Keystone Development Partnership

Programs: Luzerne schuylkill workforce investment board (lswib) northeast pa food processing and logistics and transportation industry partnerships-the lswib hired kdp as project manager for the food processing and logistics and transportation industry partnerships funded by the pa department of labor & industry. The industry partnership (ip) subsidized training for incumbent workers in the twelve counties served by the lswib, the lackawanna, northern tier, and poconos area workforce development boards. Kdp assists the participating boards to identify stakeholders (employers and unions) for the ip and facilitated the governance over the training programs. Kdp staff worked with the stakeholders in the targeted lwib areas and provides coordination of activities to maintain contact with the stakeholders on a regular basis. Kdp coordinates activities to ensure that the ip activities meet eligibility requirements.

jobs for the future-jobs for the future (www. Jff. Org) is the lead organization for the next gen industrial manufacturing technician (imt) project. This is funded by a five-year us department of labor american apprenticeship grant. The project will enhance apprenticeship in manufacturing to promote industry growth in eight states - wisconsin, michigan, minnesota, illinois, ohio, kentucky, indiana, and pennsylvania. Kdp is the project manager in pennsylvania. Kdp serves as a clearinghouse for industrial apprenticeship information and provides technical assistance. In this capacity, kdp assists unions and their employers to customize and register manufacturing apprenticeships with no cost for the services.

afl-cio working for america institute (wai) multi-industry intermediary contractthe u. S. Department of labor contracted wai as the prime contractor. Wai is working with three sub-contractors to expand apprenticeship along with individual subject matter experts. The pa afl-cio keystone development partnership (kdp) implemented a plan to expand apprenticeship in manufacturing and manage employer incentives. The boston education, skills and training corporation (best) and the hospitality training academy (hta) registered apprenticeships in hotel and hospitality. Amount: $1,372,870 first year september 21, 2016 to september 21, 2017 with four one-year options

other program services include contracts with apprenticeship training office (25,410), luzerne schuylkill wib preapprenticeship(15,316), southwest corners b&c (18,091), southwest corners advance manufacturing (18,506), pocono wib (17,718), pa afl-cio workforce development (18,784), and miscellaneous (20,674).