High Road Training Partnerships: 2025 Grant Program
Grant At-a-Glance
Grant Title: High Road Training Partnerships: 2025 Grant Program
Open Date: April 21, 2025
Deadline: Ongoing
Agency/Department: Workforce Development Board
Estimated Total Funding: $18,577,290
Eligible Applications: Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Tribal Government
Summary
The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) and the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) announced up to $18,577,290 in available grant funding for the High Road Training Partnerships 2025 Grant Program (HRTP 2025), a California Jobs First initiative. Of the total funding available, a minimum of $4,327,290 is allocated for projects in the healthcare sector.
Applying for HRTP 2025 is a two-phase process. Phase I entails the submission of a Pre-Application via email to the CWDB prior to the application’s due date. Phase II entails the submission of the HRTP 2025 application, including narrative responses, Required Partner MOUs, and Agreements for New Projects in the Cal-E-Grants portal. Applicants approved to advance to Phase II will be emailed an invitation to apply with information and deadlines for the Phase II application process.
The HRTP 2025 grant program will fund projects in two stages of project readiness:
Training Implementation: Award Range: up to $3,000,000 Grant Term: 24 months Training Implementation projects deliver training programs to achieve participants' employment and/or career advancement outcomes.
Expanding: Award Range: up to $5,000,000 Grant Term: 24 months An Expanding project is an existing HRTP that can demonstrate its alignment with HRTP’s Essential Elements and is expanding the partnership and/or program scope.
Matching Funding Requirements
Training Implementation and Expanding projects are required to leverage and/or match funding from a non-HRTP source at a 1:1 rate.
