Tag: USDOL
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WA: Apprenticeship Building America Opens Today
Nearly $3 million available for Registered Apprenticeships and Recognized Pre-apprenticeships in Washington State. Today Washington State’s Employment Security Department, on behalf of Career Connect Washington, will open round 3 of Apprenticeship Building America (ABA) program builder funding. ABA is funded by the US Department of Labor and seeks to, “strengthen, modernize, expand, and diversify Registered…
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YouthBuild Pre-Apprenticeship Grants Available
75 projects at up to $1.5 million each will be funded for pre-apprenticeship education, occupational skills training and employment services. A new round of YouthBuild grants is out now, with awards ranging from $700k to $1.5 million and due February 1st. Similar to previous rounds, this funding opportunity expands into additional in-demand industries with a…
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State Workforce Plans Due March 4th
Governors must submit Unified or Combined State Plan for PYs 2024-2027 Last week USDOL’s Employment and Training Administration posted TEGL 04-23, describing the WIOA planning requirements, priorities, deadlines and procedures required for the six core programs in four-year State Plans. WIOA State Plans communicate each state’s vision for their workforce development system, and at present…
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Rundown: Strengthening Community Colleges Webcast
Recent DOL webcast highlights equity and evaluation priorities for grants due November 14th. It’s always helpful to hear representatives from DOL speak about their grant opportunities, and the recent Strengthening Community Colleges webcast provided some small insights into what is important in grant applications, what themes they returned to and what details we may have…
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National Apprenticeship Week Begins November 13th
Events across the country will showcase the successes and value of Registered Apprenticeship The 9th annual National Apprenticeship Week kicks off November 13th with a day dedicated to youth apprenticeship. Each day that week focuses on a different aspect of Registered Apprenticeship, with days for emerging industries, serving the underserved, women in apprenticeship and finishing…
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DOL Clarifies Allowable Use of Funds for Outreach Activities
New TEGL demonstrates the flexible uses of both formula and competetive grant funds to conduct outreach On Wednesday USDOL released TEGL 03-23, clarifying the allowable uses of funds for outreach activities for federal formula and competetive grant awards and providing examples of effective and equitable outreach strategies. The Allowable Outreach Activities section gets at the…