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Navigating Registered Apprenticeship
Funding Sources

The State of California and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) are committed to serving 500,000 earn-and-learn registered apprentices by 2029. There are many financial opportunities and resources available to those entities focused on workforce and Registered Apprenticeship both at the State and Federal level. We describe these levels of funding as:

Apprenticeship Specific Funding

Funding specific to the development and support of Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship programs.

Apprenticeship Adjacent Funding

Funding sources that are not specific to, but can be used for Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship programs.
Apprenticeship Possible Funding

Funding sources that are not specific to, but can be used for Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship programs.

What's
New
             in Funding

May 2025
The Employment Training Panel (ETP) Application Window for Apprenticeship Program Funding Now Open Until June 23, 2025

April 2025
The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) has opened pre-applications for the High Road Training Partnerships 2025 grant program, making over $18 million in funds available, with $4 million allocated for projects in the healthcare sector.

March 2025
DAS Announces $16 Million in Available Funding to Expand Youth Apprenticeships Across California | Apprenticeship Standards
California Announces $52 Million in Apprenticeship Innovation Funding to Sustain and Scale Apprenticeship Programs in Emerging Sectors | Apprenticeship Standards

February 2025
California announces $13 Million to foster career pathways for women in construction | California Department of Industrial Relations
The California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC) is an income tax credit available to businesses that want to locate in California or stay and grow in California.

December 2024
December 10, 2024 The Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) is excited to offer funding to conduct market research that will help guide CESER’s Industrial Control System/Operational Technology (ICS/OT) cybersecurity workforce strategy.

November 2024
November 18, 2024 Rebuilding Nursing Infrastructure Grant Fiscal Year 2024-25 Request for Applications (RFA) (PDF)
November 5, 2024 US Department of Labor announces $20M in grants available for out-of-school time organizations to increase access to good jobs for underserved youth | U.S. Department of Labor

October 2024
October 22, 2024 The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) announces up to $28,500,000 in grant funding for the High Road Training Partnerships 2024-25 Healthcare Grant Program (HRTP HC)

August 2024
August 22, 2024 US Department of Labor announces $99M in available funding to deliver education, occupational skills training, job services to young people | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)
August 22, 2024 US Department of Labor announces availability of $65 million in grants to help community colleges improve access to affordable, high-quality training | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)
August 22, 2024 U.S. Department of Commerce Announces New $25 Million Good Jobs Challenge Notice of Funding Opportunity | U.S. Economic Development Administration (eda.gov)
August 22, 2024 US Department of Labor announces $45M in funds available to improve employment opportunities for young people affected by violence, poverty | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)

June 2024
June 4, 2024 Funding Opportunity: Apply Now for Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grants through the US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration
June 4, 2024 Funding Opportunity: Apply Now for Workforce Pathways for Youth Grants through the US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration

April 2024
April 18, 2024 Apprenticeship Innovation Funding – Extended Application Deadline!
April 11, 2024 Funding Opportunity: Fostering Access, Rights, and Equity Grant Program
April 11, 2024 Funding Opportunity: Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Grant Program

February 2024
February 21, 2024 Funding Opportunity Announcement: Apprenticeship Building America, Round 2 (ABA2) by DOL
February 20, 2024 Funding Announcement: $75 Million in Apprenticeship Innovation Funding Now Available
February 14, 2024 Funding Announcement; $10 Million ETP Agriculture Initiative
February 5, 2024 Funding Announcement: $25M in CA Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship Grant is open!

November 2023
November 1, 2023 Funding Announcement: California Apprenticeship Initiative Grant Application Now Open!

September 2023
September 21, 2023 State Incentives to Promote and Support Apprenticeship: Takeaways from Eight States

August 2023
August 9, 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development (extended until September 5, 2023, at 11:59pm ET)

June 2023
June 19, 2023 DAS Requests Public Comment for California Youth Apprenticeship Grant
The grant will focus on creating pathways for opportunity youth to access pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships in sectors across the economy
June 12, 2023 Request For Proposals (RFP) Announcement from NOVAworks
For qualified organizations to deliver comprehensive career services to young adults in San Mateo County and northern Santa Clara County.  

March 2023

March 16, 2023 DAS Announces First-in-the-Nation Registered Apprenticeship Formula Funding: Apprenticeship Innovation Funding (AIF)
State program will help expand registered apprenticeships across many sectors
March 14, 2023 On Equal Pay Day, California Awards $25 Million in Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeship Grants

 

October 2024

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