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$100 Million TechHire Grant Initiative – Request for Proposals (RFP) from MTDLI

December 30, 2015 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

This message is to confirm that the Montana Department of Labor & Industry (MTDLI) has scheduled the following conference call for prospective Community Partnership Teams (CPT’s) to be able to ask questions and get guidance to support development of proposals for the MTDLI TechHire Grant Application:

Date: Thursday, January 7th

Time: 9:00 to 10:00 am (MT)

Call-in #: +1 (646) 749-3122

Access Code: 866-673-349

Please find attached an RFP from the Montana Department of Labor & Industry seeking proposals for innovative community partnership pilot projects in response to the $100 million USDOL TechHire Grant Initiative. Please distribute to individuals on your respective leadership teams for their immediate consideration.

In summary:

The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (MTDLI) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) from eligible Community Partnership Teams (CPT’s) for potential inclusion in a $3.95 million MTDLI TechHire Grant Application to be submitted for funding from the U.S. DOL $100 million TechHire Grant Initiative. A sub-group of the Montana State Workforce Innovation Board (SWIB) will review all eligible proposals and will select three (3) to five (5) pilot projects – representing funding requests of $600,000 to $1,000.000 per proposal – to be included in the $3.95 million MTDLI TechHire Grant Application.

As part of my on-going efforts to help cultivate "pilot projects" to help address your respective community’s priority workforce development needs, I am very interested in working collaboratively with you, and your respective community partnership teams, to support you in developing competitive proposals for this grant. Please do not hesitate to contact me directly at [email protected] if you have any questions and/or to let me know how I can best assist you in this effort.

Please also take NOTE of the important dates associated with this opportunity:

· To be eligible for consideration, proposals must be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] no later than 5:00 p.m. (MT) on February 15, 2016.

MTDLI will schedule a conference call for prospective CPT’s to be able to ask questions and get guidance to support development of their proposals. P
lease e-mail [email protected] to confirm your intention to participate in this call.