BHEF EDA Grants Good Jobs Challenge Summary Presented October 19 And 25

BHEF MEMBER BRIEFING: EDA GOOD JOBS CHALLENGE Presented October 19, 2021, and October 25, 2021 GOALS & INTRODUCTIONS Goals for Today 1.Help Members Evaluate the EDA Good Jobs ChallengeSolicitation 2.Share BHEF Resources for Competitive Applications 3.Help Participants ID Partners & Facilitate Discussion — Introductions 1.Which institution do you represent? 2.What is your role? 3.What is your current level of interest in this grant? 4.What are your goals participating in today’s conversation? — Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 2 OVERVIEW OF THE OPPORTUNITY Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 3 Programs must result injob placementsfor underserved unemployed workers or under-skilled incumbent workers into high-demand fields. Job placements must be into “good jobs” (next slide) and provide access to wrap-around services. Regional Partnerships Establish or accelerate regional collaborationsvia sectoral partnerships and backbone organizations. Higher Education Eligible to Lead Eligible lead entities include: •Higher Education & consortia •States, cities, and counties •Non-profits/associations in conjunction with state, city, or county, and others •Economic Development Districts 25-50 Awards $5M -$25M per award. 100% grant rate. Leveraged funds increase competitiveness. Up to 36-month performance. Due January 26, 2022. Get Americans back to work by establishing or strengthening regional workforce systems to train workers with in-demand skills through sectoral partnerships. — $500M WHY APPLY Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 4 Business •Bring resources to higher education and talent pathway partners to meet your skills needs •Empower regional industry and workforce intermediaries to align and address critical talent needs •Increase the availability of vetted, ready-to-work talent with high-demand skills to meet your business needs through partners •Increase the competitiveness of your talent ecosystem to recruit and retain new firms and expand the local supply chain. Higher Education •Strengthen business partnerships to provide industry- aligned educational credentials and experiences. •Secure resources to design new programs, credentials, and other pathways to meet emerging regional industry need •Scale pilot programsinto to increase impact and reach. •Expand opportunities for underrepresented students, adult learners, workers, and other “non- traditional” learners to enter the workforce in high-demand jobs through your institution. Regional Talent Ecosystems •Establish new talent pipelines for high-demand jobs in their region •Diversify the workforce and recruit underrepresented populations into high-demand, high-skill career pathways through your regional partnerships •Accelerate adoption of promising existing talent pipelines, and •Provide resources to bolster capacity of higher education and regional intermediaries to provide ready-to-work talent. WHAT IS A “GOOD JOB”? The Good Jobs Challengeemphasizes that job placements must result in a good jobfor the worker. A good job: Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 5 Pays a Living Wage Worker job placement pays wages that exceeds local prevailing wage Includes Basic Benefits and-or Unionized Job Paid leave, health insurance, retirement contributions for the worker and-or unionized. Develops Worker with Skills/Experience on Career Path Helps the employee develop the skills and experiences necessary to advance along a career path Wrap-Around Services: Services and support to the worker that removes barriers to training and employment for a trainee allowing them to complete their workforce training activities. Examples include transportation, language support, financial coaching, childcare, career navigation and coaching, and access to technology. PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURES The Good Jobs Challengefunds system leads their partners to pursue the formation or enhancement of: -Regional workforce systemsanchored by a system leadthat leads and convenes multi-sector system -Regional industry sectoral partnershipsthat anchor sector-based industry partnerships, and -Backbone organizationsthat facilitate resources that support the sector partnership and workforce system Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 6 System Lead Applicant to EDA that leads and convenes partners in the regional workforce system.May involve one or multiple sectoral partnershipssuch as technology, healthcare, advanced manufacturing. Sectoral Partnership #1 Focuses on specific industry. •Aligns regional workforce system to meet needs. •Works with “backbone organization” to align stakeholders to industry sector needs. Sectoral Partnership #2 Focuses on specific industry. •Aligns regional workforce system to meet needs. •Works with “backbone organization” to align stakeholders to industry sector needs. Sectoral Partnership #3 Focuses on specific industry. •Aligns regional workforce system to meet needs. •Works with “backbone