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Allied Health Program (AHP) Program Year 2024-25 (PY 24-25)

Grantor:
Employment Development Department
Portal ID:
84941
Status:
Active
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
Categories:

Details

Purpose:

The purpose of this SFP is to expand and develop career education, pre-apprenticeships, and apprenticeships that recruit, train, and employ allied health occupations prioritizing the inclusion of adults from disadvantaged or underrepresented backgrounds. In addition, target current healthcare workers limited in advancement opportunities due to age, or other factors.     

Description:

The AHP PY 24-25 grant will fund projects that support and increase access to allied health occupations by providing training and certification and leading to participants’ employment and career advancement opportunities within the allied health sector. The grantee will utilize their existing infrastructure and demonstrated program success to identify and facilitate programs that serve participants throughout the grant’s period of performance.

The program intends to establish an accessible healthcare pipeline for individuals interested in pursuing a healthcare-related advanced training program, with the goal of achieving sustained employment and advancement within the Allied Health sector. As a result, applicants must demonstrate their ability and capacity to establish and/or expand apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs that are sustainable beyond this funding opportunity.

Applicants must demonstrate the ability to leverage resources from other sources to support the goals and objectives of this grant.  This grant requires that leveraged resources are the equivalent of 20% of the grant award amount. Applicants are encouraged to braid funds, leverage human capital, and utilize other resources to maximize the success of the project. Leveraged resources can come from a variety of sources.

Successful applicants will develop a team composed of at minimum one of the following required partners:

•             Employers within the Allied Health sector

•             Labor Representatives

Proposals must be received by 3 p.m. PT on January 20, 2025. An informational webinar will be held on December 17, 2024, at 10 a.m PT. Pre-registration is required for all attendees. Please register through the following link by 9 a.m. PT on December 17, 2024: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ctEc8rdkRFGcsHyyVllOKg

The EDD encourages applicants to submit a Notice of Intent to apply by December 30, 2024, at noon PT to WSBSFP3@edd.ca.gov. To view the SFP, visit the EDD Workforce Development Solicitation for Proposals webpage.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Nonprofit
  • Public Agency
  • Tribal Government

Organizations that are ineligible to apply as the lead agency include for-profit businesses, individuals, and organizations headquartered outside of the US. Organizations headquartered outside of the State of California must have an office in California where the proposed program services will be offered. State grant funding may not go to program participants outside of California.

Eligible Geographies:

Applicants should target counties where there is a concentrated population of the targeted demographic. This could include communities with high crime, incarceration rates, poverty rates, underemployed or unemployment rates, and/or communities of color within each county. Suggested counties include Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Solano, and Stanislaus.

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
4/30/2025
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
6/01/25-12/31/26

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$2,000,000
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
1 – 2
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • Federal

Funding Source Notes:

The Employment Development Department (EDD), in coordination with the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA), announces the availability of up to $2 million in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Governor’s Discretionary funds for the Allied Health Program (AHP) Program Year 2024-25 (PY 24-25) grant.

The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Reimbursement(s)

Funding Method Notes:

The EDD will contact the subrecipients to finalize the contract details. The EDD may request that the contracts incorporate changes to the original project proposals. After all exhibits are finalized, the awardee will officially enter into a contract with EDD to provide the services and serve the number of participants listed in the contract for the amount awarded.  The contracting process could take up to 5 to 6 months.  

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Brandon Raveling, 1-916-891-9189, brandon.raveling@edd.ca.gov

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