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High Road Construction Careers Partnership Grants (HRCC) is sponsored by California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. These grants support collaboration with High Roads Construction Careers (HRCC) partner members, including local building trades councils, to build credit for prior learning infrastructure for the North America's Building Trades Unions' (NABTU) Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) o…
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Chancellor’s Office, Workforce and Economic Development > 1102 Q Street, Sacramento, CA 95811 |916. 445. 8752 |www.
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edu TO: Chief Executive Officers Chief Instructional Officers Chief Student Services Officers Career Technical Education Deans Regional Consortia Chairs FROM: Sandra Sanchez, Interim Vice Chancellor Workforce and Economic Development Division CC: Dr. Aisha Lowe, Executive Vice Chancellor Office of Equitable Student Learning, Experience, and Impact LaCandice Ochoa, Dean Workforce and Economic Development Division Tim Rainey, Executive Director California Workforce Development Board RE: Letter of Intent Funding Opportunity – High Road Construction Careers Partnerships Grants The Chancellor’s Office is pleased to announce the Letter of Intent (LOI) for the High Road Construction Careers Partnerships.
This LOI will serve as the Request for Application and its purpose is to solicit and identify California Community College districts and colleges wishing to participate in the High Road Construction Careers (HRCC) partnerships. The Chancellor’s Office will make awards based on the application materials submitted.
The purpose of the Chancellor’s Office HRCC Partnerships gr ants is to support community colleges with building the infrastructure to offer educational and training programs for diverse and disproportionately impacted student populations to gain careers in the construction industry sector.
The goal is to develop clearly defined career pathways for construction careers that award students college credit for prior work experience and industry credentials. By leveraging the HRCC partnership, the Chancellor’s Office seeks strengthen community college pathways and ensur estudents secure quality jobs in the construction industry.
The community college grant activities shall include credit for prior learning, work-based learning opportunities, academic and career supports, and the award of industry-valued credentials or degrees, consistent with Assembly Bill 132 (Chapter 144, Statutes of 2021).
A11Y 5/12/23 Letter of Intent Funding Opportunity – High Road Construction Careers Partnerships Grants > Memorandum | Page 2 of 3 The Chancellor’s Office grants are also an opportunity to integrate community college priorities into the existing HRCC partnerships and improve coordination between community col leges, state-approved joint labor management apprenticeship programs, and local workforce development boards.
Existing partnerships between local workforce development boards and state-approved apprenticeship programs have been and continue to reach prospective apprentices in the target populations. Both entities recognize the important role of the community college system in partnership to help pre-apprentices and apprentices attain a community college degree upon completion of their three-to-five-year apprenticeship program.
California Community College districts and colleges meeting the following four requirements are invited to apply: 1. The district or college is an existing partner or seeks to become a partner in the following thirteen Calif ornia Workforce Development Board’s High Road Construction Careers 1. Working Partnership USA: Apprenticeship Readiness Partnership 2.
Construction Trades Workforce Initiative: East Bay Regional Trades Program (EBRTP) 3. Fresno Area Workforce Investment Corporation: ValleyBuild 4. Golden Sierra Job Training Agency: San-Sierra-Yolo High Road Training Partnership 5.
North Bay Building and Construction Trades Council: North Bay Trades Introduction Program 6. San Diego Workforce Partnership: Apprenticeship Readiness Collaborative (ARC) 7. Los Angeles/Orange County Building Trades Council: Apprenticeship Readiness Fund 8.
Monterey Bay Collaborative Pre-Apprenticeship Partnership 9. Tri-Counties High Road Construction Careers 11. Inland Empire Apprenticeship Readiness Program 12.
Humboldt and Del-Norte High Road Construction Careers 13. San Francisco High Road Construction Careers (Sistas’ with Tools) 2. The district or college has an existing construction-related Career Technical Education (CTE) program, AND 3.
The district or college has an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a state-approved joint labor management apprenticeship and/or pre-apprenticeship construction program 2 or seeks to establish such an MOU, AND > 1See Appendix B for details on the HRCC partnerships, including Lead Convener contact information.
> 2Pre-apprenticeship programs must be directly aligned with a state-approved joint labor management apprenticeship program. Letter of Intent Funding Opportunity –High Road Construction Careers Partnerships Grants > Memorandum | Page 3 of 3 4.
The district or college commits to building the infrastructure to award credit for prior learning for completion of the North America’s Building Trades Unions’ (NABTU) Multi -Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) or a state-approved building trades’ joint labor management Interested districts or colleges must submit the following in NOVA by 5:00 p. m.
, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, to be considered: • Completed and signed Letter of Intent (see Appendix C), uploaded into NOVA. • Completed and signed Letter of Support (see Appendix D) from the lead convener of the local HRCC partnership, uploaded into NOVA. • Completed application package in NOVA, including written responses, a workplan, and budget estimate (See Appendix E).
All application materials w ill be posted on the Workforce and Economic Development Division’s “Grant Opportunities and Reporting Links” webpage: https://www. cccco. edu/About-Us/Chancellors-Office/Divisions/Workforce-and-Economic-Development/WEDD-RFA.
Funding Opportunity Information Session There will be a Funding Opportunity Information Session on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, from 10:00 – 11:00 a. m. to present an overview of the project and answer questions.
Interested parties can register for the event at: https://cccconfer. zoom. us/webinar/register/WN_0-gxgxrLR1Oss6Fn89Q8tQ.
Written questions concerning the specifications of this Letter of Intent must be submitted via email to LaCandice Ochoa, Dean by 5:00 p. m. , Friday, June 9, 2023.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: California Community Colleges collaborating with HRCC partner members, including local building trades councils. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The published deadline was September 1, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
High Road Construction Careers Partnership Grants (HRCC) is funded by California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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