Current and Planned 2024-25 Grants
The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) offers competitive grant solicitations for state and federal grant programs. The CWDB manages multiple grants and initiatives that reorient and realign California’s workforce programs and institutions to support a dynamic and globally successful state economy that offers all residents an opportunity for a higher quality of life.
As a resource for prospective (potential) applicants, the following chart represents the CWDB’s anticipated 2024-2025 Fiscal Year initiatives.
| Initiative | Description | Avaliable Funding | Estimated Number of Awards | Anticipated Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and Gas Well Capping Pilot Initiative | These grants funds 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 | September 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. | $2,700,000 | 5-18 | September 30, 2024 |
| High Road Training Partnership 2024-25 Healthcare Grant (HRTP HC) | HRTP HC will prioritize partnerships focused on Allied Health occupations. This solicitation extends the state’s previous investments made in Allied Health occupations and will focus on funding training partnerships that increase the number of new workers in quality jobs in the healthcare sector. | $28,500,000 | 9-16 | Fall 2024 |
| Healthy Economies Adapting to Last (HEAL) | HEAL grants will support workforce programs in localities that end conditional use permits for immigration detention centers. | $4,750,000 | TBD | Winter 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 | Winter-Spring 2025 |
| 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 | Spring 2025 |
| High Road Construction Careers (HRCC) - Round 2 | See HRCC description above. The CWDB plans to fund eligible HRCC projects in two funding cycles in 2025. | $11,750,000 | TBD | Fall 2025 |
All information timelines are estimated and may be subject to change.
For questions related to the CWDB’s forthcoming grant initiatives, please contact Solicitations@CWDB.ca.gov.
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