Workforce Funding and Technical Assistance

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

• Apprenticeship grants to help maintain and expand apprenticeship programs.
• Centers of Excellence funding to help 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 re-locating to Washington State.
• The Homeland Security Institute is chartered under the Washington State Homeland Security Strategy to provide cross-discipline training and training support systems to emergency responders.
• Job Skills grants that 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 to help stimulate innovative instruction and to link high schools and colleges together through the Tech Prep program.
• Worker Retraining to serve unemployed workers seeking new skills.
• WorkFirst block grants to serve low-income students.
• Workforce Development / High Demand funds are available in several categories: base allocations, workforce development projects, and high demand grants.

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).

2008-09 Application Dates

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

Application	Release Date	Due Date
Apprenticeship	March 13 , 2008	April 24 , 2008
Centers of Excellence	May 15, 2008	June 26, 2008
Job Skills Program*	March 6, 2008	April 23, 2008
Non-Traditional Training & Employment**	May 1, 2008	June 12, 2008
Perkins	April 3, 2008	May 15, 2008
Perkins Leadership Block Grant**	May 1, 2008	June 12, 2008
Private Career School Worker Retraining	April 3, 2008	May 1, 2008
Tech Prep	April 3, 2008	May 15, 2008
Worker Retraining	April 3 , 2008	May 8, 2008
WorkFirst	March 27 , 2008	May 8, 2008
Final Day to submit invoices for FY 08		July 14, 2008

*Job Skills Program application reviews begin on April 30, 2008.  Applications received by April 23, 2008 will be reviewed on April 30, 2008. From there-forward, 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 provisional basis pending funding availability in FY09.  Projects may not begin until July 1, 2008.

**Non-traditional and Perkins Leadership applications received no later than June 12, 2008 will secure funding July 1, 2008.  Applications will be accepted after that date, but funds cannot be used for expenses incurred before application approval. 

2007-08 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		July 14, 2008
Non-Traditional Training & Employment		July 14, 2008
Perkins		July 31, 2008
Perkins Leadership		July 14, 2008
Tech Prep		July 31, 2008
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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

For information about OGMS, the application process, or final reports, contact Teri Echterling at techterling@sbctc.edu.