WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
This content provides insight into the guidelines for Workforce Development Funds in FY24, covering the purpose of the funds, types of proposals, funding details, application process, and submission requirements.
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FY24 (July 1, 2023 June 30, 2024) Carolyn McKinnon, Policy Associate, Workforce Education Kari Kauffman, Program Coordinator, Education Division March 1, 2023
ABOUT THE WEBINAR This webinar is being recorded and will be made available to all participants for future reference Webinar is to discuss the application process and is not a forum to vet proposal ideas. We will gather your questions today. Answers will be posted in a Q&A document on the program webpage and updated regularly through Monday, March 27. Use the search bar at www.sbctc.edu to find Workforce Development Funds Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
WHAT WELL COVER Overview of the Workforce Development Funds FY24 guidelines, including: the purpose of the funds, types of proposals, who may apply Funding and budget details Applying through OGMS Attachments that must be submitted for consideration Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
PURPOSE OF FUNDS This funding is to support one-time projects that are necessary to meet changing needs and expectations of industry and/or prospective students, or to support local workforce and economic development initiatives. Successful proposals will do one or more of the following: Support the transition, redesign, or adjustment of workforce education and training programs to meet the changing needs and expectations of industry new competencies, articulation agreements, career pathways, competency-based credentials, badging/microcredentials, new technology, etc.); Support the transition, redesign, or adjustment of instructional programs to meet changing needs and expectations of prospective students for how instructional prospective students for how instructional programs are delivered programs are delivered (e.g., hybrid, remote, virtual, asynchronous); Create, support, or streamline local workforce and economic development initiatives; and/or Support and expand workforce development partnerships among employers, education and training providers, and workers. industry (e.g., Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
TYPES OF PROPOSALS Economic Development: Economic Development: Projects addressing locally identified strategic initiatives, through collaboration with community partners, which require changes in education and training programs in order to deliver a workforce to meet industry needs. Emergent Needs: Emergent Needs: Projects addressing a need that is emerging due to: Industry-based changes that necessitate adjustments to instructional program content and/or delivery in order to deliver a workforce that meets industry needs. Such changes may be due to industry structural adjustments, emergence of new skill requirements for the industry, new technology, regulations, credentialing standards of industry, and so-forth. Changes to prospective students' needs and expectations for attending college professional-technical programs that necessitate changes to educational delivery modes, technology, remote/hybrid instruction, badging or other innovations in credentialing and the portability of credentials, and so-forth. Emergent need proposals can include faculty training and/or faculty return-to-industry to support efforts to revise instructional materials or content necessary to meet educational delivery requirements. Must be inclusive of adjunct faculty. Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
WHO MAY APPLY Public community and technical colleges, as defined under RCW 28B.50.030, and Centers of Excellence (COE), as codified under RCW 28B.50.902,may apply for funding. Colleges may submit only one application as an individual institution or as the lead institution of a consortium. Applications are allowed from both a Center of Excellence (COE) and, separately, from their host college. Applications from a COE should be in a separate OGMS application, but submitted through its host college. While a COE can submit applications separately, and colleges may participate in more than one consortium, the review panel will be cautious about awarding funding for multiple projects to one institution. Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
FUNDING July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. NO EXTENSIONS. Amount available: $1,500,000. State-funded, administered by SBCTC Individual proposals: $50,000 min. to $150,000 max. Consortium (multiple colleges or COEs) proposal max: $500,000 This is an allocation, not a grant. No invoices in OBIS; funds allocated directly to college. Work with your business office! Considerations: The review panel and SBCTC reserve the right to scale proposals as needed. Any necessary equipment purchases ($5,000+) must receive approval during the application review process. When developing proposals, colleges should give strong consideration to the intent of the funding, and the total amount of available resource to best demonstrate the practicality of the proposal. Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
