American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Competitive Grants for Worker Training and Placement in Careers in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy U.S. Department of Labor 1
5 Solicitations for Grant Applications • Announced in the Federal Register on June 24, 2009. • The purpose of these grants, which fund both green job training and research projects, is to teach workers the skills required in these emerging energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors. • These efforts will lead program participants to job placement while leveraging other Recovery Act investments intended to create jobs and promote economic growth. 2
5 Solicitations for Grant Applications (SGAs) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants (SGA/DFA PY‐08‐17) Energy Training Partnership Grants (SGA/DFA PY‐08‐ 18) Pathways Out of Poverty Grants (SGA/DFA PY 08‐19) State Energy Sector Partnerships and Training Grants (SGA/DFA PY‐08‐20) Green Capacity Building Grants (SGA/ DFA PY 08‐21)
Federal Register: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html See Volume 74, No. 120/Wednesday, June 24 ETA Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm 3
State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants - $50 million • Purpose: – Collect, analyze, and disseminate labor market information – Enhance the labor exchange infrastructure for careers within the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. • Eligible Applicants: Workforce Agencies of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories, or a consortium of such agencies. • Size of Grants: ETA intends to fund individual State grants ranging from approximately $750,000 to $1,250,000. Individual grant awards to consortium applicants will range from $2 to $4 million, contingent upon adequate justifications and availability of resources. • Application Due Date: August 14, 2009
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Energy Training Partnership Grants $100 million • Purpose: provide training and placement services for workers that prepare them to enter the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries, as well as green occupations within other industries. • $25 million of the total funds available through this Solicitation will be awarded for projects serving communities impacted by auto industry restructuring. • Eligible Applicants: : 1) National labor‐management organizations with local networks or 2) Statewide or local nonprofit partnerships. • Size of Grants: ETA intends to fund 20 – 30 projects ranging from approximately $2 to $5 million each. • Application Due Date: September 4, 2009 5
Pathways Out of Poverty Grants $150 million • Purpose: integrate training and supportive services into cohesive programs that will help target populations find pathways out of poverty and into economic self‐sufficiency through employment in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. • Eligible Applicants: : 1) national nonprofit entities with networks of local affiliates, coalition members or other established partners, and 2) local entities. • Size of Grants: ETA intends to fund grants ranging from approximately $3 to $8 million for national grantees, and grants ranging from approximately $2 to $4 million for local grantees. • Application Due Date: September 29, 2009.
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State Energy Sector Partnerships and Training Grants – $190 million •
Purpose: Grant funds awarded under this SGA will be used to provide training, job placement, and related activities that reflect a comprehensive statewide energy sector strategy. Sector strategies are designed and implemented by a range of institutions and groups working collaboratively, including community and faith‐ based organizations, business and industry groups, educational institutions such as community and technical colleges, the public workforce system, labor‐ management partnerships, and others.
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$25 million of the total funds available through this Solicitation will be awarded for projects serving communities impacted by auto industry restructuring.
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Eligible Applicants: : The eligible applicants for this SGA are State Workforce Investment Boards in partnership with their State Workforce Agency, local Workforce Investment Boards or regional consortia of Boards, and One Stop Career Center delivery systems.
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Size of Grants: : ETA intends to fund grants ranging from approximately $2 to $6 million. Application Due Date: October 20, 2009
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Green Capacity Building Grants $5 million •
Purpose: build the capacity of DOL‐funded training programs to ensure that targeted groups are prepared to meet the needs of our country’s expanding green industries. Only active DOL‐funded grantees specified in Part III of this SGA are eligible to apply.
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Eligible Applicants: : Eligible applicants are limited to the following DOL grantees who received funding through the SGA number indicated in the parentheses: Indian and Native American Program (SGA/DFA PY 07‐04), National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) (SGA/DFA PY 06‐04), Prisoner Re‐Entry Initiative (PRI) (SGA/DFA PY 08‐03 & SGA/DFA PY 07‐05), Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) (SGA/DFA PY 07‐02 & SGA/DFA PY 05‐06), Women in Apprenticeship and Non‐ Traditional Occupations (WANTO) (SGA/DFA PY 07‐08 & SGA/DFA PY 06‐01), Advancing Registered Apprenticeship into the 21st Century: Collaborating for Success (SGA/DFA PY 08‐11), YouthBuild (SGA/DFA PY 08‐07 & SGA/DFA PY 06‐08), and Young Offender Grants (SGA/DFA PY 08‐09, SGA/DFA PY 06‐10, & SGA/DFA PY 06‐14).
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Size of Grants: ETA intends to fund between 50 and 100 grants ranging from approximately $50,000 to $100,000.
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Application Due Date: August 5, 2009. 8
Applicant Assistance: Contact the Grant Officers In order to ensure consistency of responses and a fair and open competition, ALL INQUIRIES from prospective applicants should be directed to the Grant Officers assigned to each SGA: • State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants ‐ Willie Harris (
[email protected]) Reference SGA/DFA PY‐08‐17 • Energy Training Partnership Grants – Donna Kelly (
[email protected]) Reference SGA/DFA PY‐08‐18 • Pathways Out of Poverty Grants ‐ Donna Kelly (
[email protected]) Reference SGA/DFA PY 08‐19 • State Energy Sector Partnerships and Training Grants ‐ B. Jai Johnson (
[email protected]) Reference SGA/DFA PY‐08‐20 • Green Capacity Building Grants ‐ B. Jai Johnson 9 (
[email protected]) Reference SGA/ DFA PY 08‐21
Applicant Assistance: Prospective Applicant Conferences http://greenjobtraininggrants.workforce3one.org/ In addition to inquiries directed to Grant Officers, ETA will make available prospective applicant conferences via Webinars hosted at www.workforce3one.org as follows: •
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Recorded sessions available by July 10, 2009 for: 1. State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants 2. State Energy Sector Partnerships and Training Grants 3. Green Capacity Building Grants Hosted live on July 13, 2009 at 2pm for Energy Training Partnership Grants Hosted live on July 14, 2009 at 2pm for Pathways Out of Poverty Grants
All 5 Applicant Conferences will be archived and available at www.workforce3one.org for individual viewing
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Letters of Support • The Department has not required that letters of support be submitted with applications. Interested Members of Congress are welcome to submit such letters to the Department, but they will be responded to separately from the review of the applications. Funding decisions are made based on the quality of applications submitted and other factors as outlined in the SGAs (eg: geographic distribution). Letters of support do not have an impact on the review of applications submitted or funding decisions. 11