23A60HG000028
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Lead applicant name: California Workforce Development Board
Lead applicant type: Workforce Development Entity - State Workforce Development Board
Lead applicant location: 800 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814
Employer partners: California: Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, San Joaquin Regional Transit District, Riverside Transit Agency. Oregon: Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon.
Training partners: Mission College (Santa Clara), Los Angeles Trade Technical College, San Joaquin Delta College, Mount Hood Community College, Logan High School, Metropolitan Education District (Santa Clara County), Public Transit Agency Training Departments
WIOA system partners: Alameda County Workforce Development Board
Worker labor partners: Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International, ATU Locals 192, 256, 265, 757, 1277, Oregon State AFL-CIO
Other partners: California Transit Works, California Energy Commission (CEC)
Geographic scope: National (expansion in California and Oregon)
Total federal funding requested (5-year total): 5,000,000
Total match proposed (5-year total): 998,900
Project title: High Road to Innovative Clean Transit (HRICT)
Proposed number of participants who start training: 625
Summary of project purpose and employment and training activities offered: As public transit agencies use BIL investments to transition bus fleets to zero emission buses (ZEBs), HRICT will enable eight transit high road labor-management partnerships in California and Oregon to address a growing need for transit bus maintenance technicians who are able to safely service ZEBs, while increasing diversity among transit employees. Building on the past success of a growing network of transit high road training partnerships (HRTPs) and their systems of trained instructors and peer mentors focused on frontline worker success, HRICT will deliver bus maintenance technician fundamentals training to 625 new and incumbent bus maintenance mechanics, permitting their retention in high quality, union jobs. Through HRICT, frontline transit workers will have a voice in preparing the transit bus maintenance workforce for transformative technological change, with benefits for disadvantaged communities and the environment.
Targeted populations to be served: Populations that have historically been underrepresented in bus maintenance jobs, including women, people of color, veterans, military spouses, transitioning service members, and residents of smaller and rural communities, including unemployed and underemployed individuals and incumbent workers.
Training track: Scaling track
Targeted infrastructure sector: Transportation
Targeted occupations leading to middle- and high-skilled occupations that support the transportation sector: O*NET 49-3031.00 Bus Truck Mechanics with specialized skills in the maintenance and repair of ZEB vehicles Registered Apprenticeship RAPIDS code 0124R Bus Maintenance Technician
Recognized postsecondary credentials offered: Certificate of Completion, Public Transit Trainer Certificate of Achievement, Public Transit Leadership Certificate of Achievement, Service Mechanic (awarded by Mission College, Santa Clara, CA)
Subrecipient roles: ATU International: Oversight of ATU local participation across training locations Fiscal agent for California Transit Works (CTW), a founding CWDB High Road Training Partnership (HRTP) and HRICT coordinator intermediary
Public contact information: Emily Sunahara, Deputy Director of Operations, CWDB emily.sunahara cwdb.ca.gov (530) 417-1908
Lead applicant type: Workforce Development Entity - State Workforce Development Board
Lead applicant location: 800 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814
Employer partners: California: Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, San Joaquin Regional Transit District, Riverside Transit Agency. Oregon: Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon.
Training partners: Mission College (Santa Clara), Los Angeles Trade Technical College, San Joaquin Delta College, Mount Hood Community College, Logan High School, Metropolitan Education District (Santa Clara County), Public Transit Agency Training Departments
WIOA system partners: Alameda County Workforce Development Board
Worker labor partners: Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International, ATU Locals 192, 256, 265, 757, 1277, Oregon State AFL-CIO
Other partners: California Transit Works, California Energy Commission (CEC)
Geographic scope: National (expansion in California and Oregon)
Total federal funding requested (5-year total): 5,000,000
Total match proposed (5-year total): 998,900
Project title: High Road to Innovative Clean Transit (HRICT)
Proposed number of participants who start training: 625
Summary of project purpose and employment and training activities offered: As public transit agencies use BIL investments to transition bus fleets to zero emission buses (ZEBs), HRICT will enable eight transit high road labor-management partnerships in California and Oregon to address a growing need for transit bus maintenance technicians who are able to safely service ZEBs, while increasing diversity among transit employees. Building on the past success of a growing network of transit high road training partnerships (HRTPs) and their systems of trained instructors and peer mentors focused on frontline worker success, HRICT will deliver bus maintenance technician fundamentals training to 625 new and incumbent bus maintenance mechanics, permitting their retention in high quality, union jobs. Through HRICT, frontline transit workers will have a voice in preparing the transit bus maintenance workforce for transformative technological change, with benefits for disadvantaged communities and the environment.
Targeted populations to be served: Populations that have historically been underrepresented in bus maintenance jobs, including women, people of color, veterans, military spouses, transitioning service members, and residents of smaller and rural communities, including unemployed and underemployed individuals and incumbent workers.
Training track: Scaling track
Targeted infrastructure sector: Transportation
Targeted occupations leading to middle- and high-skilled occupations that support the transportation sector: O*NET 49-3031.00 Bus Truck Mechanics with specialized skills in the maintenance and repair of ZEB vehicles Registered Apprenticeship RAPIDS code 0124R Bus Maintenance Technician
Recognized postsecondary credentials offered: Certificate of Completion, Public Transit Trainer Certificate of Achievement, Public Transit Leadership Certificate of Achievement, Service Mechanic (awarded by Mission College, Santa Clara, CA)
Subrecipient roles: ATU International: Oversight of ATU local participation across training locations Fiscal agent for California Transit Works (CTW), a founding CWDB High Road Training Partnership (HRTP) and HRICT coordinator intermediary
Public contact information: Emily Sunahara, Deputy Director of Operations, CWDB emily.sunahara cwdb.ca.gov (530) 417-1908
Funding Goals
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MORE EFFICIENT FUNCTIONING OF THE U.S. LABOR MARKET BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, OR LABOR MARKET INFORMATION.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
California
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 17% from $5,998,900 to $6,997,800.
California Workforce Development Board was awarded
High Road to Innovative Clean Transit (HRICT) - Bus Maintenance Training
Project Grant 23A60HG000028
worth $5,000,000
from the Office of Workforce Investment in September 2023 with work to be completed primarily in California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 17.268 H-1B Job Training Grants.
$1,997,800 (29.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity DOL Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/29/24
Period of Performance
9/30/23
Start Date
9/30/28
End Date
Funding Split
$5.0M
Federal Obligation
$2.0M
Non-Federal Obligation
$7.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to 23A60HG000028
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
23A60HG000028
SAI Number
1630:1630:HG:23A60HG000028:1:2
Award ID URI
SAIEXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
State Government
Awarding Office
1630GM DOL (ETA) GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Funding Office
1630WS OFFICE OF WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
Awardee UEI
ZEKGSKGDDJ23
Awardee CAGE
62EW5
Performance District
CA-90
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 1/29/24