Planned 2024-25 Grants
The following chart lists the CWDB’s anticipated 2024-2025 grant initiatives.
| Initiative | Description | Avaliable Funding | Estimated Number of Awards | Anticipated Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Road Training Partnerships 2024-25 | HRTP 2024-25 initiative aims to increase access for existing grantees to expand, scale, or replicate high-road jobs for underserved populations and create pathways for incumbent workers seeking job growth with high-road employers. CWDB’s High Road policy centers on equity and job quality by promoting the goal of democratic access to high-quality employment and investment in emerging low-carbon industries that are worker-focused. | $14,250,000 | TBD | Winter-Spring 2025 |
| High Road Construction Careers (HRCC) - Round 1 | The HRCC program prioritizes partnerships that link local building and construction trades councils to workforce boards, community colleges, and community-based organizations, creating structured pathways — with a standard core curriculum and critical supportive services — to state-certified apprenticeships in various crafts. | $8,000,000 | TBD | TBD |
Recent Grants
| Initiative | Description | Awarded Funding | Estimated Number of Awards | Date Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Road Training Partnership 2024-25 Healthcare Grant (HRTP HC) | The HRTP HC will prioritize partnerships focused on connecting workers from target populations to high-quality, middle-skill jobs in the Healthcare sector. | 9-16 | November 12, 2024 | |
| Workforce Accelerator Fund 13 (Accelerator 13) | The CWDB will fund new and existing projects to design, develop, and implement innovative workforce service models that lead to quality jobs and accelerate employment and re-employment for California workers. Traditional workforce funding streams can be rigid, and Accelerator 13 funding is designed to allow grantees the flexibility to bridge gaps in the workforce system in ways that mobilize existing funding streams for greater employment impacts. | 5-18 | October 28, 2024 | |
| Oil and Gas Well Capping Pilot Initiative | This grant fund will support apprenticeship programs in developing curricula for training apprentices and upskilling journeypersons on well-capping projects in Kern and Los Angeles Counties. | $7,555,327 | 1 | October 7, 2024 |
For questions related to the CWDB’s forthcoming grant initiatives, please contact Solicitations@CWDB.ca.gov.
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