GRANT FOCUS: Job Training, Career Training, Youth Development, Workforce Development, Apprenticeships
Amount: $500,000 – $6,000,000
Deadline: Sept. 24, 2019
“The purpose of this program is to promote apprenticeships as a significant workforce solution in filling current middle- and high-skilled job vacancies and closing the skills gap between employer workforce needs and the skills of the current workforce. The overarching goals of this grant program are threefold:
- to accelerate the expansion of apprenticeships to new industry sectors and occupations, such as cybersecurity and those involving artificial intelligence;
- to promote the large-scale expansion of apprenticeships across the nation to a range of employers, including small- and medium-sized employers; and
- to increase apprenticeship opportunities for all Americans.”
Funder: Employment and Training Administration
Eligibility: “For the purposes of this FOA, the lead applicant in the apprenticeship partnership are an institution of higher education (IHE), or an IHE representing a consortium of IHEs, as defined in Section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002); or a state system of higher education, such as a community college system office or a single state higher educational board; or a nonprofit trade, industry or employer association; labor unions; labor-management organizations.”
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