Purpose of Grant:  The Workforce Development Training Grant program provides funding for SUNY community colleges to operate workforce development/job training programs to address training needs for businesses and organizations in local communities.

Project Period:  Up to three years

Application Deadline:  June 10, 2022 at 4:00 PM with awards made in August 2022

Project Description:  Funding may be used to create or enhance educational pathways which must be designed in conjunction with one or more employers and engage community and workforce development partners. These pathways must be market driven, focused on high-demand and high-wage fields and include credential(s). They must demonstrate to students the progression through an educational track to obtain and then move through positions with higher responsibility and salary. Proposals and awards will be coordinated and administered by SUNY System Administration via the Office of Community Colleges and the Education Pipeline.

 Eligible Applicants:  All 30 SUNY community colleges are eligible to apply.

Funding:  A college may apply for a max of $200,000.

Guidelines

Purpose of Grant:  The Workforce Development Training Grant program provides funding for SUNY community colleges to operate workforce development/job training programs to address training needs for businesses and organizations in local communities.

Project Period:  varies

Application Deadline:  Rolling basis

Project Description:  All proposals should include training that is customized to the employer’s needs.

Three types of workforce training are eligible for funding:

• Individual projects: Projects focus on training for a single employer in a particular training area or areas.
• Consortium projects: Projects focus on a type of training that serves multiple employers or where multiple colleges work together as a regional consortium to train for employers in a specific area.
• Demonstration projects: Projects develop and implement new and innovative courses, programs or curriculum in conjunction with an employer(s).

The employer must contribute at least 25 percent of the total project cost in matching funds and at least 10 percent must be in the form of cash. The remaining 15 percent may be comprised of in-kind commitments.

 Eligible Applicants:  All 30 SUNY community colleges are eligible to apply.

Funding:  A college may apply for a minimum of $500 per project. Multiple project proposals may be submitted. The maximum to be awarded per project is up to:

• $50,000 for individual project grants,
• $75,000 for consortium projects,
• $100,000 for demonstration projects.

Guidelines

Purpose of Grant:  The Future of Work Centers, formerly known as Job Linkage, will be established by SUNY community colleges in partnership with private sector and community-based organizations. The Centers will create new short-term, non-degree and degree-eligible credential programs to quickly address employer skill needs and prepare job seekers, especially those from underrepresented communities, for careers in high-growth industries.

Project Period:  Three year period

 Application Deadline:  June 10, 2022 at 4:00 PM with awards made in August 2022.

Project Description:  Awards will be made on a competitive basis within the SUNY system. Multiple community colleges may partner in a “hub and spoke” model with one college applying and assuming the lead role. The proposed coverage area can cross multiple Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) regions.

Proposals must:

• Create new and enhance existing short-term, non-degree and degree-eligible programs, stackable credentials, and micro-credentials that quickly address local employer skill needs, particularly for middle/high-skill occupations and/or high-growth industries.
• Partner with employers to ensure programs directly address local employer needs and demonstrate how employers will be involved in curriculum development and review.
• Summarize the college’s current successful initiatives in workforce development and explain how this initiative will build and scale these programs.
• Outline marketing strategies to target employers and attract students, including partnerships with community-based organizations and other entities.
• Identify supportive services that will contribute to positive outcomes for trainees.
• Include a budget describing how funding would be used.
• Articulate a plan that leads to financial sustainability, including milestones with revenue targets, that outlines how the program will financially operate following the third year of funds.
• Give preference to serving social equity candidates and/or locate/target at least some programming within low-income communities or underserved business districts.

Allowable use of funds may include:

• Supporting business engagement professionals, faculty and best-in-class curriculum developers to create or enhance short-term workforce education training including:

o non-degree training,

o degree-eligible courses/programs (certificate, AOS, AAS),

o stackable credentials, and/or

o micro-credentials.

• Engaging faculty and trainers to teach new/enhanced courses and/or covering the cost of training for students in eligible training programs.
• Paying for exams or tests required to obtain a credential.
• Providing applied and/or experiential learning opportunities for students.
• Providing stipends for applied learning opportunities.
• Providing holistic student supports which participant is in training such as:
  • Academic services that support student success (advising, tutoring, mentoring, etc.), and
  • Other supportive services for students while in training (transportation, childcare, food security, etc.).
• Deploying innovative marketing to target employers and prospective students.

