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CAL FIRE Business and Workforce Development

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection · 159480

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: 100%. Match requirement varies depending on project type. Business development projects between $10,000-$500,000 require a 100% match. Business development projects between $500,000-$3,000,000 require a 200% match. Workforce development proposals less than $500,000 do not require match. Workforce development proposals between $500,000-$3,000,000 require a 10% match.

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

About this opportunity

Eligible business development projects include facilities, operations, and professional services that support the restoration of healthy, resilient forests. Eligible workforce development projects include universities, colleges, government and community organizations, and businesses that aim to increase workforce capacity in the fields of logging, fuels treatment, manufacturing, or other support services that bolster the development of a resilient forest sector workforce. Research proposals that have the potential to facilitate an immediate benefit to California’s forest-sector businesses and/or workforce will also be considered. Check out the Wood Products website and subscribe for updates.

Funding geography: Statewide

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