Bluegrass State Skills Grant

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Bluegrass State Skills Grant

• Somerset Community College
• Community, Workforce Economic Development
  Division
• 5/24/07

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Bluegrass State Skills

• Program managed under the Cabinet for Economic
  Development
• BI can apply directly for this program or use
  SCC
• Received an additional 8M in funding for
  2007-2008 fiscal year

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Bluegrass State Skills

• Eligible Participants
• Manufacturers
• Non-manufacturers with economic development
  impact including headquarter operations
• Public or non-profit hospitals
• Consortia

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Bluegrass States Skills

• Qualified Employees
• Full-time regular employee
• Kentucky resident
• Trainee minimum wage of 8.00/hr

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Bluegrass State Skills

• Funding Limits
• Based on number of KY resident full-time
  employees up to
• 50,000 (1 to 100)
• 100,000 (101 to 500)
• 150,000 (501 to 1000)
• 200,000 (1001 plus)
• 200,000 per consortium per BSSC fiscal year
• Minimum of 2,500 per application
• Up to 50 reimbursement of eligible costs
• Payback required if lt100 employment threshold

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Bluegrass State Skills

• The average cost per trainee in any single
• training activity shall not exceed
• 2,000 if the trainee average wage equals 13.00
  or less
• 3,000 if the trainee average wage equals 13.01
  to 17.00
• 4,000 if the trainee average wage equals 17.01
  or more

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Bluegrass State Skills

• Training Types
• Pre-employment and entry level skills
• Occupational and skills upgrade
• Workplace essential skills
• Eligible Training Costs
• Instruction (classroom or OJT)
• Curriculum Development

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Bluegrass State Skills

• Training Costs (continued)
• Individual assessment and job analysis
• Train the Trainer travel
• Tuition courses (industry specific)
• Certification, licensing, or trainer development
• Innovative training techniques
• Capacity building

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Bluegrass State Skills

• Scoring Criteria
• Maximum 100 points minimum 25 points
• Company/consortia status (size of company) 5 to
  20 points
• Area of Need (percentage above or below KYs
  average BSSC index) 5 to 20 points
• Trainees Average Wage (without benefits) 5 to
  25 points
• Flexible System Production - up to 5 points
• Progressive Company Initiatives up to 30 points