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Labor director proposes three $100,000 grants to expand adult CTE and apprenticeship access
Summary
Jay Ramsey, director of workforce development at the Department of Labor, told the committee the department will shift smaller annual grants into a request for proposals to fund three $100,000 adult CTE projects with a three‑year commitment to strengthen ties to registered apprenticeship programs.
Jay Ramsey, director of workforce development at the Department of Labor, told the committee the agency will repurpose smaller adult‑CTE grants into larger multi‑year awards to expand evening and weekend training that feeds registered apprenticeships.
Ramsey said the department currently allocates about $400,000 a year to adult CTE work and will stop $20,000 annual grants to individual tech centers. "We're on the cusp of releasing a request for proposals for 3 projects that would be funded at a $100,000 each, and we'll commit to funding them for 3 years," he said, framing the move as a way to create geographic…
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