The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) announces the availability of approximately $4,000,000 in funding for the Pennsylvania Industry Partnership (IP) Program Grant awards.
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
State: Pennsylvania
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/28/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $250,000
Details:
This Notice of Grant Availability (NGA) seeks applications to support Industry Partnership initiatives across PA that:
- Work to identify workforce, education & training, and economic development needs
- Coordinate regional teams to support industry needs
- Identify public and community resources to address industry identified needs
- Increase collaboration among businesses within a targeted industry sector
This NGA outlines strategic goals of this Pennsylvania Industry Partnership Grant opportunity, the criteria that will be used to evaluate proposals, and the grant timeline.
L&I will be supporting Industry Partnership Programming through the competitive award of grants of up to $250,000 to support Industry Partnerships across the commonwealth to improve economic growth while preparing workers with training for their current positions and future advancement.
Projects funded through Industry Partnership grants should identify workforce, education and training, and economic development gaps; coordinate regional needs to support industry needs; identify public and community resources to address industry-identified needs, and increase collaboration among businesses within a targeted industry sector. Eligible applicants include local workforce development boards, non-profit and non-governmental entities, community-based organizations, educational and post-secondary educational organizations, labor organizations, business associations, and economic development entities.
The Challenge
Pennsylvania is seeking industry partnerships that improve economic prosperity and prepare the Commonwealth’s workforce for the jobs of today and tomorrow. The Industry Partnership program requires businesses within a targeted sector partnering to strengthen their industry through training initiatives, recruitment strategies, raising career awareness, and working together to address additional challenges identified by the businesses.
Grant Opportunity Goals
The goal is to increase regional collaboration to support business needs within an industry sector. Applicants must articulate a clear plan to evaluate the effectiveness of their proposed strategies to address business identified priorities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include local workforce development boards, non-profit and non-governmental entities, community-based organizations, educational and post-secondary educational organizations, labor organizations, business associations, and economic development entities. The applicant(s) must be capable of bringing together relevant partners to achieve the overall project goals of this NGA. Additionally, the lead applicant must demonstrate the ability to coordinate the project design and implementation of the project, manage the project budget, and implement a strategy to collect, analyze, and report performance outcomes. For all lead applicants other than local workforce development boards, the lead applicant must demonstrate engagement with the local workforce development board.
- All applicants and fiscal agents must be registered with the commonwealth as a vendor. Applicants and fiscal agents that are not current vendors are strongly encouraged to begin this process immediately following the application submission by registering their organization with the Vendor Data Management Unit (VDMU).
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