Official Site of The State of New JerseyGrant Opportunities
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NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
For Technical Assistance Contact:
Name: Patricia Jordan
Division: Workforce Development
Telephone Number: N/A
Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Name of Grant Program: FY24 New Jersey Youth Corps (NJYC) Continuation Grant
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: FY 2024
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: July 1, 2023 thru June 30, 2024
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used:The purpose of the NJYC program is to implement a statewide coordinated service system designed to help disconnected out-of-school youth, ages 16-25, without a high school diploma, reengage in educational, training and employment opportunities for a sustainable long-term career development. NJYC will provide full-time, cohort-based education and community service learning projects, individual counseling, and transition services designed to help Corpsmembers resolve barriers, obtain a High School Diploma (by way of equivalency exam) or other measurable skill gain, and transition to a qualified post-corps placement along an identified career pathway.
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 NJYC continuation grant will be for year 3 of a 4-year grant cycle, and is only available to current FY 2023 NJYC grantees to apply.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Name of Grant Program: Paid Internships Pre-Employment Transition Services
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: 2023
Announcement Date: April 26, 2023
Letter of Intent Due: May 8, 2023
Application Deadline: May 15, 2023
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Toni Scott
- Division: EAS- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Telephone Number: 609-633-9824
- Email Address: Toni.Scott@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024
The total contract period will be for 1 year with an annual renewable option through 5/31/2026 for successful applicants and the availability of Federal funding.
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: NJDOL Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services understands the potential of meaningful work experience programs. The purpose of this contract program is to provide Paid Internships under the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services matrix of Pre-Employment Transition Services. The program will enable students 14-21 years of age to experience work at an integrated community-based employer for up to 150 hours.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NCO: Eligible applicants must be organizations with the capacity to service people with disabilities. Eligible applicants include:
- private or public non-profit organizations
- Independent Living Centers (ILC)
- Faith-Based Organizations (FBO); and
- Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRP)
DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
NOTICE OF CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY
Fiscal Year 2023
Announcement Date: April 25, 2023
Application Deadline: May 26, 2023 - 3:00 p.m.
Name: Maryann Tiesler
Division: DVRS
Telephone Number: N/A
Email Address: maryann.tiesler@dol.nj.gov
Name of Grant Program: Innovation & Expansion – EMPLOYMENT FIRST
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: March 16, 2023
Information Session: March 22, 2023
Application Due Date: April 18, 2023
For Technical Assistance Contact:
Name: Patricia Jordan
Division: Workforce Development
Telephone Number: N/A
Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Name of Grant Program: FY23 New Jersey Youth Corps – Career Advancement Program (NJYC-CAP) Grant
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: FY 2023
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: June 30, 2023 thru June 30, 2025
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of this New Jersey Youth Corps – Career Advancement Program (NJYC-CAP) pilot is to expand the capacity of the NJYC program to transition eligible Corpsmembers into meaningful unsubsidized employment or advanced training, by providing funded opportunities to attain industry-recognized credentials and/or gain paid internship experience with employers and industries aligned with their individual career interests and aptitudes.
Only current FY 2023 NJYC grantees are eligible to apply.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: March 15, 2023
Technical Assistance Workshop: April 4, 2023 or April 11, 2023
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than noon April 21, 2023
Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Application Deadline: No later than noon April 28, 2023
Funding Amount: $3,000,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
Name: James Manning
Division: Office of Apprenticeship
Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: Grant funds will be awarded to successful applicants responding to this competitive NGO. The purpose of the PACE Program is to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeship programs. These pre-apprenticeship programs have a documented partnership with at least one Registered Apprenticeship program sponsor that is committed to hiring from the pre-apprenticeship program within 18 months from the start of the contract period of performance, and together, they expand the participant's career pathway opportunities with industry-based training coupled with classroom instruction. The program will drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Apprenticeship seeks to encourage the growth of career pathway opportunities for people disconnected from employment, training, and education. Within the workforce development system, pre-apprenticeships serve a critical role for people to acquire career-specific skills, advance work-readiness, and connect them to longer-term career opportunities.
This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
• Any employer;
• Workforce Intermediary Sponsors;
• Employer / Trade Associations;
• Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices
will be trained;
• Labor/Management Partnership (public or private);
• New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
• Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
• Public high schools within New Jersey;
• Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
• Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
• Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or
employers;
• Community-based organizations;
• New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
• Economic development organizations;
• State, Local, County governments within New Jersey;
• Any other private educational or training entity that is on the Eligible Training Provider List
(ETPL).
NOTE: Organizations awarded FY2023 PACE Round 1 contracts are not eligible to apply for
FY2023 PACE Round 2 funding.
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NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: March 14, 2023
Application Due Date: April 28, 2023
For Technical Assistance Contact:
Name: Mariana Beshai-Ascander
Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
Email Address: JOBS@dol.nj.gov
Name of Grant Program: JOBS
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: 2023
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024
Available Funds: $6,000,000
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of JOBS is to fund services for Justice-involved individuals whose workforce conditions have impeded their successful reentry into the community.
Notice of Grant Opportunity
Announcement Date: March 7, 2023
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than noon March 24, 2023
Application Deadline: No later than noon April 21, 2023
Funding Amount: $5,000,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Maribel Carvalho
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Email Address: Pathways2Recovery@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: Grant funds will be awarded to successful applicants responding to this competitive Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO). The purpose of Pathways to Recovery is to provide training opportunities, career services, supportive services (for example, transportation, childcare, clothing, driver’s license restoration) and employment to individuals impacted by the opioid epidemic.
This grant seeks to deepen the network of employment supports for those affected by the opioid epidemic. It seeks to improve opportunities and incentives for opioid-impacted individuals by providing basic skills instruction, workforce readiness (employability skills) instruction and work experience. The program will seek to facilitate effective transitions by the targeted population into employment and retention.
For purposes of this grant, impacted by the opioid epidemic is defined as an individual who has a friend, family member, or personal history of opioid use.
Notice of Grant Opportunity
Announcement Date: March 2, 2023
Technical Assistance Workshop: March 16, 2023 or March 24, 2023
Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than noon April 6, 2023
Application Deadline: No later than noon April 14, 2023
Funding Amount: $4,000,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the GAINS program is to promote the expansion and development of United States Department of Labor (USDOL) approved Registered Apprenticeship programs that drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials. While this NGO describes twelve (12) sectoral/occupational areas of focus, all occupations that are recognized by US DOL as “apprenticeable” are encouraged to apply.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities who are developing new, or building upon existing Registered Apprenticeship programs:
• Any employer;
• Employer / Trade Associations
• Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices
will be trained;
• Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
• New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
• Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
• Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
• Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
• Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or
employers;
• Community-based organizations;
• New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
• Economic development organizations;
• Workforce Intermediary Sponsors
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NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Name of Grant Program: Cultivating Access, Rights, and Equity (CARE) Grant Program
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: FY2023
Announcement Date: March 1, 2023
Technical Assistance Workshop: March 15, 2023 5:30 - 7pm or March 16, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm
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Letter of Intent Deadline EXTENDED: No later than 5pm April 4, 2023
Application Deadline: No later than 11:59pm April 10, 2023
Funding Amount: $1,500,000
For Technical Assistance Contact: CAREgrant@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The Cultivating Access, Rights, & Equity (CARE) Grant Program seeks to increase New Jersey workers’ awareness of and equitable access to paid family and medical leave benefits (aka Temporary Disability and Family Leave Insurance), earned sick leave, unemployment insurance, and related work rights.
This grant program focuses on workers who are less likely to have access to paid leave, such as low-wage workers, immigrants, refugees, veterans, and youth workers, and on reducing barriers related to race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and gender identity that can impact workers’ knowledge of – and meaningful access to – the rights and benefits for which they are eligible.
For Fiscal Year 2023, the CARE Grant Program has been expanded to include outreach and education to employees for Unemployment Insurance benefits, and to employers for NJ Paid Family and Medical Leave benefits and Earned Sick Leave
The CARE Grant Program seeks to establish collaborative relationships with trusted community-based organizations throughout the state who demonstrate capacity, experience, and a history of success providing outreach, education, technical assistance and/or support. Public and private nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, state-recognized tribal governments with 501(c)(3) status (except for Federal Unemployment Insurance Equity grant funds), and government entities may apply. Applicants can submit proposals as individual organizations or as a collaborative with a lead agency.
Application is to be submitted in SAGE IGX. Access will be granted after submitting an LOI.
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NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: February 22, 2023
Technical Assistance Workshop: February 28, 2023 1:00pm or March 14, 2023 1:00 pm
Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than noon March 31, 2023
Application Deadline: No later than noon April 6, 2023
Funding Amount: $6,000,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
Name: James Manning
Division: Office of Apprenticeship
Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Name of Grant Program: Woman and Minorities in Construction Trades Program
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: FY2023
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on April 6, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The Women and Minorities in Construction Trades Program seeks to eliminate economic barriers commonly associated with an individual’s inability to invest in skills training and work readiness and connect women and/or minority populations to quality career and training opportunities in the building and construction industry. This grant program prepares women and minorities for employment and/or placement in Registered Apprenticeship programs within the building and construction trades occupations or other industry occupations and provide quality support services to ensure success for placement into employment.
Funding from this grant announcement shall be used to support training in the construction and building trades industry, including lead abatement occupations. Occupations within the construction craft, administrative, support, or operational occupations are acceptable. This includes professional titles as well as skilled trades.
This targeted, competitive opportunity is designed to provide funding to eligible organizations to provide construction trades training, placement services and quality support services to women and minority populations in accordance with the NGO. The following organizations are eligible to apply as the lead applicant:
- Public training providers;
- Community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers/contractors;
- Public or private non-profit agencies;
- County or Municipal Governments; and
- Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
[4/12/2023] IMPORTANT UPDATE: The LiLA grant has been extended
Name of Grant Program: New Jersey Lifelong Learning Accounts (LiLA)
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: 2023
Announcement Date: April 12, 2023
Application Deadline: May 10, 2023
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Maribel Carvalho
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: N/A
- Email Address: OTWS@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: TBD
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) (“LiLA Program Owner”) is managing the execution of a two-year pilot to fund the training of unemployed and employed low-income individuals without other degrees or credentials. It is anticipated that recipients will receive up to $9600 per person to pay for: 1) training, and 2) wraparound services, such as childcare and transportation, that may be necessary to complete their education and training programs. Recipients will work with a career coach to develop an Individual Employment Plan (IEP) to develop and manage the utilization of their LiLA funding and support their success.
Grant funds will be awarded to successful applicants responding to this competitive Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO). Successful respondents to this NGO will be responsible for managing the recruitment, selection, onboarding and coaching of program participants.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Name of Grant Program: FY23 Bridges to Employing Youth (Bridges)
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: 2023
Announcement Date: January 4, 2023
Application Deadline: Wednesday, February 8, 2023
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: N/A
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: April 1, 2023 thru March 31, 2024
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used:
The FY23 Bridges to Employing Youth grant will provide specialized workforce development services to youth with disabilities, justice-involved youth, youth who are or have aged out of foster care, and pregnant or parenting youth, in an effort to enhance the current practices and systems intended to serve their needs. NJDOL expects that this program will focus on partnerships and collaboration between state and local agencies and systems to create a coordinated process in ensuring the healthy career development of these populations.
Programs are required to serve one of the four targeted populations outlined above per application submission. An applicant who wants to serve multiple targeted populations must submit a separate application for each population.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Name of Grant Program: FY23 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: 2023
Announcement Date: January 3, 2023
Application Deadline: Friday, February 3, 2023
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: N/A
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: April 1, 2023 thru October 31, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is being funded to provide in-school and out-of-school youth, ages 16-24, with valuable summer internships in order to help them successfully transition into the world of work.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Name of Grant Program: The Innovation and Research Fellowship Program (IRFP)
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: 2023
Announcement Date: November 23, 2022
Application Deadline: Monday, January 23, 2023, by 3 p.m.