organization” to align stakeholders to industry sector needs. Backbone Org #1 Intermediary that aligns regional workforce system resource to regional needs. Backbone Org #2 Intermediary that aligns regional workforce system resource to regional needs. Backbone Org #3 Intermediary that aligns regional workforce system resource to regional needs. PROGRAM DESIGN, FUNDING & OUTCOMES Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 7 Program Implementation Funding for non-construction projects needed to provide workforce training (includes wrap- around services). Industry need validated/selected. Hiring outcomes ID’ed. Training model and curriculum. Employer & leveraged funds commitments secured. Outreach plans. Program Design Funding to develop skills training curriculum and materials and secure technical expertise to train workers. MOUs from partners Process to translate employer needs & training curriculum. Demonstrate ability to implement System Development Funding to help a backbone organization or system lead (applicant) entity establish and develop systems and/or sectoral Partnerships. Develop system lead and backbone orgs. Secure employer commitments. Develop design/implementation plans. Sample Funding per Phase 24-36-month period of performance ~$1M per system ~$2M per region/industry ~$2M-7M per region/industry PROGRAM MODELS Some examples of training models include: Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 8 Innovative Strategies & Models: Applications do not have to be limited to these and may use combinations of the models above or new training models. The models above represent some standardized structures and approaches as a starting point. EDA welcomes “innovative models.” Skills Training Programs Train worker with foundation skills needed for a quality job. Align with a career pathway after completion. Registered Apprenticeship Programs Meet USDOL’s five criteria for a high-quality program and registered with a state apprenticeship agency or DOL office of apprenticeship. Other Work-and-Learn Models Models such as those where workers conduct on-the-job training, paid work experience, co-op models with an employer. Certification or Credentialing Programs Offered by industry or higher education to certify skills in –or in support of -a career pathway. RESOURCES FOR COMPETITIVE APPLICATION As your organization pursues an application, consider some of the following to keep a competitive application: Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 9 Identify Leveraged Funds Looking across the community, see where regional partners that provide wrap-around services, contribute to the talent pipeline, even employers already investing in the community. Employer Commitments are Key While employers do not have to commit to a hire, entities should pursue documenting validation of industry need for skilled jobs and the scale of the need such as an estimated number of jobs. Commitment documentation can range from an email to an MOU and should cover areas like conditional hires, number of workers needed, or earn-and-learn opportunities. Need samples? If you need samples or additional information, staff can help provide templates. Align with Regional Economic Development Plans & Wrap-Around Proposals must align with regional economic development plan. Highlight how plan will establish or accelerate work towards achieving goals in a regional economic plan. Look for existing assets, like if your university has a recognized EDA University Center or sits on the EDD board. HOW BHEF CAN HELP Strategy Development •Identifying and facilitating discussions among prospective partners •Providing inputand feedbackonprojectdevelopment •Sharingknowledge andinsightsonhigh-impactpractices, work-based learning, and other best practices — Labor Market Analysis •Number of unique job postings •Top in-demand occupationsand skills •Alumni dataon top companies and locations hired — Assessing Grant Readiness •Do you have strong regional sectors?Do you have high-performing intermediaries? •How aligned are your higher education, workforce, and economic development activities? Does your regionhave a master plan? •Does your region traditionally make data-informed decisions using labor market information and analysis? — Proposal Review, Templates, and Other Research or Consultive Support Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 10 DISCUSSION & NEXT STEPS Jennifer Thornton Vice President of Programs [email protected] — Janet Chen Director [email protected] — Frank Avery Director of Regional Initiatives [email protected] — Email the Team [email protected] Build better skills for better performance. ©2021 BHEF 11 BHEF Publications Find past research and best practices. www.bhef.com/publications — EDA Good Jobs Challenge Website All published materials on the Challenge. eda.gov/arpa/good-jobs-challenge/ — EDA Economic Development Districts (EDDs) Director to find your regional EDD entity and plan. www.statsamerica.org/ceds/ — EDA American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Programs eda.gov/arpa