CHIPS for America: Removing Barriers

Applicants who request direct funding over $150 million must submit a place to provide their facility and construction workers with access to child care. The plan should consist was two important things: 

• Affordable, accessible, reliable, and high quality care
  • Childcare should be in reach of low-medium income households. 
  • The center should be located in a convenient location and hours that meet the workers needs 
  • The center should provide a safe and healthy environment that families can trust 
• Responsive to Workers' Needs 
  • CHIPS Program office encourages applicants to give access to a child care plan that works with community stakeholders (state and local) and local groups that are experts at administering childcare.

Construction Workforce Plan

• Each applicant will submit a construction workforce plan that has detailed steps that the applicant and their partners will do to recruit, hire, train a diverse and skilled workforce. 
• The plan will also need to include information about wages and project labor agreements

Prevailing Wage

• To be consistent with the CHIPS and the Davis-Bacon Act all CHIPS funded projects must receive wages at rates not less than those are Similar projects

Project Labor Agreement

• PLAs help secure the skilled and trained workforce required to complete a high quality project on schedule. In addition they encourage hiring locally. But they also support hiring vetrans, women, and people from disadvantaged communities
• PLAs also include provisions on apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs that will have workers "earn while they learn"

Construction Workforce Plan

• Each applicant will submit a construction workforce plan that has detailed steps that the applicant and their partners will do to recruit, hire, train a diverse and skilled workforce. 
• The plan will also need to include information about wages and project labor agreements

Prevailing Wage

• To be consistent with the CHIPS and the Davis-Bacon Act all CHIPS funded projects must receive wages at rates not less than those are Similar projects

Project Labor Agreement

• PLAs help secure the skilled and trained workforce required to complete a high quality project on schedule. In addition they encourage hiring locally. But they also support hiring vetrans, women, and people from disadvantaged communities
• PLAs also include provisions on apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs that will have workers "earn while they learn"