Funding Amount: $1,000,000.00
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Ms. Gerri Brosh, CPM, MA
- Division: Workforce - Office of Customized Training
- Telephone Number: 609 -292-0788
- Email Address: gerri.brosh@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: November 23, 2022 - June 30, 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000,000.00
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The Innovation and Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) grant funds are provided to support technological research and the innovation ecosystem in New Jersey and to encourage Ph.D. candidates and graduates to continue their research in fellowship with New Jersey’s science and technology companies. The fellowship grant will be authorized on the availability of funding and according to the discretion of the NJDOL's commissioner.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: Research Fellowship grants are provided to entities, comprising large businesses, employing more than 25 people and small businesses, employing from two to 24 people. The application for an IRFP grant must be completed and submitted jointly by the applicant employer and the applicant Fellow.
Note: After the application is submitted and received by NJDOL, the applicant Fellow named in the application may not be replaced/substituted by an alternative applicant Fellow.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Name of Grant Program: Opportunity Partnership Grant (OPG)
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: 2023
Announcement Date: November 9, 2022
Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 24, 2023, by 3 p.m.
Funding Amount: $1,500,000.00
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Ms. Gerri Brosh, CPM, MA
- Division: Workforce - Office of Customized Training
- Telephone Number: 609 -292-0788
- Email Address: joan.evans@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: November 14, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Funding Amount: $1,500,000.00
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the Opportunity Partnership Grant (OPG) training program is to assist displaced/dislocated workers secure employment by providing occupational training in industry sectors recognized and driven by employers' needs. The goal of the OPG training program is to re-connect training participants with gainful employment that offers them a sustainable wage. In an effort to provide training services that are needed by employers and find workforce skill gaps that are present in the current economy, applicants are encouraged to review labor market information in the “Demand Occupation Listings”, at the NJDOL website: Career Services | Demand Occupations List (nj.gov)
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: Service providers of employment and training services are eligible to apply, including but not limited to:
- New Jersey’s Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) who engage external “third-party” training providers (Workforce Development Board applicants who apply as a service provider should adhere to WIOA guidance).
- Post-secondary educational institutions,
- Registered Training Providers who are approved by NJDOL (click for requirements of "registered training provider") or
- Private Career Schools that are approved by NJDOL (click for requirements of Private Career Schools)
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: November 3, 2022, Updated February 8, 2023
Application Deadline: See Schedule of Submission Dates and Times, page 7
Funding Amount: $10,000.000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Robert M. Herrick, PH.D., MPA
- Division: Workforce Development- Business Services- Office of Customized Training
- Telephone Number: 609 -633-1461
- Email Address: robert.herrick@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: November 30, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the UPSKILL: NJ Incumbent Worker Training Grant program is to provide New Jersey-based employers up to 50% cost reimbursement assistance to train incumbent frontline employees to meet current and future occupational skill requirements. Although all businesses are welcomed to apply, the grant program’s primary focus will be on the nine strategic sectors as identified by the Governor’s Economic Development Plan (Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Film & Digital Media, Finance & Professional Services, Food & Beverage, Life Sciences, Offshore Wind, Technology, Transportation & Logistics).
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: The grant program is open to the following New Jersey applicants:
- Single employers seeking to train their employees in skills needed for jobs focused primarily on Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Film & Digital Media, Finance & Professional Services, Food & Beverage, Life Sciences, Offshore Wind, Technology, Transportation & Logistics.
- An employer organization, labor organization, community-based organization or faith-based organization; secondary or postsecondary school or training provider seeking to meet the collective training needs of an industry-specific consortium of employers for jobs focusing primarily on Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Film & Digital Media, Finance & Professional Services, Food & Beverage, Life Sciences, Offshore Wind, Technology, Transportation & Logistics.
- Government or Public entities are eligible to apply.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: November 1, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: November 18, 2022 or November 29, 2022
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than noon December 3O, 2022
Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Application Deadline: No later than noon January 6, 2023
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on January 6, 2023
Funding Amount: $2,000,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: Grant funds will be awarded to successful applicants responding to this competitive NGO. The purpose of the PACE Program is to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeship programs. These pre-apprenticeship programs have a documented partnership with at least one Registered Apprenticeship program sponsor that is committed to hiring from the pre-apprenticeship program within 18 months from the start of the contract period of performance, and together, they expand the participant's career pathway opportunities with industry-based training coupled with classroom instruction. The program will drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Apprenticeship seeks to encourage the growth of career pathway opportunities for people disconnected from employment, training, and education. Within the workforce development system, pre-apprenticeships serve a critical role for people to acquire career-specific skills, advance work-readiness, and connect them to longer-term career opportunities.
This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- Any employer;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors;
- Employer / Trade Associations;
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private);
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Public high schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- State, Local, County governments within New Jersey;
- Any other private educational or training entity that is on the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL).
NOTE: Organizations awarded FY2022 PACE contracts are not eligible to apply for FY2023 PACE funding.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: October 26, 2022
Technical Assistance / Questions and Answers
Technical Assistance Workshop: November 14, 2022
Extended Application Due Date: January 20, 2023
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: Workforce Development
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of the Program: April 1, 2023 thru September 30, 2024
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used:This grant will recruit eligible participants from New Jersey’s overburdened communities who are interested in clean energy careers, to receive core employment and training services, such as workforce readiness and financial literacy instruction, wrap-around supportive services, job coaching, and job placement services to facilitate entering the clean energy workforce. This grant will also provide opportunities for intensive employment and training services such as occupation skills trainings resulting in industry-recognized credentials, and needs-based On-the-Job Training (OJT) placements with employers intended to bridge participants into sustainable unsubsidized employment.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: October 7, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: October 19, 2022
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than noon November 4, 2022
Application Deadline: No later than noon November 10, 2022
Funding Amount: $2,000,000
For Technical Assistance Contact: Name: James Manning
Division: Office of Apprenticeship
Email Address: James.Manning@dol.nj.gov
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on November 10, 2022
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The mission of the YTTW program is to recruit, screen and facilitate effective transitions of high school juniors, seniors and out-of-school youth to high-skill, high-wage employment in labor demand occupations, with long-term career potential and opportunities for occupationally relevant lifelong learning, thereby motivating youth to greater success in secondary and post-secondary education.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: This targeted opportunity is available only to current FY2021 YTTW grant recipients. Those eligible to apply for FY2023 funding must be one of the following:
• Any employer or business;
• Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
• Public high schools within New Jersey;
• Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
• Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
• Public or private non-profit agencies;
• Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
• Community-based organizations; and
• Faith-based organizations.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 25, 2022
Information Session/Technical Assistance: April 7, 2022
Application Due Date: April 28, 2022 (by 12:00 PM)
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: Workforce Development
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the NJYC program is to implement a statewide coordinated service system designed to help disconnected out-of-school youth, ages 16-25, without a high school diploma, reengage in educational, training and employment opportunities for a sustainable long-term career development. NJYC will provide full-time, cohort-based education and community service learning projects, individual counseling, and transition services designed to help Corpsmembers resolve barriers, obtain a High School Diploma (by way of equivalency exam) or other measurable skill gain, and transition to a qualified post-corps placement along an identified career pathway.
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 NJYC continuation grant will be for year 2 of a 4-year grant cycle, and is only available to current FY 2022 NJYC grantees to apply.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: September 19, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: September 27, 2022 or October 5, 2022
Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than noon October 21, 2022 4pm October 24, 2022
Application Deadline: No later than noon October 28, 2022
Funding Amount: $3,500,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- James: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used:The purpose of the GAINS program is to promote the expansion and development of United States Department of Labor (USDOL) approved Registered Apprenticeship programs that drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials. While this NGO describes twelve (12) sectoral/occupational areas of focus, all occupations that are recognized by US DOL as “apprenticeable” are encouraged to apply.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities who are developing new, or building upon existing Registered Apprenticeship programs:
- Any employer;
- Employer / Trade Associations
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
Economic development organizations - Workforce Intermediary Sponsors
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: September 19, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: October 4, 2022
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than 4pm October 24, 2022
Application Deadline: No later than noon October 28, 2022
Funding Amount: $3,000,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The Women and Minority Veterans in Construction Trades Program seeks to eliminate economic barriers commonly associated with an individual’s inability to invest in skills training and work
readiness and connect National Guard, Reserve, retired and transitionin active-duty militarymembers to quality career and training opportunities in the building and construction industry. This grant program provides women and minority veterans with training to prepare them for employment and/or placement in registered apprenticeship programs within the building and construction trades occupations or other industry occupations and provide quality support services to ensure success for placement into employment. Funding from this grant announcement shall be used to support training in the construction and building trades. Any construction craft or administrative, support, operational occupations are acceptable. This includes professional titles as well as skill trades.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: This targeted, competitive opportunity is designed to provide funding to eligible organizations to provide construction trades training, placement services and quality support
services to women and minority veterans in accordance with the NGO. The following organizations are eligible to apply as the lead applicant:
1. Public training providers;
2. Community-based organizations;
3. Labor organizations;
4. Employers/contractors.
5. Public or private non-profit agencies;
6. County or Municipal Governments; and
7. Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors
or employers.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: May 2, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: May 11, 2022 at 1pm
- Register here.
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than noon on May 27, 2022
Application Due Date: No later than noon on June 3, 2022
Funding Amount: $4,000,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: James.Manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the GAINS program is to promote the expansion and development of United States Department of Labor (USDOL) approved Registered Apprenticeship programs that drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials. While this NGO describes twelve (12) sectoral/occupational areas of focus, all occupations that are recognized by US DOL as “apprenticeable” are encouraged to apply.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities who are developing new, or building upon existing Registered Apprenticeship programs:
- Any employer;
- Employer /Trade Associations
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors
Note: Round 2 applications are open to those not funded in Round 1 as well as new applicants.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: May 2, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: May 12, 2022 at 1pm
- Register here.
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than noon on May 27, 2022
Application Due Date: No later than noon on June 3, 2022
Funding Amount: $1,500,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: James.Manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the PACE Program is to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeship programs. These pre-apprenticeship programs have a documented partnership with at least one Registered Apprenticeship program sponsor that is committed to hiring from the pre-apprenticeship program within 18 months from the start of the contract period of performance, and together, they expand the participant's career pathway opportunities with industry-based training coupled with classroom instruction. The program will drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Apprenticeship seeks to encourage the growth of career pathway opportunities for people disconnected from employment, training, and education. Within the workforce development system, pre-apprenticeships serve a critical role for people to acquire career-specific skills, advance work-readiness, and connect them to longer-term career opportunities.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- Any employer;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors;
- Employer / Trade Associations;
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private);
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Public high schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- State, Local, County governments within New Jersey;
- Any other private educational or training entity that is on the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL).
Note: Organizations awarded FY2021 PACE contracts are not eligible to apply for FY2022 PACE funding. Round 2 applications are open to those not funded in FY22 Round 1 as well as new applicants.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: May 2, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: May 13, 2022 at 1pm
- Register here.
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than noon on May 27, 2022
Application Due Date: No later than noon on June 3, 2022
Funding Amount: $1,500,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: James.Manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the YTTW program is to provide greater opportunities and incentives for high school juniors, seniors and out-of-school youth (ages 16-24) and to facilitate effective transitions by high school seniors and out-of-school youth to high-skill, high-wage employment in labor demand, apprenticeable occupations.
NJDOL will allow an option for applicants to also serve out-of-school school youth (ages 16 to 24). Program requirements, including the minimum hours of YTTW training hours are still applicable, and a clear connection to the One-Stop System and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) services are required. All successful applicants will be required to complete the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) eligibility determination form for each participant of the pre-apprenticeship program.
This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- Any employer or business;
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Public high schools within New Jersey;
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit agencies;
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations; and
- Faith-based organizations.
Note: Current FY2021 YTTW grant recipients are NOT eligible to apply for FY2022 funding.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
The Cultivating Access, Rights, & Equity (CARE) Grant Program seeks to increase New Jersey workers’ awareness of and equitable access to paid family and medical leave benefits, earned sick leave, and related rights.
This grant program focuses on workers who are less likely to have access to paid leave, such as low-wage workers, immigrants, refugees, veterans, and youth workers, and on reducing barriers related to race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation and gender identity that can impact workers’ knowledge of – and meaningful access to – the rights and benefits for which they are eligible.
