1. JOB GROWTH FUND PROJECTS
(Special Admin Fund Expense Account SAEA)
State Fiscal Year 2015 Year End Report
(Performance Period July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015)
Department of Workforce Services

3. Table of Contents
1 PROGRAM SUMMARIES
1 Utah Cluster Acceleration Partnership (UCAP)
1 STEMLink In-School Grant
2 Small Business Bridge Program
2 ACE Veteran Credentialing Program
3 World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah)
4 Utah State University – Refugee Employment Pathways Project
5 Utah State University – Refugee Needs Assessment
5 UCAIR Partnership – AIR ASSIST Program
6 National Federation of the Blind (NFB) – Project STRIVE
7 Governor’s Office of Economic Development – Rural Outreach Program
7 Governor’s Office of Economic Development – Logistics Specialties Incorporated (LSI)
8 OUTCOME SUMMARY
9 APPENDIX A — UTAH CLUSTER ACCELERATION PARTNERSHIP
(UCAP) GRANT SUMMARIES
16 APPENDIX B — STEMLINK IN-SCHOOL GRANT SUMMARIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS

4. PROGRAM SUMMARIES
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The STEMLink Partnership provided grants to develop,
implement, expand or enhance STEM skills and
activities for students. These grants focused on helping
under-served youth gain and apply STEM skills. These
grants also targeted those students who need the most
help in gaining employable skills that will help them
achieve financial independence.
The overarching goals for projects funded were to:
• Increase interest and excitement in STEM learning
• Increase STEM skills, understanding, knowledge
and competency
• Increase awareness and interest in STEM education
and career pathways
• When appropriate, provide students with industry
recognized or stackable credentials
A total of 17 projects were funded impacting over 100
individual schools with many programs being replicated
and expanded the following school year.
STEMLink In-School Grant
UCAP provided funding to public post-secondary
educational institutions to develop, implement or enhance
educational programs that are responsive to regional and
statewide industry needs. UCAP also provided funding
to state and local economic developers that serve a state
designated industry cluster or regional economic need.
Applicants were encouraged to form a consortium to
develop programs that would impact individuals across
a region, statewide, industry sector or cluster of related
industries and leverage their collective experience to expand
the available education and career training programs.
The program is intended to increase the number of
individuals who earn industry-recognized credentials,
develop career pathways with multiple entry and exit
points for students along the post-secondary education
continuum and create systemic change by establishing
processes and programs that better connect education,
the workforce and employers.
In total 15 projects were funded resulting in 37 new
programs developed or expanded creating capacity for
an additional 925 individuals the ability to receive a
certificate or degree.
Utah Cluster Acceleration
Partnership (UCAP)
See Appendix A for detailed information on
individual grant projects funded.
See Appendix B for detailed information on
individual grant projects funded.

5. PROGRAM SUMMARIES
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The ACE Program is intended to provide an avenue for
eligible participants to gain employment in the civilian job
market by capitalizing on their past experience, training
and knowledge or by assisting them with short-term
training that leads to a certificate or license.The program
can serve Utah Veterans, active Military Personnel, actively
drilling members of the Guard and Reserve and the
Spouses of the aforementioned as long as they have served
at least one day of honorable service in a branch of the
Armed Forces.
ACE Veteran Credentialing Program
Enrolled in
training
Licenses/
certificates
obtained
Job
placements
Cost per
placement
Estimated
annualized
wages of
placements
386 266 255 $1,834.25 $5,237,371
The Bridge program was designed to assist small
businesses in creating jobs by providing grant funding to
offset training costs of those newly hired.The program
was particularly effective in creating job growth in rural
counties.This grant program served 157 employers,
resulting in 250 Jobs Created through January 30, 2015
when the program ended. Of those positions, 95 were paid
wages to address underemployment statewide (paying
$41,000 per year or more). Strategically investing job
growth funds, through Bridge, into Utah small businesses
has proven to be an important part of supporting economic
expansion in Utah.
Success stories include: aiding in the growth of,a fast growing
leading technology company in robotics, Autonomous
Solutions, and IT based firms starting up in St. George and
moving to the “silicon slopes” in Provo, such as Innovation
Simple.In addition,a company in Logan,Butcher’s Bunches,
was featured on the ABC Reality Series ‘Shark Tank’which
received an additional investment from Mark Cuban.
Small Business Bridge Program

6. PROGRAM SUMMARIES
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The mission of World Trade Center Utah is to help
Utah companies think, act and succeed globally.
WTC Utah accomplishes this mission through three
key objectives:
• Motivate and educate Utah businesses to expand
their global presence through training seminars,
regional forums and newsletters focused on
international business development, trade issues and
export opportunities.
• Build capacity of Utah businesses for
international trade through B2B consultations
to identify expansion goals, assess current
capabilities, determine overseas opportunities
and connect companies with market experts and
potential partners.
• Expand global network of Utah businesses through
trade missions and networking opportunities with
foreign trade officials.
As part of this grant, WTC Utah has provided high-
caliber educational opportunities that bring together
many economic stakeholders, including: business owners/
mangers, community leaders, chambers of commerce,
elected officials, government employees, service providers
and many others. The “International Business Forums”
have provided an opportunity to raise awareness of
international business possibilities, demystify the process
of exporting and introduce attendees to valuable export
resources. Forums were held in Vernal, St George, Logan
and Richfield. Through these forums, and smaller town
hall meetings, WTC Utah has educated nearly 500
individuals across the state.
Even with two staff members dedicated to rural outreach
efforts, it is difficult to service the 25 counties they consider
rural. In order to extend reach throughout the state and
provide education services when and where business owners
and managers would need them, they have partnered with
Utah State University to develop an online “Exporting
101”series that is modeled after their “10 Tips to Help You
Think, Act and Succeed Globally.”This effort will continue
into the next program year.
During the 2014-2015 program year, staff assisted 25
rural companies through B2B consultations as a direct
result of outreach efforts. An estimated additional 10
rural companies have been serviced through “export help
desk” services, which answer and resolve simple questions
and concerns. Additionally, through outreach efforts, it
is estimated that over 50 companies have an increased
interest in exporting. Post-forum surveys show a total of
22 companies showing an increased interest in exporting,
however, many attendees did not complete the surveys, but
have expressed their commitment to taking their products
or services global. Finally, the WTC Utah Trade Services
Team completed two market selection analyses for
companies identified through our rural outreach efforts.
World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah)

