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 Innovation Funding (AIF)
- California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI)
- Related Supplemental Instruction (RSI)
- Employment Training Panel (ETP)
- California Youth Apprenticeship Grant (CYAG)
- California Apprenticeship Council Training Funds (CAC-TF)
- Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships (ERiCA)
- State Apprenticeship Expansion, Equity and Innovation Grant (SAEEI)
- Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO)
- US Department of Labor Grants (USDOL)
Apprenticeship Adjacent Funding
Funding sources that are not specific to, but can be used for Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship programs.
- Strong Workforce Program (SWP)
- Learning-Aligned Employment Program (LAEP)
- Community College Apportionment – Full Time Equivalent Student (FTES)
- CA Workforce Development Board – High Road Training Partnerships (HRTP)
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
- Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDB)
- California Youth Leadership Corps Earn-and-Learn Pathways (CYLC)
- Workforce Pathways for Youth (WPY)
- Corrections Workforce Partnership (CWP)
- Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF)
- Economic Development Administration (EDA)
- Philanthropic Foundations
Apprenticeship Possible Funding
Funding sources that are not specific to, but can be used for Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship programs.
- Population Specific
- Agriculture
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- US Department of Food and Agriculture
- Farmers.gov - DOL
- Building and Infrastructure
- YouthBuild - DOL
- Climate
- Healthcare
- Longterm Care Career Pathways
- Behavioral Health - HCAI
- Community Health Workers Training
- Healthcare Vocational Education for English Language Learners – EDD
- Nursing Expansion Grant Program – DOL
- Technology
- Transit
What's New
in Funding
August 2023
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