Background & History
Timeline
2012 - CELab MRCOG pilot
--Inspired Jobs Council to endorse a pilot for a solowork job creation program prototype
2016 Legislature passed and Governor signed a bill for solowork pilot but did not fund it.
2016-2017 CELab/CCEDF Pilot
--CELab and a consortium of service providers bootstrapped a six-month pilot program in Cibola County using grant funds and community match in cash and in-kind.
--12 new economic base Jobs Created over 5 months
--This inspired state legislature to fund a statewide program
2017-2018 Statewide NMEDD program
--State funding: $350,000 out of JTIP ($220,000 committed but yet unspent)
What is the SoloWorks Model?
Over the last seven years the CELab, a 501c3 think tank, has
been working on developing a practical and cost-effective
approach to procuring solo economic base jobs.