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California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) New and Innovative Grant Program FY 2025-26 is a grant from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office that funds community colleges, public universities, local educational agencies, and workforce partners to develop new and innovative apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs across California.
The program is funded with Proposition 98 dollars and supports the Governor's goal of serving 500,000 earn-and-learn apprenticeships by 2029. Eligible applicants include community colleges, public universities, local educational agencies, and partners working collaboratively with community colleges on apprenticeship program development. Funding amounts are not publicly specified per award; see the Chancellor's Office for details.
The application deadline for the FY 2025-26 cycle was January 30, 2026.
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California Apprenticeship Initiative | California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office Apply and Pay for College Chancellor's Office Divisions Search Memos and Official Documents About California Community Colleges Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Workforce & Economic Development California Apprenticeship Initiative California Apprenticeship Initiative As part of the California Community Colleges ongoing efforts to meet the state’s need for an educated and skilled workforce and the Governor’s goal of serving 500,000 earn-and-learn apprenticeships by 2029, the Chancellor’s Office is pleased to announce the availability of Proposition 98 funds for the California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) New & Innovative Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Grant Programs (N&I).
Apprenticeship is the model of the future as a mechanism to eliminate the barrier between education, training, and employment to create a seamless pathway. While the goal is to serve 500,000 apprentices, California has currently served roughly 100,000, and the state has a need to create innovative ways to scale the growth of registered apprenticeships.
The CAI N&I seeks to create new and innovative apprenticeship opportunities in priority and emerging industry sectors or areas in which apprenticeship training is not fully established or does not exist. Read more about the Vision 2030 Roadmap .
In 2017, the California Community Colleges Board of Governors adopted the Vision for Success, with the main purpose of making sure students from all backgrounds succeed in reaching their goals and improving their families and communities, eliminating achievement gaps once and for all.
The CAI program supports 3 of the 6 goals of the Vision, these being: Increase by at least 20 percent the number of CCC students annually who acquire associates degrees, credentials, certificates, or specific skill sets that prepare them for an in-demand job.
Increase the percent of exiting CTE students who report being employed in their field of study, from the most recent statewide average of 60 percent to an improved rate of 69 percent—the average among the quintile of colleges showing the strongest performance on this measure.
Reduce equity gaps across all of the above measures through faster improvements among traditionally underrepresented student groups, with the goal of cutting achievement gaps by 40 percent within 5 years and fully closing those achievement gaps within 10 years.
Notices of Intent to Award Notice of Intent to Award - California Apprenticeship Initiative New and Innovative Grant Program (2024-25) (PDF), October, 3, 2024 Amended Notice of Intent to Award - California Apprenticeship Initiative New and Innovative Grant Program (Fiscal Year 2023-24) (PDF), May 9, 2024 California Apprenticeship Initiative New and Innovative Grant Program Notice of Intent to Award (Fiscal Year 2023-24) (PDF) March 7, 2024 California Apprenticeship Initiative New and Innovative Grant Program Notice of Intent to Award (PDF) March 10, 2023 Request for Application – California Apprenticeship Initiative New and Innovative Grant Program (PDF) October 14, 2022 Formal Notification of Intent to Award for FY21-22 California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI): New & Innovative (PDF) March 2022 Submission, June 24, 2022 Request for Applications – California Apprenticeship Initiative: New and Innovative Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Grant Program (PDF) April 2022 Submission, March 16, 2022 Formal Notification of Intent to Award for California Apprenticeship Initiative 2021 -2022 CAI: New & Innovative (PDF) December 2021 Submission, February 28, 2022 California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI): FY 21-22 New & Innovative Grant Funding(PDF) November 5, 2021 The goal of the CAI N&I Grants Program Fiscal Year 2022-23 Applications is to create new and innovative apprenticeship opportunities in priority and emerging industry sectors or areas in which apprenticeship training is not fully established or does not exist.
Programs should tap into CAI funding throughout the life cycle of the program and use the different grant purposes to create stackable funding: planning grants, implementation grants, and then expansion grants. CAI grants are disbursed through several competitive application deadlines throughout the year. Each deadline draws from the same pool of funding, so deadlines are eliminated once funding for the year depletes.
Grantees may invoice for an advance payment as indicated in the grant agreement and then may invoice regularly to be reimbursed for expenses after they submit fiscal reports that are certified by the district and approved by the Chancellor’s Office. Please review the current RFA for more information regarding how funding may be used.
Awarded more than $90,000,000 through 200 grants supporting apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs More than 1,700 apprentices supported More than 1,900 pre-apprentices supported Examples of College Apprenticeship Programming and Innovation The following two examples of college apprenticeship programs took place during the COVID-19 pandemic and can be used as models for the CAI grant applications: Inland Empire Local Apprenticeships Uniting a Network of Colleges and High Schools (LAUNCH) Program The LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network works through the Inland Empire / Desert Regional Consortium and apprenticeship program plans have been underway since March to launch three new programs in Automotive, Healthcare and IT.
In addition to classes going virtual, administrators of the programs developed a streamlined process to activate Industry Committees through virtual meetings and to register new programs with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
Apprentice candidates and participating businesses are conducting virtual interviews and they are launching a new program Electro Mechanical apprenticeship program in partnership with Target Corporation this Fall. This particular program, hosted out of Norco College, will take apprentices from $23 per hour to $40 per hour as they proceed through the apprenticeship.
Occupations: CNC Operators and Programmers, Production Technicians, Drafting and Engineering Technologists, Industrial Maintenance, Electro-Mechanical Technologists and Conventional Machine Operators Industrial Mechanic and Maintenance Electrician Apprenticeship Program The industrial Mechanic and Maintenance Electrician Apprenticeship Program at Chaffey College in partnership with the Inland/Desert Employers Apprenticeship Committee (IDEA) and Victory Valley College registered 97 apprentices 42 more than it initially anticipated.
The program demonstrates the importance of working with intermediary partners to connect to additional employers. At the start of the grant award, Chaffey had 5 employer partners. Through its networking, Chaffey was able to grow that pool to more than 30 employers.
Fiscal Reporting Guidance Document for CAI Jan 2026 (PDF) California Apprenticeship Intermediary Guidance December 2025 (PDF) California Apprenticeship Initiative New and Innovative Grant (CAI N&I) Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) Guidance on Leveraging California Adult Education Program (CAEP) Funding for Pre-Apprenticeship Program (PDF) Toward Sustainability and Scale, A Playbook for California Apprenticeship Stakeholders and Champions (PDF) California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) Program Allowable Expenditures (PDF) Apprenticeship Course and Student Coding Guidance (PDF) California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) Bidders' Conference December 01,2025 Recording CAI NOVA Fiscal Reporting (July 2023) Recording For questions or inquiries, email Apprenticeship@cccco.
edu . Apprenticeship Program Specialist Apprenticeship Program Assistant Apprenticeship Program Assistant California Apprenticeship Initiative New Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Initiatives Apprenticeship Pathways Demonstration Project Related and Supplemental Instruction Reimbursement (RSI) Program View all Requests for Applications .
The Workforce & Economic Development Apprenticeship Team offers virtual office hours to assist with grant questions or issues. Stop by with your questions or just pop in to say hello! Hours are open, so feel free to join and stay only as long as needed.
2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month between the hours of 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Meeting ID: 837 5257 7222 CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE Chancellor's Office Divisions About California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Community colleges, public universities, local educational agencies, and partners working with community colleges on apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship program development. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.