The CARE Grant Program seeks to establish collaborative relationships with trusted community-based organizations throughout the state who demonstrate capacity, experience, and a history of success providing outreach, education, technical assistance and/or support. Government entities, public and private nonprofit organizations, state recognized tribal governments with 501(c)(3) status, and faith-based organizations may apply. Applicants can submit proposals as individual organizations or as a collaborative with a lead agency.
View the entire NGO for details.
(NEW) View NGO questions and answers, posted April 6, 2022.
Key Dates:
- Announcement Date: March 11th, 2022
- Technical Assistance Sessions: March 28thfrom 5:30-7:00 pm and March 29th, 2022 from 10-11:30 am. Register here.
- (NEW) View slides from the sessions here.
- Letter of Intent Due Date (optional): April 1st, 2022 11:59 pm
- Application Deadline: April 18th, 2022 11:59 pm
- Anticipated Start and End Date of Grant Program: June 15th, 2022—June 15th 2023
For questions and technical assistance, contact: CAREgrant@dol.nj.gov
Application Components
- Completed application
- Completed fillable budget detail spreadsheet
- Email budget and application to CAREgrant@dol.nj.gov
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: April 20, 2022
Application Due Date: April 29, 2022
For Technical Assistance Contact
- Name: Mariana Beshai-Ascander
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Telephone Number: 609-960-5043
- Email Address: Mariana.Beshai-Ascander@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of State Pathways to Recovery is to provide continuation funding to current grantees to implement training opportunities, career services, supportive services and employment for individuals whose workforce conditions or trajectories have been impacted by the opioid epidemic in the following counties: Atlantic, Camden, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Passaic and Union counties.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: April, 18, 2022
Technical Assistance: April 25, 2022
Application Due Date: May 16, 2022
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Christopher McKelvey
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Email Address: Christopher.Mckelvey@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: June 15, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: This competitive Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO) aims to increase employment opportunities for probation clients and significantly reduce the likelihood of recidivism. The NJDOL, in collaboration with the State Division of Probation (SDP), seeks to fund proposals that will provide training that improves employability and job placement services, on a fee-for-service basis, to probation clients of the SDP.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO:
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Public or private placement agencies;
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Faith-based and/or community-based organizations;
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Employment and Training Providers
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Labor organizations;
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Employers and/or contractors;
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Public or private non-profit agencies; and,
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Trade organizations that represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors, or employers
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: April, 18, 2022
Information Session/Technical Assistance: April 22, 2022 (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
Application Due Date: May 16, 2022 (by 12:00 PM)
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Christopher McKelvey
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Email Address: Christopher.Mckelvey@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: June 15, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: This competitive Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO) aims to increase employment opportunities for probation clients and parole clients to significantly reduce the likelihood of recidivism. The NJDOL, in collaboration with the State Division of Probation (SDP), and State Parole Board (SPB) seeks to fund proposals that will provide training that improves employability and job placement services, on a fee-for-service basis, to probation clients and parole clients.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO:
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Public or private placement agencies;
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Faith-based and/or community-based organizations;
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Employment and Training Providers
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Labor organizations;
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Employers and/or contractors;
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Public or private non-profit agencies; and,
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Trade organizations that represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors, or employers
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 10, 2022
Application Deadline: March 25, 2022
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: FY 2022
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Toni Scott
- Division: Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Telephone Number: 609 633-9824
- Email Address: toni.scott@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: April 1,2022 - January 31, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: NJDOL Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services understands the potential of meaningful work experience programs. The purpose of this contract program is to provide Paid Internships beginning in April and concluding no later than January 31, 2023 under the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services matrix of Pre-Employment Transition Services. The program will enable students 14-21 years of age to experience work at an integrated community-based employer for six weeks.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: Eligible applicants must be organizations with the capacity to service people with disabilities. Eligible applicants include:
- private or public non-profit organizations
- Independent Living Centers (ILC)
- Faith-Based Organizations (FBO); and
- Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRP)
Announcement Date: January 31, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: February 10, 2022 at 10:00 am
or February 17, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com
Letter of Intent Due Date: February 23, 2022
Application Due Date: No later than noon on March 2, 2022
Funding Amount: $2,000,000
Fiscal Year of Grant Program: FY 2022
For Assistance Contact:
- Name: Lauren Kremper-Di Filippo
- Division: NJBUILD
- Email Address: Lauren.Kremper-Difilippo@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The Women and Minority Groups in Construction Trades grant will assist in providing greater employment opportunities for females and minorities, residing in New Jersey, by providing pre-apprenticeship training, workforce readiness/employability, and a structured work experience which will emphasize vocational-based training for entry-level skills in the construction trades.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- County or municipal governments;
- Public training providers or trade schools;
- Community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers and/or contractors;
- Public vocational schools;
- Institutions of higher education;
- Public or private, non-profit agencies; or
- Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 24, 2022
Application Deadline: See Schedule of Submission Dates and Times, page 7
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Boyle
- Division: Workforce - Business Services Unit
- Email Address: James.boyle@dol.nj.gov
- Telephone Number: 609-292-1489
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: January 24, 2022 - June 30, 2022
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: Approved employer sponsored training
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: Grant program is open to the following New Jersey applicants:
- Single employers seeking to train their employees
- An employer organization, labor organization, community-based organization or faith-based organization; secondary or postsecondary school or training provider seeking to meet the collective training needs of an industry-specific consortium of employers
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 18, 2022
Application Due Date: April 19, 2022
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Ms. Gerri Brosh
- Division: Workforce
- Telephone Number: 609-777-1516
- Email Address: Gerri.brosh@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: June 15, 2022 - May 14, 2024
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The Innovation and Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) grant funds are provided to support technological research and the innovation ecosystem in New Jersey and to encourage Ph.D. graduates to continue their research in fellowship with New Jersey’s science and technology companies. Fellowship grants may be issued for up to two years and shall be used primarily for research and innovation.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 7, 2022
Information Session: January 19, 2022
Application Due Date: February 4, 2022
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: Workforce Development
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: April 1, 2022 - October 31, 2022
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The NJDOL Office of Youth Programs understands the potential of meaningful summer work experience programs to combat poverty, youth unemployment, and youth crime rates by introducing youth to career pathway opportunities. Therefore, the 2022 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is being funded to provide in-school and out-of-school youth, ages 16-24, with valuable summer internships in order to help them successfully transition to the world of work.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 7, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: January 25, 2022 or February 2, 2022
Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Letter of Intent Due Date: Noon, February 25, 2022
Application Deadline: Noon, March 4, 2022
Funding Amount: $1,000,000
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: With a growing need for skilled workers in high demand fields, and a decline in college enrollment, employers are seeking individuals that possess both theoretical and applied knowledge, skills, and abilities. The concept of a Degree Apprenticeship is fairly new; at its core, this model combines postsecondary education with paid on-the-job learning experiences through USDOL Registered Apprenticeship programs while the apprentice is simultaneously enrolled in a degree program, or through the awarding of credits toward a degree through a prior learning assessment.
Given the renewed emphasis on growing apprenticeships in traditional, as well as nontraditional sectors/occupations, a new policy approach is warranted wherein apprentices have the opportunity to simultaneously complete their apprenticeship program and a college degree. This “co-enrollment” approach, which will be expanded to include nontraditional sectors/occupations, will help to alleviate many of the challenges faced by the original NJ PLACE model.
This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities who are developing new, or building upon existing Registered Apprenticeship programs:
- Any employer;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors
- Trade Associations
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Bachelor’s and Associate’s degree-granting IHE) physically located in New Jersey;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community-Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations.
*The above list of eligible applicants must demonstrate that they have met the Required
Partnerships for Funding in the previous section.
*Private, for profit, out of state, and non-public online IHE entities are not eligible for
funding under this NGO.
*Organizations awarded FY21 NJPLACE funding are not eligible for this grant opportunity
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: February 7, 2022
Application Due Date: February 25, 2022
For Technical Assistance Contact
- Name: Mariana Beshai-Ascander
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Telephone Number: 609-960-5043
- Email Address: Pathways2Recovery@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: March 14, 2022 - March 31, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of State Pathways to Recovery is to provide training opportunities, career services, supportive services, and employment for individuals who have been impacted by the opioid epidemic
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: December 22, 2021
Application Due Date: March 08, 2022
For Technical Assistance Contact
- Name: Gerri Brosh
- Division: Workforce
- Telephone Number: 609-777-1516
- Email Address: Gerri.brosh@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: March 8, 2022 - May 2, 2022
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the Opportunity Partnership (OPG) training grant is to assist displaced/dislocated workers secure employment by providing occupational training in industry sectors recognized and driven by employer's "in-demand" needs.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 3, 2022
Application Due Date: January 24, 2022
For Technical Assistance Contact
- Name: Mariana Beshai-Ascander
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Telephone Number: 609-960-5043
- Email Address: Mariana.Beshai-Ascander@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: February 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the Federal Pathways to Recovery grant is to provide training opportunities, career services, supportive services, and employment for individuals who have been impacted by the opioid epidemic
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: December 1, 2021
Application Deadline: December 31, 2021
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Tanya Onsongo
- Division: Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Telephone Number: 609-292-5987
- Email Address: Dvrngota@dol.nj.gov
Start Date / End Date of Grant Program: February 1, 2022 - January 31, 2027
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: To provide employment services to Deaf & Hard of Hearing Individuals
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: Public or private non-profit and for profit organizations, Community Rehabilitation Programs & Faith Based Organizations
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: November 22, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: December 6, 2021
Application Due Date: December 20, 2021
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: N/A
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: February 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The NJDOL Office of Youth Programs will administer the Bridges program continuation to provide specialized workforce development services to youth with disabilities, justice-involved youth, youth who are or have aged out of foster care, and pregnant or parenting youth, in an effort to enhance the current practices and systems intended to serve their needs. NJDOL expects that this program will focus on partnerships and collaboration between state and local agencies and systems to create a coordinated process in ensuring the healthy career development of these populations.
Programs are required to serve one of the four targeted populations outlined above per application submission. An applicant who wants to serve multiple targeted populations must submit a separate application for each population. Note: Only FY2020 Bridges grantees are eligible to apply for this continuation grant.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Announcement Date: November 18, 2021
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than noon January 7, 2022
Technical Assistance Workshop: December 7, 2021 or December 14, 2021
Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Application Deadline: No later than noon, January 14, 2022
Funding Amount: $4,000,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The main goal of this Notice of Grant Opportunity is to promote equality of opportunity, upward mobility, and economic fairness. Due to the rise of globalization, international trade, advances in information technology, mechanical automation of production processes, and reductions in union membership over the past few decades, American workers have found themselves displaced by new technologies and in competition with overseas labor markets. Advances in technology have increased the use of mechanization in the production process and in professional spaces that are not often attributed to skill-biased technical change. These technological advances have increased demand for more technically advanced, high-skilled positions that require occupational training at the secondary, post-secondary, and adult education levels.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities who are developing new, or building upon existing Registered Apprenticeship programs:
- This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities who are developing new, or building upon existing Registered Apprenticeship programs:
- Any employer;
- Employer / Trade Associations
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: November 16, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: December 13, 2021 or December 17, 2021
Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than noon, January 21, 2022
Application Due Date: No later than noon, January 28, 2022
Funding Amount: $2,500,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
- Fiscal Year of Grant Program: FY2022
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of the PACE Program is to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeship programs. These pre-apprenticeship programs have a documented partnership with at least one Registered Apprenticeship program sponsor that is committed to hiring from the pre-apprenticeship program within 18 months from the start of the contract period of performance, and together, they expand the participant's career pathway opportunities with industry-based training coupled with classroom instruction. The program will drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Apprenticeship seeks to encourage the growth of career pathway opportunities for people disconnected from employment, training, and education. Within the workforce development system, pre-apprenticeships serve a critical role for people to acquire career-specific skills, advance work-readiness, and connect them to longer-term career opportunities. Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO:
This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- Any employer;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors;
- Employer / Trade Associations;
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private);
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Public high schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- State, Local, County governments within New Jersey;
- Any other private educational or training entity that is on the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL).
