From 2016-2023, GRID Mid-Atlantic implemented the Solar Works DC with funding from the Department of Energy & Environment. GRID Mid-Atlantic provided hands-on solar installation training through its Installation Basics Training (IBT)-200 curriculum. GRID Mid-Atlantic also brought in partner organization Lasting Change Life Coaching to provide trainees with case management support and develop career soft skills such as resume building, financial literacy, mock interviews, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace.
Over six years, 384 DC residents completed the program, and GRID Mid-Atlantic placed 126 program graduates into clean energy careers.
