Specifications include, but are not limited to: This RFA is for Round Two of Workforce Ready Grants. In Round One, HECC awarded $10 million in Capacity Building Grants. Round Two Grants will fund organizational investments and strategic partnerships and can be referred to as Innovation in Workforce Programs grants. Round Two grants are intended to broaden the type, number, and capacity of organizations that comprise Oregon’s workforce system. By expanding representation in the workforce system, HECC hopes to increase the availability and usage of culturally and linguistically appropriate workforce services. Round Two Grants will fund new, innovative, and collaborative workforce development programming that centers the needs of the priority populations as defined in SB 1545 section 1(8)a-j: (a) Communities of color; (b) Women; (c) Low-income communities; (d) Rural and frontier communities; (e) Veterans; (f) Persons with disabilities; (g) Incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals; (h) Members of Oregon’s nine federally recognized Indian tribes; (i) Individuals who disproportionately experience discrimination in employment on the basis of age; and (j) Individuals who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community
