1. Funding Opportunity
    2. Special Notification, February 1, 2011
      1. The U.S. Department of Education (ED), and the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) are pleased to announce the release of the U.S. Department Of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Community College
        1. and Career Training Grants.
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1
 
 
Funding
 
Opportunity
  
Special
 
Notification,
 
February
 
1,
 
2011
 
 
 
Trade
 
Adjustment
 
Assistance
 
(TAA)
 
Community
 
College
 
and
  
Career
 
Trainin
g
 
Grants
 
 
The
 
U.S.
 
Department
 
of
 
Education
 
(ED),
 
and
 
the
 
Florida
 
Department
 
of
 
Education
 
(FDOE)
 
are
 
pleased
 
to
 
announce
 
the
 
release
 
of
 
the
 
U.S.
 
Department
 
Of
 
Labor
 
(DOL)
 
Employment
 
and
 
Training
 
Administration
 
Notice
 
of
 
Availability
 
of
 
Funds
 
and
 
Solicitation
 
for
 
Grant
 
Applications
 
(SGA)
 
for
 
Trade
 
Adjustment
 
Assistance
 
(TAA)
 
Community
 
College
  
and
 
Career
 
Training
 
Grants.
  
 
BE
 
SUR
E
 
TO
 
VERIFY
 
AVAILABILITY,
 
ELIGIBILITY,
 
AND
 
INSTRUCTIONS
 
BEFORE
 
PREPARING
 
PROPOSALS.
 
 
 
PROGRAM:
 
Trade
 
Adjustment
 
Assistance
 
(TAA)
 
Community
 
College
 
and
 
Career
 
Training
  
 
PURPOSE
 
OF
 
PROGRAM:
 
As
 
stated
 
in
 
the
 
SGA:
 
“The
 
grants
 
awarded
 
under
 
this
 
Solicitation
 
will
 
help
 
eligible
 
institutions
 
expand
 
and
 
improve
 
their
 
ability
 
to
 
deliver
 
education
 
and
 
career
 
training
 
programs
 
that
 
can
 
be
 
completed
 
in
 
two
 
years
 
or
 
less,
 
and
 
are
 
suited
 
for
 
workers
 
who
 
are
 
eligible
 
for
 
training
 
under
 
the
 
TAA
 
for
 
Workers
 
program.
 
The
 
Department
 
of
 
Labor
 
(the
 
Department)
 
is
 
committed
 
to
 
funding
 
applications
 
that
 
use
 
data
 
and
 
evidence
 
to
 
demonstrate
 
that
 
strategies
 
are
 
likely
 
to
 
produce
 
significant
 
positive
 
change
 
and
 
advance
 
learning,
 
allowing
 
grantees
 
to
 
identify
 
and
 
integrate
 
promising
 
and
 
proven
 
strategies
 
into
 
their
 
education
 
and
 
training
 
programs.
 
This
 
program
 
is
 
designed
 
to
 
ensure
 
that
 
all
 
eventual
 
grant
 
winners
 
will
 
contribute
 
to
 
strengthening
 
the
 
evidence
 
base
 
that
 
exists
 
on
 
the
 
impact
 
of
 
education
 
and
 
career
 
training
 
programs.”
 
 
“All
 
successful
 
applicant
s
 
will
 
be
 
required
 
to
 
allow
 
broad
 
access
 
for
 
others
 
to
 
use
 
and
 
enhance
 
project
 
products
 
and
 
offerings,
 
including
 
permitting
 
for
‐
profit
 
derivative
 
uses
 
of
 
the
 
courses
 
and
 
associated
 
learning
 
materials.
 
See
 
Section
 
IV.E.4
 
for
 
more
 
information
 
on
 
Intellectual
 
Property
 
Rights.”
 
 
“All
 
successful
 
applicant
s
 
that
 
propose
 
online
 
and
 
technology
‐
enabled
 
learning
 
projects
 
will
 
develop
 
materials
 
in
 
compliance
 
with
 
Sharable
 
Content
 
Object
 
Reference
 
Model
 
(SCORM),
 
as
 
referenced
 
in
 
Section
 
I.B.4
 
of
 
this
 
SGA.
 
These
 
courses
 
and
 
materials
 
will
 
be
 
made
 
available
 
to
 
the
 
Department
 
for
 
free
 
public
 
use
 
and
 
distribution,
 
including
 
the
 
ability
 
to
 
re
‐
use
 
course
 
modules,
 
via
 
an
 
online
 
repository
 
for
 
learning
 
materials
 
to
 
be
 
established
 
by
 
the
 
Federal
 
Government.
 
