SLED Opportunity · TEXAS · TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION
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Texas Workforce Commission seeks applicants for the Texas Internship Initiative to create paid internships offering educational credit and job experience, focusing on STEM and industry certifications. Eligible applicants include Texas Local Workforce Boards and Education Service Centers.
The purpose of the Texas Internship Initiative (TII) RFA is to identify new paid Internship opportunities. These Internships will provide students, graduates, and Military Related Interns (MRIs) with educational credit and practical on-the-job experience. They may also help participants make progress toward an industry-based Certification in a field related to their education, training, or program of study. The goal is to prepare participants for employment in targeted Middle Skill STEM Occupations and Targeted Industry Clusters.An Eligible Applicant under this RFA is one (1) of Texas’s twenty-eight (28) Texas Local Workforce Development Boards (Boards) established under Texas Government Code, Chapter 2308 or Texas’s twenty (20) Education Service Centers (ESC) established under Texas Education Code, Chapter 8. Grantees will be the fiscal agents of the awards and the recipients of funds under this program. Current Grantees awarded under RFA 32025-00033, Texas Internship Initiative are eligible to apply.Applicants are not eligible for an award under both RFA 32026-00033 Texas Internship Initiative and RFA 32026-00153 Texas Internship Initiative II. Applicants that applied for RFA 32026-00033, and received notice that their Application submission was disqualified or was not selected to move forward in the procurement process are eligible to apply for funding under this RFA.An Applicant may submit only one (1) Application. If more than one (1) Application is received from an Applicant, TWC will only screen and evaluate the last Application received from that Applicant.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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