Innovative Workforce Development Programs
Department of Transportation

Application deadline: March 15, 2011

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is soliciting proposals that demonstrate innovative workforce development practices and programs occurring in public transportation. FTA has budgeted up to $1,000,000 for providing support of innovative transit workforce development efforts. Proposals must have a minimum threshold of $50,000 and a maximum of $500,000. FTA will accept applications targeting one or more of the four activity areas:

1. Tracked pre-employment training/preparation
2. Recruitment and hiring
3. Incumbent worker training and retention
4. Succession planning/phased retirement

Selected proposals will support products and approaches that improve the state of the practice in workforce development. Funding can be used to support new innovative programs or to innovatively augment existing workforce development efforts. FTA anticipates entering into cooperative agreements with public transportation operators. Eligible applicants are urban and rural transit agencies, state departments of transportation (DOTs) providing public transportation services, and Indian Tribes. Only these types of organizations are eligible to apply to this program. To be eligible for funding under this solicitation, applicants must demonstrate that the proposed project is supported by both the primary applicant and a strategic partnership with at least one or more external partner(s).

For More Information: http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/grants_financing_7829.html