Closed · FOA-ETA-24-23 · CFDA 17.261 · Discretionary

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (Round 5)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Employment and Training Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1.5M-$5.8M
Award range
Closed
Status
September 24, 2024
Close date
15
Expected awards

The verdict

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (Round 5) is a closed discretionary listing from Employment and Training Administration that offered $1,500,000 -- $5,750,000 across 15 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
15
expected awards
17.261
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Gra… is closed (last close September 24, 2024). 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 September 24, 2024

Posted Jul 18 Closes Sep 24

Est. Total Funding

$65,000,000

Expected Awards

15

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of this grant program is to build community colleges’ capacity to meet the skill development needs of employers and equitably support students in obtaining good jobs in in-demand industries. Grantees will enhance sector-based career pathways programs using 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. Successful applicants will use the diverse strengths of their SCC Partnership members to accomplish and sustain systems change.

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

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 17.261

Disability Employment Initiative

U.S. Department of Labor

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Agency Contact

Sarah Medley SCC5_FOA-ETA-24-23@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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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants