Opportunity Now
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Latest Program Updates
We’re Proud to Announce Opportunity Now’s Phase 2 Grant Recipients!
Opportunity Now is proud to announce that over $55M in grants have been awarded to 43 organizations across Colorado. Grant recipients represent 190 businesses and 218 education partners in 17 industries, with nearly half of the funding supporting rural communities....
Phase 2 Application Reopened to November 1, 2023
Opportunity Now Phase 2 application process will be reopened through 5:00pm MT on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. This is due to a number of concerns raised by applicants regarding the Submittable system, in particular regarding applicants' ability to upload supporting...
NEW! Sign Up for Opportunity Now Office Hours
Opportunity Now will be offering a full day of Office Hours for applicants to meet with the Opportunity Now grant administration team and gain one-on-one assistance with their application. To accommodate the large volume of applicants, each applicant will have ~10-15...
Program Partnership List
Are you an organization looking to innovate workforce development in Colorado? Are you seeking new partnerships and collaborations for the Opportunity Now grant application? The Opportunity Now Colorado Partnership List could be the matchmaking solution you need! This...
Phase 2 Applications are Now Open!
Phase 2 Applications are now open, with over $50 million available to employers, educational institutions, and workforce innovators to implement and scale workforce models that address Colorado’s regional talent and workforce needs.
We’re proud to announce Opportunity Now’s Phase 1 grant recipients!
Opportunity Now is proud to announce nearly $27M in grants have been awarded to 46 total Phase 1 grantees across our Scale, Seed, and Planning grant tracks. Our Phase 1 grantees demonstrated the intentional creation and/or extension of partnerships between education...
Identify & Respond Directly to Employment Demands
Overview Opportunity Now Colorado was created to fund sustainable workforce strategies that address employer and worker demand across Colorado and its vast regions. Strong programs will provide a viable and appropriate model in response to the talent needs identified...
Guide Focus Populations towards a Living Wage
Overview Opportunity Now prioritizes models that serve focus populations in the state of Colorado: those who live in rural areas, have lower wealth, and/or have been disproportionately affected by the economic impacts of Covid-19. Thus, it is important to understand...
Center Regional Collaboration and Partnerships
This guide is relevant for all tracks of the Request for Application (RFA) and is relevant for industry and training, education, and/or community partners. Overview One of the program goals of Opportunity Now is to create pathways between education and industry...
Lead an Industry-Driven Model
This guide is relevant for all tracks of the Request for Application (RFA) and is relevant for industry partners. Overview Opportunity Now focuses on creating and scaling effective partnerships between industry and education to create job placement and advancement...
Establish a Strong, Outcomes-Driven Logic Model
This guide is relevant for the Scale and Seed tracks of the Request for Application (RFA). Overview We believe effective programs have established logic models that articulate the inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and overall impact for their program. The...
Produce Evidence and Deliver Economic Mobility Outcomes
This guide is relevant for all tracks of the Request for Application (RFA). Overview The Opportunity Now RFA will ask you to provide evidence of the efficacy of your program and to develop an approach measuring outcomes through the grant program. This guide is...
Industry TA Session: Building Industry-Led Programs & Partnerships – September 26th, 2023
This session is a dedicated technical assistance webinar for industry partners. This webinar will explain why industry partnership is critical to successful programming and demonstrate how to apply and leverage the Opportunity Now grant as an industry partner. Watch...
Session 3: Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies – October 5th, 2023
This session examines evidence-based practices and data-informed solutions to guide project planning and implementation. This session also explores the key elements of a logic model, a tool to support program planning, implementation, management, evaluation, and...
Session 2: Creating Demand-Driven Pathways in the Talent Pipeline – September 28th, 2023
This session provides guidance and recommendations for building demand-driven pathways and sustaining highly effective employer and education partnerships. Participants engaged in conversations on leveraging the expertise and capacity of industry to implement training...
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