Speaking of grants, congratulations are in order to two TPMA
clients for their recent success in securing two significant grants.
The United States Department of Labor’s
Linking to Employment Activities Program recently awarded $500,000 to officials
from the Montgomery County Workforce Investment Board of Norristown, PA.
TPMA worked with officials from the Board and their staff in developing the
successful grant application.
The state of Indiana will increase
its focus on sector strategies after receiving a $4.875 million U.S. Dept. of
Labor Sector Partnership Grant.
The state will use the grant monies to develop innovative
job training programs focused on regional and industry-specific
collaborations. The grant will build on
the state’s “sector strategies” that align job-training programs to meet those
needs of a local or regional labor market. The awards will connect workers who
lost a job through no fault of their own and individuals struggling with
long-term unemployment to a broad range of services, including on-the-job
training; transitional jobs, pre-apprenticeships and Registered
Apprenticeships; job search assistance; and career planning and job
coaching. We assisted the state of
Indiana prepare and develop its grant application.
It’s important to note that the Indiana grant complements
the goals of a more integrated and comprehensive workforce development system
envisioned by the new Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). In
addition to expanding work-based learning, grantees must align services with
other federal, state or local programs and agencies, such as Unemployment
Insurance, Trade Adjustment Assistance, Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families, to improve the quality and efficiency of service delivery. Recent
studies show work-based learning opportunities help get the unemployment back
to work at good paying jobs.
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