Workforce Alliance, Inc.

Projec Title: Get It (growing Equitable Training in Information Technology)recipient Name: Workforce Alliance Funding Request: 823,000CONGRESSIONAL Sponsor: Rosa Delauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04REQUESTED Period of Performance: 36 Months Including a 6-MONTH Start-up Periodproject Location: South Central Connecticut Workforce Investment Areaproject Purpose and Goals: the Growing Equitable Training in Information Technology (get It) Will Address Two Issues: 1) a Programming Gap in the Regions It Talent Pipeline to Engage Entry-level Workers and 2) a Need for Sustainable Strategies That Engage Disconnected Youth Ages 18 to 24 Into It and Stem-related Career Pathways That Result in Equitable Economic Opportunities. Addressing These Two Needs Will Change the It Talent Pipeline (supply-side) in Response to a Current Shortage of It-related Workers and a Long-term Double-digit Growth Forecast of It-related Jobs (demand-side).activities to Be Performed: the Project Design Identifies Three Objectives and Key Activities for Each Objective. Objective 1 Will Increase Knowledge Equity and Awareness in It Career Pathways. Key Activities for This Objective Include Development and Implementation of a Career Awareness Campaign and Hands-on Digital Immersion Day Events Designed Specifically to Recruit and Enroll Disconnected Youth Into It Career Pathway Activities. Objective 2 Will Focus on Enhancing and Innovating Entry-level It Training Offerings, Particularly for Disconnected Youth. Key Activities for This Objective Include Assembling Core Education and Training Partners to Reimagine and Redesign the Engagement and Onramps Into the Workforce Development Systems It Career Pathway Programs and Piloting Innovative, Short-cycle Hands-on It Training Programs That Result in Job Placement or Continuation by Participants in Education and Training Activities. Objective 3 Will Focus on Sustainability and Scaling of the Get It Programs as Part of the Workforce Development Boards Commitment to Racial Equity and in Response to a Significant Demand for Workers With It Skills. a Full-time Program Coordinator and a Part-time Business Services Representative Will Support Project Implementation. Other Workforce Alliance Leaders Will Support Scaling, Sustainability, and Integration of Get It Solutions Into the Regions Public Workforce Development System and as Indicated Throughout the State. Expected Outcomes: the Program Will Engage at Least 200 Youth in Digital Awareness Days. of These, 100 Will Enroll in Short-cycle, Innovative Get It Training Programs and the Remainder Will Be Referred to Other Appropriate Programs Available Through the One Stop Career Center or Community Resource Networks. Anticipated Outcomes for the 100 Get It Participants Include: Employed 2ND Quarter After Exit (64, 75 ) Employed 4TH Quarter After Exit (42, 65 ) Median Earnings 2ND Quarter After Exist ( 3,300 Py 2022, 3,500 Py 2023), and Measurable Skills Gains (85, 85 ).intended Beneficiaries: Wioa Title I Youth Ages 18 to 24 Who Are Out-of-school (osy), Eligible to Work in the United States, Meet Selective Service Registration Requirements, and Other Wioa Youth Eligibility Requirements Such as School Dropout, Low Income With Additional Assistance Criteria, Basic Skill Deficient, English Language Learner, or Ex-offender. Over 25 Employers Will Benefit From Access to This Expanded Labor Pool.subrecipient Activities: the District Arts Education (dae), a New Haven Nonprofit Organization That Serves Youth and Adults With Transformative and Culturally Relevant Programming Will Coordinate Outreach and Digital Immersion Days and Provide Hands-on Training to 60 Participants. the Concepts for Adaptive Learning (cfal), a New Haven Nonprofit Organization That Promotes Digital Equity and Inclusion, Will Provide 24 Participants With a Six Week Hands-on Training Program That Prepares Youth for Entry-level It Jobs.