Subgrant - Subaward from Lilly Foundation Grant to UND & South Bend - Elkhart Region for Technology Resource Center - University of Notre Dame du Lac

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Technology Resource Center Statement of Work Request: $500K Capital Expenditures ($300K Direct Construction Costs, $200K Furnishings & Equipment) Background: Located within South Bend's Ignition Park, the TRC represents an outpost of the LIFT Network that is embedded in the community, serving as the hub for all LIFT related efforts directed by the City of South Bend (CoSB). The location will link legacy residents in our community with the incredible opportunities local industry will create through the generous contribution of the Lilly Foundation. As the South Bend -Elkhart region's private sector transforms over the next five years, the City of South Bend is committed to empowering our residents to find employment and fulfillment in that future. CoSB's workforce development and training programs are being realigned around the priority clusters identified by TEConomy report, and additional programs are being developed alongside industry partners. One of these programs will train residents in the skills necessary to compete for entry-level positions in the IT and Data Analytics Sector. Data compiled for the region in 2017 showed over 700 unfilled technology positions, with another 350 additional jobs expected by 2022. Area employers are already struggling to hire enough people with an entry level background in programming or software development. Meanwhile, the training to obtain these types of jobs is difficult for people to access outside of a traditional university setting. To meet the regional needs regarding job growth, educational advancement, and sustainable career opportunities for all residents, it is necessary for the regional ecosystem to offer access to quality technology training outside of traditional college/university courses. To this end; the City of South Bend and our partners are developing a bootcamp and applied learning program for students without technology degrees to learn and complete quickly, affordably, close to home, and with an in -person mentor and cohort. Deliverables: CoSB key deliverables include the timely completion of the build -out and furnishing of the TRC, ahead of LIFT programming to begin November 2019. Due to the close alignment of the CoSB's bootcamp/apprenticeship program and the LIFT goals for IT & Data Analytics, the city will provide regular reporting to the LIFT Executive Committee for performance updates to the Lilly Foundation. In addition to our commitment to graduate 20 students within the term of the LIFT grant, the CoSB and program partners anticipate serving the LIFT Network as a key educational resource and venue to provide additional training opportunities in emerging fields of IT, data analytics, civic technology, and security as needs and opportunities are identified throughout the LIFT Network. As additional programs are developed at the TRC, LIFT goals for IT & Data Analytics will help to inform TRC program development. TRC programming partners include range from local service providers (South Bend Code School, RKT, enfocus) and national collaborators ( Microsoft, Google, ESRI, Comcast, PCs for People). Training opportunities where substantial alignment exists between CoSB priorities and LIFT priorities will be considered on a case -by -case basis for inclusion in CoSB's regular reporting to the LIFT Executive Committee.