Grant Opportunities

RochesterWorks! offers grants to help qualified businesses and organizations in Monroe County implement training programs and offset operating expenses.  

The United States Department of Labor has made available Federal grant funds to businesses in the nine-county Finger Lakes Region (Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Wyoming, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Seneca and Yates Counties) to upgrade the skills of their workforce in order to meet the demands of emerging industries:

• Advanced Manufacturing                            
• Alternative Energy 
• Bio/Life Sciences 
• Business Services
• Engineering,
• Food & Agriculture
• Health Care
• Information Technology
• Optics/Imaging

The Finger Lakes Wired supports innovative approaches to education and workforce development that go beyond traditional strategies for preparing workers to compete and succeed both within the U.S. and globally.  For more information and an application, please visit www.fingerlakeswired.com/grants.aspx.

In 2009, the criteria for evaluating applications for scholarship funding will include alignment with Competency Model concepts.  A full description of Competency Models with definitions of terminology and more in-depth information can be found on this document or at www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/.