Request for Proposals - Youth and Young Adult Career Services
Partner4Work has issued this Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify community based providers who will provide eligible youth or young adults ages 14-24 with innovative opportunities for experiential work-based learning that fall into one of two program models:
- Career Exploration and Experience: Youth engage with local employers to experience a variety of careers and workplaces through opportunities such as internships, cooperative education, job shadowing, summer or transitional jobs, paid or unpaid work experience, pre apprenticeships (registered or with intent to register), or others.
- Pathways to Employment or Postsecondary Education: Youth engage with local employers to gain work experience, participate in training and earn industry recognized credentials that will result in employment or enrollment in postsecondary education.
Outlined in this RFP are the available funds to support each of the program models and their associated eligibility criteria, the requirements for providers and program implementation and instructions for how to apply. With an understanding of the diverse interests of youth and the growing occupations in the region, we seek to use this RFP to identify providers interested in collaboration and connecting their programs and opportunities to curate strong career pathways from high school through adulthood for young people with systemic barriers to employment who have been traditionally marginalized within the workforce.
Please see the video below for more information. All questions regarding this RFP should be emailed to RFP@partner4work.org with "Questions, Youth Services [Organization name]" as the subject line. Responses to questions will be posted publicly in a Q&A document on this site and updated regularly.
A bidders conference specific to this RFP will be held virtually on December 7th at 1:00pm EST. Please RSVP by emailing RFP@partner4work.org and including “Bidder’s Conference, Youth Services [Organization name]” as the subject line.
The deadline for questions is January 9th, 2023 EST at 11:59pm
Proposals are due January 17th, 2023 by 11:59pm EST. Proposals must be emailed to RFP@partner4work.org per the guidelines and instructions in the RFP.