All
 
grant
 
products
 
will
 
be
 
provided
 
to
 
the
 
Department
 
with
 
meta
‐
data
 
(as
 
described
 
in
 
Section
 
III.G.4)
 
in
 
an
 
open
 
format
 
mutually
 
agreed
‐
upon
 
by
 
the
 
grantee
 
and
 
the
 
Department.”
  
 
“The
 
overarching
 
goals
 
of
 
this
 
SGA
 
are
 
to
 
increase
 
attainment
 
of
 
degrees,
 
certificates,
 
and
 
other
 
industry
‐
recognized
 
credentials
 
and
 
better
 
prepare
 
the
 
targeted
 
population,
 
and
 
other
 
beneficiaries,
 
for
 
high
‐
wage,
 
high
‐
skill
 
employment.
 
This
 
SGA
 
contains
 
four
 
priorities
 
and
 
corresponding
 
strategies
 
toward
 
achievement
 
of
 
these
 
goals:
  
1.
 
Acceler
ate
 
Progress
 
for
 
Low
‐
Skilled
 
and
 
Other
 
Workers;
  
2.
 
Improve
 
Retention
 
and
 
Achievement
 
Rates
 
to
 
Reduce
 
Time
 
to
 
Completion;
  
3.
 
Build
 
Pr
ograms
 
That
 
Meet
 
Industry
 
Needs,
 
Including
 
Developing
 
Career
 
Pathways;
 
and
  
4.
 
Strengthen
 
Online
 
and
 
Technology
‐
Enabled
 
Learning.”
 
 
2
“Additionally,
 
DOL
 
and
 
ED
 
are
 
committed
 
to
 
funding
 
applications
 
that
 
use
 
data
 
and
 
evidence
 
to
 
demonstrate
 
that
 
strategies
 
are
 
likely
 
to
 
produce
 
significant
 
positive
 
change
 
and
 
advance
 
learning,
 
allowing
 
grantees
 
to
 
identify
 
and
 
integrate
 
promising
 
and
 
proven
 
strategies
 
into
 
their
 
education
 
and
 
training
 
programs.”
 
 
DEADLINE:
 
April
 
21,
 
2011
  
(APPLICATIONS
 
MUST
 
BE
 
REC
EIVED
 
NO
 
LATER
 
THAN
 
4
 
p.m.
 
Eastern
 
Time.)
 
 
CATALOG
 
of
 
FEDERAL
 
DOMESTIC
 
ASSISTANCE
 
(CFDA)
 
#:
 
17.282
 
   
  
   
TOTAL
 
FUNDING
 
AMOUNT/APPROXIMATE
 
NUMBER
 
OF
 
AWARDS
  
$500
 
Million/“$2.5
 
million
 
to
 
$5
 
million
 
for
 
indivi
dual
 
applicants
 
and
 
from
 
$2.5
 
million
 
to
 
$20
 
million
 
for
 
consortium
 
applicants.
 
Grants
 
may
 
exceed
 
the
 
award
 
amount
 
ceiling
 
on
 
two
 
conditions
 
only:
  
•
 
Individual
 
or
 
consortium
 
applicants
 
propose
 
to
 
re
plicate,
 
at
 
multiple
 
sites
 
and/or
 
with
 
the
 
targeted
 
and
 
 
other
 
populations,
 
strategies
 
that
 
have
 
been
 
shown
 
by
 
prior
 
research
 
to
 
have
 
strong
 
or
 
moderate
 
 
evidence
 
of
 
positive
 
impacts
 
on
 
education
 
and/or
 
employment
 
outcomes.
 
See
 
Attachment
 
F
 
for
 
more
 
 
information
 
on
 
the
 
Evidence
‐
Based
 
Conceptual
 
Framework;
 
or
  
•
 
Individual
 
or
 
consortium
 
applicants
 
propose
 
to
 
dev
elop
 
and
 
implement
 
online
 
and
 
technology
‐
enabled
 
 
courses
 
and
 
learning
 
projects
 
that
 
will
 
be
 
taken
 
to
 
scale
 
beyond
 
the
 
community
 
level
 
to
 
reach
 
 
significant
 
numbers
 
of
 
diverse
 
students
 
over
 
a
 
large
 
geographic
 
area.”
  
 
MATCH
 
REQUIREM
ENT:
 
Cost
 
sharing
 
or
 
matching
 
funds
 
are
 
not
 
required
 
as
 
a
 
condition
 
for
 
application,
 
but
 
leveraging
 
other
 
resources
 
is
 
strongly
 
encouraged.
 
