Career Coaches
Institutes of Excellence
Middle College
On-Ramp
Virginia OJT (On-The-Job Training) Reemployment Project
Perkins
Regional Career Pathways System
WIA Incentive
Name of Grants: Chancellor's Award for Exemplary Coaching 2011-2012
Funding Source: Chancellor’s Award for Exemplary Coaching is funded by both state and federal funds. Colleges receiving awards will receive an official letter of award with funding source identified. Current grant recipients can find request for reimbursement (or fiscal) forms below that are specific to the funding source for their college career coach grant(s). For information on the funding source of a specific awarded grant contact MaChere Dickerson or Scott Kemp
Purpose of Grant: All VCCS administered career coach grants provide support for payroll, benefits, and local and state travel for career coaches who are community college employees based in local high schools to facilitate college and career planning for high school students.
Population Served: High School students in high schools served by a career coach.
Eligible Applicants: Career coach supervisors at community colleges
Due Date: Closed
VCCS Contact: Scott Kemp
Career Coach Funding Sources FY 2011-12
Chancellor's Career Coach Awards FY 2011
Career Coach Reimbursement Forms for 2011- 12 grant awards
VCCS Contact:Scott Kemp
Name of Grant: Institute of Excellence 2012 Project
Funding Source: Institute of Excellence projects are funded by state funds. Colleges receiving awards will receive an official award notification.
Purpose of Grant: To enable colleges to meet the Institutes of Excellence legislative requirements to contribute to the "development of statewide training programs to meet current, high demand workforce needs of the Commonwealth." To support the Chancellor's 2012 Goals and Achieve 2015 for workforce development.
Population Served: Business and industry, workforce and economic development organization to partner with community colleges to offer the Institute of Excellence project.
Eligible Applicants: Workforce Development and Continuing Education Leaders
Due Date: Grant competition closed. Award notices provided July 29, 2011.
VCCS Contact: Mindy Fast
Name of Grant: Middle College
Funding Source: VCCS will award up to $500,000 in WIA statewide funds to Middle College programs for the 2011-2012 program year.
Purpose of Grant: The purpose of this funding opportunity is to assist applicants in providing services that focus on the following three outcomes for the targeted population of 18-24 year old adults.
- Assist population in achieving a GED certificate
- Assist population in enrolling in postsecondary education program
- Assist population in earning a Career Readiness Certificate
Population Served: 18 -24 year olds without a high school diploma or GED credential.
Eligible Applicants: Danville Community College, Germanna Community College, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, New River Community College, Rappahannock Community College, Southside Virginia Community College, Patrick Henry Community College and Thomas Nelson Community College.
Due Date: Closed
VCCS Contact: Caroline Thurston
2011-2012 Middle College Grant
Name of Grant: On-Ramp
Funding Source: State WIA Rapid Response
Purpose of Grant: To prepare unemployed and underemployed adults to reenter and succeed in the skilled workforce through scholarship assistance for community college and workforce programs leading to industry recognized credentials and through career and educational coaching services.
Population Served: Adults who are unemployed or underemployed due to business closures or downsizing, layoffs or high regional unemployment rates.
Eligible Applicants: Community Colleges
Due Date: See Important Dates section for yearly schedule in right margin of website.
VCCS Contact: Elizabeth Creamer
Program Information
Data and Reporting Information
Forms for Use with Students
Resource Materials from Statewide Meeting - September 22, 2011
Name of Grant: Virginia OJT (On-the-Job Training) Reemployment Project
Funding Source: ARRA/NEG Workforce Investment Act Funds
Purpose of Grant: The Virginia OJT Reemployment Project is intended to prepare long-term dislocated workers to enter a new industry or trade, gain prerequisite occupational skills, competence and knowledge, via placement into approved, paid on-the-job training positions (for a period not to exceed six months) and culminate with permanent employment following the successful completion of the training period.
