Workforce Funding and Technical Assistance

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The Department provides the funding and technical assistance to Washington State community and technical colleges in the following program areas:

• Apprenticeship grants help maintain and expand apprenticeship programs.
• Basic Food, Employment and Training enables food stamp recipients to gain the skills necessary for higher wages, better jobs, and further advancement.
• Centers of Excellence funding helps colleges that are designated as Centers of Excellence serve as points of contact and resource hubs for industry trends.
• Customized Training for businesses expanding in or relocating to Washington State.
• Job Skills grants provide funding for customized training for business. This program also links funding for customized training with dollars from Worker Retraining, WorkFirst, and Employment Security Department incumbent worker training programs.
• Federal Perkins dollars help stimulate innovative instruction and link high schools and colleges together through the Tech Prep program.
• Worker Retraining serves unemployed workers seeking new skills.
• WorkFirst block grants serve low-income students.

Application for Funding

Washington State community and technical colleges can apply for funding from the programs listed above through the Online Grant Management System (OGMS).

2010-11 Application Dates

Applications will be released and are due on the following dates.

Application - (Tentative)	Release Date	Due Date
Apprenticeship	TBD	TBD
* Centers of Excellence	TBD	TBD
** Job Skills Program	March 9, 2011	April 27, 2011
*** Non-Traditional Training & Employment	April 21, 2011	February 13, 2012
Perkins	March 10 , 2011	April 20, 2011
*** Perkins Leadership Block Grant	April 21, 2011	February 13, 2012
Private Career School Worker Retraining	March 10, 2011	April 21, 2011
Tech Prep	Pending	Pending
Worker Retraining	Pending	Pending
WorkFirst Delivery Agreement	February 24, 2011	April 7, 2011
Final Day to submit invoices for FY 10		July 12, 2011

*Centers of Excellence application dates will be coordinated with the WEC work plan to align their future schedules. This calendar will be updated to reflect the changes once they have been determined.

**Job Skills Program application reviews begin on May 4, 2011.  Applications received by April 27 will be reviewed on May 4.  JSP applications will be accepted through the last Wednesday of each month for review the following week. Any Job Skills Program applications approved prior to July 1 are on a provision basis pending funding availability in FY11.  Projects may not begin until July 1, 2011.

*** Non-traditional and Perkins Leadership applications received no later than June 10, 2010, will secure funding July 1, 2010. Applications will be accepted after that date, but funds cannot be used for expenses incurred before application approval.

2009-10 Final reports

Final reports are due on the following dates. Please return your completed report form to workforce@sbctc.edu.

Application	report form	Due Date
Job Skills Program		Will be updated soon
Non-Traditional Training & Employment - Simplified		Will be updated soon
Perkins Leadership - Simplified		Will be updated soon
Tech Prep		Will be updated soon

Federal Grants Fiscal Workshop

Learn the basics of compliance with Federal grants for Washington Community and Technical colleges! View and download the presentation slides from the Workforce Education Conference ITV on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.
Presentation (1Mb)

TIME AND EFFORT REPORTING

Time and effort reporting is required of educational institutions that receive federally-funded grants or SBCTC grants that require time and effort reporting.

Time and Effort - click here

 

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