Leveraging Federal Funding... the TAA CCCBC

1. US DOL TAACCCT Round 2 Grant
Starts: October 1, 2012
Ends: September 30, 2016

2. Trade Adjustment Assistance Community
College and Career Training
• Grants are the second installment ($500 million) of a $2
billion, four-year initiative
• Funds to expand and improve delivery of education and
career training programs- completed in two years or less
• Suited for workers who are eligible for training under the
TAA for Workers program
• Prepare program participants for employment in high-
wage, high-skill occupations

3. Need for the Biosciences Consortium
• No national program for the acquisition of an
associated with
• Public workforce systems are not geared toward
with previous training
and industry experience

4. What are the Goals?
1. Improve preparation for workplace training:
2. Introduce portable industry recognized credentials into training:
3. Accelerate completion time in programs through:
4. Build CC capacity for education that meets employer needs:

5. Recipients : 12 colleges, 8 states
Grant Value: $ 14, 998, 474
Hubs by color
Lab Skills
Medical Devices
Biomanufacturing
Learning

6. Ivy Tech CC
St. Petersburg CC
Salt Lake CC
Montgomery
County CC
Bucks County CC
LA Valley CC
City College of
San Francisco
Madison Area
Technical College
Austin CC
Forsyth Tech CC
Rowan-Cabarrus
CC
Alamance CC
TAA Lead Institution
Forsyth Technical Community College

7. New Skill
Standards
Tailored
Credentials
Revised &
Validated Skill
Standards
Tailored
Credentials
Revised &
Validated Skill
Standards
Tailored
Credentials
Contextual &
Modularized
Learning Program
Tailored
Credentials
Increased Capacity
Workforce Assessments & Training
Harmonized Core Skill Standards
NTER
Articulations

8. Moving forward with Technician Training
will be developed in
the Biosciences
with game like applications for training bioscience
workers
will be available for
Biomanufacturing and Lab Skills
will be created in Biomedical
Devices
will be
created

9. PA BIO
SoCalBIO
NCBC
BayBio
Mass BIO
CSBI
CSBA
BioNetwork
Cook
Boston Scientific
Baxter
Pfizer
Merck
Grifols
Ocular Systems
Lampire Biological Labs
Bioo Scientific
Con Med
Cel Analytical
Prosetta Antiviral
Texas Workforce
Commission
Florida Department of
Economic Opportunity
Northwest Piedmont
Workforce Dev. Board
Los Angeles WIB
Montgomery County WIB
National Partners:
Bio-Link: NSF ATE
NBC2
: NSF ATE
PHRMA: National Pharma Org.
MDMA: National Medical Device Org.
BIO: National Industry Organization
NCBW: DOL Initiated National Center
NAM/NI

10. What is in it for Companies?
• The improved assessment of
potential employees from a
workforce prospective
• An increased source of qualified
employees
• An Industry Recognized harmonized
core of skill standards & credentials