Funding Opportunities & Resources
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| OPEN Grant Funding Opportunities |
| Topic |
Agency |
Description |
$$ |
Eligibility |
Deadline |
| Educator Shortage; Registered Apprenticeship |
DLI |
Building and Supporting a Certified Teacher
Registered Apprenticeship Program
|
$500k |
Consultant organization or individual |
June 1, 2023 |
| Apprenticeship, Broadband |
DLI |
Supporting Broadband through
Registered Apprenticeship
|
$800k total; $200k max per |
Existing apprenticeship sponsors or intermediaries in the targeted broadband occupations |
June 12, 2023 |
| STEM, Work-Based Learning, |
EDA |
STEM Talent Challenge
|
$4.5m total; $500 max |
Includes non-profits, higher education institutions, local/county/state govt, economic dev. orgs, public-private partnership |
June 12, 2023 |
| Rural, |
DOL |
Workforce Opportunities for Rural
Communities (WORC) - Round 5
|
$44.2 m total; $1.5m max to $150k min |
Local WDBs; State/County/City Govt; Education agencies; non-profits |
June 13, 2023 |
| Dislocated Worker |
USDOL |
National Dislocated Worker
|
$300m total; $150k min to $100m max |
includes: Employment Disaster Recovery includes LWDBs
|
June 27, 2026 |
| Infrastructure IIJA; CHIPS; IRA; Sector Strategies |
USDOL |
Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs
|
$80m total; $500k min to $5m max |
includes: non-profits, local/county/state govt, institutions of higher education |
July 7, 2023 |
| Broadband |
DCED |
Capital Projects Fund Broadband
Infrastructure Program
|
$200m total;
$500k min to $10m max
|
Business, not-for profit, municipality, or econ. dev. organization, incl. consortium of local govt. |
July 10, 2023 |
| Veterans; Homelessness; Housing |
USDOL |
Stand Down
|
$10,000 award max |
Includes states, county, local govt., local workforce boards, higher ed, FBOs, etc. |
Sept. 30, 2025 |
| Sector-Strategies, Worker-Centered, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Info. Technology, Broadband |
USDOL |
Building Pathways to
Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program
|
TBD |
TBD (suggests Non-profits, Education & Training Providers) |
Forecasted (sept 30th) |
| Workforce Data |
USDOL |
Workforce Data Quality Initiative(WDQI)
Round 9
|
$11.6m total; up to $2.9m per |
|
|
| Apprenticeship/ Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)/ Workforce Diversity |
DLI |
PA Smart Broadband |
$800k total |
TBD |
Forecasted (planned Feb. '23) |
| Digital Literacy |
DLI |
Digital Literacy Round 4
|
$900k total |
Year 2 Round 2 grantees
|
Forecasted
(planned April '23)
|
| Regional economic ecosystems; innovation; economic prosperity |
USDOC |
Public Works & Economic Adjustment
|
$30m total; $100k min. |
State/County/
local govt; nonprofits; IHEs
|
Ongoing |
| |
PA DCED |
Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Grant
|
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|
Ongoing |
| |
PA DCED |
Manufacturing to Career
|
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Ongoing |
Local Workforce Development Board Contract & RFP Opportunities
Researching Grant Opportunities
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Pennsylvania State Agency Grant Opportunities
Federal Agency Grant Opportunities
- Grants.Gov - The centralized portal to review and apply to all federal agency grant opportunities. You can establish notifications sent to your email inbox based on customized search terms. Common agencies related to workforce development include: US Department of Labor - Employment & Training, US Department of Education - Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), US Department of Justice - X, Economic Development Administration, US Department of
- DOL-ETA - ETA provides information on anticipated/upcoming funding opportunities to aid your planning and grant writing processes.
- OCTAE - Find a list of programs and initiatives, including grant funding released by OCTAE
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) - funding opportunities often support initiatives with criminal justice organizations and individuals involved with the criminal justice system (juvenile to adult, under supervision, incarceration, through reentry).
Planning & Research Resources
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Foundation Funding Opportunities
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- Pennsylvania Foundations
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