Regional and National Grant Opportunities

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In addition to its other grant and scholarship opportunities offered, the AMBA has gathered information on other state, regional and national grants available to U.S. businesses and manufacturers. These grants, tax incentives and other sources of financial support address a variety of areas, including: 

• Job readiness and training
• Workforce development
• Economic growth (local, regional and national)
• Competitiveness in international markets
• Apprenticeship programs
• STEM activities
• Public infrastructure
• Community development
• Workers re-entering the labor market (i.e., veterans, disabled individuals, etc.)

A few upcoming grant opportunities to note (listed by state): 

California
Workforce Accelerator Fund – Application deadline: October 31, 2022
The California Workforce Development Board and the Employment Development Department fund projects that design, develop, and implement projects that accelerate employment and re-employment strategies for California job seekers. The State Board and EDD will fund projects and partnerships to create and prototype innovative strategies that bridge education and workforce gaps for targeted populations, and initial implementation of promising models and practices in workforce system service delivery infrastructure.
 
Kentucky
Grant-in-Aid (GIA) program – Next Application Submission Deadline: December 15, 2024
The GIA provides reimbursements dollars to companies/consortia. The maximum funding amount for qualified companies during a BSSC fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) is the LESSER of the following:  50% of approved costs/eligible costs; $75,000; $2,000 x number of trainees. The following properly documented training costs are eligible: In-House Training ($25 per hour permitted); Educational Institution and Consultant Training; Instructional Materials and Supplies; Employee/Trainee Wages; Registered Apprenticeship. Safety, mandated, and regulatory training is eligible if it totals no more than 25% of the overall eligible training. Retroactive training, pro/con union training, employee assessments/evaluations and training provided.
 
Skilled Training Investment Credit (STIC) – Next Application Submission Deadline: December 15, 2024
The STIC provides a tax credit against Kentucky income taxes to companies for company specific training activities. The maximum tax credit amount for qualified companies during a BSSC fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) is the LESSER of the following:  50% of approved costs/eligible costs; $75,000; $2,000 x number of trainees. The following properly documented training costs are eligible: In-House Training ($25 per hour permitted); Educational Institution and Consultant Training; Instructional Materials and Supplies; Employee/Trainee Wages; Registered Apprenticeship. Safety, mandated, and regulatory training is eligible if it totals no more than 25% of the overall eligible training. Retroactive training, pro/con union training, employee assessments/evaluations and training provided.
 
Minnesota
Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP) – Applications Due: September 27, 2024
This grant funding is to facilitate the participation and/or retention of people of color, Indigenous people, and women in registered apprenticeship programs through various means including outreach, education, assessment, preparation, support services, instruction, training, placement and retention activities.
 
Registered Apprenticeships of Tomorrow’s Clean Economy Grant – Semiconductors - Applications Due: September 30, 2024
This grant will provide support to employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the semiconductor industry to develop or expand registered apprenticeship programs.
 
Clean Economy Occupations Grant – Applications will be accepted on a continual basis until all funds have been awarded.
This grant seeks to support registered apprenticeship programs to upgrade their capacity to train registered apprentices and upskill incumbent workers in clean economy occupations.
 
New Jersey
UPSKILL: NJ Incumbent Worker Training Grant:  – Application Due October 2, 2024
NJ Incumbent Worker Training Grant funds are competitively awarded to New Jersey employers to provide cost reimbursement assistance to train incumbent frontline employees to meet the current and future occupational skill requirements of available high wage, middle-skill and high-skill jobs in New Jersey. Grant funds are intended to achieve measurable outcomes for the employees trained, “seed” occupational skills training, and support New Jersey businesses in acquiring a skilled workforce. Grant funds are not intended for annual training or training that would otherwise be conducted without grant assistance. NJ Incumbent Worker Training Grants may contribute up to a maximum of a 50% match to training costs incurred by a New Jersey employer in one of two ways.
 
Opportunity Partnership Grant – Application Due October 15, 2024
The GAINS program will provide New Jersey businesses/organizations or current registered apprenticeship sponsor in targeted sectors with support for new Registered Apprenticeship (RA) program development, or existing RA programs who seek to expand into new USDOL approved occupations. The GAINS program will encourage participation by providing a 50% wage reimbursement for up to 12 months of newly hired apprentices’ employment, offset costs incurred for training the new apprentice, and to incentivize employers for hiring registered apprentices from pre-apprenticeship programs. Examples of training costs include: related classroom instructor costs, materials and supplies, supervision by a journey worker, etc.
 