 
LINK
 
TO
 
SGA:
 
http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/SGA
‐
DFA
‐
PY
‐
10
‐
03.pdf
 
ELIGIBLE
 
INSTITUTIONS:
“
The
 
eligible
 
applicants
 
for
 
this
 
SGA
 
are
 
institutions
 
of
 
higher
 
education
 
and
 
consortia
 
of
 
two
 
or
 
more
 
of
 
those
 
eligible
 
institutions.
 
Institutions
 
of
 
Higher
 
Education
 
(IHEs)
 
may
 
submit
 
a
 
proposal
 
on
 
behalf
 
of
 
a
 
consortium
 
of
 
eligible
 
institutions.
 
For
 
the
 
purpose
 
of
 
this
 
solicitation,
 
a
 
consortium
 
is
 
comprised
 
of
 
two
 
or
 
more
 
individual
 
eligible
 
institutions,
 
as
 
defined
 
in
 
Section
 
III.A
 
of
 
this
 
SGA,
 
that
 
do
 
not
 
constitute
 
a
 
single
 
legal
 
entity,
 
but
 
who
 
join
 
together
 
to
 
apply
 
for
 
an
 
award
 
under
 
this
 
solicitation.
 
While
 
consortium
 
applicants
 
must
 
meet
 
the
 
education
 
and
 
training
 
needs
 
of
 
workers
 
impacted
 
by
 
foreign
 
trade
 
in
 
at
 
least
 
one
 
community
 
served
 
by
 
the
 
consortium,
 
consortium
 
applicants
 
must
 
report
 
education
 
and
 
training
 
outcomes
 
as
 
described
 
in
 
Section
 
V.A.3
 
for
 
all
 
program
 
participants.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
Department
 
strongly
 
encourages
 
consortium
 
applicants
 
to
 
propose
 
projects
 
that
 
focus
 
on
 
regional,
 
national,
 
or
 
industry
‐
wide
 
education
 
and
 
training
 
needs,
 
and
 
membership
 
may
 
cross
 
geographic
 
boundaries
 
as
 
necessary
 
to
 
the
 
project
 
design.
 
Consortium
 
applicants
 
are
 
also
 
encouraged
 
to
 
leverage
 
expertise
 
from
 
content
 
experts,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
broad
 
networks
 
of
 
education
 
and
 
training
 
institutions,
 
as
 
described
 
in
 
Section
 
III.D
 
of
 
this
 
SGA.
 
Consortium
 
applicants
 
may
 
submit
 
proposals
 
for
 
quality
 
projects
 
at
 
any
 
funding
 
level
 
that
 
is
 
demonstrated
 
to
 
be
 
reasonable
 
and
 
appropriate
 
to
 
the
 
scope
 
and
 
complexity
 
of
 
the
 
proposed
 
project.”
 
 
CONTACT
:
 
“For
 
further
 
information
 
regarding
 
this
 
SGA,
 
please
 
contact
 
Melissa
 
Abdullah,
 
Grants
 
Management
 
Specialist,
 
Division
 
of
 
Federal
 
Assistance,
 
at
 
(202)
 
693
‐
3346.
 
Applicants
 
should
 
e
‐
mail
 
all
 
technical
 
questions
 
to
 
Abdullah.Melissa@dol.gov
 
and
 
must
 
specifically
 
reference
 
SGA/DFA
 
PY
 
10
‐
03,
 
and
 
along
 
with
 
question(s),
 
include
 
a
 
contact
 
name,
 
fax
 
and
 
phone
 
number.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
Visit
 
the
 
FDOE
 
Grants
 
Management
 
Website
 
at
 
http://www.fldoe.org/grants/
 
 
Sign
 
Up
 
for
 
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Opportunities
 
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mail
 
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•
 
  
Access
 
the
 
Internet
 
and
 
type
 
in:
 
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•
 
  
Choose
 
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Up
 
for
 
E
‐
mail
 
Notices,”
 
enter
 
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mail
 
address,
 
and
 
click
 
continue
.
 
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boxes,
 
select
 
suitable
 
description
 
and
 
county
 
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•
 
  
Choose
 
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Interest
 
Area
 
and
 
click
 
continue
.
 
•
 
  
Once
 
in
 
Interest
 
Area,
 
scroll
 
to
 
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section
 
and
 
select
 
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Opportunities,
 
next
 
click
  
  
on
 
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next
 
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you
 
the
 
opportunity
 
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sign
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up
 
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you
 
have
 
questions
 
about
 
the
 
electronic
 
system,
 
please
 
contact:
 
Mary
 
Evans
 
–
 
e
‐
mail:
 
Mary.Evans@fldoe.org
 
If
 
you
 
have
 
questions
 
about
 
the
 
Funding
 
Opportunities
 
document,
 
please
 
contact:
 
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of
 
Grants
 
Training
 
and
 
Development
 
–
 
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‐
mail:
 
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