7. PROGRAM SUMMARIES
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The Salt Lake Valley is home to almost 50,000 refugees
from 20 different countries. Approximately 1,000 new
refugees are resettled in the valley each year. In an
increasingly global society, the ability of refugees to pursue
higher education in the USA is beneficial to society
at large, as well as the refugees and their families. For
adult refugees, ability to work and financially provide
for themselves and their families is a requirement of
resettlement. Thus, for this population to successfully
pursue higher education, it needs to accommodate their
work schedules and include manageable steps to acquiring
a certificate or degree.
A primary goal of the project is to increase economic
independence and prosperity for refugees through
certificate and degree completion. This goal will be
accomplished by implementing stackable credentials that
enhance microbusiness opportunities and employment,
and that can lead to certificate, bachelor or master degree
completion. In all areas, Extension certificates are being
developed to provide non-formal education that can
lead to either enhanced employment or development
of microenterprises and also can lead to USU academic
certificates and degrees.
In addition to the implementation of stackable credentials,
this project has provided support for the establishment
of the Microbusiness Connections Center (MCC).The
MCC is a partnership with DWS, USU Salt Lake, USU
Extension Salt Lake County, Salt Lake Community
College, and the International Rescue Committee.The
mission is: “To connect refugee entrepreneurs and business
owners with local business resources so they can launch,
sustain and grow successful businesses”. The MCC began
providing services in May 2015 upon moving into the
Meadowbrook Refugee Education and Training Center.
Two Extension Certificates have been developed to
support microenterprise and small business development
(see table below) that will provide a pathway to
microenterprise development by refugees and business
degrees at SLCC and USU Salt Lake. These Extension
Certificate programs have had initial pilot testing and
will be implemented beginning fall 2015 with refugee
entrepreneurs in conjunction with the opening of the
MCC at the Meadowbrook location.
Two academic certificates have been developed jointly by
USU and SLCC for a Landscape Maintenance Certificate
of Proficiency that can build toward the new USU
Landscape Management Certificate.These certificates
will lead to employment in the landscape industry and
are also stackable credentials to completing USU Salt
Lake’s Associate or Bachelor degrees in Horticulture
or Residential Landscape Design & Construction.
These certificates will undergo approval through USU
and SLCC curriculum committees and Utah Higher
Education Board of Regents in Fall 2015. Recruitment of
students will begin immediately following approval and
connections are currently being made with employers to
ensure employment of students following completion of
the certificates.
Under development are Extension Certificates in Food
Product Development. These will be specific to different
types of food businesses such as catering, processed food,
food carts, baked goods and restaurants.This will support
training for refugee entrepreneurs in the SPICE incubator
kitchen program.
Utah State University – Refugee
Employment Pathways Project

8. PROGRAM SUMMARIES
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The AIR ASSIST program is designed to protect jobs
in businesses faced with air quality requirements and
provide economic and environmental benefits to the local
community where the project takes place. This program
provides grants for business process improvements to
become compliant with air quality regulations. This
includes the purchase and installation of supplies and
equipment designed to advance business processes,
reduce emissions and improve air quality. If these
businesses were not able to become compliant it would
result in job losses and business closures. In this program
year 23 small businesses were provided grants resulting
the retention of 270 jobs and 26,909 pounds of VOC’s
reduced per year.
Grants vary in range from $500 to $15,000 (up to $30,000
if pre-approved by the Executive Board). Businesses taking
advantage of this great opportunity are required to match
the grant dollar for dollar with their own funds. Letters of
appreciation have been received from various companies
indicating that if they had not received these funds, they
would have had to lay people off to afford to become
compliant with the air quality regulations.
“The total project cost was $33,715. An expense like
that is hard on a small business. I was worried and
I was considering a downsize of staff to pay for it. I
have created a team of five full-time and one part-time
employees who work well together to achieve our goals.
The grant from UCAIR paid for $15,000 of the project.
That financial support made it possible and allowed us
to keep our current staff. The grant from the Utah Clean
Air Partnership saved my business.” – John D. Ward,
Owner, RawTin Garage
UCAIR Partnership – AIR ASSIST Program
The purpose of this project was to conduct a
comprehensive needs assessment for the Utah refugee
community, from the perspective of the service provider
community in and outside of Utah, Utah employers,
and from the refugees’ perspective. Over the course of
14 months, the research team interviewed 97 service
providers, 10 employers, and 76 refugees to understand
the baseline refugee needs in Utah. Although the primary
focus of the project was on employment and education,
many challenges which refugees need to overcome in order
to reach their employment and education goals are related
to other aspects of life, such as transportation, health and
finances. A comprehensive report has been provided to
include recommendations to improve the experience in
Utah for refugees. Full report available upon request.
Utah State University – Refugee
Needs Assessment

