The Employment and Training Administration solicits applications for the third round of the State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula (SAEF3) grant program.
Donor Name: Employment and Training Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/18/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
In this round, the Department plans to distribute funds strategically to support the expansion of the National Apprenticeship System. This funding opportunity supports state-identified innovation, sector strategies, and workforce system alignment by assisting new and emerging industries to establish Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs), thereby contributing to a long-term workforce development strategy that promotes prosperity and sustainability.
The Department’s goals for the SAEF3 Grant program are to:
- Help states and territories advance the Registered Apprenticeship system as a workforce development strategy and post-secondary education career pathway that maintains the nation’s strong, adaptable, and highly skilled workforce. This includes promoting employment opportunities in quality jobs, which may be characterized by elements such as offering career progression into family sustaining higher wages; benefits that promote economic security and mobility such as health insurance, retirement, workers’ compensation, paid leave and caregiving supports; and opportunities where employers give workers a voice on the job and a free and fair chance to collectively bargain.
- Support integrated, statewide Registered Apprenticeship strategies and state and territory capacity to engage industry and meet the demand for new programs in both traditional and emerging industries and occupations within the state, such as the education sector, hospitality, care economy (healthcare, childcare, etc.), technology/cybersecurity, public movement sectors such as global logistics, rail and other freight-related employment; and manufacturing, including but not limited to the manufacturing of semi-conductors and biomanufacturing), advanced manufacturing (collaborative robotics and additive manufacturing), utilities sector (Water and Wastewater System Operations Specialists and energy occupations), resource management, first responder, disaster resilience, response, and recovery, and other emerging and nontraditional sectors and industries.
- Allow states and territories to build capacity to significantly increase and facilitate Registered Apprenticeship opportunities from start to completion for all American workers particularly underrepresented populations as established in 29 CFR Part 30, where the population’s participation in RAPs is significantly less than would be reasonably expected given the availability of such individuals for apprenticeship in the relevant industry, occupation, or recruitment area, and underserved communities, including veterans, justice-impacted individuals, youth, and those in rural communities.
- Strengthen the National Apprenticeship System across state lines through the sharing of long-term Registered Apprenticeship strategies, increasing transparency around operational plans, promoting operational consistency among state apprenticeship agencies while allowing for strategic flexibilities that foster innovation within state systems, and enhancing overall transparency among all Registered Apprenticeship stakeholders.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $85,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $5,000,000
- Award Floor: $75,000.
Grant Period
The period of performance is 36 months with an anticipated start date of 07/01/2025.
Eligibility Criteria
State governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