Note: Organizations awarded FY2021 PACE contracts are not eligible to apply for FY2022 PACE funding.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: November 10, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: November 22, 2021, 1:00 pm
Letter of Intent Due By: November 24, 2021, 3:00 pm
Application Due Date: December 20, 2021, 3:00 pm
For Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Ahmad S. McDougle, M.P.A.
- Division: Workforce Development – Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Telephone Number: 609-649-7880
- Email Address: Ahmad.McDougle@dol.nj.gov
- Name of Grant Program: SNAP STEPs to Success
- Fiscal Year of Grant Program: FY 2022
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: January 15, 2022 – January 14, 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Department of Human Services seeks to create strategic partnerships with qualifying agencies to deliver skills, training, and education opportunities to SNAP recipients. The focus of the program is to provide skills-based programs with a job-driven approach utilizing resources and expertise to prepare SNAP recipients to fill areas of demand for a trained workforce.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: October 19, 2021
Virtual Technical Assistance Webinar: October 28, 2021, 10:00 am - noon
Questions and Answers from the Virtual Technical Assistance Webinar held
October 28, 2021
Application Deadline: November 30, 2021
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Danielle Jubanyik
- Division: Workforce Development, Office of Adult Literacy
- Telephone Number: 609-292-6640
- Email Address: danielle.jubanyik@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: January 2022 - June 2023
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: Funding is for Adult Literacy instruction and career services training to be provided by NJ public libraries.
Entities That Can Apply for Funding Under This NGO: NJ Public Libraries
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: October 1, 2021
Application Due Date: April 30, 2022
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Ahmad S. McDougle
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Telephone Number: 609-649-7880
- Email Address: Ahmad.McDougle@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: October 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: to provide supplemental funding to existing WDB's within our workforce development system, to support the acquisition, allocation, and administration of IT resources for WFNJ and SNAP/GA program participant
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: September 17, 2021
Updated Application Due Date: December 3, 2021 by 4pm
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Mariana Beshai-Ascander
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Telephone Number: 609-960-5043
- Email Address: Mariana.Beshai-Ascander@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: January 3, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Purpose for Which Funds will be Used: The purpose of State Pathways to Recovery is to provide training opportunities, career services, supportive services, and employment for individuals who have been impacted by the opioid epidemic.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 19, 2021
Information Session / Technical Assistance: April 7, 2021
Application Due Date: April 26, 2021 (by noon)
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: N/A
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the NJYC program is to implement a statewide coordinated service system designed to help disconnected out-of-school youth, ages 16-25, without a high school diploma, reengage in educational, training and employment opportunities for a sustainable long-term career development. NJYC will provide full-time, cohort-based education and service learning, individual counseling, and transition services designed to help Corpsmembers resolve barriers, obtain a High School Diploma (by way of equivalency exam) or other measurable skill gain, and transition to a qualified post-corps placement along an identified career pathway.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
This 4-year competitive grant application covers the following period:
- FY 2022: (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022)
- FY 2023: (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023)
- FY 2024: (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024)
- FY 2025: (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025)
Announcement Date: March 19, 2021
Virtual Technical Assistance Webinar: March 26, 2021
- To view recorded webinar, click here.
Technical Assistance Questions and Answers: click here.
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Dr. Danielle Jubanyik
- Division: Workforce Grants & Program Management/Career Services
- Telephone Number: 609-292-6640
- Email Address: AdultLiteracy@dol.nj.gov
Application Submission Deadline: April 23, 2021
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: July 1, 2021- June 30, 2025
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) is to create a partnership among the Federal Government, States, and localities to provide, on a voluntary basis, adult education and literacy activities, in order to—
(a) Assist adults to become literate and obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and economic self-sufficiency;
(b) Assist adults who are parents or family members to obtain the education and skills that—
(1) Are necessary to becoming full partners in the educational development of their children; and
(2) Lead to sustainable improvements in the economic opportunities for their family;
(c) Assist adults in attaining a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent and in the transition to postsecondary education and training, through career pathways; and
(d) Assist immigrants and other individuals who are English language learners in—
(1) Improving their—
(i) Reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension skills in English; and
(ii) Mathematics skills; and
(2) Acquiring an understanding of the American system of Government, individual freedom, and the responsibilities of citizenship.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: June 3, 2021
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than 12 noon on June 10, 2021
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on June 16, 2021
Funding Amount: $2,500,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on April 9, 2021
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the PACE Program – Round 2 is to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeship programs. These pre-apprenticeship programs have a documented partnership with at least one Registered Apprenticeship program sponsor and together, they expand the participant's career pathway opportunities with industry-based training coupled with classroom instruction. The program will drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Apprenticeship seeks to encourage the growth of career pathway opportunities for people disconnected from employment, training, and education. Within the workforce development system, pre-apprenticeships serve a critical role for people to acquire career-specific skills, advance work-readiness, and connect them to longer-term career opportunities.
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Any employer;
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Workforce Intermediary Sponsors;
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Employer / Trade Associations;
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Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
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Labor/Management Partnership (public or private);
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New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
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Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
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Public high schools within New Jersey;
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Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
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Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
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Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
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Community-based organizations;
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New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
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Economic development organizations;
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Local governments within New Jersey;
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County governments within New Jersey;
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Any other private educational or training entity.
Round 2 applications are open to those not funded in Round 1 as well as new applicants.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: May 7, 2021
Application Due Date: May 14, 2021
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Mariana Beshai-Ascander
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Telephone Number: 609-960-5043
- Email Address: Mariana.Beshai-Ascander@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: May 3, 2021 to September 30, 2021
Purpose for which funds will be used: Pathways to Recovery continuation to serve DWG Opioid impacted participants.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: April 19, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: April 27, 2021 at 11:00am OR May 11, 2021 at 11:00am
- Register: NJBUILDPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than 12 noon on May 17, 2021
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on May 24, 2021
Funding Amount: $1,000,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Lauren Kremper-Di Filippo
- Division: NJBUILD
- Email Address: Lauren.Kremper-Difilippo@dol.nj.gov
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on May 24, 2021
Purpose for which funds will be used: The Women and Minority Groups in Construction Trades grant will assist in providing greater employment opportunities for females and minorities, residing in New Jersey, by providing pre-apprenticeship training, workforce readiness/employability, and a structured work experience which will emphasize vocational-based training for entry-level skills in the construction trades.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- County or municipal governments;
- Public training providers or trade schools;
- Community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers and/or contractors;
- Public vocational schools;
- Institutions of higher education;
- Public or private, non-profit agencies; or
- Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: April 16, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: April 23, 2021
Application Due Date: May 14, 2021
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Christopher McKelvey
- Division: Workforce Development – Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Telephone Number: 609-292-6574
- Email Address: Christopher.McKelvey@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: June 2021 thru May 2022
Purpose for which funds will be used: This competitive Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO) aims to increase opportunities for the employment of parolees and reduce the likelihood of parolee recidivism. The New Jersey Department of Labor (NJDOL), in collaboration with the State Parole Board (SPB), seeks to fund proposals that will provide employment preparation and placement services, on a fee-for-service basis, to parolees of the SPB. There are over 15,000 offenders throughout New Jersey under the supervision of the SPB. The offender population has a much harder time returning to the workforce than other populations of job seekers. They often have multiple barriers to employment and require additional services and unique approaches to resolving issues. Research has shown that employment is a deterrent to recidivism.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO:
- Public or private placement agencies;
- Faith-based and/or community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers and/or contractors;
- Public or private non-profit agencies; and,
- Trade organizations that represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors, or employers
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: April 12, 2021
Letter of Intent Deadline: No later than noon May 21, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: April 27, 2021 or May 4, 2021
Application Deadline: No later than noon on May 28, 2021
Funding Amount: $3,500,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for which funds will be used: The main goal of this Notice of Grant Opportunity is to promote equality of opportunity, upward mobility, and economic fairness. Due to the rise of globalization, international trade, advances in information technology, mechanical automation of production processes, and reductions in union membership over the past few decades, American workers have found themselves displaced by new technologies and in competition with overseas labor markets. Advances in technology have increased the use of mechanization in the production process and in professional spaces that are not often attributed to skill-biased technical change. These technological advances have increased demand for more technically advanced, high-skilled positions that require occupational training at the secondary, post-secondary, and adult education levels.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities who are developing new, or building upon existing Registered Apprenticeship programs:
- Any employer;
- Employer /Trade Associations
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 24, 2021
Application Deadline: Applications must be received by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Ms. Gerri Brosh
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609 777-1516
- Email Address: gerri.brosh@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: April 27,2021 - April 26,2022
Purpose for which funds will be used: The Innovation and Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) grant funds are provided to support technological research and the innovation ecosystem in New Jersey and to encourage Ph.D. graduates to continue their research in fellowship with New Jersey’s science and technology companies.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Within the submittal of a joint application, both the applicant employer and the applicant fellow must meet the criteria set forth:
- Applicant Employer Eligibility
- Its primary business is the provision of a scientific process, product, or service and, the applicant employer owns, has filed for, or has a license to use protected proprietary intellectual property;
- It has a Business Certificate to do business in New Jersey;
- It is organized as a C Corp or LLC with a business plan; and
- It is not an education institution or a home-based operation.
- Applicant Fellow Eligibility
- The Fellow applicant must have received a Ph.D. degree from a college or university in the United States or United States territories within the past 18 months; and
- The Fellow applicant must be a United States citizen, be a legal permanent resident, or possess all of the following: a valid immigrant visa, a valid employment authorization document, and an I-485 application pending with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service--Fellow applicants seeking Optional Practical Training (OPT) are not eligible to apply for the IRFP grant.
Fellow applicant preference will be given to graduates from a New Jersey education institution or to a New Jersey resident who graduates from an education institution outside of New Jersey.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 22, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: March 31, 2021 at 1:00pm OR April 21, 2021 at 1:00pm
- Register: NJBUILDPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than 12 noon on May 7, 2021
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on May 14, 2021
Funding Amount: $1,200,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Lauren Kremper-Di Filippo
- Division: NJBUILD
- Email Address: Lauren.Kremper-Difilippo@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for which funds will be used: Helmets to Hardhats is a national program that was formed to help National Guard, Reserve, retired and transitioning active-duty military members connect to quality career and training opportunities in the construction industry. This grant is dedicated to providing women and minorities with training to prepare them for employment and/or apprenticeships in the construction and building-related trades through the national H2H model.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- Public training providers;
- Community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers/contractors;
- Public or private non-profit agencies;
- County or Municipal Governments; and
- Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 19, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: April 1, 2021
Application Due Date: April 15, 2021
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Kate Heil
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: N/A
- Email Address: PSEGPartnership@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022
Purpose for which funds will be used: In response to the State of New Jersey’s 2018 Clean Energy Act (CEA) P.L.2018, c.17, which requires each utility to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce electric usage, the NJDOL partnered with the Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) Company to develop the Clean Energy Jobs Training Program. The program is designed to help build a workforce with skills needed to implement energy efficiency projects across PSE&G’s service areas and to target New Jersey’s urban underserved communities. Over the next three years, PSE&G, in partnership with the NJDOL and community-based organizations, expect to recruit, train, and employ more than 2000 residents from PSE&G’s service areas.
The purpose of this PSE&G Partnership Grant is to support the aforementioned initiative by recruiting eligible participants to be enrolled into the PSE&G Clean Energy Jobs Training Program, and to provide those training participants and job candidates with workforce readiness and financial literacy education, wrap-around supportive services, job coaching, and job placement services in order to successfully matriculate from training to jobs with PSE&G’s contracted suppliers and employers. Service areas for this grant will specifically target the cities of Newark, Paterson, Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Trenton and Camden.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 15, 2021
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than 12 noon on April 9, 2021
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on April 16, 2021
Funding Amount: $1,500,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on April 16, 2021
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the YTTW program is to provide greater opportunities and incentives for high school juniors, seniors and out-of-school youth (ages 16-24) and to facilitate effective transitions by high school seniors and out-of-school youth to high-skill, high-wage employment in labor demand, apprenticeable occupations.
