Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants FY 2023 – Grant Opportunity

WSIN23-13

Issued: September 12, 2023

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announces the availability of approximately $65 Million in grant funds authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Section 169(c), for the fourth round of the Strengthening Community Colleges (SCC4) Training Grants program. The purpose of this grant program is to build community colleges’ capacity to meet the skill development needs of employers and equitably support students in obtaining good jobs in in demand industries. Grantees will enhance sector-based career pathways programs using strategies rooted in evidence and designed to build further evidence on the effectiveness of sector-based career pathways programs in leading to positive employment outcomes. Successful applicants will use the diverse strengths of their SCC Partnership members to accomplish and sustain systems change. The DOL anticipates that enhancements funded by this grant program will ultimately benefit a broad range of current and future students at participating institutions, including dislocated workers, employed workers, and new entrants to the workforce. Participants are defined as the students enrolled in a career pathways program that is being enhanced using SCC4 Program Grant funds.

The lead applicant of an SCC Partnership must be a community college that is a public institution as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act, and at which the associate degree is primarily the highest degree awarded. The lead may apply as a single institution or as a consortium of two or more colleges in a common labor market area. Consortium members may include community colleges and public and private, non-profit four-year institutions, as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act. Institutions that were funded in the first three rounds of SCC as either leads or consortium members may apply as leads or consortium members under this fourth round if they focus on a different industry sector than in prior rounds. Individuals and for-profit entities are not eligible for funding under this NOFO. Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov before the deadline 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 14, 2023.

For more information about this grant opportunity, visit the Grants.gov website to review the complete Funding Opportunity Announcement, including eligibility requirements and instructions for submitting an application. For questions concerning this SSC4 grant opportunity visit the DOL ETA website.

/s/ KIMBERLEE MEYER, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division