoring, and employer connections.
Current status
The Skilled Trades Legacy Project is in planning. It is not accepting applications, and no funding is being offered at this time.
The first stage is being planned as a small pilot, known as Trades 5, for five participants. Trades 5 is not open for applications. It is not a grant program, and it does not promise any award or amount of support.
Interested in mentoring?Initial career pathways
Trades under consideration
These pathways are being explored for planning purposes. No training provider, apprenticeship program, employer, or workforce agency partnership has been confirmed.
- Electrical
- Apprenticeship access, tools, testing, transportation, and employer connections
- HVAC
- Training cost gaps, certification, tools, and placement support
- Plumbing
- Registered apprenticeship and work-readiness barriers
- Construction and carpentry
- Entry credentials, safety equipment, tools, and employer alignment
- Utility and infrastructure
- Credentialing, transportation, and employer-specific prerequisites
How success would be measured
Entered, completed, employed, retained
This is the intended measurement model for a future pilot. It is not a promise of enrollment, funding, or employment.
Entered training
A participant begins an existing training or apprenticeship pathway.
Completed
The participant finishes the training or credential.
Employed
The participant begins work in the trade.
Retained
The participant remains employed at 90, 180, and 365 days.
Not an open grant or application
The Skilled Trades Legacy Project is not accepting applications and does not offer awards, scholarships, or guaranteed support at this time.