Population Served: This grant funded project will be active in five state of Virginia Workforce Investment Board (WIB) areas: New River/Mt. Rogers WIB (Area 2), South Central WIB (Area 8), Northern Virginia WIB (Area 11), Bay Consortium WIB 13 (Area 13), and Greater Peninsula (Area 14).
Eligible Applicants: The Virginia OJT Reemployment Project will focus exclusively on dislocated workers meeting the Federal Project criteria of 1) eligibility for WIA Dislocated Worker services; 2) having been laid off after January 1, 2008; and 3) having been unemployed beyond Virginia’s average Unemployment Insurance duration of 27 weeks. Employer participation will be limited to those in the private sector. The Virginia OJT Reemployment Project will fund up to 90% of qualified trainee’s wages for up to six months.
Due Date: The grant funding period runs from September 1, 2010 through July 20, 2012.
VCCS Contact:Jim Antonick
1. Postsecondary Perkins Grants 2011-2012
Name of Grant: Postsecondary Perkins
Funding Source: Carl D. Perkins Act of 2006
Purpose of Grant: Postsecondary Perkins grants are targeted to the improvement of community college career and technical education programs through the development and expansion of career pathways that prepare students for careers in high skills, high demand, or high wage fields and that connect employers to education. The VCCS Workforce Development Services division is responsible for administering Perkins programs at the postsecondary level at all 23 community colleges in VA.
Population Served: Community college career and technical education (CTE) students
Eligible Applicants: Community College Perkins Administrators
Due Date: Closed
VCCS Contact: MaChere Dickerson
The 2011-2012 Perkins Postsecondary grant application is a 2 part process.(See Guidelines, Part I, Part IIa and Part IIb)
1a. Postsecondary Perkins Grants 2011-2012 Fiscal Reimbursement Requests
Perkins Postsecondary grant reimbursement requests should be made using Online Management of Education Grant Awards (OMEGA) found on the Virginia Department of Education website at http://www.doe.virginia.gov or by logging here https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/ssws/login.page.do All 2011-2012 Perkins funds must be spent on or before June 30, 2012 and reimbursements requested no later than July 31, 2012.
1b.Postsecondary Perkins Grants 2011-2012 Fiscal Revision Forms for Omega Submissions
1c. Postsecondary Perkins Grants 2011-2012 Carryover Fiscal Reimbursement Requests
Name of Grant: Regional Career Pathways System Grant
Funding Source: Ford Foundation
Purpose of Grant: To support development of operational frameworks through which regions can build or improve career pathways systems.
Population Served: May include an entire regional workforce, or a specific population of participants within a region’s workforce system such as high school students, young adults without a high school diploma or equivalency, college students, working adults, displaced workers, or youth or adults with specific barriers to education and employment such as foster youth or single parents.
Eligible Applicants: Will be issued to organizations representing a regional partnership that is comprised of at least some of the following partners in a career pathways system: economic development organization, Workforce Investment Boards, community colleges, universities, private colleges and technical schools, school divisions, adult education programs, social services agencies, and community based organizations.
Due Date: Closed
VCCS Contact: Elizabeth J. Moran
Funding for this initiative is through the Ford Foundation and is for the period of August 1, 2010 through December 31, 2011. This is a reimbursable grant. Requests for reimbursement must be made to the VCCS on at least a quarterly basis. More frequent reimbursements are allowed. Fiscal forms for reimbursement can be accessed below and should be mailed to Elizabeth J. Moran, Career Pathways System Coordinator, VCCS, 101 N. 14th Street, 17th Floor, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Final requests for reimbursement must be filed with the VCCS no later than January 6, 2011.
Name of Grant: Two categories of funding: Regional Collaboration and Local Coordination
Funding Source: State Workforce Investment Act Funds
Purpose of Grant: Improve performance and visibility of WIBs and encourage alignment with Governor's Plan for Workforce Development
Population Served: In and out of school youth and adults including displaced workers
Eligible Applicants: Workforce Investment Boards
Due Date: Closed
VCCS Contact: Elizabeth Creamer
Regional Collaboration
Local Coordination