NJ Film Works Grant Program

Open in new Tab NJ Film Works Grant Program The NJ Film Works Grant application is now closed. The NJ Film Works Grant Program is a competitive funding opportunity that will award grants to support workforce skills programs that strengthen and diversify the state’s film and digital media talent pipeline with a particular focus on NJ’s Overburdened Communities . A total of $3 million is available for awards under this Grant Program. The minimum and maximum amounts for individual awards are set at $250,000 and $750,000, respectively. NJEDA anticipates making multiple awards for this grant program. PROGRAM DETAILS ELIGIBILITY AWARD SIZE KEY DATES Applicants must submit proposals that outline compelling plans to: Implement a New Jersey based program that will allow New Jerseyans to access workforce opportunities in the film and digital media industry by providing tangible skills sought by employers. Components of programs must include direct workforce training/skill relevant, wraparound services such as access to career services (such as other similar services), counseling, transportation, etc. Connect with industry and other stakeholders to implement a program that prepares and connects participants with job opportunities in targeted industries in high-growth and in-demand occupations. Applicants are expected to demonstrate that their proposed program will provide meaningful career opportunities through labor market research, employer and industry engagements, and other relevant analysis. Develop and/or utilize outreach, recruitment best practices, program design approaches, and wraparound supports that target and support a diverse and inclusive pool of training participants to successfully complete the program. Define program evaluation and success metrics such as: placement, and learning acquisition targets. Reach and target New Jersey’s Overburdened Communities and provide opportunities for economic mobility for these communities. report programmatic data, including trainee demographics, trainee surveys, instructor evaluations, training enrollments and completions, and job placement and retention information. Execute the project efficiently and on schedule, achieving well-defined milestones to complete the proposed initiative. The Grant Program will be open to entities that provide NJ residents with access to workforce development learning opportunities for industry careers, with a particular focus on access for residents of Overburdened Communities. Eligible applicants can include, but are not limited to, the following: Non-profit organizations Private workforce training organizations Labor unions Community-based organizations Educational institutions For-profit film and digital media companies or consortium/associations of private film and digital media companies Educational institutions that have an executed MOU for film or digital media workforce training with NJEDA at the time of application are  not  eligible for this grant program. Applicants may collaborate with additional entities to implement the training program as needed. However, the NJEDA will only award and enter into a grant agreement with the applicant entity. Applicants will be required to conduct workforce development learning opportunities in at least 1 (one) but no more than 3 (three) eligible occupation(s). Applicants must identify which eligible occupation(s) their initiative will concentrate on.