Closed · FOA-ETA-23-15 · CFDA 17.261 · Discretionary
Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants
Federal grant opportunity posted by Employment and Training Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1.5M-$5.8M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- November 14, 2023
- Close date
- 17
- Expected awards
The verdict
Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants is a closed discretionary listing from Employment and Training Administration that offered $1,500,000 -- $5,750,000 across 17 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 412 other opportunities from Employment and Training Administration.
- $1.5M-$5.8M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 17
- expected awards
- 17.261
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Strengthening Community Colleges Training Gra… is closed (last close November 14, 2023). The parent program page for CFDA 17.261 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Employment and Training Administration still indexes 412 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed November 14, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$65,000,000
Expected Awards
17
Instrument
Grant
Description
The fourth round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (SCC4) will increase the capacity and responsiveness of community colleges to meet the skill development needs of employers and equitably support students in obtaining good jobs in in-demand industries. Applicants will use strategies rooted in evidence and designed to build further evidence on the effectiveness of sector-based career pathways programs in leading to positive employment outcomes. These strategies will also address identified equity gaps to increase full access to educational and economic opportunity–particularly for individuals from historically underserved communities. The lead applicant of an SCC Partnership must be a community college that is a public institution as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act, and at which the associate degree is primarily the highest degree awarded. The lead may apply as a single institution or as a consortium of two or more colleges in a common labor market area. Consortium members may include community colleges and public and private, non-profit four-year institutions, as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act. Institutions that were funded in the first three rounds of SCC as either leads or consortium members may apply as leads or consortium members under this fourth round if they focus on a different industry sector than in prior rounds. Employers and the public workforce development system are required partners for all projects, which must also include a sector convener partner unless the lead or another partner serves in that role. Partnerships with unions or labor-management organizations are encouraged in support of good jobs. Partnerships with community-based organizations, adult education providers, and tribal entities, as relevant, are encouraged in support of equitable employment outcomes in good jobs. Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Forecast may be emailed to SCC4_FOA-ETA-23-15@dol.gov. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA.
Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Strengthening Community Colleges Training Gra… (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Employment, Labor and Training (ELT). Only 3 other Employment and Training Administration listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 413).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Disability Employment Initiative
U.S. Department of Labor
Agency Contact
Khanh Tran SCC4_FOA-ETA-23-15@dol.gov
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What to do next
Strengthening Community Colleges Training Gra… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 17.261 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Disability Employment Initiative indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Employment and Training Administration lists 412 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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