9. PROGRAM SUMMARIES
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Project STRIVE aims to instill hope, build confidence,
and provide mentorship to blind youth, from seventh
grade to age 26.The ultimate goal is to ensure successful
transition to becoming contributing and self-reliant
members of society.This is accomplished by providing
one-on-one mentoring with blind peers and adults
and by holding regularly scheduled activities including
discussions on attitudes about blindness, presentations
from competent blind adults, and opportunities for
college and career preparation. In all activities, Project
STRIVE is dedicated to the success of the individual and
to the promotion of a positive attitude about blindness.
The STRIVE in Project STRIVE stands for Successful
Transition Requires Independence, Vocation & Education.
In May, the NFB of Utah held its annual state convention.
The theme was “Get ready… get set…. And go out and
live the life you want.” The convention included allowing
STRIVE participants to hear what other employed blind
people are doing, network with people in their interest
and career fields, learn about technology available to blind
people at the vender fare, present to an audience about
the things they have learned this year in project strive, and
celebrate the successes of their goals.
Highlights include:
• Three state scholarship winners – One will be
attending Harvard, One will be attending BYU and
the other will continue attending SLCC
• Four participants were hired to be Junior Mentors for
the annual Braille Enrichment Learning and Literacy
(BELL) Program which teaches children to read braille
• Two participants have been selected to attend an
intensive nine week summer training program
which includes an employment opportunity as well
as learning blindness skills at an NFB center for the
blind in Louisiana
• Two participants will complete summer internship
programs at the U.S. Forrest Service and Utah
Valley Mental Health Clinic
• Seventeen participants are working summer jobs
• Six participants are receiving training through the
Division of Services for the Blind and Visually
Impaired (DSBVI) in Salt Lake
• One participant began working as an intern in
Baltimore, Maryland.
National Federation of the Blind (NFB) –
Project STRIVE

10. PROGRAM SUMMARIES
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This program was specifically designed to create jobs and
help grow the Utah economy.To accomplish this, the
Rural Outreach Coordinator meets with county leaders
throughout the State, assists with identifying their top
economic and workforce development priorities, and then
identifies resources to help achieve those goals.
Project highlights for this year include:
• Increased the number of Rural Fast Track grants
awarded from 13 awarded in 2013 to 31 awarded
in 2014 and 34 awarded in 2015. In 2015, grants
awarded totaled $1.4 million in grant funds coupled
with $5.9 million in private capital investment
resulting in 69 high-paying jobs created
• Increased number of Enterprise Zones in state to 37
Enterprise Zones
• Hosted 4 Familiarization Tours with Lt. Governor
Cox in 4 counties (San Juan, Grand, Emery, Sanpete)
Governor’s Office of Economic
Development – Rural Outreach Program
LSI Business Development, Inc. (LSI BD) is partnered
with Utah’s Department of Workforce Services (DWS)
Employer Initiatives to bring effective services to Utah
companies through the Economic Expansion Program. The
program is designed to provide solutions to Utah employers
through customized business expansion and workforce
development strategies - helping Utah companies grow
through job creation and workforce solutions. The
Economic Expansion Program has resulted in positive
outcomes - new jobs have been created and employers are
provided the assistance they need in finding skilled labor to
fill vacant and “hard to fill”positions. Further, employers
are also provided short and long term strategies to
effectively link to secondary and post-secondary education,
STEM initiatives and training providers to build talent
pipelines and develop their existing workforce through
embedded career pathways such as internships, on the job
training and apprenticeship programs.
Governor's Office of Economic
Development — Logistics Specialties
Incorporated (LSI)
Outcomes Goals Results
Utah Employer Participants 125 130
Referral Services provided to Utah Employers 75 284
*Jobs Created through Business Development Services 63 222
*Placements-Individuals hired through Workforce Strategies 50 392
* Outcomes based on employer reporting to the Department of Workforce Services Unemployment Insurance as of March 30, 2015.

11. OUTCOME SUMMARY
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Brief Program Summary Overview
Project
Budget
Spent
Outcome
Target
Actual
Outcome
Cost per
Outcome
Outcome Measurement
ACE Veteran Credentialing $467,734 333 255 $1,834 Job placement
GOED – Logistics Specialties
Inc
$250,000 125 130 $1,923 Businesses served/job created
GOED - Rural Outreach $75,000 25 34 $2,205
Rural county priority projects
completed
National Federation of the
Blind – Project STRIVE
$64,169 67 22 $2,916 Program participants*
Small Business Bridge
Program
$663,000 333 250 $2,652 New jobs created
STEMLink In-School Grant $1,140,127 18
17
$82
K – 12 stem programs developed or
expanded
265 # Of schools impacted
13,852 # Of students impacted
UCAIR Partnership $637,500 85 23 $27,717
Businesses served/emissions
reduced
USU – Refugee Training
Programs
$264,725 100
5
$2,547
Certificate/degree programs
developed
100 Capacity created
Utah Cluster Acceleration
Partnership (UCAP)
$1,985,518 267
37
$2,146
Certificate/degree programs
developed or expanded
925 Students enrolled
2 Economic development projects
World Trade Center Utah $122,709 25 500 $2,454 Businesses served

