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Find similar grantsCareer Pathways Exploration Grant Program 84.424J is sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Supports efforts to provide elementary and secondary school students with increased career exploration opportunities, allowing them to develop, expand, and prioritize skills and knowledge needed to excel in high-demand fields.
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Career Pathways Exploration Grant Program 84. 424J - Federal Grant Career Pathways Exploration Grant Program 84. 424J The summary for the Career Pathways Exploration Grant Program 84.
424J grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.
com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact . If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant. Career Pathways Exploration Grant Program 84.
424J: The Career Pathways Exploration (CPE) program supports efforts to provide elementary and secondary school students with increased career exploration opportunities that allow them to develop, expand, and prioritize the skills and knowledge needed to excel in high-demand fields.
To support this goal, the CPE program provides competitive grants to States to build their capacity to integrate career exploration into statewide career pathways and workforce readiness programs. The CPE program will help ensure access to opportunities that expose students to real-life workforce realities through a variety of career pathways programs that are aligned with State workforce priorities.
In support of returning education to the States, ED believes this program is uniquely suited for State applicants. State applicants, as designated or endorsed by the Governors, are best positioned to coordinate K-12 career exploration initiatives that integrate education, workforce, and economic development systems.
The CPE program is designed to allow Governors, in coordination with State agencies and their local educational agencies (LEAs), to align career exploration opportunities for schools with real-time labor market needs to create statewide opportunities for students to explore careers early, scale access to learning and employment records (LERs) and talent marketplaces, and align with local workforce boards and system partners so students can act on the knowledge gained in a meaningful way.
State applicants are encouraged to align proposed activities with the State"s Unified or Combined Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Plan to ensure coherence with broader workforce development strategies and labor market priorities.
This program is being established with funds from the two percent reservation for technical assistance and capacity building under section 4103(a)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C.
§ 6301 (ESEA), which is intended to support State educational agencies and LEAs in carrying out activities authorized under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants program in title IV, part A of the ESEA through technical assistance and capacity building.
Specifically, the CPE program is intended to help build the capacity of States and LEAs to provide well-rounded educational opportunities, consistent with the description of such opportunities in ESEA section 4107, through initiatives that make career pathways exploration programs broadly available to students.
In support of this goal, grantees will share with other States and LEAs how career pathways exploration initiatives can be successfully implemented. Career Pathways Exploration Grant Program 84.
424J Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (DOL-OESE) Funding Opportunity Number: Current Application Deadline: Original Application Deadline: Maximum Federal Grant Award: Minimum Federal Grant Award: Expected Number of Awards: Cost Sharing or Matching: Applicants Eligible for this Grant Additional Information on Eligibility In accordance with section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C.
1232(d)(1), we are establishing that in order to receive funds under this program, an applicant must be a State (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801(48)). The governor must either apply, or identify, designate, or endorse one of the following entities to apply for this program:State educational agencies (as defined in 20 U.S.C.
7801(49)),State workforce development agencies,State vocational rehabilitation agencies, orConsortia of these entities, including the governor, as a group application under 34 CFR 75. 127-129. Note: Only one application per State is permitted.
Link to Full Grant Announcement https://www. ed. gov/grants-and-programs/grants-birth-grade-12/school-and-community-improvement-grants/career-pathways-exploration-grant-program-84424j Grant Announcement Contact Similar Government Grants • Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): School Choice and Improvement Program...
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