Career Pathways Innovation Fund
Agency: Employment and Training Administration
Assistance Listings
- 17.269 -- Community Based Job Training Grants
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) announces the availability of up to $122 million in grant funds to be awarded under the Career Pathways Innovation Fund (CPIF) Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA, or Solicitation). Based on statutory requirements, at least $65 million of the total designated funds will be reserved for projects that focus on the health care sector. Four types of entities are eligible to apply as lead grantees: Local Workforce Investment Boards (LWIBs), individual community and technical colleges, community college districts, and state community college...
systems. For the total amount of funds available through this SGA, DOL intends to fund approximately 40 to 50 grants ranging from $1 million to $5 million. In addition, DOL intends to reserve funding of approximately $6.25 million of the total appropriation to award additional funding to support grantee efforts to conduct a third-party evaluation of the grant activities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
In order to be eligible for consideration under this solicitation, the lead applicant must be an eligible institution, as defined in this paragraph, and must submit an application in partnership with the required partners identified in Section III.B. Applicants must specify their applicant type in the Abstract, as described in Section IV.B Part III.1. Eligible institutions are: (1) Local Workforce Investment Boards, which partner with one or more community or technical college(s) where education/training activities will occur under the grant; (2) community or technical colleges; (3) community college districts; and, (4) State community college systems. Requirements for each of these lead applicant types are provided below.
Grantor contact information
Description
Linda Forman
Grants Management Specialist
Phone 202-693-3416
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| sga-dfa-py-10-06.pdf | Full Announcement SGA-DFA-PY-10-06 | Feb 28, 2011 05:09 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
Archived: April 30, 2011
Award
$12,300,000
Program Funding
40
Expected awards
$1,000,000
Award Minimum
$5,000,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
SGA-DFA-PY-10-06
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
--
Category of Funding Activity:
Employment labor and training
Category Explanation:
--
History
Version:
1
Posted date:
February 28, 2011
Archive date:
April 30, 2011