12. APPENDIX A
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Box Elder County Redevelopment Agency
$200,000 ($2,005,000 leveraged)
Project Title: Utah Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Test Center
• Test Center is near operational and the FAA
authorization is in the final stages of review. Once
granted, the Test Center’s (through the RDA)
authorization will allow the Test Center to fly UAS
in full compliance with FAA’s regulations.
• The UAS Test Center will leverage Utah State
University’s unmanned aircraft, and sensory
technology from various Utah manufacturers.
• The Test Center has begun assisting the Utah
Highway Patrol, the Utah Division of Emergency
Management, multiple police departments, Box
Elder County Sheriff ’s Office and various agencies
throughout the state develop their UAS programs.
• The Test Center anchors the northern portion
of Utah’s composite industry and its testing
infrastructure will assist the industry in developing
advanced aerospace products.
• The Test Center provides training grounds for
future UAS operators, which will contribute
directly to workforce development in the region.
• The Test Center is positioned to be a source of
job growth and economic development for Box
Elder County.
Bridgerland Applied Technology College (BATC)
$100,000 ($486,000 leveraged)
Project Title: Automated Manufacturing and Robotics
BATC Brigham City Campus
• Full Time Automated Manufacturing and Robotics
program replicated and now offered in Brigham
City for adults and high school students
- 34 high school students and 7 full time enrolled
• 9 new courses developed
- Additional 179 students enrolled for a total of 220
- 186 Industry Certifications provided
• BATC High school VEX robotics team won the
State of Utah Tournament and the National Vex
Robotics Tournament
• In partnership with Autonomous Solutions, a 2nd
annual Robot Boot Camp was offered for high
school students as well as a robotics fair at BATC
• BATC hosted two VEX robotics competitions, One
in Brigham City and One in Logan, with over 350
in attendance and 18 teams competing
• BATC marketed over 3500 junior high students to
the field of Automated Manufacturing and Robotics
during their Career Davy Event
• BATC has become known as the “Go To” place in
Northern Utah for robotics training. Companies
Utah Cluster Acceleration Partnership
(UCAP) Grant Summaries
Utah Cluster Acceleration Partnership
is a collaborative partnership between:
Department of Workforce Services

13. APPENDIX A
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Success Story
Tracy Allen, BATC Student of the Month for August 2015
Instructor Comments: “Tracy Allen, is a very
determined, bright, and outgoing student. She is
currently doing an internship with Nucor Steel in
Plymouth, UT. When Tracy first arrived at BATC, she
was a single mom who was struggling to make ends
meet. She has made the most of her moment here
by working hard and appreciating her opportunity to
learn. She has a winning attitude that inspires others
to succeed. Tracy is also appreciative of those people
who have helped her, and she realizes that no one
“makes it” on her own. She is presently an intern at
Nucor, where she most likely will end up working
permanently. She will make a very good living for
herself and her son.”
are excited and sending employees to BATC for
automated manufacturing and robotics training.
• Partnerships have been created with Utah State
University and engineering graduate students are
taking the courses to give them a “Hands On”
experience with composites and robotics.
• Advanced certificates offered in Logan that are
not currently available in Brigham and some of the
advanced courses will be made available through
UEN broadcast
• Career pathways are established for students to
move on to the next level with all of the 900 hour
or better certificates allowing students to move on
to USU and receive 30 credits towards and AAS in
General Technology.
• Agreements are being worked on to allow students
to move into BS programs at USU in Engineering
or Technology or UVU in Engineering Robotics
Technology (ERT) or Manufacturing Management
at UVU which is an online degree.
Dixie Applied Technology College (DXATC)
$200,000 ($397,202 leveraged)
Project Title: Dixie Advanced Manufacturing Alliance
(AMA)
• Grant funding has allowed DXATC to move into
a state of the art facility and place brand new and
high-tech equipment in the lab spaces that both
current and relevant
• New national curriculum has been identified and being
embedded into the Manufacturing Operations program
- Recognized by ANSI, ISO, and National
Association of Manufacturers and will give
students a national certificate as a Certified
Production Technician
• Local companies have placed 11 DXATC AM-
STEM students in paid summer internships
• 4 programs developed or expanded
• 73 students enrolled
• 9 completed
• 115 Industry Recognized Certificates provided
• 44 individuals employed

14. APPENDIX A
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Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College
(OWATC)
$100,000 ($242,099 leveraged)
Project Title: Advanced Composites Equipment (ACE)
• New equipment training modules created including
course materials,testing,and hands-on learning activities
• Pathway being developed for high school students in
Ogden and Weber School Districts
• Pathway being developed with WSU for
Composites program students
• New technology from purchase of Autoclave will
support students in the Composites and NDI programs
• 149 students enrolled
• 36 students completed
• 36 Industry Recognized Certificates provided
• 32 individuals employed
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC)
$175,000 ($176,582 leveraged)
Project Title: Plastic Molding Skilled Workers
• Plastic Molding program expansion
• Program serves incumbent workers, unemployed job
seekers, returning Veterans and high school students
• Conducted 8 open enrollment courses
• 50 students enrolled
• 3D Printer allowed prototyping lab to assist several
entrepreneurs fabricate new products
• ENGEL Global placed and new $104,000
training injection machine in the lab which will
allow students to gain experience on the current
technology used in local industry
Snow College
$110,000 ($180,072 leveraged)
Project Title: Snow College CS/IT Expansion Program
• Fully implemented a Computer Networking
program on the Ephraim campus
• The first CIS courses were taught in Ephraim
during Spring Semester of 2015, and will be rolling
out the entire Certificate of Proficiency in Computer
Networking for the FY 2016 school year
• Developed three online courses that will be offered
as concurrent enrollment for high school students
• 37 students have enrolled for five CIS courses
• Computer Science course is in the development process
- Both USU and UVU offer this course; Snow College
hopes to articulate with these two institutions
Southern Utah University (SUU)
$73,500 ($90,790 leveraged)
Project Title: Workforce Development for MSC
Aerospace Industry Cluster
• NX skills added to CAD/CAM Majors
- 46 students completed the program
- 4 graduated with NX Skills
• Fundamentals of Manufacturing (which specifically
includes Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing)
is on the schedule for Fall 2015
- Twenty-two students are enrolled
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing (which
specifically includes Product Lifecycle Management)
is on the schedule for Spring 2016.
- Enrollment will open in November 2015
• Technology, Engineering, and Computer Science
(TECS) summer camp
- 85 students attended
• MSC Aerospace (Metalcraft, Syberjet, et al)
continue to employ students as interns
Southwest Applied Technology College
(SWATC)
$120,000 ($164,982 leveraged)
Project Title: Advanced Manufacturing
• Industrial Maintenance program has produced the
following student outcomes-

