Closed · FOA-ETA-26-40 · CFDA 17.280 · Discretionary

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (Round 6)

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

$6.5M-$10.8M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 20, 2026
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (Round 6) is a closed discretionary listing from Employment and Training Administration that offered $6,500,000 -- $10,800,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 412 other opportunities from Employment and Training Administration.

$6.5M-$10.8M
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
17.280
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on May 20, 2026. CFDA 17.280 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $6,500,000 -- $10,800,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 20, 2026

Posted Feb 17 Closes May 20

Est. Total Funding

$65,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Description

Round 6 of the Strengthening Community Colleges (SCC or SCC6) grants will fund community colleges, with a singular focus on building program and system capacity for implementing and scaling access to short-term training opportunities through Workforce Pell Grants—i.e., promoting industry-driven strategies, worker mobility, and integration with the larger state workforce system (e.g., Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) partners) for statewide impact. Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) may be emailed to Sarah Medley at SCC6_FOA-ETA-26-40@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.

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Agency Contact

Sarah Medley SCC6_FOA-ETA-26-40@dol.gov

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