The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) and the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) are pleased to announce grant funding for the High Road Training Partnerships 2024-25 Healthcare Grant Program (HRTP HC), a California Jobs First initiative.
Donor Name: California Workforce Development Board (CWDB)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/12/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The High Road Training Partnerships (HRTP) initiative aims to increase access to existing high-road jobs for underserved populations, in addition to creating pathways for incumbent workers seeking job growth with high-road employers. CWDB’s High Road policy centers on equity and job quality by promoting the goal of democratic access to high-quality employment and investment in emerging low-carbon industries. The HRTP model embodies the sector approach championed by the CWDB—industry partnerships that deliver job quality, economic equity for more workers, and climate resilience.
The strategies include but are not limited to, interventions that:
- Improve job quality and job access, including for women and people from underserved and underrepresented populations.
- Meet the skill and profitability needs of employers.
- Meet the economic, social, and environmental needs of the community.
High Road Training Partnerships demonstrate job quality standards and employment practices that include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Provision of comparatively good wages and benefits, relative to the industry, occupation, and labor market in which participating workers are employed.
- Payment of workers at or above local or regional living wage standards as well as payment at or above regional prevailing wage standards where such standards exist for the target occupations in question.
- A history of investment in employee training, growth, and development.
- Provision of opportunities for career advancement and wage growth.
- Safe and healthy working conditions.
- Consistent compliance with workplace laws and regulations, including proactive efforts to remedy past problems.
- Adoption of mechanisms to include worker voice and agency in the workplace.
Industry Focus: Healthcare
In many parts of the state, rising healthcare costs have left many Californians struggling to access the care they need: seven million Californians—the majority of whom are Latino, African American, and Native American— already live in Health Professional Shortage Areas, a federal designation for counties experiencing shortfalls of primary care, dental care, or mental health care providers. These shortages are most severe in some of California’s largest and fastest-growing regions, including the Inland Empire, Los Angeles, and San Joaquin Valley, and in most rural areas. Robust, accessible, and coordinated health workforce strategies are needed to prepare students, trainees, and current workers seeking advancement to meet the demand for current and future healthcare jobs.
Project Types
The HRTP HC grant program will fund healthcare projects in three stages of project readiness: Planning and Development, Training Implementation, and Expanding. Descriptions, funding award ranges, and duration of the three project types are listed below.
- Planning and Development
- Award Range: up to $500,000
- Grant Term: 18 months
- Training Implementation
- Award Range: up to $3,000,000
- Grant Term: 24 months
- Expanding
- Award Range: up to $5,000,000
- Grant Term: 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
One entity will apply on behalf of the proposed partnership and assume the role of the Lead Applicant or Fiscal Agent. Eligible Fiscal Agents, or organizations serving as the lead applicant on behalf of an HRTP project, include, but are not limited to:
- California Community College Districts
- California Department of Education – Local Educational Agencies
- California State Registered Apprenticeship Programs
- Community-based organizations and other non-profit organizations
- County social service agencies
- Industry-based intermediaries, including industry associations
- K-12 education entities and adult schools
- Labor organizations and labor-management partnerships
- Local workforce development boards
- Native American tribes and tribe-serving non-profit organizations
- Training providers
- Worker Centers/Worker’s Rights organizations
- Workforce intermediaries
To be eligible to serve as a Fiscal Agent for the HRTP HC grant program, non-profit organizations must:
- Be registered with the federal government pursuant to either Internal Revenue Code Sections 501(c)3, (c)4, (c)6 or (c)10.
- Be registered in the State of California with the Department of Justice and appear in good standing on their Registry of Charities and Fundraisers.
- If a nonprofit entity is excluded from registering with the Department of Justice, justification must be provided with the application.
For more information, visit CWDB.
