CDO Workforce coordinates and focuses employment, training and education development resources across three counties, providing service to employed people, unemployed people and employers alike. Our goal is to improve the long-term growth and development of the work force.
Workforce Development Services
For The Chenango-Delaware-Otsego (CDO) Workforce Region
Issued on February 5, 2018 by:
The CDO Workforce Development Board
12 Dietz Street
Oneonta, New York 13820
Submission Deadline:
March 16, 2018 (4:00 PM)
Any application received after this time will not be accepted.
The CDO Workforce Development Board has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit highly qualified organizations and individuals that can assist the CDO Workforce Development Board with an array of needed workforce development services.
Contracts will be developed with all organizations/entities selected through this RFP process. The terms of the contract will be for the period of July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019. This contract may be renewed for two additional years, through June 30, 2021, based upon availability of funds, successful attainment of program goals and performance standards and other criteria as determined by the CDO Workforce Development Board and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act rules and regulations. The Budget and Work Plan will be negotiated annually and based upon available funding.
The CDO Workforce Board seeks to identify providers that address barriers youth encounter in attaining skills to attain the high school-equivalency diploma and/or locating and maintaining long-term employment, including skills and knowledge related to self-sufficiency, financial stability, and career advancement. It is estimated that ninety (90) youth per year will be enrolled across the three-county area within each of the three (3) year contract period.
Eligible applicants under this RFP are consulting firms, for profit organizations, not-for profit organizations, nonprofit organizations and educational organizations with experience in delivering the specified component services. Organizations should only apply for providing services that they are capable of delivering. Because of the array of services being asked for, it is doubtful that one agency can deliver on more than a few service components.
To view the full RFP for a description of the services sought and more information, click here.
If you have a question regarding this RFP, please click here to send us an email.
About the author
Our goal is to help job seekers not just find a job, but develop and manage a career. That means helping them when they have a job and when they are looking. We also strive to help employers find the workers they need quickly and the resources to improve training, workforce retention and workforce restructuring.
A DRC is a Disability Resource Coordinator, someone who helps individuals with disabilities find employment.
High School Equivalency (HSE/GED) A high school equivalency or GED/HSE is a recognized alternative to a high school diploma.
Work-Based Learning (WBL) provides students and job seekers with real-life work experience that compliments their academic studies. Typically they include job shadowing, mentoring, internships, and apprenticeships.
A Team Helper is anyone who is the lead support person to the job seeker with disabilities along their career journey. It can be a family member, friend, employment counselor, Disability Resource Coordinator (DRC), or case manager.
A stop-gap job is temporary employment until something better or more permanent can be obtained.
Basic needs refers to the goods and services necessary for a minimum standard of living. This includes access to food, safe shelter, clothing, and sanitation. Reliable transportation and education can also be considered a basic need.
A safe space is intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.
Competitive integrated employment (CIE) is work performed by a person with an impairment or health-related disability (health impairment) within an integrated setting. Wages are at least minimum wage or higher and at a rate comparable to non-disabled workers performing the same tasks.
For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education.