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JOBS THAT WORK grant summaries are for informational purposes only. You should make your own assessment on applying after reviewing the funding announcement.
Federal grants
Delta Regional Authority
Delta Workforce Grant Program (TODAY)
Who can get it? Nonprofits, colleges, governments, unions, tech schools, tribes, and more.
Total funding? $4 million
Award ceiling? $300,000
Award floor? $50,000
These grants are for workforce projects in communities in the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions hard hit by economic transitions and job losses, prioritizing distressed and isolated counties and parishes. These projects are aimed at expanding job training and reemployment activities through goals like nurturing local workforce ecosystems.
U.S. Department of Commerce
AI Upskill Accelerator Pilot Program (July 10)
Total funding? $25 million
These grants will help train workers on AI skills to help employers improve efficiency and create more jobs using AI.
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Department of Education (including grants solicited through the Departments of Labor and Interior)
Who can get it? Nonprofits, colleges, and tribes.
Total funding? $1.8 million
Award ceiling? $450,000
This program funds training of interpreters for the populations in the title.
Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) (June 5)
Who can get it? Colleges, tribal organizations and governments, nonprofits, and businesses other than small businesses.
Total funding? $90 million.
These grants fund efforts to use evidence-based practices to expand the ranks of highly effective educators. This grant has a not-required competitive preference for projects expanding AI use in education—including the Department of Labor’s AI Literacy Framework—and expanding Registered Apprenticeship in education.
Community Parent Resource Centers (June 5)
Who can get it? Nonprofits with certain specifications described in the funding opportunity announcement.
Total funding? $4.5 million
These 30 grants will fund centers that help educate children with disabilities by strengthening parents’ roles and opportunities to participate in their children’s education.
Who can get it? State and local educational agencies and other entities specified in the funding announcement.
Total funding? $60 million
Award ceiling? $8.5 million
Award floor? $500,000
These funds help develop performance-based compensation systems and human-capital systems for teachers, principals, and school leaders that improve education outcomes. It also supports implementing staffing models that can help improve student achievement, including Registered Apprenticeship.
Innovative Approaches to Literacy (June 9)
Who can get it? Nonprofits, independent school districts, tribal organizations and governments.
Total funding? $61.8 million
Award ceiling? $750,000
Award floor? $375,000
This project funds efforts to expand literacy in lower-income communities including through providing books to children and supporting school library programs.
Career Pathways Exploration Program (June 9)
Who can get it? States.
Total funding? $44 million.
Award ceiling? $3 million
Award floor? $1 million.
This program funds projects connecting K-12 students with career exploration opportunities, including through workforce readiness activities, on-the-job training programs like pre-apprenticeship and Registered Apprenticeship, and expansion of Learning and Employment Records used by educators and employers to create pathways to career success for students.
State Tribal Education Partnerships (STEP) (June 11)
Who can get it? State and local education agencies and colleges.
Total funding? $2 million.
Award ceiling? $300,000
Award floor? $500,000
STEP grants support opportunity and improvement in Tribal education systems through partnerships, such as those with state and local education agencies. These projects can focus on subjects such as workforce and college readiness.
High School Equivalency Program (June 12) (NEW)
Who can get it? Colleges and nonprofits.
Total funding? $11.5 million
Award ceiling? $550,000
Award floor? $180,000
HEP helps migratory or seasonal farmworkers or their families obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma to improve their chances of employment, enter military service, go to college, or enter a Registered Apprenticeship.
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