Rural-Urban Workforce Development Alliance in Kansas
GrantID: 10246
Grant Funding Amount Low: Open
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: Open
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Grant Overview
Kansas displays pronounced rural-urban splits in workforce training access, with 83 of 105 counties lacking a community college campus and 26 percent of unemployed adults residing more than 45 miles from the nearest registered apprenticeship site. Kansas Department of Labor statistics show manufacturing and agriculture sectors accounting for 31 percent of jobs, yet training completion rates in those fields remain 11 points below the state average outside the Wichita and Kansas City metro areas.
These constraints affect adults in the western high plains counties and the Flint Hills region, where population density averages nine persons per square mile and the median worker age reaches 47. The state's meat processing and aviation manufacturing employers report persistent vacancies due to skill mismatches.
The Workforce Development Alliance must demonstrate partnerships with at least two local workforce centers and provide transportation stipends calibrated to the 68-cent-per-mile state reimbursement rate. Outcome reporting requires wage data matched through the Kansas Department of Labor UI wage record system.
Kansas requires separate demonstration of cross-county service delivery because its 105-county structure and lack of regional transit authorities differ from Colorado and Nebraska program designs.
Kansas Rural-Urban Workforce Training Gaps
Proposals must map service delivery against the state's 32 frontier counties and document mobile training unit capacity for distances exceeding 90 miles. Workforce composition data must address the 19 percent of prime-age males not in the labor force in western Kansas counties.
Eligible Entities in Kansas
Nonprofits with active contracts through Kansas Workforce Centers or the Kansas Department of Commerce receive scoring advantage. Budgets must reserve 32 percent for participant transportation and wage-replacement stipends.
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