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High Road Training Partnerships: 2025 Grant Program

Workforce Development Board · 103980

Eligibility details

One entity will apply on behalf of the proposed partnership and assume the Lead Applicant or Fiscal Agent role. For a complete list of Eligible Fiscal Agents or organizations serving as the Lead Applicant on behalf of an HRTP, refer to Section Two of the HRTP 2025 RFA.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: 100%. Training Implementation and Expanding projects are required to leverage and/or match funding from a non-HRTP source at a 1:1 rate.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

This cycle of the HRTP program continues the agency’s commitment to increase access to existing High Road jobs for underserved populations and creating pathways for incumbent workers seeking job growth with High Road employers. 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. For more information about previously funded HRTP projects, please see the CWDB’s High Road Training Partnership Profiles webpage. Applying for HRTP 2025 is a two-phase process. Phase I entails the submission of a Pre-Application via email to the CWDB prior to the application’s due date. Phase II entails the submission of the HRTP 2025 application, including narrative responses, Required Partner MOUs, and Agreements for New Projects in the Cal-E-Grants portal. Applicants approved to advance to Phase II will be emailed an invitation to apply with information and deadlines for the Phase II application process. The HRTP 2025 grant program will fund projects in two stages of project readiness: -Training Implementation -Expanding Training Implementation- Award Range: up to $3,000,000 Grant Term: 24 months Training Implementation projects deliver training programs to achieve participants' employment and/or career advancement outcomes. These projects also model strategies for developing industry-based, worker-focused training partnerships, including labor-management partnerships. Training Implementation applicants are not required to have been funded for planning and development by CWDB provided they meet the eligibility criteria outlined in this RFA. However, applicants will be prompted to detail past planning and development activities in their Phase II application. Past Planning and Development HRTP grantees and new projects can apply for the Training Implementation project type. Expanding-Award Range: up to $5,000,000 Grant Term: 24 months An Expanding project is an existing HRTP that can demonstrate its alignment with HRTP’s Essential Elements and is expanding the partnership and/or program scope. Expanding projects must demonstrate past success in achieving training outcomes and detail how the project will focus on increasing scale and/or replication. Expanding projects should seek to increase the number of new job placements and expand the partnership’s presence within the industry. Expanding projects may also extend their capacity to adjacent industry sectors and occupations, replicate the project in other regions, and/or expand access to programming to new target populations. Expanding projects will also grow existing partnerships by adding additional program partners, enhancing conflict resolution, and developing sustainable funding mechanisms. Only past CWDB-funded Training Implementation HRTP grantees are eligible to apply as an Expanding project.

Funding geography: Statewide

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.