NJDOL will allow an option for applicants to also serve out-of-school school youth (ages 16 to 24). Program requirements, including the minimum hours of YTTW training hours are still applicable, and a clear connection to the One-Stop System and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) services are required. All successful applicants will be required to complete the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) eligibility determination form for each participant of the pre-apprenticeship program.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Only current FY2020 YTTW grant recipients are eligible to apply for FY2021 funding and must be one of the following lead agencies:
- Any employer;
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Public high schools within New Jersey;
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit agencies;
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations; and
- Faith-based organizations.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 12, 2021
Information Session: March 23, 2021
Application Due Date: March 30, 2021
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: N/A
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: May 1, 2021 through October 30, 2021
Purpose for which funds will be used: The NJDOL Office of Youth Programs understands the potential of meaningful summer work experience programs to combat poverty, youth unemployment, and youth crime rates by introducing youth to career pathway opportunities. Therefore, the 2021 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is being funded to provide in-school and out-of-school youth, ages 16-24, with valuable summer internships in order to help them successfully transition to the world of work.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 8, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: March 23, 2021 or March 30, 2021
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than 12 noon May 7, 2021
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon May 14, 2021
Funding Amount: $3,000,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for which funds will be used: The NJPLACE 2.0 program will provide funding to organizations that create a degree apprenticeship structure that integrates on-the-job learning with credit-bearing classroom education and the broad knowledge at the heart of the requirements for an associate’s, bachelor’s, or graduate degree. Student Apprentices will be able to simultaneously fulfill the requirements of a USDOL Registered Apprenticeship program and the requirements for an associate’s, bachelor’s, or graduate degree while still earning a living, or, following the successful completion of a USDOL Registered Apprenticeship program, through credits awarded pursuant to a prior learning assessment.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- Any employer;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors
- Trade Associations
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Bachelor’s and Associate’s degree-granting IHE) physically located in New Jersey;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community-Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Issue Date: March 5, 2021
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Ms. Gerri Brosh
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609 777-1516
- Email Address: gerri.brosh@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: April 1,2021 through March 31,2022
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the Opportunity Partnership Grant (OPG) program is to assist displaced/dislocated workers secure employment by providing high-quality occupational training in growth industry sectors recognized and driven by employer’s needs. The ultimate goal of the Opportunity Partnership Grant program is to re-connect participants with gainful employment opportunities, with the objectives of financial self-sufficiency and career advancement coupled with increased earnings. In an effort to provide training services that are needed in the prospective occupational area, applicants are encouraged to review the Labor Market Information Data for Occupational Listings at the LWD website: http://www.nj.gov/labor/lpa/LMI_index.html
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Providers of employment and training services are eligible to apply, including but not limited to:
- New Jersey’s Workforce Development Boards (WDB’s) who engage external “third-party” training providers,
- Post-secondary educational institutions, and
- Training providers who are approved by DOL
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: February 16, 2021
Technical Assistance Workshop: March 9, 2021 or March 16, 2021
Letter of Intent Due Date: No later than 12 noon on April 1, 2021
Application Due Date: No later than 12 noon on April 9, 2021
Funding Amount: $2,000,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the PACE Program is to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeship programs. These pre-apprenticeship programs have a documented partnership with at least one Registered Apprenticeship program sponsor and together, they expand the participant's career pathway opportunities with industry-based training coupled with classroom instruction. The program will drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Apprenticeship seeks to encourage the growth of career pathway opportunities for people disconnected from employment, training, and education. Within the workforce development system, pre-apprenticeships serve a critical role for people to acquire career-specific skills, advance work-readiness, and connect them to longer-term career opportunities.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- Any employer;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors;
- Employer / Trade Associations;
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private);
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Public high schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- Local governments within New Jersey;
- County governments within New Jersey;
- Any other private educational or training entity.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: February 8, 2021
Application Deadline: March 1, 2021, 3:00 p.m.
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Maryann Tiesler
- Division: Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Telephone Number: 609-777-4930
- E-Mail Address: maryann.tiesler@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Contract Program: April 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of this grant program is to provide Paid Summer Internships beginning in June and concluding no later than August 31ST under the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services matrix of Pre-Employment Transition Services. The program will enable students 14 to 21 years of age to experience work at an integrated community-based employer for five weeks during the summer.
See link on NJ Child Labor Laws: https://www.nj.gov/labor/wageandhour/tools-resources/laws/childlaborlaws.shtml
The paid internships will be at least 15 to 20 hours per week and pay the minimum wage or above.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Eligible applicants must be organizations with the capacity to serve people with disabilities. Eligible applicants include:
- private or public non-profit organizations
- Independent Living Centers (ILC)
- Faith-Based Organizations (FBO); and
- Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRP)
A grantee must be in good standing with DOL’s Division of Employer Accounts. Any organization that has an outstanding liability to DOL will not be able to have its contract executed by DOL until the liability is resolved.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 8, 2021
Application Deadline: See Schedule of Submission Dates and Times, page 5
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Howard Miller
- Division: Workforce Development and Business Services
- Telephone Number: (609) 984-4437
- Email Address: upskill@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: rolling
Purpose for which funds will be used: UPSKILL: NJ Incumbent Worker Training Grant funds are competitively awarded to New Jersey employers to provide up to 50% cost reimbursement assistance to train incumbent frontline employees to meet the current and future occupational skill requirements of available high wage, middle- skill and high-skill jobs in New Jersey. Grant funds are intended to achieve measurable outcomes for the employers and the employees trained, “seed” occupational skills training, and support New Jersey businesses in maintaining their footprint in New Jersey and retaining incumbent workers. Grant funds are not intended for required annual or onboarding training or any training that would otherwise be conducted without grant assistance.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: New Jersey applicants:
- Individual employers, including those operating small to medium-sized businesses;
- An employer organization, labor organization, community-based organization or faith-based organization;
- An industry-specific consortium.
UPSKILL: New Jersey Incumbent Worker Training Grants Technical Workshop (pdf)
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: November 13, 2020
Technical Assistance Workshop: November 17, 2020
Application Due Date: November 24, 2020
Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
Telephone Number: 609-960-5043
Email Address: Mariana.Beshai-Ascander@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: December 14, 2020 to April 30, 2021
Purpose for which funds will be used: Pathways to Recovery expansion to serve DWG Opioid impacted participants.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: August 21, 2020
Application Due Date: September 4, 2020
Technical Assistance Workshop: August 27, 2020
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Mariana Beshai-Ascander
- Division: Office of Transitional Workforce Services
- Email Address: Mariana.Beshai-Ascander@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Grant awards will be awarded through a competitive process. The term of the grant is expected to from approximately September 14, 2020 through December 31, 2020 contingent on the award date
Grant funds will be awarded to successful applicants responding to this competitive Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO). The purpose of Pathways to Recovery is to provide training opportunities, career services, supportive services (for example, transportation, childcare, clothing, driver’s license restoration) and employment for individuals whose workforce conditions or trajectories have been impacted by the opioid epidemic in the following nine counties: Atlantic, Camden, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Passaic, and Union.
For purposes of this grant impacted by the opioid epidemic is defined as an individual who has a friend, family member or personal history of opioid use.
This grant seeks to deepen the network of employment supports for those affected by the opioid epidemic. It seeks to improve opportunities and incentives for opioid-impacted individuals by providing basic skills instruction, workforce readiness (employability skills) instruction and work experience which will emphasize re-entry into the workplace. The program will seek to facilitate effective transitions by the targeted population into employment and retention.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Preference will be given to organizations that have demonstrated successful outcomes working with employers to obtain unsubsidized employment for the targeted population. Special consideration will be given to grantees that collaborate with educational institutions, faith-based and community-based organizations for the purposes of this grant. While there must be a lead applicant, NJDOL encourages consortium and collaborative partnerships which aim to meet the goals of this grant.
Applicants may apply for more than one grant, but must make a separate application for each county. An organization that submits an application for one county is not precluded from participating as a partner in a different organization’s application for a separate county.
If not the lead applicant, grantees must demonstrate relationship, connection to or partnership with mental health, opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and/or recovery center providers.
To be eligible for this NGO, the applicant must satisfy the following requirements:
- Must be a non-profit or for-profit entity or governmental entity;
- Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:32-44, a for-profit applicant and each proposed subcontractor must have a
- valid Business Registration Certificate on file with the Division of Revenue.
- (This statutory requirement does not apply to
- non-profit organizations, private colleges and universities, or state and municipal agencies.); and
- Required to comply with the Affirmative Action Requirements of Public Law 1975,
- 124 (N.J.A.C. 17:27) and the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991 (P.L. 101-336).
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: July 28, 2020
Technical Assistance: August 4, 2020
Application Due Date:
- Round 1 - August 14, 2020
- Round 2 – August 28, 2020
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Joseph Dombrowski
- Division: Workforce Development
- Email Address: joseph.dombrowski@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Grant awards will be awarded through a competitive process. The term of the grant is expected to be for one year or from approximately September 2020 through August 2021 contingent on the award date
Purpose for which funds will be used: The COVID-19 Dislocated Worker Grant will address the training needs of individuals suffering job loss or substantially reduced hours (UI eligible) due to the employment impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participant training (as defined in WIOA Section 134(c)(3)(D)) will be prioritized to those occupations and industries recruiting workers as a direct and indirect result of the pandemic including healthcare, transportation and logistics, warehousing, and selected retail (food stores and home centers).
In order to maximize the efficiency of grant funds, applicants are encouraged to use a consortium model when applying for grant funds. Eligible entities include Workforce Development Board Areas and non-profit organizations with experience in providing career counseling and funding or delivering occupational skills training. (Training programs must be on the State Eligible Training Provider List).
Applicants using a consortium model must identify a single entity to serve as the Fiscal Agent for the grant.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Eligible applicants are required to submit proposals that:
- identify target populations to be served
- focus on individuals who were dislocated due to the Covid-19 pandemic
- use occupational projections and real-time labor market information such as available from Burning Glass and the jobs.covid19.nj.gov website to inform occupational training opportunities that will lead participants to economic self-sufficiency
- discuss transferable skills that can ease the transition of participants from declining occupations to growing occupations
- enable qualified individuals to attain an industry recognized credential as required for the target industry
- contain a timeline to obligate 80% of grant funds within six months of award
- submit application consistent with USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 12-19 and this Notice of Grant Opportunity
- include a budget that shows the planned share of funds across consortium members and the participant numbers each member will be allotted (if applicable)
- project the number of participants to be served and provide a dollar cost average
- acknowledge the restrictions on the use of grant funds including administrative costs (10% max) and the minimum percentage of grant funds (no less than 70%) that must be used for occupational skills training
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Fiscal Year 2021 NGO-SUSPENDED
Issue Date: June 15, 2020
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: NJDOL Office of Youth Programs
- Telephone Number: N/A
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: N/A
Purpose for which funds will be used: Please be advised that the posting of a new NGO and subsequent competition for New Jersey Youth Corps funds will be suspended until 2021. The impact of COVID19 and subsequent statewide closures will not allow for a fair and equitable statewide competition.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Fiscal Year 2021 NGO-SUSPENDED
Issue Date: June 3, 2020
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Danielle Jubanyik
- Division: Workforce Development
- Email Address: danielle.jubanyik@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) is to create a partnership among the Federal Government, States, and localities to provide, on a voluntary basis, adult education and literacy activities, in order to—
(a) Assist adults to become literate and obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and economic self-sufficiency;
(b) Assist adults who are parents or family members to obtain the education and skills that—
(1) Are necessary to becoming full partners in the educational development of their children; and
(2) Lead to sustainable improvements in the economic opportunities for their family;
(c) Assist adults in attaining a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent and in the transition to postsecondary education and training, through career pathways; and
(d) Assist immigrants and other individuals who are English language learners in—
(1) Improving their—
(i) Reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension skills in English; and
(ii) Mathematics skills; and
(2) Acquiring an understanding of the American system of Government, individual freedom, and the responsibilities of citizenship.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 4, 2020
Information Session: March 11, 2020
Application Due Date: March 20, 2020
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: (609) 984-3534
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: May 1, 2020 through October 30, 2020
Purpose for which funds will be used: The 2020 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is being funded to provide in-school and out-of-school youth, ages 16-24, with valuable summer internships in order to help them successfully transition to the world of work.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This targeted, competitive opportunity is open to all local Workforce Development Boards in New Jersey.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 31, 2020
Technical Assistance Workshop: February 18, 2020 and March 2, 2020
Letter of Intent Due Date: March 27, 2020
Application Deadline: April 3, 2020
Funding Amount: $2,000,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Telephone Number: (609) 633-6438
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Rolling
Purpose for which funds will be used: The NJPLACE 2.0 program will provide funding to organizations that create a degree apprenticeship structure that integrates on-the-job learning with credit-bearing classroom education and the broad knowledge at the heart of the requirements for an associate’s, bachelor’s, or graduate degree. Student Apprentices will be able to simultaneously fulfill the requirements of a USDOL Registered Apprenticeship program and the requirements for an associate’s, bachelor’s, or graduate degree while still earning a living, or, following the successful completion of a USDOL Registered Apprenticeship program, through credits awarded pursuant to a prior learning assessment.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- Any employer;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors
- Trade Associations
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Bachelor’s and Associate’s degree-granting IHE physically located in New Jersey
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community-Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 15, 2020
Application Deadline: February 14, 2020 - 4:00 p.m.
