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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 21-487

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Availability of Funding for Schools-to-Work Program Grant Awards

[51 Pa.B. 1757]
[Saturday, March 27, 2021]

 The Department of Labor and Industry (Department) announces the availability of approximately $2.6 million of funding for Schools-to-Work Program (Program) Grant awards. The Department will be establishing a Program through the competitive award of grants to sponsors in partnership with schools in this Commonwealth to support the establishment or enhancement of a workforce development partnership between schools, employers, organizations or associations to create employment and training pathways. This Notice of Grant Availability (NGA) seeks applications to support this Statewide initiative. Grants will be awarded in maximum increments of $250,000.

Project Focus

 The project proposal must create learning opportunities for participating students, including classroom training, workplace visits, internships, apprenticeships, mentorships, employment opportunities, special education transition, Capstone Cooperative Education, job shadowing or externships. The proposal must focus on building a program to fill current and anticipated labor market needs in the given geographical area.

A successful program will:

 • Focus on robust outcomes which may include the attainment of industry-recognized qualifications, certifications or college credits, and an explanation of how college credits earned will be transcripted and transferrable, pathways for transition to a registered apprenticeship program, post-secondary education program or employment.

 • Demonstrate existing qualified program personnel, or identification of additional personnel needed, if any, to establish or increase program capacity to meet or contribute toward meeting current and anticipated regional labor market needs.

 • Include detailed program curricula demonstrating its tie to the outcomes.

Eligible Applicants

 Eligible applicants must be an entity that is or will be registered with the Department as a pre-apprenticeship program and which will have the full responsibility for the administration and operation of the Program. This applicant will be the Program sponsor. The sponsor must be partnered with at least one school in a school district, charter school, regional charter school, cyber charter school, intermediate unit or career and technical school. The applicant must be capable of bringing together business, education, workforce, community and other partners to achieve the overall project goals of this NGA. Additionally, the applicant must demonstrate the ability to coordinate the project design and implementation of the project, manage the project budget and implement a strategy to collect, analyze and report performance outcomes.

 The Program NGA and related materials are available on the Department's grants web site at http://www.dli.pa.gov/Businesses/Workforce-Development/grants.

JENNIFER BERRIER, 
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 21-487. Filed for public inspection March 26, 2021, 9:00 a.m.]


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