Approximately $2 million has been allocated for incumbent worker training projects.  All employers that pay into the Job Development Fund can apply for up to $50,000 in matching funds to train their existing workforce.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Applications are available on December 28, 2009.
• The pre-proposal conference is January 13, 2010.
• The proposal due date is February 5, 2010.
• The Pre-Proposal Conference will be held

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. at the

Community College of RI (CCRI) Flanagan Campus, 1762 Louisquisset Pike,

Lecture Hall 2706, Lincoln, RI.

Board staff will address the objectives of the RFP in detail, including criteria that must be met for proposals to be accepted, and will respond to attendees' questions.  Pre-register by contacting Maureen Mooney at mmooney@dlt.ri.gov or by calling 462-8860.

Applications can be downloaded from www.rihric.com

Any company that has received funding under the 2009 Comprehensive Grant is not eligible to apply.

If you are not interested in applying or not eligible to apply this year, please consider serving as a reviewer to read and score the applications.  This gives you an inside look as to how the funding decisions are made.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Dan Brown at 401.462.8823 or dbrown@dlt.ri.gov