Workforce Connections Action Item

DATE:	Tuesday, April 3, 2018
TO:	School Board Members
FROM:	Jeff Eakins, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Grant Applications to be Submitted Between April 4, 2018, and July 31, 2019, by the Workforce Connections Division and Accept all Grant Funds Generated Through Awarded Grant Applications During that Time Period (Workforce Connections)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Florida Department of Education Division of Career and Adult Education requires school districts to submit proposals in a consolidated format for annual entitlement grants.  Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) Workforce Connections Division is requesting approval to submit for and receive the following grants (2017/2018 award amounts included): Federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Secondary Grant ($1,939,787 - Project 3328); Federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Postsecondary Grant ($385,861 - Project 3351); Adult Education Family Literacy/Adult General Education Grant ($1,854,706 - Project 3324); Adult Education Family Literacy Grant, English Literacy/Civics Education Grant ($395,713 - Project 3373); and National Farmworkers Career Development Program Grant ($339,597 - Project 3372). In addition, we are requesting approval to apply for and receive the Career Recruitment and Instruction in Basic English (CARIBE) Grant ($1,300,000 - Project 3321), which is funded through the Florida Department of Children and Families as an agent on behalf of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, as well as Quick Response Training Grants ($340,125 - three different projects), which are applied for through Enterprise Florida.  Florida's Quick Response Training Grant is a partnership among CareerSource Florida, the requesting company and HCPS, which serves as a fiscal agent.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Improve the high school graduation rate • Provide a student-centered learning environment that engages every child
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
Based on past performance, it is estimated that grant funds received by HCPS through the efforts of the Workforce Connections Division will be approximately $6,555,789.  These funds will be available in the district’s divisional special revenue/federal programs budget for 2018/2019.
EVALUATION
Project Directors are responsible for reporting progress in meeting performance targets to funding agencies.
SUBMITTED BY:  Christopher Jargo, Director, Career and Technical Education

Warren S. Brooks		Gretchen Saunders
Workforce Connections Officer (813) 231-1860		Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270
		C 6.12
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20180403_869 (Board Meeting) * Section C Item# 6.12