Lead applicants organization name: hudson county community collegeproject title name and purpose: strengthening community college training grant at hudson county community college (hccc) to increase…

Lead applicants organization name: hudson county community collegeproject title name and purpose: strengthening community college training grant at hudson county community college (hccc) to increase workforce development capacity in financial services and technology sectors: financial services and technologytotal funding requested: $1,750,000TYPE of applicant: single institutionlabor market area, industry sector(s), and occupations within career pathways program(s): hudson county, NJ financial services sector (salesforce and accounting auditing career pathways) and technology sector (information technology, cybersecurity, and data analytics career pathways)total estimated number of participants: 375PROJECT partners include:employer partners: emazzanti technologies AP business services bank of america connectone bank citizens bank julius rose insurance agency PNC financial services provident bank XMG incworker labor management partner s : international federation of professional and technical engineers (ifpte) local 194 hudson county jersey city workforce devel. Board hudson county economic development corporation state employment and training commission NJ DOL division of vocational rehabilitationcommunity based organization partners: north hudson community action corporation alliance community healthcare new jersey reentry corporation rutgers center for advanced infrastructurekey equity GAP(s) to be addressed: equity gaps for women, black african american, and hispanic latinx communities (in our case, these are also low-income)occupation(s) targeted for good jobs: sales tech operation asst. Universal banker customer service REP. SF developercareer pathways program(s) to be enhanced: financial services (salesforce and accounting auditing career pathways) and technology (information technology, cybersecurity, and data analytics career pathways)strategy options proposed:A1 improve process for incorporating employer INPUTA2 add to existing job development STAFFA4 strengthen employer-offered, paid, work-based learning (internships, apprenticeships)A6 provide leveraged employer resources including instructors, mentors, in-KINDB1 provide career navigation and coaching SERVICESB2 provide wraparound social supports and incentivized ADVISEMENTB4 collaborate with worker organization or labor union to engage underserved COMMUNITIESC1 enhance non-credit to credit ARTICULATIONC6 implement or enhance credit for prior LEARNINGC7 provide flexible instructionindustry-recognized credentials to be awarded: non-credit: intuit bookkeeping professional certification, salesforce sales representative professional certification, google IT help desk professional certification, goggle data analyst professional certification, comptia IT fundamentals, intuit certified bookkeeping professional exam, salesforce administrator certification exam, comptia a helpdesk, comptia networking, comptia cybersecurity.summary of program activities: formalize stakeholder project advisory boards engage students and alumni on advisory boards engage partners in design of project elements curricula. Leveraging of resources from all stakeholder partners diversifying funding sources drawing upon success to compete for additional grant funding. Flexible course modalities expansion. Credit for prior learning evaluated for all students upon enrollment. Internal articulations for students to obtain credit for workforce programs. Stackable credentials from non-credit to credit clearly communicated and nested into academic certificates and degrees. Non-credit and credit enrollment standardized to streamline transfers among programs.public contact information:lori margolin, (201)