Upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcements

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants - Round 4 (SCC4)

Application Due Date: November 14, 2023

The U.S. Department of Labor announced on August 17, 2023, the availability of $65 million to increase community colleges’ ability to provide equitable access to training to meet employers’ and workers’ skill development needs for in-demand industries. In the fourth round of funding, the Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants will concentrate on the capacity of community colleges to address identified equity gaps to increase access to educational and economic opportunities for dislocated workers and new entrants to the workforce, as well as employed workers seeking to advance in their careers, particularly for individuals from historically underserved communities.

Grants will be up to $1.75 million for single institutions and up to $5.75 million for consortium applicants. A subset of colleges will participate in a planned impact evaluation to assess employment outcomes. The department will award additional funding to grantees chosen for the national impact evaluation, and they will have extra time to complete the grant project. 

  • Announcement
  • Application Information
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Please check this link frequently for future updates, as additional FAQs may be added.  
  • Pre-recorded Webinar. While a review of the webinar is strongly encouraged to support successful grant applications, it is not mandatory. Please check this link frequently for future updates, as additional FAQs may be added.
  • SCC Rounds 1-3 Grantees by Industry. The table in this attachment showing the industries for which SCC1-2-3 grantees received funding is provided as a reference for applicants to FOA-ETA-23-15. See also Amendment 1. The list is based on information submitted in abstracts for initial proposals. For the purposes of FOA-ETA-23-15, every institution included in a consortium is considered to be funded for any industry referenced in the abstract.   

General Resources

Current Grant Programs 

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants – Round Three

The third round of the Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants Program (SCC3) aims to help people in marginalized and underrepresented populations overcome barriers to career and technical education programs they need to connect with quality jobs.

In February 2023, DOL awarded $50 million in SCC3 grants to 15 community colleges, including eight consortium grants and seven single institution grants in 14 states.  Industry sectors represented among grants include Healthcare, Advanced Manufacturing, Information Technology, Clean Energy, and Education. 

SCC3 used the same Funding Opportunity Announcement as SCC2, per Amendment Two below. 

For more information about SCC3 Training Grants, please see:

SCC3 prospective applicants, and others, were encouraged to review the following resource:

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants – Round Two

The second round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (SCC2) aims to help people in marginalized and underrepresented populations overcome barriers to career and technical education programs they need to connect with quality jobs.

In September 2022, DOL awarded $45 million in SCC2 grants to 13 community colleges, including seven consortium grants and six single institution grants in 12 states.  Industry sectors represented among grants include Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, Information Technology (including Cybersecurity), Supply Chain, and Construction. 

For more information about SCC2 Training Grants, please see:

 

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants – Round One

The first round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (referred to as Strengthening Community Colleges or SCC1) builds the capacity of community colleges to collaborate with employers and the public workforce development system to meet local and regional labor market demand for a skilled workforce.  The grants also build the capacity of community colleges to address challenges associated with the COVID-19 health crisis, such as expanding online and technology-enabled learning and migrating services to a virtual environment. 

In January 2021, DOL awarded $40 million in grants to 11 community colleges, including seven consortium grants and four single institution grants in 10 states.  Industry sectors represented among grants include Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, Information Technology (including Cybersecurity), and others. 

For more information about current SCC1 Training Grants, please see:

For questions about the current SCC program (only), please email us.