“… if the employers who are looking for talented and skilled people know what skills
they have most in demand, then why don’t we let our workforce efforts be driven by the sector that has the
jobs to fill? So that’s why this EARN initiative is pretty new for us as a State. It is the wave of the future
when it comes to workforce development.”
---------Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley on the EARN Maryland Initiative, June 12, 2013
EARN Maryland Fall 2014 Solicitation for Implementation Grant Proposals
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Grant Timeline |
| October 22, 2014 |
Implementation Grant Solicitation released |
| October 30, 2014 |
Implementation Grant Solicitation Pre-Proposal Conference
Location: DHCD
100 Community Place
Crownsville, MD 21032
Time: 10am to 11:30am |
| November 24, 2014 |
Deadline for Submission of Proposals in Response to this Solicitation |
| December 2014 |
DLLR review of Proposals |
| January 2015 |
Award of Implementation Grants |
| April 1, 2015 – March 31, 2017 |
Funding Period |
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to EARN Maryland mailing list to receive Program and Grant updates, learn about up-coming EARN-funded Training Opportunities, and more!
Current 2014 EARN Maryland Partnerships
EARN Maryland Resource Page
- Find information on the EARN Maryland Program's history, Sector Strategies in general, and other states' experiences with similar initiatives.
EARN Maryland Pressroom – EARN Maryland Press
Releases, and EARN In the News.
Highlights
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- On Tuesday, September 9, Governor O'Malley visited Pompeian Olive Oil to highlight the EARN Maryland
Program. Pompeian, founded in Baltimore in 1906, has hired 17 new employees in 2014 to date, and will host
the first full EARN Maryland Manufacturing Boot Camp Partnership training beginning on October 13.
Read more:
Pompeian
to Host EARN Maryland Manufacturing Boot Camp,
MDBIZ News, October 1, 2014
O'Malley
to Discuss EARN Maryland Program, NBC Washington Channel 4 TV, September 9, 2014
O’Malley
to Discuss EARN Maryland program, Washington Post, September 9, 2014
First
EARN program to launch in Baltimore, The Daily Record, September 9, 2014 (subscription required)
What is EARN Maryland?
EARN Maryland is a new state-funded, competitive workforce development grant program that is industry-led,
regional in focus and a proven strategy for helping businesses cultivate the skilled workforce they need to compete.
It is flexible and innovative, designed to ensure that Maryland employers have the talent they need to compete and
grow in an ever-changing 21st century economy.
EARN Maryland aims to:
- Address the demands of businesses by focusing intensively on the workforce needs of a specific industry
sector over a sustained period.
- Address the needs of workers by creating formal career paths to good jobs, reducing barriers to employment,
and sustaining or growing middle class jobs.
- Encourage mobility for Maryland's most hard-to-serve jobseekers through job readiness training that may
include GED preparation, occupational skills development, literacy advancement, and transportation and child
care components.
How Does EARN Maryland Work?
EARN Maryland invests in strategic industry partnerships from key economic sectors in every region. These
partnerships will use the power of coordination across education, workforce and economic development initiatives
to address the multiple needs of companies, starting with the training of skilled workers. Once formed, the
partnerships will develop plans to train and educate workers - and place them in meaningful employment.
Get Involved!
- Employers and other potential Partner Organizations: Sign up for our exciting web portal,
EARN MD CONNECT! - EARN MD CONNECT allows EARN Maryland Partnerships,
Partners, and organizations interested in the program to find one another, share information, and collaborate within and between Partnerships. Organizations
who work with potential job seekers are encouraged to sign up so that EARN Partnerships may contact you to develop a workforce pipeline.
- Individual job-seekers to receive announcement of upcoming EARN-funded training opportunities
and recruitment events, SUBSCRIBE
HERE. To explore additional employment opportunities, including positions hiring now, we encourage you to visit the Department of Labor,
Licensing and Regulation's Maryland Workforce Exchange.
Information on Prior Grant Rounds
“EARN Maryland is industry led, endorsed by the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and is a proven strategy
for providing Maryland’s employers with skilled workers. In Massachusetts, 100 percent of the
employers participating in a similar industry-led initiative said that participation in a partnership
like EARN Maryland--was indeed valuable. EARN Maryland’s strategic industry partnerships are also a
proven strategy for workers. Among similar initiatives around the country, this approach led to
skills advancement, career building opportunities and increased wages.”
---Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Secretary Leonard J. Howie III on EARN
Maryland June 12, 2013.
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EARN Initiative - June 12, 2013
Governor Martin O'Malley's address begins at 3:59
Governor O'Malley introduces Secretary Leonard J. Howie III at 9:15
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