I understand that ETA has identified high-growth industries under the Presidents High-Growth Job Training Initiative. Must my proposal target one of these industries?
The Community-Based Job Training Grants (CBJTGs) are designed to support workforce training for high-growth/high-demand industries through the national system of community and technical colleges. Applicants must demonstrate a clear and specific need for the Federal investment in the proposed activities by: (a) identifying the industry or industries of focus; (b) establishing that the identified industry satisfies ETA’s criteria for a high-growth/high-demand industry in the local or regional economy as described in Section I.B.1 of this solicitation; (c) providing evidence of industry demand for training in the local or regional economy; and (d) describing in detail the capacity challenges the community college(s), or other entity as specified in the exception detailed in Section III.C.5, faces that limit its ability to provide sufficient quantity or quality of training to meet the identified industry’s demand. In section I.B.1, the SGA states that a high-growth/high-demand industry mee
