About the Toolkit
Congratulations on your fiscal year (FY) 2025 POWER award!
This toolkit contains key messages, press release and newsletter templates, sample social media posts and graphics to help you spread the word about your POWER grant.
Please kindly wait until after Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET/9:00 a.m. CT to share news about your grant.
If you have any questions, please contact ARC’s Communications Director, Janiene Bohannon.
Key Messages
- ARC’s Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative targets federal resources to expand economic opportunities for coal communities.
- POWER projects strengthen a variety of industries, including advanced manufacturing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, and workforce development, to bolster re-employment opportunities, create jobs in existing and new industries, and attract new sources of private investment in coal communities.
Brand Assets
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The ARC fonts are Montserrat (sans serif) and DM Serif Display (serif). Both are Google fonts, and free for unlimited download and use:
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Promotion Templates
Press Release Template
[GRANTEE NAME] Receives $[GRANT AMOUNT] from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Initiative
[NAME OF PROJECT] will [DO WHAT] for coal communities in XX COUNTIES in STATE.
Your Town, Date, 2026 — Today [GRANTEE NAME] was awarded $[GRANT AMOUNT] by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to for its new project [PROJECT TITLE]. This award is made available through ARC’s POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Initiative, which directs federal resources to help Appalachian coal communities expand economic opportunities by creating high-quality, in-demand jobs in multiple industries, attracting new sources of private investment and providing comprehensive workforce services and skills training.
[GRANTEE] along with partners in [STATE(S)] will [BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION].
[QUOTE FROM GRANTEE PRINCIPAL OR OTHER LOCAL VOICE]
[GRANTEE BOILERPLATE]
About the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
The Appalachian Regional Commission is an economic development entity of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 423 counties across the Appalachian Region. ARC’s mission is to invest and partner to strengthen economic development in Appalachia to help the region reach its full economic potential.
Newsletter Blurb Template
[GRANTEE NAME] Receives $[GRANT AMOUNT] from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Initiative
[GRANTEE] has been awarded $[GRANT AMOUNT] by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to [DO WHAT] in [WHAT COUNTIES/STATES]. This award is made available through ARC’s POWER (Partnerships for Opportunities and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Initiative.
POWER offers federal grant funding for projects that help Appalachian coal communities expand economic opportunities by creating high-quality, in-demand jobs in multiple industries, attracting new sources of private investment and providing comprehensive workforce services and skills training.
Learn more at www.arc.gov/POWER.
Social Media Examples & Graphics
Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram
We’re proud recipients of an Appalachian Regional Commission POWER Initiative award! Our project, [PROJECT TITLE], received [GRANT AMOUNT] to [DO WHAT] in [COUNTIES / STATE]. We’re excited to partner with [WHO] on this effort and strengthen coal communities!
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We’re proud recipients of an @ARCgov POWER Initiative award! [PROJECT NAME] received [GRANT AMOUNT] to [DO WHAT] in [COUNTIES / STATE].
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