PAsmart Grants Webinar Next Generation Industry Partnership October 10 and 12, 2019 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Hosted by: Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board
What is PAsmart? PAsmart is a strategic approach to education and workforce development: 1. Investing in initiatives to support economic growth, and education and training opportunities 2. Strategic coordination and alignment of public programs, services, and funding 3. Transforming inter-agency, cross-sector collaboration 4. Better outcomes for PA students, workers, businesses, and communities
What are the PAsmart Grants? $40 Million Investment • $20 Million Computer Science and STEM Education • $6.6 Million Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship • $4.6 Million Next Generation Industry Partnerships
What are the PAsmart Grants? For more information on the PAsmart grant initiative, please visit: https://www.pasmart.gov/ Or https://www.dli.pa.gov/Businesses/Workforce- Development/grants/Pages/default.aspx
Next Generation Industry Partnerships • Partnership of businesses from the same industry working together to address overall competitiveness of the industry. • Business-driven Priorities • Benefit workers, students, and the broader community
Goals of Next Gen IP Grants • Improve the coordination and alignment of economic development, education, and workforce development programs, services, and funding to better engage businesses in key industries. • Address the workforce and economic development needs of Pennsylvania industries through strategies that address economies of scale, and demand-driven, continuous improvement, coordination of effort. • Increase the number Next Gen IPs at the local, regional and state level representing key targeted industry sectors.
PAsmart Next Gen IP Grants Deadlines and Details • Available Funding: $4.6 Million – Max $250,000 per partnership • Application Deadline: Friday, January 3, 2020 • Partnerships must align with the PAsmart Framework principles and funding priorities • Applicants must adhere to the Next Gen IP model (Appendix A)
PAsmart Next Gen IP Grants Framework • One grant to fund both convening and implementation activities . Funds for convening activities capped at $45,000/partnership . – • Previously funded PAsmart Next Gen grantees: – Can apply to fund both convening and implementation activities – Are not required to apply for funds to support convening activities • Partnerships that have not yet received PAsmart Next Gen Funds: – Partnerships that have not developed an action plan or identified business driven priorities will only be awarded funding for convening activities. – Must clearly demonstrate that business-driven priorities have been identified and an action plan has been developed to receive funds for implementation activities.
Allowable Activities May Include but are not Limited to: Convening Activities Implementation Activities • • Facilitating Next Gen partnership meetings, Supporting training including: Incumbent worker including launch activities. training, Work-based learning experiences, and registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship • Attending commonwealth-sponsored Next Gen IP opportunities. trainings or events. • Aligning curriculum with business needs, • Engaging business champions and business providing career awareness, and aligning with partners from the defined industry of focus. programs of study and career readiness activities • Organizing and facilitating partnership meetings across secondary and postsecondary education. for businesses and the regional support team to • Coordinated outreach of the region and industry discuss local competitiveness needs. • Business-to-Business networking • Working with businesses to determine the • partnership priorities. Developing and implementing sector strategies that promote in-demand as well as competitive • Developing a post-launch action plan. opportunities for Pennsylvania industries and • Maintaining partnership post-launch. occupations. • Procuring consulting, technical assistance and • Improving workforce alignment and career convening/facilitation services that use the Next readiness within and across targeted industry Gen IP model. clusters.
Budget Considerations • Must complete required budget template • Must provide a budget narrative that aligns with the budget form and details quantity and cost of each line item. • 10% Admin. Max • 100% Total Match – At least 25% Private Sector Cash Match
Required Application Elements • Completed Application Form (17 pp. max) • Budget Form • Partnership Membership Form Framework • Training Plan (only if grant will fund training) • Letters of Support – 1. Economic Development – 2. Education – 3. Workforce Development
Pasmart Next Gen Grant Submission • Completed Applications due: January 3, 2020 at 11:59 pm. • Submit grants to RA-LI-PAWDB-IP@pa.gov
Questions • Please submit any questions to RA-LI-PAWDB- IP@pa.gov. • Check back on the L&I grants page for updated FAQs
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