Ohio 
TechCred – Current application period closes on September 30, 2023
The TechCred program gives businesses the chance to upskill current and future employees in today’s tech-infused economy. Credentials that are eligible under TechCred must be short-term, industry-recognized, and technology-focused. The state will reimburse up to $2,000 of training upon completion of a credential.
 
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Industry Partnership Grants – Application deadline: September 27, 2024
Pennsylvania is seeking industry partnerships that improve economic prosperity and prepare the Commonwealth’s workforce for the jobs of today and tomorrow.  The Industry Partnership program requires businesses within a targeted industry partnering to strengthen their industry through training initiatives, recruitment strategies, raising career awareness, and working together to address additional challenges identified by the businesses.  The goal is to increase regional collaboration to support business needs within an industry sector.
 
PAsmart Supporting Apprenticeship Building through Registered Apprenticeship Programs – Application deadline: October 18, 2024
This grant program aims to continue support of a local and/or regional apprenticeship navigator program which enables the expansion of registered apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships. Additionally, the intent is to support technical assistance to regional consortiums of stakeholders, employers, intermediaries, training providers, and other partners by building a network of people trained on growing programming and apprenticeship ecosystems long term. A successful program will utilize grant funds to enhance existing partnerships and develop new avenues for registered apprenticeship in Pennsylvania while extending the reach of the Apprenticeship and Training Office (ATO).
 
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Fast Forward - Industry Sectors Worker Training Grants – Applications Due October 28, 2024
The Wisconsin Fast Forward program is a state-funded grant program that provides employer-led worker training grants. This grant opportunity is for employers who can demonstrate a critical need for skilled workers and are seeking training grants to develop and implement a business-led skills training program. Grants are available to all industry sectors and companies of any size to provide industry sector worker training grant awards that target unemployed, underemployed, and incumbent workers to qualify them for full-time employment, higher-level employment, wage increases, and/or industry-recognized credentials.
  
Federal
Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants – Application Due Date: September 24, 2024
The purpose of this program is to address two inter-related needs: 1) to increase the capacity and responsiveness of community colleges to address identified equity gaps, and 2) to meet the skill development needs of employers in in-demand industries and career pathways, as well as the skill development needs of underserved and underrepresented workers. Ultimately, these grants should build the capacity of community colleges to address identified equity gaps and meet the skill development needs of employers in in-demand industries and career pathways leading to quality jobs.  These efforts will yield sustainable systems-level changes in education and training through collaboration between community colleges, employers and the public workforce development system that align education and training, work experiences, and industry-recognized credentials that lead to career growth.

FY 2024 Good Jobs Challenge – Application Due Date: September 27, 2024
Through this Fiscal Year 2024 Good Jobs Challenge Notice of Funding Opportunity (FY 2024 Good Jobs Challenge NOFO), EDA will support regional workforce training systems in designing and implementing activities for established sectoral partnerships that place program participants in good jobs and advance industries in the federal key technology focus areas. $25 million will be awarded through this FY24 Good Jobs Challenge NOFO. EDA anticipates awarding approximately between 5-8 grantees with awards ranging from $1 million to $8 million. This NOFO aims to fortify the economic and national security of the United States and advance the competitiveness of the applicant’s region.
 
Growth Opportunities – Application Due Date: October 15, 2024
The purpose of this program is to introduce and prepare justice-involved youth and young adults for the world of work through placement into paid work experiences.  In addition to paid work experiences, the program encompasses occupational education in in-demand industries, leadership development, a mentorship component, and post-program placement into employment and/or education.  These grants focus on youth and young adults most impacted by and associated with community violence, particularly in areas of concentrated crime and poverty as well as communities that have recently experienced significant unrest.

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Middle Grades CTE Repository

This repository for state middle grades Career Technical Education (CTE) resources is a deliverable of the Shared Solutions Workgroup on Middle Grades CTE (a group of national, state and local leaders convened by Advance CTE with support from the Association for Career and Technical Education) to identify the core components of a meaningful middle grades CTE experience.

This work was generously funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The workgroup also produced the following paper, which can serve as a roadmap for state and local leaders looking to design a new middle grades CTE program or policy or to reflect and improve on what is already in place:

The repository is organized by the seven core programmatic elements identified in the Broadening the Path paper. Some elements having subcategories underneath. Most links will take you directly to where the resources are housed; however, for some links you may need to scroll down or search within the webpage to find the relevant resources. Where possible, grade bands have been noted for each resource (e.g., 7-12 or PK-12).

1. Standards, Curriculum and Assessment
2. Course/Activity Structure and Scheduling
3. Career Advisement
4. Experiential Learning
5. Teacher and Leaders
6. Data and Measurement 
7. Policy 

View the Repository