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  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Department of Pesticide Regulation 2023 Alliance Grants Program

    Open Date
    Jul 14, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Pesticide Regulation
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,500,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $50,000 – $1,500,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Pesticide Regulation
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    11912
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    To promote safer, more sustainable pest management practices in California, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) annually funds Alliance projects that promote or increase the implementation, expansion, and/or adoption of effective, proven, and affordable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems or practices that reduce risks to public health and the environment in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Individual
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Work may be conducted outside of California, but justification must be provided and projects must primarily benefit the people of California.

    View Full Grant Details: Department of Pesticide Regulation 2023 Alliance Grants Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Equity Target Population Fund Program Year 2022-23

    Open Date
    Dec 19, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Employment Development Department
    Match Funding?
    20%
    Estimated Total Funding
    $8,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $200,000 – $1,000,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Other
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Employment Development Department
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    16352
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Equity Target Population Fund (ETPF) solicits proposals that employ best practices to accelerate training, break down workforce system barriers, and qualify participants for current and future good-quality jobs in in-demand industry sectors. Funds will be used to design, develop, and implement projects that accelerate equity in employment for justice-involved individuals, disconnected young adults, people with disabilities, and veterans.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Applicants to the ETPF Program for PY 22-23 may propose to serve disconnected young adults, justice-involved individuals, people with disabilities, and veterans in disadvantaged communities across the State of California.

    View Full Grant Details: Equity Target Population Fund Program Year 2022-23>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Notice of Funding Availability Farmworker Resource Center

    Open Date
    Nov 15, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Community Services and Development
    Match Funding?
    25%
    Estimated Total Funding
    $2,500,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $833,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Community Services and Development
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    15518
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Department of Community Services and Development has released a Notice of Funding Availability for the Farmworker Resource Center Grant. The purpose of this grant is to inform interested counties of the availability of grant funding to support the establishment or expansion of Farmworker Resource Centers in their respective counties to provide access to services and programs designed to address the needs of farmworkers and their families.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    Region 1: Colusa, Glenn, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Modoc, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Siskiyou, and Tulare Counties.

    Region 2: Imperial, Monterey, Napa, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Riverside, and Ventura Counties.

    View Full Grant Details: Notice of Funding Availability Farmworker Resource Center>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Equity Target Population Fund Technical Assistance Program Year 2022-23

    Open Date
    Dec 19, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Employment Development Department
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,600,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $1,600,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Other
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Employment Development Department
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    16358
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Equity Target Population Fund (ETPF) Technical Assistance (TA) Program Year 2022-23 (PY 22-23) awardee will assist program awardees to accelerate employment strategies for those populations targeted by the grant experiencing significant employment barriers. The ETPF TA grant will fund an organization with the expertise to support workforce development equity projects that drive success, innovation, and system change and foster learning.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Applicants to the ETPF TA PY 22-23 must be organizations with the capacity, relationships, and expertise to deliver TA services to projects that serve disconnected young adults, justice-involved individuals, people with disabilities, and veterans in disadvantaged communities across the State of California.

    View Full Grant Details: Equity Target Population Fund Technical Assistance Program Year 2022-23>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships (ERiCA) Grant Program Year (PY) 2023-2025

    Open Date
    Oct 12, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Industrial Relations
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $25,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Industrial Relations
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    14735
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS)  announce the availability of $25 million in funding to improve access to training and employment opportunities for women, non-binary and underserved populations within the building and construction trades. The Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeship (ERiCA) grant funds will be used to cover childcare costs and improve outreach.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies
    View Full Grant Details: Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships (ERiCA) Grant Program Year (PY) 2023-2025>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Intermediary and Corps Program Solicitation for Proposals (SFP) PY 2022-2023 (PY 22-23)

    Open Date
    Dec 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Employment Development Department
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $0
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Employment Development Department
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    16511
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Intermediary will guide program awardees in the forthcoming EMS Corps Program SFP. The Intermediary will be responsible for identifying potential service areas, project partners, and to assist in the development, implementation, and facilitation of Targeted EMS Corps program sites aimed to recruit, train, hire, and advance an ethnically and culturally inclusive health and human services workforce with improved diversity and higher wages.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    Applicants to the EMS Intermediary PY 22-23 must be organizations that possess the capacity, relationships, and expertise to create and implement EMT training curriculum across the state of California.

    The EMS pilot sites are located in or providing services to the following counties: Riverside, Contra Costa, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, San Bernardino, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Los Angeles, Ventura, Sacramento, San Diego, and Stanislaus.

    View Full Grant Details: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Intermediary and Corps Program Solicitation for Proposals (SFP) PY 2022-2023 (PY 22-23)>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Administering Organization Grant: Individual Artists Fellowship – Region IV Only

    Open Date
    Dec 15, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $800,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $800,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    IAF
    Portal ID
    16301
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Offering fellowship support to artists responds to the CAC’s Strategic Framework by directly supporting individuals who embody aesthetics, a key value of the CAC, recognizing all art forms and artistic traditions that enable full and meaningful creative expression.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation as being a California-based nonprofit arts/cultural organization; an arts-based unit of municipal or county government; or a tribal government, or nonprofit social service organization with a principal place of business in California

    View Full Grant Details: Administering Organization Grant: Individual Artists Fellowship – Region IV Only>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance

    Open Date
    Dec 15, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $150,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $150,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    16304
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The purpose of the Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance program is to strengthen the
    capacity of 2022 Cultural Pathways grantee organizations that are rooted in historically and systemically under-resourced communities and to anchor the cultural and creative work of these organizations into the cultural landscape of the state.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of having a principal place of business in California.

    View Full Grant Details: Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Economic Development Pilot – Program Year 2022-2023

    Open Date
    Jan 10, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    Employment Development Department
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $50,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Employment Development Department
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    16787
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Economic Development Pilot will fund projects that have emerged from existing regional processes or plans and are ready for implementation, and showcase innovative projects that advance the goals of Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF). This solicitation for proposals fulfills the requirement of Senate Bill 162 that align with the high road focus of the program and will demonstrate potential uses of CERF Implementation Phase funding.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies
    View Full Grant Details: Economic Development Pilot – Program Year 2022-2023>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Women’s Recovery Response: 2023-2024 Grant Funding Opportunity

    Open Date
    Jan 20, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    Commission on the Status of Women and Girls
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $5,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Other
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Commission on the Status of Women and Girls
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    16865
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls (CCSWG) is soliciting applications for the Women’s Recovery Response Grant to support the existing and emerging needs of women in California who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the second round of grant funds administered by the Commission and is available on a rolling basis through fiscal year 2023-2024.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    CCSWG will prioritize awards in the following areas:

    Improved access and affordability of child and/or elder care services

    Increased utilization and uptake of safety-net programs that offer services to support basic needs such as shelter, food, clothing, etc.

    Achieved reskilling/upskilling through accreditation, certification, or vocational or educational programs

    Enhanced financial ability to grow economic security, assets, and wealth building

    View Full Grant Details: Women’s Recovery Response: 2023-2024 Grant Funding Opportunity>/span>