Texas Workforce Grant

[Mr.Frishman]

Today we were informed that we would not be getting the Texas Workforce grant for this year. Are there any teams in Texas that have been notified that they would be getting the grant? If so, what criteria did you use on the application?

[jmbrya]

Team 57 has received no communication at all concerning the status of our application.

[lynca]

A few teams have received confirmation , most have not.

Hopefully there will be more transparency soon.

[Mr.Frishman]

I actually found out by making a call to Skillpoint.That may be the only way anyone will find out if they have been approved or denied. They let me know that we did not get it and why.

[RaMoore]

FRC3005 received a grant confirmation email (no amount details) on 11/15 requesting all student member names, grades and student IDs printed on school letterhead. There was a 10 business day deadline to submit the paperwork.

[rsegrest]

Team 2582 got confirmation of grant awarded on Friday and like 3005 no deets just request for school and team member info. Sent reply asking for deets on Monday along with question regarding award amount but have gotten no reply as of this moment.

[safiq10]

Team 2950 also got one but with no stated amount. We got the email on friday.

[VicMiller]

just got the denial email

[jmbrya]

Team 57 just received the denial email also. Disappointing that an inner city school, Booker T. Washington, did nog qualify.

[Coach Norm]

FRC 2468 received a denial as well today.

Best of luck to teams still awaiting and congrats to those who qualified.

Norman

[Mykey]

Originally Posted by jmbrya

Team 57 just received the denial email also. Disappointing that an inner city school, Booker T. Washington, did nog qualify.

I graduated from Washington/HSEP. Without a doubt not funding team 57 makes zero sense.

[AllenGregoryIV]

I spoke with Skillpoint Alliance today and they said they would be posting a list of the teams that were offered a grant. I hope that happens soon but our conversation was at about 11:30am and they haven't done it yet.

We were not given a grant. Hopefully Skillpoint will start being a bit more transparent in some of their decisions as they keep working with FRC teams in the state.