15. APPENDIX A
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- 12 students enrolled
- 9 students completed
- 9 Industry Recognized Certificates provided
- 6 students placed in industry
- 3 students continuing and will complete during
Fall 2015
• Employer feedback on all students placed
indicating excellent satisfaction with student
preparation for employment and requests for
additional trained candidates
• Precision Sheet Metal training scheduled to begin
August 2015
Unitah Basin Applied Technology College
(UBATC)
$77,500 ($120,000 leveraged)
Project Title: Well Control/ Safety Enhancement
• Well Control Simulator upgrade installed and
training for the instructor completed
• Yale forklift has made it possible to hold multiple
trainings from one training medium
- 72 enrolled, completed, employed and certificates
provided
University of Utah (U of U) – Cell Therapy and
Regenerative Medicine
$200,000 ($273,074 leveraged)
Project Title: A Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine
(CTRM) Mini-Cluster
• Received Clearance from the FDA to initiate Phase
I clinical trial sponsored by Q-Therapeutics,
• Completed a manufacturing runs for
Q-therapeutics, Jade Therapeutics and iVeena.
• Manufactured a 20L lot of platelet lysate
• Mentored an undergraduate student
• 2 new technologists completed 6 & 9 months of
training, respectively. Quality Assurance specialist
completed 6 months of training.
• Presentation on Regenerative Medicine made to
Bioengineering Class (10 students)
• Established relationships with 2 new distributors
(i.e. AlphaTech & Allcells)
University of Utah (U of U) – Church & State
$200,000 ($1,000,000 leveraged)
Project Title: Church & State
• As a co-working community, (incubation space
for new companies) focus is placed on public
and private partnerships, entrepreneurship and
mentoring businesses being developed
- Co-working space is fully operational
- 11 companies in co-working space
- 17 new jobs created
- Hosted numerous networking events with
hundreds of people in attendance
• Officially granted non-profit 501(c)(3) status
• Awarded a grant from the Sorenson Impact Foundation

16. APPENDIX A
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• DevPoint Labs (DPL) is on their fourth cohort
since moving into C&S. DPL has had numerous
hackathons, pitch days and demo days with
broad support from the tech community. In
addition, they have launched two part-time
classes, gained three new employees, increased
women in their classes by 40% and formed a
partnership with the University of Utah.
• PenBlade (PB), a startup with a safety scalpel
and craft/utility blade on the market, moved
in in January. Since then, they have hired four
new employees, launched their retail product,
launched their Amazon store and received
contracts with three of the five top GPOs.
• Larada Sciences (Larada), a medical device
company with a lice eradication device, moved
into two of the mezzanine offices in January.
Due to continued success of their product and
expansion of their team, Larada has outgrown
their space and will be launching into their own
offices in August.
• Big Leap, an SEO and content marketing
company based in American Fork, UT, opened a
satellite office in one of the glass office spaces
on the mezzanine on May 1, 2015.
• Beehive Startups was given a free office in the
basement and will use the space to continue their
mission of covering the startup industry in Utah.
• Code Green Interactive, a web development
company specializing in corporate websites,
eCommerce systems and enterprise web apps,
has moved into a basement office.
• Re/mark, a creative ad agency, moved in to
a main level office in March. Since joining
the C&S community, they have acquired a
Fortune 100 company as a client and branded/
launched two local retail brands. As part of his
contributiohttp://codegreeninteractive.com/
our-process/n to the C&S community, Re/mark
founder Rusty Clifton is developing a cause
marketing/social impact speaker series, which is
expected to roll out in the winter.
• Olive Tree Network is a digital advertising and
media company with operations in California
and Utah. Since moving into C&S they have
hired three new employees, expanded into
new industries, and grown their revenue
substantially.
• Combat Arts Strength & Conditioning opened a
community gym in the basement in Q1 2015 and
continues to offer free classes, as well as paid
private sessions, for Church & State members.
• Track Train moved in to a second floor office
in July. They build apps that help the public
service community. The company is based in
San Diego and will have five employees working
out of their C&S office.
• Fly Wire moved in to an upper office in July.
They have since grown their team by 50%,
landed their first client, and are finishing their
first product which they expect to launch soon.
Church & State Co-working Community Update –
Resource Partner Highlights

