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CWI is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit interest by experienced entities for the purpose of providing a digital learning platform that provides career assessment, exploration, and decision making in a way that Youth/Young Adults ages 14 -24 can access either at a self-directed pace or in conjunction with a local Career Advisor/Coach…

The South Shore INFAME Chapter (hereafter known as the “Chapter”) seeks proposals from post-secondary education institutions in the greater Northwest Indiana area to create a mutually beneficial education partnership modeled on the national Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) program. FAME is an industry-led talent pipeline program that engages PreK-12 systems, community colleges, and universities…

The South Shore INFAME Chapter (hereafter known as the “Chapter”) seeks proposals from post-secondary education institutions in the greater Northwest Indiana area to create a mutually beneficial education partnership modeled on the national Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) program. FAME is an industry-led talent pipeline program that engages PreK-12 systems, community colleges, and universities…

Center of Workforce Innovations (CWI) as a 501(c)(3) and on behalf of the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board Inc. (Board) is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals from experienced providers to deliver career and training services for 100 young adult ages 18-24 living in Gary Indiana who have been engaged in any stage…

Center of Workforce Innovations (CWI) is a 501(c)3 workforce development organization in theNorthwest Indiana counties of Jasper, Lake, La Porte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, and Starkegoverned by a Board of Directors. CWI is a multi-faceted organization serving as an intermediary to convene community andindustry groups to facilitate solutions, provide data and labor market information, offerinformation about…

The Center of Workforce Innovations and the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board, are accepting public comment for the next 30 days on modifications to their four-year local plan required by The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014. WIOA is designed to help youth, job seekers and businesses. The comprehensive four-year local plan, in partnership with…

By: Aubrey Thomson Last Updated: May 4, 2022 With the changes in the job market over the last few years, workers have had to think about job searching differently. This has proved to be especially challenging for young adults who are new to the workforce, so Center of Workforce Innovations decided to do something about it. “Given…

Center of Workforce Innovations (CWI) is seeking bids for audit and tax preparation services. We receive grant funds primarily from the state (Indiana) and Federal Government (DOL). Total grant funds expended, either primarily as the administrator or secondarily through sub-providers is expected to be $15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million dollars). We have sub-providers for adult education and…

CWI is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit interest by experienced entities for thepurpose of the design and development to solicit proposals from experience web-developingentities (Developers) to design and create a website for the Adult Education program. Thisproject is funded through Adult Education as part of the Adult Education and Family LiteracyAct (AEFLA).…

CWI is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit interest by experienced entities for thepurpose of the redesign and development, including desired functionality, of its WorkOnewebsite, currently found at: http://www.gotoworkonenw.com. You can access the full RFP here. Questions relating to this RFP may be submitted prior to the deadline of Friday, April 8, 2022. Questions…