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Below is the Request for Proposals, and the supporting documentation and files that you will need to submit your proposal.
Please Note on application template - Minimum required partners for RFP:
1. Business/Industry
2. Education
3. Workforce Investment Boards
We encourage you to review the FAQ, since it contains much information that clarifies and expands on questions that have arisen, both now and from the previous RFP. If you have any questions re: the proposal, please check the FAQ page first. If your question is not answered there, please post it in the Comments section at the bottom of this page. Staff will respond to all questions as soon as possible. Check back often to keep up with the replies to your questions, and to see what questions others have posted.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Approval Request Form Youth 14-15
Workforce Investment Board Contact List
Please post all questions below, and check back regularly for answers to all questions!
Karen White said
Can current MNREM grant awardees submit for expansion of activities under this recently released RFP? Karen White
Carol Dombek said
The RFP is open to anyone to apply. The purpose of the MNREM-WIRED grants is to test ideas, start projects, and/or expand current projects that result in significant regional change. Projects receiving MNREM-WIRED investments should have the potential to expand, be replicated or result in other projects with longer lasting effects.
Carol Dombek said
Sharing Products with DOL
We have had a number of questions re: the sharing of grant-funded products with the Department of Labor, for public dissemination. Hopefully the information below will provide some clarification. If not, please post additional questions.
If grant funds are used to purchase copyrighted curriculum, should that curriculum be submitted by the grantee as a product?
A curriculum or product that is purchased with grant funds, but not developed with grant funds, would not be submitted as a product since it was not developed with grant funds.
If a curriculum and supporting materials are developed with grant funds, with the long-term plan being to market the curriculum/materials to industry, for sustainability, does that need to be shared?
Yes, once the curriculum and supporting materials are complete, they need to be submitted through the defined format and process, and will be posted to the Workforce3One website and available to anyone who is registered for that site. Once the grant is completed the grantee can charge for the curriculum and materials. Until then, if anyone charges for it the funds are considered program income and would have to be applied back to the grant and expended for allowable grant activities.
Carol Dombek said
Carol Dombek said
We have had some requests to view a proposal from the previous round, as an example. One of the grantees has been kind enough to give us permission to share their proposal as a sample. Please keep in mind, however, that the new RFP has some differences from the RFP that this proposal followed, so make sure that you are aware of what is being requested in the current RFP.
SAMPLE Proposal
Carol Dombek said
Can MNREM-WIRED funds be used to lease equipment for training?
Yes
Lois E. Josefson said
Can an entity submit more than one proposal in this round of funding?
If yes, will both proposals be viewed on their merits and have the potential to both be funded?Carol Dombek said
Yes and yes.