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Previous state funding distributions may be found here: https://cte.ed.gov/profiles/new-hampshire

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Reserve Grants: The Bureau of Career Development (BCD) at the New Hampshire Department of Education leverages Perkins V State Reserve and State Leadership funds to award discretionary grants to New Hampshire Perkins V eligible subrecipients based on their responses to application requests. The primary purpose of these grants is to pilot promising practices for CTE expanding access to and attainment of industry recognized credentials to provide scalable and/or replicable models for future implementation across the State of New Hampshire. Responses to the request for applications received by the deadline will be scored by independent peer reviewers; applications of sufficient quality will be funded in rank order based on available funds.

Absolute Priority: 

1. Expanding Access to and Attainment of Industry Recognized Credentials—Proposals focused on activities which culminate in a learner earning a stackable Industry Recognized Credential (IRC) or significant component, including micro credentials or badges, defined as: An Industry Recognized Credential is the culminating evidence of a learner's proficiency in competencies that equip them for a productive career in a specific industry domain.” (Up to 36 total points in the Alignment to Absolute Priority” domain across six Industry Recognized Credential elements in the scoring rubric) Please see the Industry Recognized Credential definition and rubric referenced here: https://www.education.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt326/files/inline-documents/sonh/nh-industry-recognized-credential-definition-and-rubric_0.pdf. Note: The BCD will not accept applications that do not meet this absolute priority.

Competitive Preference Priorities: 

1. Sustainability of Project through Employer Match—Proposals including a match provided by a local employer or multiple local employers, including those employers participating in the tax credit program for donating time, equipment, or funding outlined in NH SB270. (Up to 10 points in the Alignment to Competitive Preference Priority 1” domain in the scoring rubric) Note: The BCD will accept applications that do not meet this competitive priority, but such applications will receive 0 points under competitive preference priority 1.
2. Alignment of Project to Work Based Learning—Proposals that integrate activities that expand access to and attainment of industry recognized credentials with work based learning, defined as: "Work based learning is sustained interactions with industry or community professionals in real workplace settings, to the extent practicable, or simulated environments at an education institution that foster in-depth, firsthand engagement with the tasks required in a given career field, that are aligned to curriculum and instruction.” (Up to 4 points in the Alignment to Competitive Preference Priority 2” domain in the scoring rubric) Note: The BCD will accept applications that do not meet this competitive priority, but such applications will receive 0 points under competitive preference priority 2.

New Hampshire's State Plan has been approved for funding. View the full plan here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/PCRN/docs/stateplan/NH_2020_State_Plan.pdf

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