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Maryann Tiesler
- Division: Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Telephone Number: 609-777-4930
- E-Mail Address: maryann.tiesler@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of this grant program is to provide Paid Summer Internships under the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services matrix of Pre-Employment Transition Services. The program will enable students 14 to 21 years of age to experience work at an integrated community-based employer for six weeks during the summer. The paid internships will be at least 15 to 20 hours per week and pay minimum wage or above. Prior to placement, each student will have access to work readiness services, so that the internship will result in a meaningful experience and good job match. For example, during week one students will sample three different jobs (industries), select one and remain at selected site during weeks two to six. Should student request a site change due to any personal or workplace issues, the skills trainer will contact the Program Planning and Development Specialist for guidance before granting a site change.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Eligible applicants must be organizations with the capacity to serve people with disabilities. Applicants can be private or public non-profit organizations, Independent Living Centers (ILC), Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) and Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRP).
A grantee must be in good standing with DOL’s Division of Employer Accounts. Any organization that has an outstanding liability to DOL will not be able to have its contract executed by DOL until the liability is resolved.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: October 24, 2019
Technical Assistance Workshop: November 8, 2019 & November 15, 2019
LWD will provide two technical assistance workshops. Attendance at one workshop is mandatory for applicants to be considered eligible to apply. The workshops will be held on November 8, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. and November 15, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 13th floor auditorium, located at 1 John Fitch Plaza, Trenton, NJ 08625.
Applicants planning to attend one of the above workshops must RSVP via email to YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov and include name of organization, names of attendees, and email address for each attendee. The deadline to RSVP for either workshop is listed as follows:
- By 5:00pm on November 5, 2019 for the workshop held on November 8, 2019.
- By 5:00pm on November 12, 2019 for the workshop held on November 15, 2019.
Technical Assistance Questions and Answers: Click here.
Application Due Date: December 2, 2019
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-984-3534
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for which funds will be used: The LWD Office of Youth Programs recognizes that unique challenges and increased barriers experienced by certain special youth populations require proportionate responses of specialized services and supports to resolve. This Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO) seeks to expand the capacity of LWD’s workforce system, through an influx of specialized providers, to adequately address the career development needs of the following special populations:
- Youth with disabilities;
- Justice-involved youth;
- Youth who are or have aged out of Foster Care; and
- Pregnant or parenting youth.
The LWD Office of Youth Programs will administer the Bridges program to provide specialized workforce development services to these populations in an effort to enhance the current practices and systems intended to serve their needs. LWD expects that this program will focus on partnerships and collaboration between state and local agencies and systems to create a coordinated process in ensuring the healthy career development of these populations.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: October 15, 2019
Application Due Date: TBD
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Kelsey Williams
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-777-1994
- Email Address: kelsey.williams@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: TBD based on panel review and management review
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the Community Library Adult Literacy & Career Pathway Grant Program (CLALCP) is to expand Adult Literacy services by providing an additional avenue for literacy & career pathway training throughout New Jersey libraries. New Jersey libraries are easily accessible to local residents and offer a unique learning environment, often different from the traditional classroom setting. This grant program is designed to provide instruction and/or certification which complement the WIOA Title II system.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Any New Jersey state, county or local library.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: October 10, 2019
Technical Assistance: October 30, 2019
Application Due Date: January 6, 2020
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Gerri Brosh
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-292-0788
- Email Address: joan.evans@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Fiscal Year 2020
Purpose for which funds will be used: The Atlantic City Regional Leisure & Hospitality Career Initiative is designed to address the Workforce Development & Job Creation portion of Governor Murphy’s declaration in September 2018 on behalf of the Atlantic City Implementation Plan: “Building a Foundation for a Shared Prosperity.” Specifically, the Implementation Plan seeks to build a diverse economy by supporting the stability and health of businesses in the leisure & hospitality industry, developing jobs with the potential for growth and higher wages while creating career paths within the casino and business industries. The Atlantic City Regional Leisure & Hospitality Career Initiative Notice of Grant Opportunity is specifically intended to solicit proposals that create training programs and employment strategies that target the leisure & hospitality sector.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO:
- Workforce Development Boards
- Public or private vocational schools within New Jersey
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education
- Labor or trade organizations
- Public or private non-profit agencies
- Faith-based and/or community-based organizations
- Consortium partnerships of any two or more of the above
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: September 6, 2019
Technical Assistance Workshop: September 13, 2019 and September 27, 2019
Letter of Intent Acceptance Beginning: September 19, 2019
Application Due Date: October 4, 2019 or October 25, 2019
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Gerard Balmir
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-292-1467
- Email Address: NJBUILDPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Purpose for which funds will be used: Women and Minority Groups in Construction Trades grant will assist in providing greater employment opportunities for women and minority groups, residing in New Jersey, by providing pre-apprenticeship training, workforce readiness/employability, and a structured work experience which will emphasize vocational-based training for entry-level skills in the construction trades.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO:
- County or municipal governments;
- Public training providers or trade schools;
- Community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers and/or contractors;
- Public vocational schools;
- Institutions of higher education;
- Public or private, non-profit agencies; or
- Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers.
Update 9/11/19:
- Updates to section C: Available funding
- Updates to Explanation of Components Section #5 (Training Curriculum and Schedule)
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: August 22, 2019
Technical Assistance Workshop: September 23, 2019 and October 7, 2019
Letter of Intent Due Date: October 21, 2019 Revised November 22, 2019
Application Deadline: November 29, 2019
Funding Amount: $3,000,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning at ApprenticeshipUnit@dol.nj.gov
- Division: Workforce Development
Start and End Date of Grant Program: See Schedule of Submission Dates and Times
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the GAINS program is to promote the expansion and development of United States Department of Labor (USDOL) approved Registered Apprenticeship programs that drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials. While this NGO describes ten (10) sectoral/occupational areas of focus, all occupations that are recognized by US DOL as “apprenticeable” are encouraged to apply.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities who are developing new, or building upon existing Registered Apprenticeship programs:
- Any employer;
- Employer / Trade Associations
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: July 30, 2019
Application Deadline: See Schedule of Submission Dates and Times – page 8
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Howard K. Miller, Jr. at upskill@dol.nj.gov
- Division: Workforce Development
Start and End Date of Grant Program: See Schedule of Submission Dates and Times
Purpose for which funds will be used: UPSKILL: NJ Incumbent Worker Training Grant funds are competitively awarded to New Jersey employers to provide cost reimbursement assistance to train incumbent frontline employees to meet the current and future occupational skill requirements of available high wage, middle- skill and high-skill jobs in New Jersey. Grant funds are intended to achieve measurable outcomes for the employees trained, “seed” occupational skills training, and support New Jersey businesses in acquiring a skilled workforce. Grant funds are not intended for annual training or training that would otherwise be conducted without grant assistance.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: The grant program is open to the following New Jersey applicants:
- Individual employers, including those operating small to medium-sized businesses;
- Any employer organization, labor organization, community-based organization or faith-based organization;
- Any industry-specific consortium comprised of two or more of the following: eligible individual employers, employer organizations, labor organizations and community-based or faith-based
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NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: June 20, 2019
Proposal Deadline: Rolling
Technical Assistance Contact: Ms. Joan Evans at joan.evans@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: July 1, 2019 to June 20, 2020
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the Opportunity Partnership Grant (OPG) program is to assist displaced/dislocated workers secure employment by providing high-quality occupational training in growth industry sectors recognized and driven by employer’s needs. The ultimate goal of the Opportunity Partnership Grant program is to re-connect participants with gainful employment opportunities, with the objectives of financial self-sufficiency and career advancement coupled with increased earnings. In an effort to provide training services that are needed in the prospective occupational area, applicants are encouraged to review the Labor Market Information Data for Occupational Listings at the LWD website: http://www.nj.gov/labor/lpa/LMI_index.html.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Service providers of employment and training services are eligible to apply, including but not limited to:
- New Jersey’s Workforce Development Boards (WDB’s) who engage external “third-party” training providers,
- Post-secondary educational institutions, and
- Training providers who are approved by LWD.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: May 10, 2019
Technical Assistance Workshop: May 23, 2019
Application Deadline: June 7, 2019
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Theresa Slaughter-Carey
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-292-3328
- Email Address: Theresa.Slaughter-Carey@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of this competitive Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO) is to increase opportunities for the employment of parolees; and to reduce the likelihood of parolee recidivism.
The LWD in collaboration with the State Parole Board (SPB) seeks to fund proposals that will provide placement services, on a fee-for-service basis, to parolees of the SPB.
There are over 15,000 offenders throughout New Jersey under the supervision of the SPB. The offender population has a much harder time returning to the workforce than other populations of job seekers. They often have multiple barriers to employment and require additional services and unique approaches to resolving issues. Research has shown that employment is a deterrent to recidivism.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant program is designed to provide grants to lead agencies for employment placement services to participants referred by the SPB.
The following organizations are eligible to apply as the lead agency:
- Public or private placement agencies;
- Faith-based and/or community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers and/or contractors;
- Public or private non-profit agencies;
- Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: May 2, 2019
Application Due Date: Rolling
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Division: Workforce Development
- Name: Gerri Brosh
- Telephone Number: (609) 777-1516
- Email Address: Gerri.Brosh@dol.nj.gov
Start Date/End Date of Grant Program: Rolling
Purpose for which the grant will be used: The Innovation and Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) grant funds are provided to support technological research and the innovation ecosystem in New Jersey and to encourage Ph.D. candidates/graduates to continue their research in fellowship with New Jersey’s science and technology companies.
The IRFP grant monies shall be used by the grantee employer primarily as salary to the fellow. Upon showing good cause by the applicant employer within the body of the IRFP grant application, the expenditure for equipment and/or conference attendance of an amount that is five percent of the total grant amount may be authorized at the discretion of the Commissioner.
Research fellowship grants may be issued for up to two years each and shall be used primarily for research and innovation. Under no circumstances shall IRFP grant monies be used by the grantee employer for capital purchases.
Eligible Applicants: Research fellowship grants are provided to entities, comprising of large businesses, employing more than 25 people and small businesses, employing from two to 24 people. The fellowships will be authorized on availability of funding and according to the discretion of the department’s commissioner.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: April 30, 2019
Application Due Date: May 21, 2019
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-984-3534
- Email Address: YouthPrograms@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the New Jersey Youth Corps – Recognizing Individual Struggles and Experiences (NJYC-RISE) program is to build or expand the capacity of NJYC to: (1) increase awareness of mental health and substance use/abuse issues among its corpsmembers; (2) provide training for NJYC personnel to detect and respond to mental and behavioral health issues; and (3) connect corpsmembers who may have mental and behavioral health issues to needed services.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 23, 2019
Technical Assistance Workshop: February 6, 2019
Application Due Date: March 6, 2019
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Sherie Jenkins
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-292-8998
- Email Address: Pathways2Recovery@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for which funds will be used: Grant funds will be awarded to successful applicants responding to this competitive Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO). The purpose of Pathways to Recovery is to provide training opportunities, supportive services (for example, transportation, childcare, clothing, driver’s license restoration) and employment for 600 individuals whose workforce conditions or trajectories have been impacted by the opioid epidemic in the following six counties: Atlantic, Camden, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean.
