The New York Empire State Development (ESD) is accepting applications for its Workforce Development Capital Grant Program to support the capital needs of workforce training providers that seek to enhance or expand their offerings.
Donor Name: New York Empire State Development (ESD)
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $100,000-$3,000,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
The Program is open to training programs offering industry-recognized credentials and certificates in high-demand fields by helping trainers make capital investments crucial to industry-driven workforce training. Applicants can apply for funding to be used for modernization of existing training centers, building new facilities, or to purchase machinery and/or equipment for workforce training.
The Program will scale workforce development training programs across New York State serving populations and industries identified as priorities by ESD and the State’s Regional Economic Development Councils (REDCs). Funding will help organizations expand their offerings, create new programs, and assist a greater number of New Yorkers, as well as upgrade their offerings to be responsive to rapidly evolving industry needs.
The Capital Grant Program will fund projects that help achieve the following:
- Responsiveness to industry needs and workforce challenges
- Support growing industries in New York by increasing the qualified workforce available through training programs created in partnership with industry
- Ensure workers of all skill levels, socioeconomic groups, racial and ethnic groups, gender identities and expressions, and geographies have opportunities to participate and progress in the labor force
- Increase the capacity of workforce training providers with a proven track record of results oriented workforce training and fostering opportunity for underserved populations
- Improvements in data collection and impact tracking across funded programs
Funding Information
Funding assistance will follow these parameters:
- This funding includes $35 million for the new Workforce Development Capital Grant Program.
- Minimum level of assistance – $100,000
- Maximum level of assistance – $3,000,000
- All projects should be completed within four years.
Eligible Use of Funds
Funding can cover the modernization of existing training centers, construction of new facilities, the purchase of machinery, and/or equipment necessary to provide training.
Eligible uses include:
- Purchase and/or installation of machinery and/or equipment used in workforce training
- Purchase and/or installation of furniture and fixtures for workforce training
- Fit out and/or renovation of an existing building related to the specific training program
- New construction or expansion of a building on property already owned or controlled by the applicant, in full compliance with local development regulations and not involving property listed on the State/National Registers of Historic Places
- Acquisition of land or buildings to facilitate an expansion of a training program
- Soft costs of up to 15% of total project cost such as architectural and engineering costs necessary to complete a capital project
Eligible Applicants
Entities eligible to apply for assistance include community-based organizations, not-for-profit organizations, chambers of commerce and trade associations, governmental organizations (such as workforce development boards, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), municipalities, etc.), higher education institutions (public or private four-year colleges/universities, or two-year technical/community colleges), career and technical education providers, organized labor training programs, and for-profit training providers.
Not-for-profit applicants, prior to ESD Directors’ approval and execution of a contract with ESD, must be registered and up to date on filings with the New York State Office of the Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, the New York State Office of the State Comptroller’s VendRep System, and must be prequalified in the New York State Grants Gateway.
Applicants will be required to complete the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) to apply. In addition to completing the Consolidated Funding Application, the following documents are required of each applicant:
- Organizational chart and resumes of key personnel involved in program implementation
- Full project budget using the provided budget template
- Detailed overview of the training to be offered for which the applicant is seeking assistance from this funding, including an estimate of the increased capacity to-becreated using the grant award
- Letters of commitment from each of the industry partner companies listed in the grant application. Letters should explain the company’s specific role(s) in the project such as financial commitment, involvement in curriculum development, instructional partner, apprenticeship/internship/job placement partner, recruitment of program trainees, projected hiring needs, etc.
- Three (3) years of most recent audited financial statements
For more information, visit Workforce Development Capital Grant.
