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Strong Workforce Program (SWP) - Community College Component is a grant from the State of California that funds career technical education (CTE) at California's 116 community colleges to develop skilled middle-skill workers and increase social mobility. Established in 2016 with a bold goal of creating one million more middle-skill workers, the program invests $290 million annually in workforce development.
Funds are distributed to California Community College districts and regional consortia organized into seven regions, targeting student success, employer engagement, curriculum development, and pathways that lift low-wage workers into living-wage jobs.
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Strong Workforce Program (SWP) | California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office Strong Workforce Program (SWP) Strong Workforce Program: More and Better Career Technical Education to Increase Social Mobility and Fuel Regional Economies with Skilled Workers To develop more workforce opportunity and lift low-wage workers into living-wage jobs, California took a bold step in 2016 to create one million more middle-skill workers.
At the recommendation of the California Community College Board of Governors, the Governor and Legislature approved the Strong Workforce Program, adding a new annual recurring investment of $290 million to spur career technical education (CTE) in the nation’s largest workforce development system of 116 colleges.
Grouped into seven areas targeting student success, career pathways, workforce data and outcomes, curriculum, CTE faculty, regional coordination and funding, this leading-edge state economic development program is driven by “more and better” CTE. The “more” is increasing the number of students enrolled in programs leading to high-demand, high-wage jobs.
The “better” is improving program quality, as evidenced by more students completing or transferring programs, getting employed or improving their earnings. The Strong Workforce Program focuses on data-driven outcomes rather than activities, along with an emphasis on innovation and risk-taking. In this way, colleges can be more responsive to labor market conditions and student outcomes.
CTE Data Unlocked, a component of the program, helps colleges use CTE data to strengthen regional workforce plans by furthering local processes like program review, accreditation, and integrated planning.
This new ongoing funding is structured as a 60 percent Local Share allocation for each community college district and a 40 percent Regional Share determined by a regional consortia of colleges to focus on the state’s seven macro-economic regions. Both the Local and Regional Share require local stakeholders to collaborate, including industry and local workforce development boards.
As much as possible, this program builds upon existing regional partnerships formed in conjunction with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, state Adult Education Block Grant and public school CTE programs.
Strong Workforce Program Students Who Earned 9 or More CTE Units in the District in a Single Year Strong Workforce Program Students Who Completed a Noncredit CTE or Workforce Preparation Course Strong Workforce Program Students Who Earned a Degree or Certificate or Attained Apprenticeship Journey Status Strong Workforce Program Students Who Transferred to a Four-Year Postsecondary Institution Strong Workforce Program Students with a Job Closely Related to Their Field of Study Median Annual Earnings for Strong Workforce Program Exiting Students Median Change in Earnings for Strong Workforce Program Exiting Students Strong Workforce Program Exiting Students Who Attained the Living Wage Strong Workforce Program Legislative Report 2020-2022 (PDF) Strong Workforce Program Legislative Report 2022-2023 (PDF) Strong Workforce Program Legislative Report 2023-2024 (PDF) Bay Area Community College Consortium Central Valley Mother Lode Consortium Inland Empire/Desert Regional Consortium Los Angeles Regional Consortium North Far North Regional Consortium Orange County Regional Consortium San Diego and Imperial Regional Consortium South Central Coast Regional Consortium Strong Workforce Program Education Code Frequently Asked Questions Base Allocations And Incentive Funds Strong Workforce Program Overview Planning and Reporting Dates SWP 2.
0 (2022-23) Allocation Expenditure Timeline : 24 Months July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024 July 2022 to December 2022 January 2023 to June 2023 July 2023 to December 2023 January 2024 to June 2024 SWP 2. 0 (2023-24) Allocation Expenditure Timeline : 24 Months July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2025 July 2023 to December 2023 January 2024 to June 2024 July 2024 to December 2024 January 2025 to June 2025 SWP 2.
0 (2024-25) Allocation Expenditure Timeline: 24 months July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026 July 2024 to December 2024 January 2025 to June 2025 July 2025 to December 2025 January 2026 to June 2026 SWP 2.
0 (2025-26) Allocation Expenditure Timeline: 24 Months July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027 Reporting Due Dates/Notes July 2025 to December 2025 January 2026 to June 2026 July 2026 to December 2026 January 2027 to June 2027 Local and Regional Planning Guide Funding Implementation - Local Shares Funding Implementation - Regional Shares Labor Market Information Library Labor Market Demand & Supply Data Tools Career Education Program Outcomes Find Career Education Outcomes CTE LaunchBoard - California Student Outcomes Data Tracking Contact in the Chancellor's Office Division of Workforce and Economic Development Technical Assistance Providers Strong Workforce Program (SWP) Launchboard Dashboard Release Webinar, October 7, 2021 SWP Updates Webinar, August 25, 2021 SWP Closeout Memo Webinar, January 27, 2021 SWP NOVA 2.
0 Launch Webinar, December 11, 2020 WEDD Monthly Updates Webinar Series - SWP NOVA, November 18, 2020 WEDD Monthly Updates Webinar Series - SWP, October 28, 2020 Associate Program Analyst CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE Chancellor's Office Divisions Chancellor’s Office Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: California Community College districts and regional consortia across 116 community colleges organized into seven regional consortia. 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.