NJ Film Works Grant Program

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The NJ Film Works Grant Program is a competitive funding opportunity that will award grants to support workforce development, training, and 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

PROGRAM DETAILS

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 development, and, where relevant, wraparound services such as access to career services, mentorship, family services (such as childcare, eldercare, or 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: recruitment, enrollment, completion, job placement, and learning acquisition targets. Reach and target New Jersey’s Overburdened Communities and provide opportunities for economic mobility for these communities. Collect, track, and 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.

ELIGIBILITY

The Grant Program will be open to entities that provide NJ residents with access to workforce development training, internship, apprenticeship, and 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 training, internship, apprenticeship, and 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.

Training programs must either be in-person or hybrid (include both a virtual component and an in-person component). The program must describe a clear approach to make the training accessible for and targeted to New Jersey residents and linked to New Jersey employment opportunities…

Topic areas: Arts and Culture, Workforce Development, Education and Training.

Funding amount

This grant provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; there is no single fixed deadline.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Not specified by the program.

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

NJ Film Works Grant Program is administered by New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), listed via New Jersey Economic Development Authority.