Capital expenses are not allowable; however, limited funds may be used for equipment and supplies necessary to run the program.

 Eligible Applicants:  All 30 SUNY community colleges are eligible to apply.

Funding:  Minimum award of $500,000 and a maximum award of $1.5M.

Guidelines

Purpose of Grant:  The purpose of the Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) is to provide for a continuity of services throughout a student’s progression through secondary school for those students who are identified as at-risk of dropping out.

Project Period:  September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2027

Application Deadline:  June 28, 2022 at 5pm

Project Description:  New York State Education Department (NYSED) seeks to identify Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) that will create strong school and community partnerships to deliver research-based programming to students enrolled in public and non-public schools that are identified as having a high risk of students dropping out of school.

As leaders in the educational community, IHEs are encouraged to collaborate, design and implement programming that creates new strategies that influence the way schools work and the way we treat students as active participants in their own learning.

Services to be provided under this section may include skills assessment, tutoring, academic and personal counseling, family counseling and home visits, staff development activities for personnel with direct responsibility for such students, and mentoring programs.

Successful proposals will provide for the implementation of a five-year project plan, that delivers 12-month structured programming of support services and counseling activities facilitating the following outcomes to benefit eligible students:

1. A program model that is either:
   1. A school based model
   2. An afterschool model
   3. A model which is a combination of the two
   4. Required services include skills assessment, tutoring, academic and personal counseling, family counseling and home visits, staff development activities for personnel with direct responsibility for such students, and mentoring programs.
   5. Projects must offer at least a four week summer component in each year of the cycle. Each LPP participant must be offered a summer program opportunity at least once during the funding cycle. The summer component must have an enrollment of at least 40 students.
   6. Ensure that participants have increased persistence to complete high school with sustained high academic achievement.
   7. Ensure that participants are prepared for successful transition into postsecondary education and the workforce.
   8. Projects must be in coordination and partnership with at least one LEA and at least one Community Based Organization.
   9. Be in accordance with the IHE’s mission and/or Master Plan.

Eligible Applicants:  Each proposal must be submitted by at least one New York State eligible degree granting Institution of Higher Education (IHE) acting as the fiscal and project coordinator for a partnership with a Local Education Agency (LEA) and a Community Based Organization (CBO).

Funding:  Based on program needs and allowable costs

Request for Proposal

Purpose of Grant:  The legalization of recreational marijuana has created significant market opportunities for New Yorkers. SUNY and New York State are partnering to support growth in this sector.  SUNY community colleges, in partnership with private sector businesses and community-based organizations, will create/enhance and deliver short-term, non-degree credential programs or course offerings within certificate, Associate of Occupational Studies (AOS), and Associate of Applied Sciences (AAS) degrees to quickly address employer skill needs and prepare job seekers, especially those from underrepresented communities, for careers in the cannabis industry.

Project Period:  Three year period

Application Deadline:  May 13, 2022 at 4:00 PM with awards made in June 2022

Project Description:

Awards will be made on a competitive basis within the SUNY system. Multiple community colleges may partner in a “hub and spoke” model with one college applying and assuming the lead role. The proposed coverage area can cross multiple Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) regions.

Proposals must:

• Create new or enhance existing non-degree and degree-eligible courses/programs (certificate, AOS, AAS), stackable credentials, and/or micro-credentials that quickly address local employer skill needs within the cannabis industry.
• Partner with employers to ensure programs directly address local employer needs and demonstrate how employers will be involved in curriculum development and review.
• Summarize the college’s current successful initiatives in workforce development and explain how this initiative will build and scale these programs.
• Outline marketing strategies to target employers and attract students, including partnerships with community-based organizations and other entities.
• Identify support services that will contribute to positive outcomes for trainees.
• Include a detailed budget describing how State funding would be used for each of the three start-up years.
• Articulate a plan that leads to financial sustainability, including milestones with revenue targets, that outlines how the program will financially operate following the third year of start-up funds.
• Give preference to serving social equity candidates as defined by the Office of Cannabis Management when possible.

Eligible Applicants:  All 30 SUNY community colleges are eligible to apply.

Funding:  $500,000 – $1.0M.

Request for Proposal