For purposes of this grant impacted by the opioid epidemic is defined as an individual who has a friend, family member or personal history of opioid use.
In 2018, New Jersey had 3,163 drug overdose deaths, the most recorded in one calendar year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported New Jersey had one of the highest increases of such deaths in the country, up 21 percent between January 2017 and January 2018.
In 2018, the overdose deaths in Atlantic, Camden, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties exceeded overdose deaths in 2017. Since 2015, Essex has experienced a 168% increase in opioid overdose deaths; Atlantic 155% increase; Middlesex 99% increase; Monmouth 83% increase, Camden 69% increase and Ocean 38% increase.
This grant seeks to deepen the network of employment supports for those affected by the opioid epidemic. It seeks to improve opportunities and incentives for opioid-impacted individuals by providing basic skills instruction, workforce readiness (employability skills) instruction and work experience which will emphasize re-entry into the workplace. The program will seek to facilitate effective transitions by the targeted population to employment with in-demand occupations.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: To be eligible for this NGO, the applicant must satisfy the following requirements:
- Must be a non-profit or for-profit entity or governmental entity;
- Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:32-44, a for-profit applicant and each proposed subcontractor must have a valid Business Registration Certificate on file with the Division of Revenue. (This statutory requirement does not apply to non-profit organizations, private colleges and universities, or state and municipal agencies.); and
- Required to comply with the Affirmative Action Requirements of Public Law 1975, c. 124 (N.J.A.C. 17:27) and the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991 (P.L. 101-336).
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: January 14, 2019
Letter of Intent Acceptance Beginning: January 14, 2019
New Technical Assistance Date: Monday, February 25, 2019
Technical Assistance Workshop: January 28, 2019, February 5, 2019 and February 25, 2019
- Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Application Acceptances Begin: January 23, 2019
Funding Amount: $3,000,000
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Telephone Number: (609) 633-6438
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Rolling
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the PACE Program is to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeship programs. These pre-apprenticeship programs have a documented partnership with at least one Registered Apprenticeship program sponsor and together, they expand the participant's career pathway opportunities with industry-based training coupled with classroom instruction. The program will drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Apprenticeship seeks to encourage the growth of career pathway opportunities for people disconnected from employment, training, and education. Within the workforce development system, pre-apprenticeships serve a critical role for people to acquire career-specific skills, advance work-readiness, and connect them to longer-term career opportunities.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities:
- Any employer;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors;
- Employer / Trade Associations;
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private);
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Public high schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- Local governments within New Jersey;
- County governments within New Jersey;
- Any other private educational or training entity.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: October 24, 2018
Letter of Intent Acceptance Beginning: October 25, 2018
Technical Assistance Workshop: November 19, 2018 at 10AM
- Register here: Technical Assistance Workshop
Application Acceptances Begin: October 26, 2018
Funding Amount: $4,500,000.00
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Nicholas Toth
- Division: Office of Apprenticeship
- Telephone Number: (609) 777-2791
- Email Address: Nicholas.Toth@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Rolling
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the GAINS program is to promote the expansion and development of United States Department of Labor (USDOL) approved Registered Apprenticeship programs that drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better-paying careers and advanced credentials. While this NGO describes ten (10) sectoral/occupational areas of focus, all occupations that are recognized by US DOL as “apprenticeable” are encouraged to apply.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This competitive grant opportunity is open to the following entities who are developing new, or building upon existing Registered Apprenticeship programs:
- Any employer;
- Employer / Trade Associations
- Any labor organization which represents workers in the occupation for which the apprentices will be trained;
- Labor/Management Partnership (public or private)
- New Jersey Local Education Agency (LEA);
- Public vocational schools within New Jersey;
- Two- and four-year institutions of higher education;
- Public or private non-profit organizations (including Community Based Organizations);
- Business or trade organizations representing a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers;
- Community-based organizations;
- New Jersey local Workforce Development Boards;
- Economic development organizations;
- Workforce Intermediary Sponsors
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: October 17, 2018
Application Due Date: November 13, 2018
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Lauren Kremper-DiFilippo
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-292-1467
- Email Address: Lauren Kremper-DiFilippo at: Lauren.Kremper-DiFilippo@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: The grant is expected to be for a 12-month period and is estimated to begin on January 1, 2019
Purpose for which funds will be used: The Women in Construction Trades grant will assist in providing greater employment opportunities for females, residing in New Jersey, by providing pre-apprenticeship training, workforce readiness/employability, and a structured work experience which will emphasize vocational-based training for entry-level skills in the construction trades.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This targeted, competitive opportunity is designed to provide training and placement services to participants in occupations as outlined in this NGO. The following organizations are eligible to apply as the lead agency:
- County or municipal governments;
- Public training providers or trade schools;
- Community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers and/or contractors;
- Public vocational schools;
- Institutions of higher education;
- Public or private, non-profit agencies; or
- Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers.
PLEASE NOTE: If a labor organization or employer/contractor is not the lead agency, the applicant is required to partner with at least one of these entities to ensure a pathway for placement.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: June 25, 2018
Technical Assistance Workshop: July 12, 2018
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Application Deadline: Rolling
Update: Status of the New Jersey Skills Partnership Training Grant Program.
Please note the Department will be altering the final announcement of all Round 2 application judgements with a date to be determined shortly. This new date for announcement will be updated and sent to all Round 2 applicants.
The Department will continue to follow the original schedule for application submittals outlined in our Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO). The Department will accept, consider, and review all applications from applicants who completed the Letter of Intent (LOI) and SAGE registration process by the original planned date of September 19, 2018. Should you have any questions contact your assigned State Business Representative.
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-633-6438
- Email Address: james.manning@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Rolling
Purpose for which funds will be used: The Skills Partnership Training Grant funds are competitively awarded to New Jersey employers to provide cost reimbursement assistance to train incumbent and/or new employees to meet the current and future skill requirements of available high wage, middle-skill and high-skill jobs in New Jersey. Grant funds are intended to “seed” business and employee development training and are not intended for annual training or training that would otherwise be conducted without grant assistance.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: The grant program is open to the following New Jersey eligible applicants:
- Individual employers;
- Any employer organization, labor organization, community-based organization or faith-based organization;
- Any industry-specific consortium comprised of two or more of the following: eligible individual employers, employer organizations and labor organizations, and community-based or faith-based organizations.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: June 25, 2018
Proposal Deadline: Rolling
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Gerri Brosh
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-777-1516
- Email Address: gerri.brosh@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Rolling grant process
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the Opportunity Partnership Grant (OPG) program is to assist displaced/dislocated workers secure employment by providing middle-skill and high-skill work-based learning training in growth industry sectors recognized and driven by employer’s needs. The Opportunity Partnership Grant training program is designed to support the development of high-quality industry-specific work-based learning, pre-apprenticeship training, or vocational training components that contributes to a high-skilled, high-paid workforce.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Post-secondary educational institutions, State of New Jersey approved training providers, or applicants who appoint an external third-party approved training provider. Training providers must be registered on the LWD Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) at http://www.njtopps.org/.
Announcement Date: April 3, 2018
Application Due Date: May 1, 2018
Issue Date: April 3, 2018
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Apprenticeship Unit
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: N/A
- Email Address: ApprenticeshipUnit@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: June 01, 2018 – May 31, 2019
Purpose for which funds will be used: The mission of the NJBUILD Incarcerated Women in Construction program is to promote pre-apprenticeship training in the construction trades industry for incarcerated women residing in the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCFW). This grant will assist in providing greater opportunities and incentives for incarcerated women at the EMCFW by providing pre-apprenticeship training, basic skills instruction, workforce readiness (employability skills) instruction and vocational-based training for both introductory and occupation-specific advanced skills in the construction trades. The program will seek to teach residents of the EMCFW introductory and occupation-specific advanced construction trades skills to assist in increased employment opportunities upon release from the Facility.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO:
- County or municipal governments;
- Public training providers or trade schools;
- Community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers and/or contractors;
- Public vocational schools;
- Institutions of higher education;
- Public or private, non-profit agencies; or
- Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: March 16, 2018
Application Due Date: April 11, 2018
Issue Date: March 16,2018
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Donald Forsythe
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-292-2246
- Email Address: ApprenticeshipUnit@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Estimated to start May 1, 2018-12 month program
Purpose for which funds will be used: The New Jersey Builders Utilization Initiative for Labor Diversity (NJBUILD) is one of several state programs for training women and minorities in the construction trades administered by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD). Unlike other training programs, NJBUILD funds are specifically limited to construction trades training and cannot be used for other industry-related training, such as management and engineering occupations. Funding for NJBUILD is provided through the annual Appropriations Act and P.L. 2009, c. 335. These laws ensure that all members of the public are afforded the opportunity to benefit from the economic recovery funds and associated State spending, and that every public contract, whether for construction services, goods, or other services provides equal employment opportunity for women and minorities.
This grant will assist in providing greater opportunities and incentives for individuals by providing pre-apprenticeship training, basic skills instruction, workforce readiness (employability skills) instruction and a structured work experience which will emphasize vocational-based training for entry-level skills in the construction trades. The program will seek to facilitate effective transitions by women and minorities to high-skill, high-wage employment in labor demand occupations that are apprenticeable.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO:
- County or municipal governments;
- Public training providers or trade schools;
- Community-based organizations;
- Labor organizations;
- Employers and/or contractors;
- Public vocational schools;
- Institutions of higher education;
- Public or private, non-profit agencies; or
- Trade organizations which represent a particular trade, group of trades, contractors or employers.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: February 28, 2018
Application Due Date: March 15, 2018
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-984-9414
- Email Address: ApprenticeshipUnit@dol.nj.gov
Purpose for which funds will be used: Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) is a national program that was formed to help National Guard, Reserve, retired and transitioning active-duty military members connect to quality career and training opportunities in the construction industry. This grant is dedicated to providing women and minorities with training to prepare them for employment and/or apprenticeships in the construction and building-related trades through the national H2H model. A list of approved occupations in the building and construction trades is found on page 2 of this Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO).
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: December 20, 2017
Application Deadline: January 19, 2017
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Gerri Brosh
- Division: Workforce
- Telephone Number: 609-777-1516
- Email Address: gerri.brosh@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: 12-month grant March 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019
Purpose for which funds will be used: Training for displaced, dislocated workers
Purpose of the training grant:
- Building high-quality employer-driven partnerships
- Increasing the number of job-seekers who attain an industry-valued credential
- Connecting trained job-seekers with employers
The purpose of the Opportunity Partnership Training Grant (OPG) program is to assist displaced/dislocated workers secure employment by providing occupational training in industry-valued credential areas that employers have identified as a requirement of the job. The Opportunity Partnership Grants is designed to provide industry needed occupational training to a statewide audience of displaced/dislocated workers, to support the development of high-quality employer-driven partnerships, to build on career pathways in the state's key industries, and to increase the number of adults who have obtained an industry-valued credential.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: November 2, 2017
Technical Assistance: November 17, 2017
Application Deadline: December 6, 2017
Required Attachments:
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Kerri Gatling
- Division: Office of the Deputy Commissioner
- Telephone Number: 609.292.2468
- Email Address: kerri.gatling@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018
Purpose for which funds will be used: To keep pace with the rapidly changing, knowledge-driven, global economy, New Jersey is investing in the development of a skilled workforce that will drive growth in the state’s key industry sectors and ensure New Jersey businesses have access to a talent pool with the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to remain competitive regionally, nationally and globally.
New Jersey is aligning its workforce investments under the 65 by ‘25 credential attainment goal to increase the number of residents with an industry-valued post-secondary credential or degree to 65 percent by the year 2025 through the development of high-quality, business-driven partnerships that provide career pathways for New Jersey students and job-seekers.
