FY 2020 Education Stabilization Fund--Reimagine Workforce Preparation (ESF-RWP) Grants Program
Department of Education Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education,
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-06-23/html/2020-13480.htm
Deadline for Notice of Intent: July 13, 2020.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 24, 2020.

Note: A State may submit only one application in response to this notice to implement a proposed project that addresses either Absolute Priority 1 or Absolute Priority 2, but not both.  Subgrantees: Under 34 CFR 75.708(b) and (c) a grantee under this competition may award subgrants--to directly carry out project activities consistent with the Statewide strategy described in its application--to the following types of entities: Institutions of Higher Education IHEs; local workforce development boards; business trade and professional organizations; business development organizations; non-IHE postsecondary and employer- based education and training providers; third-party work-based learning or apprenticeship intermediaries; and State, regional, and local public and private agencies.

Grant funds may be used under Absolute Priority 1 to develop and implement short-term education and training programs and/or career pathways programs, hire qualified instructors, procure necessary equipment and supplies, and subsidize tuition and fees for individuals enrolled in these or existing short-term educational, workforce development or career pathways programs so that they can quickly gain entry to the workforce or become entrepreneurs without taking on debt. Funds may also be used to provide student uniforms, protective gear, student support services and transportation vouchers for all students, as well as childcare support for student-parents who are enrolled in education and training programs supported by programs developed under this grant program. Unlike traditional degree and certificate programs which are typically designed by educators, this grant program is designed to support efforts led by State Workforce Development Boards, in partnership with groups of employers, industry organizations, and education and training partners to identify workplace competencies, develop curriculum and assessments that help workers gain and demonstrate those competencies, and establish a credentialing system that employers will use to make hiring and promotion decisions within their organizations.

Under Absolute Priority 2, funds may be used to convert underutilized campus-based or campus-affiliated facilities to small business incubators, to hire staff to operate the facility, to subsidize wages of faculty and entrepreneurs-in-residence, to purchase or rent equipment that will serve as a shared resource for incubator occupants or support the work of the incubator's administrative staff, to subsidize the cost to participants of enrolling in short-courses or continuing education opportunities and to subsidize on a sliding scale the rent paid by small businesses that are operating out of or using space, facilities or shared equipment or services provided by the incubator.