The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) has announced the availability of $1,530,000.00 in funding for the Digital Literacy and Workforce Development Grant (DLWDG) to include awards of up to $45,000.00.
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
State: Pennsylvania
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 12/21/2021
Size of the Grant: $45,000
Grant Duration: 14 months
Details:
This grant opportunity will be focused on supporting effective programs that enhance foundational digital literacy skills for job seekers in their local community. Foundational digital skills are necessary for carrying out job tasks and are becoming the main function of many jobs.
Digital literacy skills promote problem-solving and critical thinking skills necessary to effectively navigate most platforms used in the job search process and in the workplace. Acquiring these skills will prepare today’s job seekers and employees for success in the 21st-century labor market.
L&I created this grant opportunity to prepare individuals for job searching and emerging employment opportunities and gaining access to employment with family sustaining wages, and to increase communities’ capacity for providing foundational digital literacy skills training. This funding will assist eligible entities, particularly in areas of poverty or low digital literacy skill, in improving their ability to provide their communities digital literacy classes emphasizing career development skills. Training will be focused on digital fundamentals, digital job seeking, digital citizenship, and digital information.
Funding Information
- Approximately $1,530,000 is available. Grants will be awarded and funded competitively based on the availability of funds up to $45,000 per application.
- DLWDG funding is anticipated to be used for grant-related activities between May 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023.
Eligible Applicants
- Eligible applicants include local workforce development boards, public libraries, library systems and district library centers, non-profit agencies (community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, etc.) or small businesses (meeting the criteria below). The applicant(s) must be capable of achieving the overall project goals of this NGA in a community in Pennsylvania and must demonstrate the ability to coordinate, manage, and implement the project design; manage the project budget; and implement a strategy to collect, analyze, and report performance outcomes. L&I is intentionally seeking to partner with organizations with strong community presence. The applicant will be required to submit quarterly reports to L&I describing the progress of the project. Please note: Awardees of Digital Literacy Round 1 funds are not eligible to apply for this grant.
- Small businesses must:
- be a Pennsylvania business.
- be independently owned.
- not be dominant in its field of operation.
- not employ more than 100 full-time equivalent employees.
- not exceed three-year average gross revenues of $38.5 million, regardless of business type.
- If awarded, for-profit businesses may be required to upload the first page of the company’s three most recent federal tax returns which are required to verify annual gross revenues. You may redact your federal tax identification number, if desired. Acceptable file formats for tax upload include Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and Joint Photographic Group (JPG). If a business has not existed for three years, the average gross sales are computed for the period of the business’ existence. For newly formed businesses, the determination is based upon projected gross sales.
For more information, visit DLWDG.