The Talent Networks are a foundational component to developing a skilled New Jersey workforce. The Talent Networks gather and disseminate real-time intelligence on the workforce needs of employers and develop high-quality, business-driven partnerships in three regions of the state based on the concentration of employers in a defined area.
Talent Network Industry Sectors:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Construction/Utilities
- Financial Services
- Food Industry
- Health Care
- Life Sciences
- Retail, Hospitality and Tourism (North)
- Retail, Hospitality and Tourism (South)
- Transportation, Logistics and Distribution
- Talent Network Technology Consultants *
*Technology plays a critical role in each of the state’s key industries and will function as a consultant to the other nine Talent Networks
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This is a limited competitive grant program open to nonprofit organizations, industry associations and post-secondary educational institutions in New Jersey.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: September 19, 2017
Technical Assistance: October 4, 2017
Application Deadline: October 20, 2017
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Howard Miller
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-633-6799
- Email Address: howard.miller@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Fiscal year 2018
Purpose for which funds will be used: There is a critical need for alcohol and drug counselors that are qualified, trained and prepared to assist individuals who are suffering from drug addiction. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment of substance abuse and behavioral counselors is projected to grow 22% from 2014 to 2024. This growth is much faster than the average for all occupations. Trained counselors are a critical, front line element of a broader strategy to combat addiction.
Applicant New Jersey colleges or universities will lead a multi-college partnership to deliver CADC training statewide with a minimum of two higher education partners. The colleges will deliver this training to individuals who are current employees of non-profit organizations serving at-risk populations as well as individuals who are unemployed and committed to pursuing a career in this field.
Dislocated workers receiving training from CADC program must be certified by the local One-Stop Operator and local Workforce Development Board as having met the eligibility criteria for the funding.
A dislocated worker is defined as: ‘an individual who is unemployed, permanently separated from his or her employment, or laid off and unlikely to return to similar employment due to a substantial reduction in work opportunities in the individual's job classification.’
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Eligible applicants include:
- Public colleges and universities (including community colleges, four-year colleges and universities)
- Independent not-for-profit colleges and universities
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: August 11, 2017
Technical Assistance: August 29 And September 8, 2017
Application Deadline: September 29, 2017
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Howard Miller, Chief of Business Services
- Division: Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity
- Telephone Number: (609) 984-4437
- Email Address: howard.miller@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: November 1, 2017 – October 31, 2018
Purpose for which funds will be used: To support New Jersey’s goal of 65 by 25: Many Paths, One Future Initiative, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development is announcing a notice of grant opportunity for Talent Development Centers in Key State Industries. The purpose of this grant program is to build on the many efforts currently underway at colleges and universities across the state to build stronger employer-driven partnerships to improve the alignment of education and training with the needs of the economy by establishing seven statewide Talent Development Centers (TDC’s) at higher education institutions. The TDC’s are designed to build and implement new career pathways that will meet the workforce needs of employers while allowing individuals to earn industry-valued credentials, college credit, enter an apprenticeship program and ultimately earn an associate degree or enter into an articulated agreement towards a baccalaureate degree. Each TDC will serve as a “Center for Excellence” for career pathway development and implementation within a designated industry.
The Talent Development Centers will focus on seven key industries:
- Transportation,LogisticsandDistribution,
- Construction/Utilities,
- AdvancedManufacturing,
- Health Care,
- Retail, Hospitality and Tourism,
- Life Sciences and
- Financial Services.
The total funding available for these (7) Talent Development Centers will not exceed $8.4 million for the Fiscal Year 2018 with a possible extension for an additional two years, contingent on successful performance outcomes and the availability of funds.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: This Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO) is open to the following eligible applicants:
- Public colleges and universities (including community colleges, four-year colleges and universities)
- Independent not-for-profit colleges and universities
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: August 11, 2017
Application Deadline: October 2, 2017 - 4:00 PM
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Maryann Tiesler
- Division: Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Telephone Number: 609-777-4930
- E-Mail Address: maryann.tiesler@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Eligible applicants for this 12-month, competitively-awarded grant must be organizations with the capacity to serve people with disabilities. Applicants can be private or public non-profit or for profit organizations including faith-based organizations (FBO), such as non-profit organizations with a religious or faith-based association, community-based organizations (CBO), such as non-profit local, neighborhood or grass-roots entities, or Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRP), such as for profit or non-profit programs providing employment-related services to people with disabilities. Such organizations are generally familiar with community needs, appropriate service delivery and are often viewed by clients as comfortable venues for access to services.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: Friday June 30, 2017
Technical Assistance Workshop: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Proposal Deadline: Monday, August 28, 2017
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Gerri Brosh
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-777-1516
- Email Address: gerri.brosh@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: 7/1/2017 to 6/30/2018
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the Opportunity Partnership Training Grant (OPG) program is to assist displaced/dislocated workers secure employment by providing occupational training in industry-valued credential areas that employers have identified as a requirement of the job. The Opportunity Partnership Grants is designed to provide industry needed occupational training to a statewide audience of displaced/dislocated workers, to support the development of high-quality employer-driven partnerships, to build on career pathways in the state's key industries, and to increase the number of adults who have obtained an industry-valued credential.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Note: Round 5 is cancelled. We look forward to serving you in our new program year which begins July 1st.
Announcement Date: June 7, 2017
Technical Assistance Workshop: July 17, 2017
Application Deadline: Rolling
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: James Manning
- Division: New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: (609) 633-6438
- Email Address: James.Manning@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: 7/1/2017 – 6/30/2018
Purpose for which funds will be used: The law provides grant funding for customized skills training for workers and businesses located in New Jersey. The Skills Partnership Grant training program is funded through a dedicated assessment on workers and their employers and is a key component in the governor’s economic growth strategy.
Applications for funding are customized to meet specific business needs, with an emphasis on training front-line workers. In accordance with the Workforce Development Partnership law, most of the individuals receiving customized training will be trained primarily for work in the direct production of good and services.
The Customized Training program benefits both employees and business by enhancing the skills of workers, thereby increasing their productivity and the competitiveness of the employer. This investment by the state is expected to result in the creation of new jobs, the retention of jobs and an increase in wages for the trained workers.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: June 1, 2017
Application Deadline: June 30, 2017 - 4:00 PM
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Karen Carroll, Chief
- Division: Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Telephone Number: 609-292-4967
- E-Mail Address: karen.carroll@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: September 1, 2017 – August 31, 2018
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of the grant is to establish model demonstrations to expand or improve programs serving persons with the most significant disabilities who are currently in extended employment. Funding for this competitive grant is under the auspices of the New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS), which will serve as administrator and fiscal agent for the funds awarded. In particular, the DVRS is interested in proposals that develop, implement, and build upon career pathway initiatives that will lead to community based competitive integrated employment opportunities within the seven Talent Networks. The term “career pathway programs” means a clear sequence of education coursework and training credentials and should lead to the attainment of an industry-recognized degree or credential, which may include stackable credentials of value in the labor market and that articulate progressively to higher-level credentials or degrees.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Eligible applicants for this 12-month, competitively awarded grant must be agencies that provide Extended Employment Programs authorized and approved by the LWD. The organization must currently be using a center-based employment model and be interested in transitioning participants into competitive integrated employment.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: May 18, 2017
Application Due Date: June 9, 2017
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Bionca Reed
- Division: Workforce Development
- Telephone Number: 609-292-2767
- Email Address: bionca.reed@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: July 1 2017
Purpose for which funds will be used: The purpose of this Application for Continuation Funding is to provide a full-time, year-round program designed to assist young adults, ages 16 – 25, who have dropped out of high school without earning a high school diploma to successfully transition to employment, college or additional training.
Entities that can apply for funding under this NGO: Organizations receiving Youth Corps funding who have met both program and fiscal requirements in Year One FY2017 will be eligible to apply for Year Two FY2018 funding.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: May 2, 2017
Application Due Date: June 1, 2017
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Patricia Jordan
- Division: Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity
- Telephone Number: 609-984-3534
- Email Address: apprenticeshipunit@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: 7/1/2017 to 6/30/2018
Purpose for which funds will be used: The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) is proud to announce a Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO) for County Apprenticeship Coordinator for Fiscal Year 2018.
The purpose of this grant is to fund Apprenticeship Coordinators in 21 counties. The CACs will ensure that registered apprentices (may be youth, ages 16 and up, or adults) can access and complete the related classroom instruction part of registered apprenticeship; will promote registered apprenticeship training programs to job seekers; will expand registered apprentice sponsorship to employers in existing and new occupational areas; and will assist in the development of career ladders from high school to registered apprenticeship training and to related collegiate degree programs.
The total amount of funding available in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018) is estimated to be $330,000. The program is state funded through the Workforce Development Program (WDP). Final awards are contingent upon State allocation of funds.
Awards are based upon the population of the county where the service is provided. Three levels of awards are identified in the chart below:
|
Population of the County |
Maximum Amount of Grant |
|
0-200,000 |
$10,000 |
|
200,001 - 500,000 |
$15,000 |
|
500,001 or above |
$20,000 |
The maximum award for each applicant will be:
|
County CAC Grantee |
Maximum Award |
|
Atlantic County Vocational School |
$15,000 |
|
Bergen County Vocational School |
$20,000 |
|
Burlington County Vocational School |
$15,000 |
|
Camden County College |
$20,000 |
|
Cape May County Vocational School |
$10,000 |
|
Cumberland County Vocational School |
$10,000 |
|
Essex County Vocational School |
$20,000 |
|
Gloucester County Vocational School |
$15,000 |
|
Hudson County Vocational School |
$20,000 |
|
Hunterdon County Vocational School |
$10,000 |
|
Mercer County Vocational School |
$15,000 |
|
Middlesex County Vocational School |
$20,000 |
|
Monmouth County Vocational School |
$20,000 |
|
Morris County Vocational School |
$15,000 |
|
Ocean County Vocational School |
$20,000 |
|
Passaic County Vocational School |
$20,000 |
|
Salem County Vocational School |
$10,000 |
|
Somerset County – Hunterdon County Vocational School |
$15,000 |
|
Sussex County Vocational School |
$10,000 |
|
Union County Vocational School |
$20,000 |
|
Warren County Vocational School |
$10,000 |
Please note: Only the above organizations are eligible to apply for funding. Applicants may form a partnership to apply for continuation funds. A partnership is comprised of two or more entities that enter into a written agreement specifying the partnership’s goals, responsibilities and activities. A lead agency must be identified and a separate application must be submitted for each county.
NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY (NGO)
Announcement Date: April 27, 2017
Application Deadline: May 30, 2017 - 12:00 PM (Noon)
Technical Assistance Contact:
- Name: Kelsey Williams
- Division: Workforce Development
- Phone: 609-777-1994
- Email: Kelsey.Williams@dol.nj.gov
Start Date and End Date of Grant Program: Grant will run one year based on award decision
Purpose for which funds will be used: The Adult Literacy & Community Library Partnership (ALCLP) grant program is designed to create and/or expand Adult Basic Education and/or English Language Proficiency services within New Jersey libraries. New Jersey libraries offer convenient access and a welcoming environment for adult literacy services, making them an integral part of continuing adult education. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) views these services as complementary to New Jersey’s Federal WIOA Title II adult literacy instructional service providers and as such wants to create a relationship between the two.
- FY19-FY22 Opportunity Grant Awards
- FY19 Growing Apprenticeship in Nontraditional Sectors (GAINS) Awards
- FY18 Skills Partnership Grants Awards
- FY17 Skills Partnership Grants Awards
- FY16-FY19 Opportunity Grant Awards
- FY16 Skills Partnership Grant Awards
- FY15 Skills4Jersey Grant Awards
- FY14 Skills4Jersey Grant Awards
- FY13 Skills4Jersey and Recovery4Jersey Grant Awards
- FY12 Grant Awards
- FY12 Grant Summary by Sector
- FY11 Grant Awards
- FY11 Grant Summary by Sector
- FY08 - FY11 Customized Training Grants
- FY08 - FY11 Literacy Training Grants
