536653 - FY24 15C Iowa Apprenticeship Act Funding
Funding Opportunity Details

Apprenticeship

Final Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2024 2:00 PM

Description

• Notice of Funding Opportunity

  State Agency Name: Iowa Workforce Development

  Funding Opportunity Title: Future Ready Iowa Expanded Registered Apprenticeship Program(15C)

  Announcement Type: Initial

   

  Important Dates:

  • Deadline: Grant applications are due by February 1, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time.

  · Application Notification: A Notice of Intent to Award will be posted on the following website: https://www.earnandlearniowa.gov/funding

  · Guidance: Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) will provide information and updates on the Earn and Learn Iowa website https://www.earnandlearniowa.gov/funding

   

  Program Description

  Purpose: The purpose of the Future Ready Iowa Expanded Registered Apprenticeship Program (15C.1) is to provide financial assistance to encourage apprenticeship sponsors of new apprenticeship programs or expansion programs, with twenty or fewer apprentices to maintain apprenticeship programs in high-demand occupations.

  Funding Priorities

  There are no listed priorities associated with this award.

   

  Qualifications for Eligibility

  All applications must include performance measures that logically connect a project’s goal(s) with proposed activities and demonstrate a new or expanded Registered Apprenticeship Program within a high-demand occupation. Required performance measures to be addressed within the application include but are not limited to:

  1. Twenty or fewer apprentices are registered in the apprenticeship program as of December 31, 2023.
  2. More than 70 percent of the applicant’s apprentices are residents of Iowa, and the remainder of the applicant’s apprentices are residents of states contiguous to Iowa.
  3. Intermediary Sponsors with national programs must be located in the State of Iowa verified by their W9
  4. The applicant/apprenticeship sponsor must have an apprenticeship program that has been registered by the DOL/OA with at least one eligible apprentice within the period of performance of January 1^st, 2023 – December 31^st, 2023.
  5. If sponsor received funding through 15B during calendar year 2023, sponsor will be ineligible to receive 15C funding.

   

  Estimated Award Amount

  • Applicants are eligible to receive up to $20,000 per application for each eligible occupation. Funds are administered as reimbursement only and no advance payment options are available under this award. Applicants can apply for more than one grant if they have multiple eligible occupations within their registered apprenticeship program; grant awards for applicants receiving more than one grant will be capped at $40,000.

   

  Application and Submission Information

  Electronic Submission Instructions

  Applicants must submit applications electronically via IowaGrants.gov. IWD recommends that applicants create an account and begin the application in advance of the deadline. For registration guidance, refer to “IowaGrants.gov New User Registration Instructions” (see Appendix A).

   

  The applicant’s authorized representative must be the person who submits the application. The authorized representative must be using his or her own IowaGrants.gov account to sign and submit the application. Official email communication from IWD regarding this application will be issued from iowa.grants@webgrantsmail.com. Applicants are required to assure these communications are received and responded to accordingly.