Unlock new opportunities with the Digital Skills, Education, and Workforce Development 3.0 (DSEW 3.0) grant program!

Join us for an informative Tennessee Film & Entertainment Webinar featuring Codi Drake, Program Manager for Digital Opportunity Grants at the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. Codi will walk attendees through the DSEW 3.0 grant program, share insider tips for submitting a strong application, and answer your questions live.

About DSEW 3.0

The Digital Skills, Education, and Workforce Development (DSEW) program invests in initiatives that focus on improving introductory-level digital skills or providing access to advanced digital skills training for employment. The program’s workforce goal is to fund organizations that provide access to advanced digital skills training and employment opportunities using those new skills. TNECD encourages all organizations providing workforce development services to consider this opportunity to receive up to $1 million in grant funds.

There are two types of DSEW 3.0 programs that an applicant can apply for:
• Digital Skills: Digital Skills is defined as anything focusing on basic/foundational digital skills such as online safety, device usage, internet navigation, and others.
• Workforce Development: Any program focusing on intermediate/advanced digital skills and aims to provide employment.

Applications open May 1 and close June 18.

Learn more about DSEW 3.0 at the following links:

Speaker

Codi Drake
Program Manager, Digital Opportunity Grants
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

Codi Drake is a Program Manager at the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD). Codi played a key role in drafting Tennessee’s Digital Opportunity Plan and building the grant programs used to implement it. To date, Codi and his team at ECD’s broadband office have helped invest over $130 million into Digital Opportunity projects that are helping close the digital divide for thousands of Tennesseans. Codi has previously held roles at the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Mayor’s Office, the Chattanooga Mayor’s Office, and The Enterprise Center.

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The Arts & Business Council's Tennessee Film & Entertainment Webinar Series is made possible by support from the Tennessee Entertainment Commission. CreateTN.com