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Utah State University (USU) – Moab
$101,000
Project Title: Launching Career,Technical and STEM
Education Programs at USU Moab
• Developed three career pathways that can begin in
the high school with concurrent enrollment courses
followed by postsecondary certificates, associate
degrees, bachelor’s degrees and beyond
• IT Support and Web Development, Construction
Management and Professional Bookkeeping
• Developed 5 Certificates of Proficiency which allow
a student to enter the workforce after completing
just 16-19 credits of coursework
- The Certificates of Proficiency are ‘stackable’
into an Associates of Applied Science Degree
in General Technology. Additionally, the AAS
Degree in General Technology will be able to
be ‘stacked’ into a Bachelor’s Degree in Trade
and Technology.
• 3 students enrolled IT Support and Web
Development
• 1 student enrolled in Professional Bookkeeping
• 35 high school students enrolled in three new
concurrent enrollment courses
Utah State University Eastern (USU-E) –
Blanding
$160,000 ($161,877 leveraged)
Project Title: Expanding Healthcare Workforce in
Southeast Utah
• Pharmacy Technician, Surgical Technician, Medical
Scribe (Health Information Technician) programs
have been developed and are ready to accept
students for enrollment
• Upgraded and expanded video conference-delivered
course support
• Facilities were renovated to provide dedicated space
for the new programs
• Held STEAM Expo to market new programs to
high school and college students
- Activities included DNA isolation demonstrations
and iStan wireless patient simulator
• High School juniors have the ability to enter into
the Pharmacy Tech program and finish with an
Industry Recognized Certificate the Summer/Fall
after graduation
• USU-E serves approximately 70% Native
American students
Utah Valley University
$33,000 (13,000 leveraged)
Project Title: Regulatory Affairs Graduate Certificate –
Year 2
• UVU continued to develop and fine tune the RA
Program
• 10 students enrolled
• All 10 students provided internship opportunities
• 6 students graduated and entered employment
• Additional partnerships were developed with
local organizations in the industry. Facility tours
were provided for the students, guest speakers
lectured on relevant topics, on site case studies were
performed, internship opportunities were provided
and scholarship money was given
• For the 2015 – 2016 school year 18 students have
expressed interest in enrolling

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Weber State University (WSU)
$150,000 ($150,000 leveraged)
Project Title: Production Control and Automation
Certificate
• Developed Production Control and Automation
Certificate Program
• The Baxter Robot (a cage free autonomous robot)
continues to be used as a recruiting tool during
tours and WSU recruiting fairs
• Haas provided a $44,000 mill to WSU as an
educational partner
• Autoliv, BATC, OWATC and WSU will continue
to determine the potential viability of a new degree
path from the ATC through WSU for an AS/
BS degree related manufacturing, automation and
controls
• Curriculum has been tested and WSU will begin
to enroll students Fall 2015

