CONCEPT PAPER
If you have questions about the Job Skills Program or need assistance with your concept paper or application,
If you have questions about the Job Skills Program or need assistance with your concept paper, please
contact Anna Nikolaeva, Program Administrator, 360-704-4342, anikolaeva@sbctc.edu.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
College:
Contact:
Phone:
Email:
Company Name:
Primary Industry:
Description of major products and markets:
Location:
City and County of the facility(ies) where training will be provided.
Has the business partner(s) used the Job Skills Program for training in the past? (Please note that
individual companies are eligible to receive a JSP grant no more than two times within a 5-year
period)
Yes
No
If yes, what year?
Estimated Start and End Dates:
Projects must be completed by June 30, 2017.
It is recommended that training be scheduled to be completed well in advance of June 30 to allow time for wrap-up
activities such as reporting, evaluation, etc.
Sources for match:
Please check all that apply
Trainee salary and benefits
Cash match
Equipment donation
Other
Estimated JSP grant request: $
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COMPANY INFORMATION
1. Current total number of employees at this
facility:
2. Has the company ever operated under a
different name? What name(s)?
3. Does the company plan to hire additional
employees within the next 12 months?
Yes
No
4. If yes, approximately how many?
5. Estimated total number of trainees:
a) Estimate the number of new employees to
be trained for jobs:
b) Estimate the number of current
employees to be retrained:
6. Hourly pay range (low to high) for all
trainees:
$
King County – minimum $13.00/hr.
All other counties – minimum $11.00/hr.
7. Applicable collective bargaining agreements:
PROJECT INFORMATION
8. Briefly describe the training being
requested by the company:
9. Who will be providing the training?
Check all that apply
College Staff
Company employee
Subcontractors:
Other
10. Briefly describe communication you have
had about this project with your local
Workforce Development Council (WDC),
Economic Development Council (EDC)
and/or other community partners and
identify any other funding sources or
programs that will be involved.
11. Have any of the Centers of Excellence been
apprised of this project? If so, specify
which one(s).
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INTENDED PURPOSES OF THE JSP PROJECT
Job Skills Program projects must meet one or more of the following.
Check all the outcomes that apply to this project.
Provides short-term training which has been designated for specific industries;
Provides training for prospective employees before a new operation opens or when existing industry
expands;
Includes training or retraining for workers already employed to avoid dislocation, or where upgrading
of existing employees would create new vacancies for unemployed persons;
Serve an area with high concentrations of economically disadvantaged persons and high
unemployment;
Promotes the growth of industry clusters;
Serves an area where there is a shortage of skilled labor to meet job demands;
Promotes the location of new industry in areas affected by economic dislocation
FUNDING PRIORITIES OF THE JSP PROJECT
Priority for funding may be given to applications that include one or more features listed below. Please
check all that apply to this JSP project.
Proposes training that provides college credit or leads to a recognized industry credential;
Includes firms in strategic industry clusters as identified by the state or local area
(http://www.wtb.wa.gov/ClusterRankingsAllRegions.asp);
Coordinates with other cluster-based programs or initiatives including but not limited to, industry skill
panels, centers of excellence, innovation partnership zones, state-supported cluster growth grants, and
local cluster-based economic development initiatives;
From consortia of colleges or consortia of employers;
Proposes increased capacity for education institutions that can be made available to industry and
students beyond the grant recipients;
INSTRUCTIONS:
Please submit the concept paper electronically to anikolaeva@sbctc.edu
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