Join the Coalition | Regional Career Networks

Join the partners in your region and win the workforce grants you can't win alone.

The Coalition brings Nonprofits, Educators, Companies and Support Partners together in Regional Career Networks. Apply to join, and we will show you the RCN your organization fits into, or how to start one where you are.

APPLY TO JOIN THE COALITIONAbout five minutes. Then pick a time to meet with Daniel.

Why partners join

Each partner type opens grant pools the others cannot.

Every workforce grant has two gates. The first is who you are: most funding pools only accept certain kinds of organizations as the applicant. Educator money needs an Educator, apprenticeship funding needs a registered apprenticeship sponsor, and some training funds run only through Companies. The second is what you do: each grant has its own list of the people, the sector, the region and the results it wants.

A Regional Career Network clears both gates. Each partner type opens grant pools the others cannot, and together the partners can deliver what each grant asks for. The partner who fits leads each grant, and the lead changes from grant to grant.

Regional Career Networks in several states go after grants together.

Your RCN is never on its own. The Coalition pursues grants at three levels, and each one stacks on the work already built in your region.

National

One application for RCNs in more than one state.

State

Several RCNs in one state apply together for state funding.

RCN

Your RCN applies for the grants in its own area.

Every partner does what it already does best.

NonprofitsGather Career Seekers from the population they serve and inform them about the career.

EducatorsTrain the Career Seekers.

CompaniesHire the Career Seekers. They give facility tours, interview Career Seekers and speak in Educator classrooms.

Support PartnersBring the partners together, train them, and carry out parts of the grant's work.

Regional Career NetworksConnects every partner and keeps each step between them running: webinars for Career Seekers, the CNC Career Guide, tours, classroom speakers and interviews.

Every partner signs an MOU that lists the steps it will take for the grant.

Apply, pick a time, and meet with Daniel.

ApplyTell us about you, your organization, where you work and what you want to accomplish.

Pick a meeting timeDaniel's calendar opens as soon as you send your application.

Meet with Daniel WiermanDaniel looks at your area before the meeting. He brings the Regional Career Network your organization fits into, or, if there is no RCN near you yet, the first steps to start one.

Join your RCNYou sign an MOU with the partners in your RCN and log in here to see its partners, MOUs and grants.

APPLY TO JOIN THE COALITIONAbout five minutes. Then pick a time to meet with Daniel.