Grant Project Work

California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship (COYA)

Apprenticeship planning grant

1-year grant to develop registered apprenticeships in Kern County in Healthcare and Advanced Manufacturing for opportunity youth: those aged 16 – 24, who may be young parents, former foster youth, people with disabilities, young people who face educational achievement gaps, who attend schools in communities struggling with high poverty, or who are fully disconnected from the education system.

Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Apprenticeship Standards

 

Green Futures LA High Roads Training Partnership (HRTP)

Impacting 55+ youth

Green Futures LA HRTP addresses the growing workforce gap in green infrastructure by targeting young adults facing barriers to employment – these include opportunity youth and justice-involved individuals. Occupations targeted: solar PV installers, electricians, landscaping workers, water plant operators. Target areas around Los Angeles County.

Goal of at least 75% placement into employment or pre-apprenticeships

Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity High Road Training Partnership (HRTP) Fund

 

Supporting Career Planning for Adult Learners

Starting in 2023, the Get Focused, Stay Focused nonprofit began an expansion of its work by acting as fiscal agent on a number of collaborative state and federal grants supporting members of our community experiencing the most barriers to gainful employment, initially in the Central Valley of California.

The grants use the GFSF career curriculum as a foundation for program participants, and then provide skills training, work-based learning, and job placement. Here is an overview of this new work:

High Road Training

Planning grant

1-year grant to develop a work plan to serve job seekers in Tulare and Visalia. Goal: industry partnerships to increase access to good jobs, create pathways for job growth, and meet regional industry needs. Includes work-based learning and job placement. Focus on two sectors at two adult schools.

California Workforce Development Board’s High Road Training Partnerships (HRTP) initiative

 

LA County’s Care First and Community Investment Grant

Impacting 150 youth

3-year grant to provide intervention and cost-effective prevention treatment to turn around the lives of troubled youth. Systems-involved youth will receive life skills and career-readiness training opportunities, then move into training, work-based learning, or employment.

Focus on two sectors: Manufacturing & Health. The project team includes Antelope Valley USD, Antelope Valley Community College, and Antelope Valley Adult Education School.

Los Angeles County’s Care First and Community Investment grant, Program Area 24 – Youth Academy/Pathways Out of Poverty; Non-Carceral Diversion