BUDGET DETAILS Administration Costs associated with supporting this funding opportunity General Transition, redesign, or adjustment of workforce education and training programs, and instructional programs, Create, support, or streamline local workforce and economic development initiatives; and/or Support and expand workforce development partnerships among employers, education and training providers, and workers. Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
ONLINE GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM QUESTIONS Contact your OGMS Security Contact for access to the 2022-23 Workforce Development Funds application. The OGMS User Manual is available under the How To tab in OGMS Contact your OGMS Security Contact if your question is not answered in the Manual Contact Kari Kauffman, 360-704-1021 if your Security Contact cannot resolve your question Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
OGMS LOGIN AND APPLICATION ACCESS If you ve forgotten your OGMS username, contact your OGMS Security Contact If you ve forgotten your OGMS password, use the Retrieve my password feature located here Create a new application for the FY24 Workforce Development Funds Save frequently to ensure you don t lose your work! Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
APPLICATION INFORMATION AND GRANT RESOURCES Enter your contact information on the Applicant Information screen Be sure to avoid typos when entering your email address Add OGMS as a safe sender Find and download Program Guidelines, as well as other important documents in the Grant Info link Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
APPLYING IN OGMS, PT 1 All required elements must be completed and uploaded to be considered for funding. OGMS narrative Applicant Information Contents Section 1 Section 1: General Information Section 2: Section 2: Project Description, Statement of Need, Link to System Strategic Plan Goals Section 3: Section 3: Project Timeline and Planning Section 4: Section 4: Budget Narrative Section 5 Section 5: Leveraged Resources Budget Attachments Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
APPLYING IN OGMS, PT 2, ASSURANCES & UPLOADING DOCUMENTS Find the FY24 Assurances in the Assurances tab Download and print for completion and signature Upload the Assurances in the Attachments tab Required for your application to be considered complete Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
APPLYING IN OGMS, PT 3, REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS In addition to Assurances, the following must be uploaded in OGMS in order for an application to be complete: Budget & Equipment List (Excel): If requesting equipment, the FY24 equipment list must be completed as part of the budget workbook, and equipment totals from that list must match the equipment budget line item. Letter(s) of Support: Economic Development Proposals: REQUIRED letter(s) of support and confirmation of need from an industry partner, Local Economic Development Council, and/or Local Workforce Development Council. Emergent Need Proposals: Letter(s) of support are optional. Consortium Projects: Letters of assurance (separate from Assurances, mentioned previously) from all participating colleges. (Next slide will address more about consortium proposals) Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
APPLYING IN OGMS, PT 4 If applying as a consortium, these elements must be completed: Applications need to clearly demonstrate how the activities of the individual members or pooling of resources support a common goal. The budget information completed in OGMS must represent the totals for the entire consortium In addition, a budget & equipment break out of the funding to go to each consortium college/COE must be uploaded as an attachment in OGMS Letters of assurance from the consortium colleges addressing roles and responsibilities, and commitment to project. Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS & EVALUATION CRITERIA Use Appendix A as an application checklist! Review it early and often! This is what the review committee will use to score projects. Proposals that don t meet minimum requirements listed in Part 1 of Appendix A won t be reviewed. The review committee will represent a mix of business/industry, labor, and workforce development professionals. The committee makes recommendations to State Board leadership. Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY For FY24 each project will submit a mid-year progress report due by January 24, 2024 A final report is due by July 20, 2024 Reports will be submitted via OGMS Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
TIMELINE Proposals due: March 30, 2023 @11:55pm Staff available for assistance until 4pm April 2023: Review Committee Clarification or revisions, if needed / project scaling if required Revisions are time-sensitive; please monitor inboxes for OGMS messages April-May 2023: Recommendations presented to State Board leadership for Board adoption in late June Notification and award of funding to take place prior to July 1, 2023 Funds available: July 1, 2023 Funds must be fully expended and any equipment delivered/installed no later than June 30, 2024. Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
QUESTIONS? Carolyn McKinnon 360-704-3903 cmckinnon@ sbctc.edu Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
