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Michael PaddockChief Executive Officer
Grants Office
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Workforce
Development
Ecosystem
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Workforce
Development
Boards
Economic
Development
Agencies
Colleges/Universities Training/Mentoring
Service Providers
Employers/Trade Associations Workers/Students
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• Distance learning providers
• Human services organizations
• Community development organizations
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Prepare
– Unemployed
– Underemployed
– Youth
…with employable skills leading to
– Certification
– Degree
– Increased earning power
– Employment
…in an industry with a demonstrated demand for these
skills
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Landscape of
Funders & Programs
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• First in the World Grants
• GEAR-UP Partnership and
State Grants
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• Advanced Nursing Education
• Nurse Education, Practice,
Quality, and Retention
(NEPQR) Program
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• Second Chance Act Technology-
Based Career Training Program
for Incarcerated Adults and
Juveniles
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• State Energy Programs
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• Workforce Innovation Fund
• H-1B TechHire Grants
• Trade Adjustment Assistance
Community College and
Career Training (TAACCCT)
Grants
• Youth CareerConnect
• YouthBuild
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• Innovative Technology
Experiences for Students and
Teachers
• Advanced Technological
Education
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Integrating Funded
Initiatives
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• Inventory existing workforce development programs
• Identify (or create) a lead agency well-suited to coordinating
existing initiatives and supporting future development
• Convene leaders of various initiatives to begin coordination
• Agree on what will be coordinated:
– Recruitment
– Program development
– Grants development
– Technology infrastructure
– Industry needs identification/feedback
– Outcome tracking
• Set regular meetings to revisit your progress
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• Consistency across programs
• Improved coordination of services to individual employers
and trainees/students
• Efficiency through shared services and infrastructure (to the
extent sharing can be achieved)
• Expanded grant funding to the region
• Increased community participation in advancing workforce
development goals
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Resources and
Services
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• First, define all the data you want to track
• Assign responsibility for tracking
• Create a data-focused governance structure
• Catalog data sources
• Contemplate systems needed to aggregate and analyze
data
• Review the effectiveness of the system regularly
• Update as needed
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Regional Economic
Development Plans
College and Employer
SurveysGovernment Data
Sources
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Look for:
• Documented needs
• Momentum/strengths
• Identified industries
• Rationale and analysis
• Citations/references
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Look for convergence with regional:
• Hiring forecasts
• In-demand skills
• Degrees sought
• Recruiting plans
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• Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov)
• State Departments of Labor
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You have the data
Now, how do you make it meaningful to a funder
(and relevant to you)?
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Use Data to:
• Substantiate the need for the project
• Guide project implementation
• Evaluate the internal and external outcomes
• Define follow-on projects
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1. Define your target industries, then look for funders.
2. Consider the collaborators you can engage and what
opportunities those allow for you to pursue.
3. Learn as much as possible about each program to which
you intend to apply.
4. Frame up your first draft well in advance of the deadline.
5. Involve collaborators in the early stages of developing your
proposal.
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• Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov)
• Employment and Training Administration (www.doleta.gov)
• Federal Electronic Grants Clearinghouse
(www.grants.gov)
• Grants Office (www.grantsoffice.com)
• National Association of Manufacturers
(www.nam.org)