POWER Initiative



POWER Initiative Evaluation: The Value of POWER

Since 2015, ARC has funded 564 projects under the Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative to empower Appalachian communities to expand or create new economic opportunities to drive growth. To understand successes, challenges, and lessons learned through implementation, as well as to examine results of…
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POWER Initiative Evaluation: The POWER of Change

Stories of Results for Individuals, Businesses and Communities ARC has worked with Chamberlin/Dunn (C/D) as a third-party evaluator since Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 to understand the successes and challenges POWER grantees have experienced in the implementation of their grants, as well as early impacts of the projects. In FY 2021,…
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POWER Initiative Evaluation: Factors and Results of Project Implementation

Since 2015, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has funded more than 240 projects under the Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative to empower Appalachian communities to create new economic opportunities for coal communities. To understand successes, challenges, and lessons learned through implementation, as well as…
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