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Grant Overview
The K-16 Collaborative Border Region Talent Pipeline
Increase access to high-wage, high-demand careers for diverse and underrepresented local talent and increase social mobility in San Diego and Imperial Counties.
Components
- Direct Support to Education
- Professional Development
- Instructional Alignment and Coordination
- Advocacy
Pathways
- Business
- Computing
- Engineering
- Education
- Healthcare
Statewide K-16 Collaborative Grant
The new California Regional K-16 Education Collaboratives Grant Program aims to help California’s economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing long-standing social and economic inequities in higher education and workforce participation.
Components
- Build Pathways
K16 and Industry - Alignment and Higher Ed Completion
- Using the Recovery with Equity Report
- Leveraging the California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI)
CA Jobs First Grant
This grant is also tied to the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) grant program, now known as California Jobs First.
Resources
- 2-Page Summary of CA Jobs First Grant. Click HERE
- Regional Investment Initiative Annual Report (Pilot Project Examples on pages 9-15). Click HERE
- Regional Investment Initiative Website Click HERE
- Implementation Phase RFP. Click HERE
- Catalyst RFP. Click HERE
- Full Regional Report. Click HERE
Update!
We are reaching out to you to let you all know that we have decided to extend our RFP submission deadline by ~1 week, the new deadline is Monday, May 5th 2025 at 11:59:59 pm. An updated RFP has been posted on the Coalition website – CAJobsFirst.sdsu.edu.
We are extending the deadline because we want to share the Scoring Rubric with all interested applicants. Please make sure to review the rubric so that you can understand how proposals will be scored.
Also, we are asking again that if you intend to apply, please fill out the Catalyst Pre-development Fund – Project Registration Form as soon as possible, but both the Project Registration Form and the proposal submission must be received by May 5th 2025 by 11:59:59 pm.
With the new deadline, we are adding one additional Office Hours, on Monday, May 5th at 11:00 am. There are two Mondays (4/28 and 5/5) left to join and ask any questions you might have, you can access office hours with this link: Catalyst Office Hours Link – Mondays at 11:00 am.
We still have some spaces open for 1-1 Technical Assistance, please feel free to email us at: cajobsfirst@sdsu.edu if you want to schedule 1-1 session or you can use the Technical Assistance Request Form.
Finally, applicants should review the FAQ document, which we continue to update as questions are received and answered.
