The new California Regional K-16 Education Collaboratives Grant Program aims to help California’s economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing long-standing social and economic inequities in higher education and workforce participation.
Donor Name: Foundation for California Community Colleges
State: California
Type of the Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $20 million
Details:
What is Phase 1?
Phase 1 is for existing collaboratives that already include all required partners and are fully operational and prepared to move forward immediately upon receipt of grant funds.
Funding Information
- Phase 1 Grants: Up to $20 million each
Eligibility Criteria
The Regional K-16 Education Collaborative Grant Program requires a collaborative to meet all of the following criteria, by law:
- Include at least one K-12 school district, at least one University of California campus, at least one California State University campus, and at least one California Community College district.
- Establish a steering committee of which at least 25 percent of the members shall be local employers.
- Commit to participate in the California Cradle-to-Career Data System.
- Commit to implement at least four of the following seven recommendations from the February 2021 Recovery with Equity to promote student success:
- Improve faculty, staff, and administrator diversity
- Cultivate inclusive, engaging, and equity-oriented learning environment
- Retain students through inclusive support
- Provide high-tech, high-touch advising
- Support college preparation and early credit
- Subsidize Internet access for eligible students
- Improve college affordability
- Commit to create occupational pathways, including accelerated degree and/or credential programs that incorporate work-based learning, in at least two of the following sectors:
- Healthcare
- Education
- Business Management
- Engineering or Computing
For more information, visit Regional K-16 Education Collaboratives Grant Program.
