By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting Pennsylvania is known for a lot of things, as Google will tell you: The famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil and his (sometimes) accurate weather predictions The first electronic general-purpose computer, ENIAC, was built at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. The Philadelphia Zoo was the nation’s first zoo, opened in 1946.

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting In September of 2025, the United States Department of Labor awarded over $86 million to 14 states through the Industry Driven Skills Training Fund Program.  This funding is meant to encourage states to develop skills training programs to help address each state’s workforce challenges by developing workforce training grant programs.

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting When discussing federal grants, my first thought is always “Where do I start?” They are messy, super-competitive and a monster to write.  The return for dealing with the downside can be a huge upside – lots of grant money for the lucky recipients. In this article, I will provide a

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting If your company is in the state of Michigan, you are in luck! Michigan does a great job incentivizing manufacturers and for-profit businesses for activities like job creation, workforce development and equipment investments. In addition, they were recently awarded $8,000,000 to support workforce development efforts in the state’s shipbuilding supply

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting When I first started writing grants for a living, I went to a United Way training course to learn more about grant writing as a profession.  Since the United Way funds non-profits, the course was very centered on finding and accessing grants for non-profits.  When I told the instructor that

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting When we work with clients, we research both grants and incentives, but the question sometimes comes up, “What’s the difference?”. In this article, we will discuss how grants and incentives are the same and different. What are the Common Factors Between Grants and Incentives? Grants and incentives are very different