DOT - Federal Transit Administration

Description

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is soliciting proposals that demonstrate innovative workforce development practices and programs occurring in public transportation. FTA has budgeted up to $1,000,000 for providing support of innovative transit workforce development efforts. FTA will accept applications targeting one or more of the four activity areas. 1. Tracked pre-employment training/preparation 2. Recruitment and hiring 3. Incumbent worker training and retention 4.Succession planning/phased retirement Selected proposals will support products and approaches that improve the state of the practice in workforce development. Funding can be used to support new innovative programs or to innovatively augment existing workforce development efforts. To be eligible for funding under this RFA, applicants must demonstrate that the proposed project is supported by both the primary applicant and at least one or more external partner(s).

Who can apply

• Others

Contact

Jarrett Stoltzfus <br/>Transportation Program Specialist <br/>(202) 493-0361 <br/>jarrett.stoltzfus@dot.gov <br/>A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS)
jarrett.stoltzfus@dot.gov