Regional Plan Implementation/Slingshot 3.0 Request for Applications

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN19-11

Issued: October 21, 2019

The Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB), and the Employment Development Department, are pleased to announce up to $5 million in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Governor’s discretionary funds for Regional Plan Implementation (RPI)/Slingshot 3.0. These funds will support the implementation of the Regional Workforce Plans for the fourteen (14) Regional Planning Units (RPUs) in California and their efforts to develop regional leadership, and organize regional industry leaders and workforce, education, and economic development partners to attain scale and impact.

All 14 RPUs in California are eligible to apply. Each RPU must designate one Local Workforce Development Board as the applicant and lead fiscal agent with signature proof of agreement included in the application. Only one application may be submitted from each RPU.

All Applications must be received by 3:00 p.m. PST on November 25, 2019.

An application webinar is scheduled for October 22, 2019 from 9-10 a.m. PST.

For more information on this funding opportunity and its requirements, please refer to the RPI/Slingshot 3.0 Request for Applications (PDF) on the CWDB’s webpage.

/s/JAIME L. GUTIERREZ, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division