YouthWorks Year-Round 2017-18 RFP Webinar June 23, 2017

Agenda Purpose and Overview of Year-Round Eligible Participants Applicants and Funding Levels Program Design and Requirements Submission Dates Questions and Answers

Housekeeping Please put your phones on mute by pressing *1 Conference call number (for audio portion) 1-917-388-1451 RFP documents are located at www.commcorp.org

Welcome and Introductions Anne Berrigan: Program Director aberrigan@commcorp.org 617-717-6901 Jennifer Applebaum: Associate Program Director japplebaum@commcorp.org 617-717-6934

Webinar Objectives Shared understand of purpose of YW initiative and related program elements Shared understanding of program design and proposal requirements Opportunity to ask questions

Purpose and Overview Goal: To provide youth participants with short-term occupational skill building that can enhance job seeking prospects and be replicated or scaled up in future programming. Target Population: Applicants can target the program to younger teens (15-17) and/or non-minors (18 -21). Target pop: Applicants should consider a youth subset that makes sense for the industry area and/or the broad skill set needed to explore the topic and make connections to an academic interest (e.g., language arts; numeracy; STEM).

Eligible Youth Participants Income eligibility for Year-Round 2017/18: Young people eligible to participate in YouthWorks if family income does not exceed annual equivalent of 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. (~$49K for Family of 4) Age eligibility: 15-21 (in school or out of school)

YouthWorks Cities Local Area Cities Berkshire Pittsfield Boston Bristol Fall River, Taunton Brockton Cape & Islands Barnstable Central Mass Worcester Greater Lowell Lowell Greater New Bedford New Bedford Franklin Hampshire Northampton Hampden County Chicopee, Springfield, Holyoke, Westfield Merrimack Valley Lawrence, Haverhill Metro North Cambridge, Chelsea, Malden, Revere, Everett, Somerville Metro South/West Framingham North Central Fitchburg, Leominster North Shore Lynn, Salem, Peabody South Shore Quincy, Plymouth, Randolph

Eligible Applicants & Funding Levels Eligible Applicants: Workforce development boards; Career Centers; Community-based Organizations; and High Schools/Schools with Chapter 74 approved programs Funding Availability: Commonwealth Corporation anticipates awarding up to five grants (up to $75,000 each) through competitive process.

Program Design 1) Occupational training models designed for small cohorts of youth participants. Use of advisory group and competency-based assessment to promote learning goals. 2) Expanded work-readiness/career exploration Minimum of 20 hours using the Signal Success curriculum (www.signalsuccess.org)

Program Design Technical skill focus Access to instructional expertise Access to related equipment and/or resources Suggestions for a training focus include: IT/coding; health careers; hospitality and/or culinary arts; media arts; bike repair; barista/coffee house; horticulture; EMT/First Aid, or child care

Program Requirements Cohort Size: At least 20 participants (ages 15-21). Cohort Focus: At least 10 youth participants must receive occupational training The remaining number of participants can be placed in short-term subsidized jobs. Focus Occupational Training (10) Subsidized jobs (10) # of training/work hours 80 100 Signal Success hrs. 20 Total 120

Program Requirements Planning Process: Program design of occupational training must be vetted by advisory group that includes at least one employer partner in related industry area Assessment: Must outline learning goals and performance measures (i.e., portfolios, badging, pre-post assessment instrument etc.)

Data Collection and Reporting Activities Completed Assessment results (Competency-based) Accomplishments Challenges/Discoveries Recommendations/Conclusions Program database (demographic information and SSNs)

Submission Process RFP Released June 1, 2017 Webinar June 23, 2017 Proposals Due September 29, 2017 Notification October 6, 2017 Contract Start October 15, 2017 Kick Off Meeting October 25, 2017 Contract End May 31, 2018

RFP Submission What to submit? Narrative Budget Cover Sheet Where to submit? https://commcorp.tfaforms.net/328712 Use the CommCorp Grantee portal to find contract attachments

Questions & Answers