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STEMLink In-School Grant Summaries
Cache County School District — $94,000
To improve the quality of STEM education in the Cache
County School District, training and supplies were provided
for 4th and 5th grade teachers in 16 elementary schools
to incorporate STEM into their teaching. Each teacher
received lesson plans, supplies, and training on 3 units of
science, coordinating the units with the core standards.This
impacted 800 students during this past school year and will
continue to be used on an ongoing basis.
Creekview Elementary School — $53,000
Creekview implemented the use of Engineering is
Elementary and Lego Robotics.Teachers used the kits
to teach science and engineering concepts as they were
integrated with reading and writing at each grade level.
The kits allowed the students to work collaboratively
as they solved real-world problems.The first Family
Engineering Night was also held. USU Eastern,
Intermountain Electronics and teachers set up stations for
parents and students to participate in a variety of projects
and demonstrations.
Students in fourth and fifth grades learned to program the
robotic legos while third graders learned simple machine
concepts and helped the younger students to develop hand
eye coordination.Three classroom sets of Chromebooks
were also purchased for the fifth grade classrooms.This
has freed up the computer labs in the building and allowed
other grades to spend more time in the labs.This impacted
520 students during this past school year and will continue
to be used on an ongoing basis.
Crimson View Elementary School — $46,000
The “Crimson View is Going Green” program
implemented included a greenhouse, horticulture
education and a weather station. Students engineered a
watering system for the greenhouse and implemented
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students how to grow products and the science behind
it. Students were able to help build, maintain and grow
plants in the greenhouse. Students were able to track
the weather daily and how it was affecting the growth
of their plants by accessing the information through a
link on their iPads daily. A TV was also set up in the
front foyer of the school for all students, teachers and
guests to view greenhouse information, weather station
information, and science projects that are going on.
Partnerships developed to make this successful included:
Migro, Sterling Solar, Tuff Greenhouses, Star Nursery,
Kelsey Excavation. Many contractors and parents were
also willing to donate time, effort, and resources to
building the greenhouse.
During the following school year students will plant
crops, market, sell and distribute plants to develop
entrepreneurship. Greenhouse, weather station activities,
and the use of Foss kits will also be implemented into
their summer program next year. Dixie State University
will send teachers to teach the before and after school
programs and summer programs.This impacted 650
students during this past school year and will continue to
be used on an ongoing basis.
Davis School District — $100,000
The Davis District Elementary STEM Programs
initiative will implement STEM concepts and activities
in 11 elementary schools impacting 6,500 K-6 students.
Partnerships include: Hill Air Force Base, Boeing,
National Instruments, Moore Good Ideas, Weber State
University, Utah State University, L-3 Communications,
Weber Basin Water Conservancy District and Wasatch
Integrated Waste Management.
Delta Tech Center — $62,000
The Delta Tech Center serves as the recognized industry
technical training provider for Millard School District.
These funds were used to develop and implement an
engineering pathway. Students will begin with a pre-
engineering course and Project Lead the Way Program
and then move into a post-secondary training program.
Desert Hills High School — $26,000
Students Optimizing STEM (SOS) is a teacher’s quest
to raise the bar in the high school Computer Science &
Information Technology classroom.The increase in rigor
that occurred resulted in the Desert Hills High School
Web Design team receiving the Silver Medal at the State
Skills USA Competition.The Gold Medalists were unable
to attend Nationals so this web design team had the
opportunity to replace them at Nationals on June 22 for
a one week competition in Louisville, Kentucky. In the
Computer Repair class, 20 PC Repair students earned 16
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course produced some State Champions! These students
tested far above the State average in all subjects except
one for the CTE STE Skills tests. Due to the success of
this grant and increased rigor in the above courses, a new
course will be added for the next school year; Video Game
Design Fundamentals II.This has resulted in serving 40
students and issuing 106 industry recognized certifications.
Garfield County School District — $20,000
The main outcome of this grant was to increase awareness
of STEM Occupations by infusing STEM related
concepts into existing curriculum. A Computer Numeric
Controlled (CNC) Plasma CAM System was purchased
and implemented in two high school welding shops.
In addition, three 3 D Printers and 3 D Scanners were
purchased to help in the design process.This impacted 175
students during this past school year and will continue to
be used on an ongoing basis.
Grand County School District — $49,000
This project was developed to prepare students to
take advantage of educational and career pathways in
Grand County leading to employment or continuing
education in STEM related careers. Although there
were a few setbacks, the stage is set to move forward
with the continued development of the Engineering
Pathway, continued participation of Work-Based
Learning students in STEM fields, and new articulation
agreements with USU-Moab. A new Engineering and
Robotics/Automation lab was developed for Robotics
and Automation being offered for the 2015 – 2016
school year. Engineering curriculum will be enhanced
and offered in the 2016 – 2017 school year. Science
teachers infused their curriculum with STEM concepts.
Lego Robotics was implemented into the Physics
course and had much student success with these
activities. The Earth Science teacher purchased a shaker
table and other supplies to demonstrate the forces
of nature and the effect on life. Several new STEM
related internship sites have been developed. These
new sites will continue to be utilized in the future,
and other sites will be developed, as we prepare more
students for STEM related careers. Possibly the greatest
outcome of this project was working with USU-Moab
and the Beacon Afterschool Program to develop new
articulation agreements, new concurrent enrollment
options for our CTE students, and engaging with
community partners to develop new STEM related
opportunities. This will have a far-reaching effect on the
STEM and Career and Technical Education prospects
for students in our community.
Granite School District — $65,000
The goal of the Academic Achievement through Family
and Consumer Sciences (FACS) project was to include
food science concepts and align with grade level math and
science core in Foods and Nutrition Courses. Revisions
have been made, resources developed and shared and
training provided. 184 teachers statewide completed
training for the new Foods & Nutrition I coursework.
This course is now a foundational course for three
specializations – Culinary, Food Services and Dietetics &
Nutrition. An industry advisory board has been developed
to support curriculum development and work-based
learning opportunities for students.The advisory board
includes representatives from USOE, USU and industry.
What started to be a pilot in Granite School District,
resulted in a statewide systematic change for FACS
programs.These changes will be implemented in the 2015
– 2016 school year and impact all schools across the state.
Gunnison Valley High School (GVHS) —
$100,000
Gunnison Valley Highs School created a STEM
Academy within its high school that would improve
STEM Literacy by utilizing Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math classes to create awareness in
STEM Fields. Curiosity to Reality a state-wide school
assembly (The Future of STEM) held by the Utah
STEM Coalition at the end of October was rebroadcast
to all students in the Engineering and Technology
classes. The entire high school participated in the Hour
of Code. During the week, broadcasts were made in the
student commons area using the new STEM TV that
included information on Computer Science, STEM
and Engineering careers. These broadcasts also included
insights into STEM history, including "Women in
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as study skills and time management tips. The High
School Pre-Engineering students sponsored an Hour of
Code challenge at Gunnison Valley Middle School. The
students assisted middle school classes in logging into
their own Hour of Code and start the middle school
contest using their one to one devices.
STEM Awareness Day(s) was offered to 4th grade students
at Gunnison Valley Elementary, Moroni Elementary
and Fountain Green Elementary schools. Prior to the
STEM day, an introduction and orientation to STEM
was presented to each individual class of 4th graders.The
STEM Awareness activities were set up and taught by high
school students that are participating in our STEM classes.
Math 3 is utilizing iPads and the Desmos Graphing
Calculator app to apply math to the world around us.
Students were asked to take pictures of circles, horizontal
lines, vertical lines, parabolas, to name a few, as they found
them in the school environment. Students then overlaid
a graph on top of the pictures, highlighting the assigned
mathematical function, and finally determined the
equation that represented the function.
3D Printing- With the new 3D Printer purchased,
students can now asses real life output. Parts can be
designed, assembled on the computer and printed out to
verify all parts meet desired design outcomes.This design
process will be added to all the Engineering Design,
Robotic and Automation and Pre-Engineering Classes
that reinforce our new Pre-Engineering Pathway.
In an effort to make Snow College IVC concurrent
enrollment courses more available, GVHS will partner
with Snow College to allow students the ability to take
CE courses at a time that fits within their high school
schedule. Students will watch the class when they are
able at a regularly scheduled time and participate in
discussion boards through Canvas.This pilot project is
being attempted at a very limited number of high schools.
Efforts for the next year will continue to focus on the
implementation of new equipment, collaboration of
partners and the continuation of new plans for the
expansion of the STEM Awareness Day. Future STEM
collaboration will focus on continued STEM awareness
and meeting the needs of underserved students.This
STEM grant has offered a great opportunity to expand the
depth of our STEM areas as more programs and teachers
are taking an interest to become involved.

