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Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships (ERiCA) Grant Program Year (PY) 2023-2025

Department of Industrial Relations · 14735

Eligibility details

Eligible Grant applicants are limited to organizations that support equal representation in the construction workforce, including: Non-profits Community-based Organizations Local Education Agencies Workforce Development Boards Unions State Registered construction apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship program sponsors

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required.

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

About this opportunity

The Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeship (ERiCA) grant can help organizations that are already working to assist women, non-binary and underserved communities to enter the construction trades. Community-based organizations, local education agencies, workforce boards, unions and other organizations that support equity in the construction industry are eligible to apply. The funds from this grant will go towards supportive resources for childcare and outreach and community building for women, non-binary and underserved populations. The supportive resources for childcare will go to DAS-registered construction pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that are hiring parents with childcare challenges. For Supportive Resources for Childcare Pre-apprenticeship: $5,000 per eligible pre-apprentice in a registered pre-apprenticeship program, or Apprenticeship: $10,000 per eligible apprentice in a registered apprenticeship program Proposals under this category of funding must identify how many eligible participants the grant will support. The maximum amount per proposal for this category of funding is $3,000,000. The Funds will also be awarded to bolster outreach and community building to better support women, non-binary and underserved communities interested in a rewarding career in the building and construction industry. For Outreach and Community Building This category of funding is designed to bolster outreach and community building to better support women, non-binary, and underserved populations interested in a career in the building/construction industry. Underserved populations are defined as participants who would be eligible for WIOA Title I funding; Adult, Dislocated Workers and Out-of-School and In-School Youth. The maximum amount per proposal for this category of funding is $2,000,000. If an applicant is applying to both categories of funding, the maximum combined grant proposal cannot exceed $4,000,000. Allowable reimbursable activities include: a. Recruiting and training mentors to support women, non-binary and other underserved populations; b. Providing technical assistance to apprenticeship programs that are working to achieve better representation of women, non-binary and underserved populations in their program both in terms of sourcing and advancement through the program. c. Creating new marketing strategies to recruit more women, non-binary and underserved populations into the trades. Activities could include a hands-on Women’s Career Fair, which provides opportunities to use simulators, hand tools, etc. or other innovative outreach strategies. d. Crafting regional networking among women, non-binary and underserved populations in the trades; e. Initiating intentional cohorting of women, non-binary and underserved populations entering the trades to create a supportive community; f. Targeting outreach and networking with contractors and employers to address any concern around hiring women, non-binary and underserved apprentices; g. Coordinating with public officials at Cal-OSHA and the Labor Commissioner’s Office on trainings on workplace health, safety, and wage and hour rights. Proposals for this category of funding will need to articulate the number of participants served and clearly identify the type of outreach/recruitment that will be used.

Funding geography: Not specified — review source. A funder’s address does not establish eligibility.

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