The State of Oregon, acting by and through its Higher Education Coordinating Commission (“HECC”), is issuing this Request for Applications (“RFA”) to establish new and innovative Registered Apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs in early learning and care, K-12 education, and behavioral health sectors, for a total of six awards, with total available funding in the amount of $689,680. Pre-apprenticeships are a secondary focus of the grant and need to be tied to the new Registered Apprenticeship program. HECC will fund the highest quality Applications, regardless of industry. Applicants may submit Applications that propose Projects in any of the industries. If an Applicant proposes multiple Projects, the Applicant must submit individual Applications for each Project. HECC will consider each Project in isolation from the Applicant’s other Applications. Funding authority is tied to the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) State Apprenticeship Expansion (“SAEF3”) Grant that HECC has been awarded.
