Funding pitch for LES job-training facility for formerly incarcerated persons

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Evie Litwok of Witness to Mass Incarceration (WITNESS) and Coss Marte of CONBODY, were both thrilled when they saw the request for proposals (RFP) issued by Congressmember Dan Goldman’s office for “community project funding” in the representative’s district. The funding will be allocated to 15 nonprofit organizations, each of which will use the money to build or renovate a building.