RFA Grants
We know you have RFA questions on the sequencing, process, goals, and objectives. To help you navigate the new process, we scheduled a series of RFA MeetUp webinars to brief the field on what to expect. Learn more and view the archived webinars.
Focusing on jobs and the economy asks us to braid funding and target investment (of incentive funds) at priority and emergent sectors important to regions. Where a sector is a priority in multiple regions, industry benefits from having a first contact amongst the community colleges in the form of Sector Navigators. Sector Navigators cross coordinate amongst regions along a sector to bring forth relationships, assets, and resources– including collaborative communities, hubs, and industry advisory bodies – to advance career pathways and workforce solutions to close the skills gap. What follows is the proposed list of 2013-14 sectors:
2013-14 SECTORS* WITH NAVIGATORS
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Advanced Transportation & Renewables
- Energy (Efficiency) & Utility
- Health
- Life Sciences/Biotech
- Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)/Digital Media
- Global Trade & Logistics
- Agriculture, Water, & Environmental Technologies
- Retail/Hospitality/Tourism 'Learn and Earn'
- Small Business
Doing What MATTERS for Jobs and Economy asks that in lieu of institutional footprint, we start with economic regions as the foundation for planning and braiding of funding. The following is the proposed 2013-14 footprint of the Regional Consortia structure:
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Economic Region
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Macro Region
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Northern Inland
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A1
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Northern Coastal
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A2
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Greater Sacramento
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A3
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SF/San Mateo
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B1
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East Bay
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B2
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Silicon Valley
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B3
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North Bay
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B4
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Santa Cruz/Monterey
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B5
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Central Valley
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C1
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Mother Lode
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C2
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South Central Coast
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D1
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San Diego/Imperial
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E1
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Inland Empire/Desert
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F1
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LA County
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G1
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Orange County
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G2
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