Thank you for your interest in the SUNY Workforce Development Grant.  This grant is designed to provide funding for employee training projects at businesses within New York State and connect them with the workforce training resources at community colleges.

Individual companies may apply, or groups of companies may apply as a consortium to share the costs and implementation of training. Grant funds are expected to be released in January 2019, and eligible projects may begin any time after they are available. Projects must conclude by June 30, 2019.

Any company with two or more employees within the SUNY Adirondack’s service area of Warren, Washington and northern Saratoga counties is eligible to apply. The employer is required to commit to a percentage of matching funds.
  • First priority is given to businesses that are newly relocated to New York State and those businesses that are start-ups and are expanding their operations and/or creating new jobs.
  • Consideration will also be given to employers that seek to use training to improve productivity, efficiency, effectiveness or profitability; maintain operations in New York or retain jobs; or show promise of increased sales, new products, or new markets.
  • In addition, small firms which would not be able to afford training without assistance and businesses that show clear links to the economic development objectives of the region will also be considered.
SUNY Adirondack administers the grants and works with employers to find the appropriate training providers for approved workforce development training projects. For more information, please contact Erin Krivitski, PsyD at 518.832.7604 or via email at krivitskie@sunyacc.edu.

The deadline to apply for this competitive grant is Wednesday, January  16, 2019.  Please address all of the following questions to create a complete proposal and click "DONE" below to submit.
BUSINESS PROFILE:

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* 1. Identify the primary contact person for this grant, the business name and address, the county in which it is located, and the contact’s email address and phone number below.

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* 2. Indicate which of the following best describes your business.

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* 3. Categorize your business in terms of the industry. (Please check all that apply.)

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* 4. Identify your company's primary product(s) or service(s).

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* 5. Identify the total number of employees in NYS in your organization.

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* 6. Indicate if your business has previously been awarded the SUNY Workforce Development Grant funds (i.e., yes or no).  If "yes," please
  • identify in what year and what training projects were completed and
  • explain why funding is needed again to support the company's training program.
Please note that this competitive grant is based on need and strength of application and that applications from employers who have not been funded through this grant previously may be given priority.

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* 7. Indicate whether your business is (please check all that apply)

Proposed Training Project

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* 8. Describe the training initiative(s) that you would implement using the SUNY Workforce Development Grant funds.   

**Please note:  Funds from this grant may NOT be used for employee wages; consultation costs; completing a needs assessment; tuition for credit courses; or purchasing packaged, off-the-shelf, non-customized training programs.  The focus of this grant is customized training in collaboration with a community college.  Please be realistic regarding the training project and your organization’s and employees’ ability to commit to completing it in the allotted timeline - as not using all money allocated to an approved project may jeopardize future grant funding.**
 
Please be as clear and concise as possible in outlining the training project by addressing the items below; some or all of this information may be used publicly to describe the project and report on the impact of funding.

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* 9. Partnerships:  Indicate whether your business is
  • partnering with one or more other businesses to share training programs and costs for employees (consortium)
  • collaborating with other state and community agencies on training or other initiatives

If so, please identify partners or collaborating agencies.  If not, please type "N/A" or "not applicable."

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* 10. Required Match (Cash):  Confirm that your business is able to commit to the 10% required cash match of the total project costs.

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* 11. Required Match (In-Kind):  Confirm that your business is able to commit to the 15% required in-kind match of the total project costs – typically representing employee release time for attending training and training materials (e.g., books, software, equipment).

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* 12. Optional - Additional Match:  Indicate if your business is able to contribute 20% or more cash to match the total project costs.

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* 13. Final Reporting:  Confirm that you will commit to preparing a letter on company letterhead outlining the benefits and impact of training, as well as attesting to meeting the required match at the end of the training project.

Impact of Training Project

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* 14. Please briefly summarize the anticipated impact by filling in the blank: 

As a result of this training, _________________ will be different or improved at my organization.

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* 15. Describe how the training project will improve productivity, efficiency, effectiveness and/or profitability of your business.

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* 16. And explain how improved productivity, efficiency, effectiveness and/or profitability of your business may be assessed or documented for reporting purposes.

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* 17. Explain how this training is
  • vital for your business to remain in NY state,
  • essential to survival of the business, and/or
  • required for job retention.

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* 18. Explain how this training may allow your business to increase sales, introduce new products, or reach new markets.

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* 19. And describe how you could assess or document increased sales, the introduction of new products, or new markets that were reached for reporting purposes.

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* 20. Additional comments or information that may be relevant to this application; if none, please state "none."

Proposal Submission: 
Please select "DONE" to submit your proposal by or before Wednesday, January 16, 2019.   
Thank you for your submission!

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