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InTech Collegiate High School (ICHS) — $33,000
ICHS used grant funding to provide compensation to
counseling staff to research and then develop a work-based
learning program. Outcomes/Accomplishments included;
Development of a Formal (STEM-based) Internship
Program and a credit-bearing internship program
handbook (policies, procedures, forms); Eight initial
partnerships with local STEM industry were created and
summer interns placed; Professional development was
provided for 100% of ICHS faculty to enhance students’
computer technology skills.
Iron County School District — $30,000
Enrollment for the Engineering Expansion program began
in August 2014. 32 High School students participated
in the program, and approximately 100 Elementary and
Middle School students directly using this program.
Seven of the 32 high school students were in a college
level Engineering courses, all middle schools and 80% of
elementary schools participated in Lego League and were
directly affected by grant.
An Engineering 1010 course has been developed with
Southern Utah University. This course is part of the
TYCE model and will be used to help the rest of the
state’s high schools receive the same course. A syllabus
has been developed that includes modules and outlines
that tie to Engineering Design Core. VEX Robot kits
and arena, along with basic equipment was purchased to
support this program.
Kane County School District — $20,000
The main outcome of this grant was to increase awareness
of STEM Occupations by infusing STEM related
concepts into existing curriculum. A Computer Numeric
Controlled (CNC) Plasma CAM System was purchased
and implemented in two high school welding shops.
In addition, three 3 D Printers and 3 D Scanners were
purchased to help in the design process.This impacted 250
students during this past school year and will continue to
be used on an ongoing basis.
Ogden City School District — $100,000
The Ogden School District (OSD) STEM leadership
team created the STEM League, which included four
major competitions throughout the school. These
competitions were open to all 5th and 6twh grade
students and were supervised by teachers. The events
were: Sphero Robots Programming, Popsicle Bridge
Building (6th), Lego Renewable Energy Challenge (5th),
Lego EV3 Programming and OSD Math Olympiad.
Based on student participation in the STEM League,
OSD STEM leadership team anticipates significant
participation in the newly created junior high school
STEM League, starting in 2015-2016.

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Based on the success of the elementary STEM League,
the OSD STEM leadership team applied for and was
awarded the DWS/Ogden School District – Afterschool
Equipment and Curriculum Grant which will be used
to establish the Junior High School STEM League. This
new league should boost interest and participation in
STEM activities in the junior high schools.
Through various connections and the tireless effort of the
STEM leadership team,they were able to leverage the
success of the program to develop key partnership with
other educational organizations,civic partners,and industry
partners.The STEM League was presented to the Ogden
City Council,the Northern Utah Curriculum Consortium,
and David Smith’s STEM Principals’Academy.The STEM
Leadership team believes that a great deal of success in
establishing these connections can be attributed to our
marketing plan,which included branding and website design.
Salt Lake Center for Science Education —
$47,000
Over the course of the year a fully functional Maker Lab
was created where students are able to apply science,
technology, math, and creativity in order to plan, problem
solve, and build products. With the purchase of Macbook
computers, seventh graders learned how to use Inkscape,
a professional quality vector graphics software, to create
simple designs that can be cut using the purchased laser
cutout machine. One of the most successful and impactful
projects the seventh graders undertook was building their
own rulers.They learned important engineering process
skills, problem solving, the importance for precision and
a deeper understanding of the metric system. The Maker
Lab became so popular and intriguing for students that an
after school program was created for any student interested
in creating. Students have designed and built earrings,
trebuchets, nested boxes, ukuleles, art installations and
more. 15 students have consistently attended this program,
a third of whom were female. Subject to securing funding
for a teacher salary supplement this program will continue
to be offered and will recruit more female students.
All of the high school Chemistry classes were able to
tour the University of Utah chemistry facilities and learn
firsthand how elemental analysis of water is conducted.
Students collected water from the Salt Lake City Water
Reclamation Plant and were able to have their samples
analyzed for elements and ions by the University’s facility.
Some students were invited to spend extended times at the
University running their own samples in University labs.
To extend this experience, additional lab equipment was
purchased like pipettors to teach essential lab skills that are
used in professional labs. Several students are now pursuing
either lab based internships or independent science research
projects in collaboration with the University of Utah.
Additional partnerships include: Goldman Sachs on several
projects most significantly career awareness, Utah Paperbox
continues to mentor and provide materials and be available
for field trips to their facility, a new partnership has been
developed with Northrop Grumman and the Utah Ability
Center to build an adapted bike for a disabled veteran. It
is anticipated that the laser cutter and Maker space will be
invaluable for prototyping phases of this project.
Sevier School District — $96,000
The initial results of the FY 15 STEMLink Grant award
for Sevier school district included below represent the
first year of implementation. Additional students will have
similar opportunities for many years to come because of this
one time award. Funds were used to provide some teacher
training and purchase some supplies, but were primarily
used to purchase instructional equipment to operate a
Biotechnology lab and a Pre - Engineering lab. Both
of these programs have not previously been available to
students either at Sevier School District secondary schools
or through Snow College.They will be taught at the newly
constructed Sevier Career and Technical Education Center.
Each class has 24 students registered and includes students
from all four of the district high schools.
Project Lead the Way curriculum will be used in the
pre-engineering courses.Two sections of Introduction to
Engineering and Design, and two courses of Principals of
Engineering are scheduled with 28 students registered for
each.These classes also include students from all of the
district’s high schools.
Each year approximately 100 students from the Navajo
Nation attend Sevier School District high Schools and
several of these students are among those attending the
new classes.

26. JOB GROWTH FUND PROJECTS
(Special Admin Fund Expense Account SAEA)
State Fiscal Year 2015 Year End Report
(Performance Period July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015)
Department of Workforce Services
Prepared by: Melisa Stark, Program Manager, Utah Department of Workforce Services