Project Grant 23A60HG000053

LEAD APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (VCCS)LEAD APPLICANT ENTITY TYPE: EDUCATION TRAINING PROVIDERLEAD APPLICANT LOCATION: RICHMOND, VAREQUIRED PARTNERS:EMPLOYER PARTNERS: AWS, EE REED, HITT, TEAM FISHELEDUCATION TRAINING PROVIDERS: VCCS COLLEGES: NORTHERN VIRGINIA, LAUREL RIDGE,GERMANNA, RAPPAHANNOCK, J. SARGEANT REYNOLDS, SOUTHSIDE AND PIEDMONT.STATE APPRENTICESHIP AGENCY (SAA): N AENTITIES INVOLVED IN ADMINISTERING THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM: VIRGINIADEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE AND ADVANCEMENT VA DEPT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF CAREER,TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATIONWORKER ORGANIZATIONS, LABOR-MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, OR LABOR UNIONS: INDEPENDENTELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND VIRGINIA BROADBAND ASSOCIATION.OPTIONAL PARTNERS: VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, VA. DEPARTMENTOF SOCIAL SERVICES, VA. DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN SERVICES, VA. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTPARTNERSHIP VA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, VARIOUS LOCAL SOCIALSERVICE AGENCIES WITH A RELATIONSHIP TO A LOCAL COLLEGE.GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE: IDENTIFY SCOPE: LOCAL REGIONAL, STATEWIDE, OR NATIONAL: REGIONAL IDENTIFY SPECIFIC LOCATION(S) WHERE GRANT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED: CITIES, COUNTIES, ORSTATE(S): RICHMOND, BRUNSWICK, ARLINGTON, FAIRFAX, CLARKE, FAUGUIER, FREDERICK, PAGE,RAPPAHANNOCK, SHENANDOAH, WARREN, ESSEX, GLOUCESTER, KING AND QUEEN, KING GEORGE,KING WILLIAM, LANCASTER, MATTHEWS, MIDDLESEX, NEW KENT, NORTHUMBERLAND,WESTMORELAND, CAROLINE, CULPEPER, MADISON, ORANGE, SPOTSYLVANIA, STAFFORD, HENRICO,CHARLOTTE, CUMBERLAND, GREENSVILLE, HALIFAX, LUNENBURG, MECKLENBURG, NOTTOWAY, PRINCEEDWARD, ALBEMARLE, BUCKINGHAM, FLUVANNA, GREENE, LOUISA AND NELSON. DOES THE AREA TO BE SERVED INCLUDE SMALLER OR RURAL COMMUNITIES AS DEFINED IN THE FOA YES RICHMOND AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES ARE RURAL.TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING REQUESTED (TOTAL 5-YEAR PERIOD): 5,000,000TOTAL MATCH PROPOSED (TOTAL 5-YEAR PERIOD): 2,216,800PROJECT TITLE NAME: BUILDING PATHWAYSPROPOSED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WHO START TRAINING: 3,000SUMMARY OF PROJECT PURPOSE AND EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES OFFERED: WE WILLPREPARE STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, OFFERING 63 SPECIFIC, INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZEDCREDENTIALS. COURSES WILL BE OFFERED AT SEVEN DIFFERENT COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN VIRGINIA.TARGETED POPULATION(S) TO BE SERVED: UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, AND OR INCUMBENTWORKERS. EACH COLLEGE WILL FOCUS ON ITS LOCAL POPULATION THAT MAY INCLUDE: INDIVIDUALS WITHDISABILITIES, FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES, ENGLISH LEARNERS, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS,YOUTH IN OR FROM THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, YOUTH WITH A PARENT WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE ARMEDFORCES, AND MIGRANT STUDENTS. OTHER POPULATIONS OF FOCUS INCLUDE STUDENTS FROM RURAL AREAS,FIRST-GENERATION, VETERANS, AND OTHERS WHO ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN WELL-PAYINGTECHNOLOGY BROADBAND CAREERS.TRAINING TRACK: SCALING TRACKTARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR: BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURETARGETED H-1B OCCUPATIONS: NETWORK AND DATA CENTER OPERATIONS (COMPUTER NETWORKSUPPORT SPECIALISTS, O NET 15-1231.00 (IT NETWORK AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORSO NET 15-1244.00) FIBER OPTIC AND BROADBAND TECHNICIANS (FIBER OPTIC CABLING ANDBROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE NAICS 237130. TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT INSTALLERS ANDREPAIRERS, EXCEPT LINE INSTALLERS O NET 49-2022.00 TELECOMMUNICATION LINE INSTALLERS ANDREPAIRERS O NET 49-9052.00) ENGINEER OPERATIONS TECHNICIANS (CIVIL ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHS O NET 17-3022.00 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS,EXCEPT DRAFTERS, ALL OTHER O NET 17-3029.00) DATA ANALYSTS (SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS O NET15-1252.00 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYSTS AND TESTERS O NET 15-1253.00 COMPUTERSYSTEMS ANALYSTS O NET 15-1211.00).CUT OFF DUE TO CHARACTER LIMIT, SEE ATTACHMENT D OF AWARD