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NEW! Industry Partner TA Webinar + Office Hours
Over the next few weeks, Opportunity Now Colorado will be offering a range of applicant technical assistance events, including two new events - Industry Partner Webinar and Office Hours. Please register for these upcoming events! If you’re unable to attend, you can...
Program Partnership List
Are you an organization looking to innovate workforce development in Colorado? And are you seeking new partnerships and collaborations for the RFA 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...
NEW! Industry Partner TA Webinar + Office Hours
Over the next few weeks, Opportunity Now Colorado will be offering a range of applicant technical assistance events, including two new events - Industry Partner Webinar and Office Hours. Please register for these upcoming events! If you’re unable to attend, you can...
Register Now! Session 3: Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies – October 5th, 2023
This session will examine evidence-based practices and data-informed solutions to guide project planning and implementation. This session will explore the key elements of a logic model, a tool to support program planning, implementation, management, evaluation, and...
Register Now! Session 2: Creating Demand-Driven Pathways in the Talent Pipeline – September 28th, 2023
This session will provide guidance and recommendations for building demand-driven pathways and sustaining highly effective employer and education partnerships. Participants will engage in conversations on leveraging the expertise and capacity of industry to implement...
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