JOBS

Job Opportunities in Workforce Development and Related Fields

  • The Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce has released funding for the STEM Talent Challenge. The deadline to apply is June 12th. Click here to learn more.
  • Commonwealth Corporation released a new solicitation for proposals under the Career Technical Institutes program. Applications are due June 12th. Click here to learn more.
  • The Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce has released a $500M funding opportunity authorized through the CHIPS Act for Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs. Click here to learn more. The phase 1 deadline to apply is August 15th.
  • The U.S. Department of Labor has issued an RFP for $80M to develop, strengthen and scale equitable pathways to good infrastructure jobs. Click here to learn more about the Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program 
  • The U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau and ETA have released an RFP for $1M in grants to prevent and respond to gender-based workplace violence and harassment. Click here to learn more.
  • The MA Department of Youth Services is seeking to competitively procure Career, Technical and Workforce Training and Employment Services for youth up to 22 years of age from entities that include educational institutions, workforce development agencies, community-based service providers and businesses with demonstrated track records of providing quality career, technical and workforce programs and services that will give juvenile justice involved young people transferable work skills and realistic pathways to meaningful employment in the community. This is rolling RFR. Click here to learn more.
  • MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving invites proposals of $1M for 250 organizations across the country in its inaugural open call. Yield Giving seeks community-led, community-focused organizations with the explicit purpose of advancing the voices and opportunities of individuals and families of meager or modest means, and groups who have met with discrimination and other systemic obstacles. Click here to learn more and apply.
  • Commonwealth Corporation has re-released the rolling RFP for Senator Kenneth J. Donnelly Workforce Success Grants (a.k.a. Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund grants) with changes to eligibility requirements, max funding amount, and ability to include job quality consideration. Click here for more information. 
  • The Mass Broadband Institute has issued the RFP for the Municipal Digital Equity Planning Program. Click here to learn more and apply.
  • The FY23 Skills Capital Grant Round 2 for Technology and Equipment Funding RFP has been released. Click here for the CommBuys link to the RFP and here for the Workforce Issuance. 
  • Commonwealth Corporation has issued a rolling RFP for a new planning grant program called Scaling Capacity and Leveraging Employers (SCALE).  Planning grants will be used to prepare for implementation grants under one of several existing programs (i.e. WCTF, CTI, RENEW, etc.) Click here to learn more and apply.
  • Commonwealth Corporation has issued a rolling application for The RENEW Grant Program, which is an opportunity for employers to co-invest in training and placement of job seekers. Click here to learn more and apply.
  • The Massachusetts Competitive Partnership and Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges are recruiting for the second cohort for the “Be Mass Competitive” workforce training initiative.  Click here to learn more about this paid training opportunity that offers stipends to participants. 

FUNDING

Funding Opportunities for Massachusetts Workforce Development Organizations

NEWS, RESEARCH, AND UPDATES AS OF 4.27.23

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