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California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) New and Innovative Grant Program
Administering Agency: California Community Colleges
Posted Date: Oct 23, 2023
Closing Date for Applications: Jan 15, 2024
Funding Range: Total funds available: $40,000,000 — Grant award maximum: $1,500,000
Geographic Scope: Regional
TOPICS: Apprenticeship , Career Pathways , Funding Opportunities , Training
Description: As part of the California Community Colleges ongoing efforts to meet the state’s need for an educated and skilled workforce, Proposition 98 funds are available for the CAI New & Innovative (N&I) Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Grant Program. The goal of the CAI N&I Grants Program Fiscal Year 2022-23 Applications is to create new and innovative apprenticeship opportunities in priority and emerging industry sectors or areas in which apprenticeship training is not fully established or does not exist. Eligible applicants are limited to educational institutions.
The CAI Grant offers three categories of funding to support apprenticeship programs as they get launched:
- Planning Grants up to $120,000
- Implementation Grants up to $1,500,000
- Expansion Grants up to $1,000,000.
Delta Workforce Grant Program
Administering Agency: Delta Regional Authority
Posted Date: Sep 21, 2023
Closing Date for Applications: Dec 21, 2023
Funding Range: Total funds available: $10,000,000 — Grant award maximum: $450,000 — Grant award minimum: $50,000
Geographic Scope: Regional
Description: DWP supports projects and initiatives that create a more vibrant economic future for the Delta region by expanding job training and re-employment opportunities, aligning workforce and economic development strategies, creating sustainable talent pipelines, establishing or enhancing locally/regionally significant public-private partnerships, and supporting enhanced workforce productivity through investments in innovative programming or services throughout the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions.
Posted October 3, 2023 to TWC’s Resource Center. Please refer to the link below for the most up to date information from the funder.
Equitable Transition Models Demonstration Grants
Administering Agency: US Department of Labor
Posted Date: Aug 10, 2023
Closing Date for Applications: Oct 31, 2023, 11:59 pm Eastern Time
Funding Range: Estimated Total Program Funding: $12,985,000 — Award Ceiling: $3,246,250
Geographic Scope: National
Description: The primary goals of the ETM Demonstration Grants are to improve the employment outcomes of multiply marginalized people with disabilities, specifically youth and young adults with disabilities (Y&YAD), as well as to increase states’ capacity to develop innovative employment strategies for underserved Y&YAD and their families. The ETM grants will support up to four grantees in developing scalable strategies to enable multiply marginalized Y&YAD ages 14 to 24 to successfully transition into the workforce.
Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants
Administering Agency: US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Posted Date: Aug 17, 2023
Closing Date for Applications: Nov 14, 2023, 11:59 pm Eastern Time
Funding Range: Estimated Total Program Funding: $65,000,000 — Award Ceiling: $5,750,000
Geographic Scope: National
TOPICS: Career Pathways , Funding Opportunities , Training
Description: The fourth round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (SCC4) will increase the capacity and responsiveness of community colleges to meet the skill development needs of employers and equitably support students in obtaining good jobs in in-demand industries. The lead applicant of an SCC Partnership must be a community college that is a public institution as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act, and at which the associate degree is primarily the highest degree awarded. Employers and the public workforce development system are required partners for all projects, which must also include a sector convener partner unless the lead or another partner serves in that role.
Notice of Funding Opportunity: Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE)
Administering Agency: Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
Closing Date for Applications: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis
Funding Range: $73.5M available total
Geographic Scope: Regional
Description: ARISE is an ARC initiative that aims to drive large-scale, regional economic transformation through multistate, collaborative projects across Appalachia.
With the additional funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, ARC launched ARISE to strengthen Appalachian business and industry, and to grow and support the development of new opportunities across multiple states.
Posted January 20, 2023 to TWC Resource Center. Please refer to the link below for the most up to date information from the funder.