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Workforce Board Grantee

Sample Requests for Proposals

The requests for proposals (RFPs) were selected from among 2004 and 2005 Workforce Investment Board (WIB) grantees that are sub-contracting with Faith-Based and Community Organizations (FBCOs) to provide workforce development and support services. The following RFPs were selected a sample resources based on clarity of format and content as well as representation of a unique project design and model.

  • Area Community Services Employment & Training Council (ACSET), Grand Rapids, Michigan
    The RFP of ACSET features a project design leveraging the assets of FBCOs to connect ex-offenders with employment and training resources of the Michigan Works! Service System in Kent County. The project also links with current efforts to serve ex-offenders under the Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative (MPRI) and joining with the work of the Re-Entry Roundtable (non-for-profit corporation). The RFP includes skills certification level requirements for program participants. The solicitation shows how to target both grassroots applicants with prior experience in serving disadvantaged or incarcerated persons as well as those without prior experience.
  • Cumberland/Salem Workforce Investment Board, New Jersey
    The RFP solicits proposals from 12 FBCOs interested in helping individuals prepare for and sustain employment by providing the following services: staffing of computer labs onsite of the FBCO facility, coordinating community outreach, providing information about training in demand occupations, providing job referrals, and referring customers to the One Stop Career Center. It includes success factors for sustainability and asks the applicant to commit to these conditions (e.g. attending grant writing workshop, applying for other grants, and joining boards). The RPF uses simple language and assigns evaluation criteria according to description of services provided.
  • Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board, Virginia
    The SkillSource Group Inc., the nonprofit entity of the Northern Virginia WIB, seeks procurement of contracts to provide direct client employment and training services. FBCO applicants are eligible for grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. The RFP requests that projects target job placement and career advancement in three regional high growth sectors — retail, healthcare, and construction. The RFP contains helpful examples of the types of services that FBCO can provide. It requests that applicants propose a specific placement goal in their application reflective of the amount of grant funding being sought.

Documents in this library were either created by Department of Labor grantees or sub-grantees and are listed for the purposes of peer to peer sharing or were created by contractors for training and assistance to grantees. The U.S. Department of Labor is not responsible for the specific contents of these documents.



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