California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship Grant Round 1

Department of Industrial Relations · State of California

At a glance

California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship Grant Round 1 is a closed California state grant opportunity from the Department of Industrial Relations (State of California). The application deadline was March 15, 2024. Total estimated funding is $25M. Applicant types listed as eligible include business, nonprofit, other legal entity and public agency. It is listed on the California Grants Portal. Cost sharing is not required.

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Estimate · calculated by GrantsJunction

Expected to open around February 2027

This program has posted at about the same time each year. If it follows its pattern, the next round should post between Feb 11, 2027 and Mar 11, 2027, with about 32 days to apply.

Based on 2 past postings: Feb 23, 2024, Feb 26, 2025. Confidence: low. Agencies can change or skip a year; only the agency's posted notice is official. Watch it and we'll email you when the next round posts.

Key facts

Feb 23, 2024Posted
Mar 15, 2024Application deadline

Opened: Feb 23, 2024
Close date: Mar 15, 2024
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: Not specified
Est. total funding: $25,000,000
Expected awards: Not specified
Matching funds: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant

Program details (as published on the California Grants Portal)

Type: Grant
Funding source: State
Matching funds: Not Required
Funding method: Reimbursement(s)
Estimated number of awards: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
Estimated award amounts: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
Award period: 2024-2026
Expected award announcement: April 5, 2024
Letter of intent: Required
How to submit: By email: DASgrantunit@dir.ca.gov

Who can apply

Applicant categories as listed on the California Grants Portal. GrantsJunction maps them to detailed applicant types for search and matching.

Business
Nonprofit
Other Legal Entity
Public Agency

Additional information on eligibility (from the listing)

Eligible Grant applicants must demonstrate a history of at least 2 years of serving opportunity youth in education, employment or workforce programs and have demonstrated successes in supporting opportunity youth to access employment. The selected recipients are required to be, work in collaboration with, or become through the grant: · DAS Registered Pre-Apprenticeship Programs or · DAS Registered Apprenticeship Programs

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Purpose and description as published on the California Grants Portal.

Purpose

The California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship (COYA) Grant is a new funding source to develop and test innovative practices to increase the participation of opportunity youth in pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, and to demonstrate the impact of apprenticeship on employment and earnings outcomes for opportunity youth.

Description

The COYA Grant Program received $20 million in FY 2022-2023 and another $20 million in FY 2023-2024. The COYA Grant aligns with Governor Newsom’s “Freedom to Succeed” Executive Order, which tasks key state education and workforce leaders to develop a Master Plan on Career Education to guide the state’s efforts to strengthen career pathways, prioritize hands-on learning and real-life skills, and advance universal access and affordability for all Californians through streamlined collaboration and partnership across government and the private sector. This COYA Grant is a key mechanism to achieve this outcome, specifically with a focus on opportunity youth and connecting them with supported pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs. The COYA Grant program includes 4 grant types: Pre-Apprenticeship Planning Grant (COYA-PP)Funding amount – up to $300,000 Grant duration – 1-2 years Apprenticeship Planning Grant (COYA-AP) Funding amount – up to $500,000 Grant duration – 1-2 years Pre-Apprenticeship Implementation Grant (COYA-PI) Funding amount – $500,000 to $2,000,000 Grant duration – 2.5 years Apprenticeship Implementation Grant (COYA-AI) Funding amount – $500,000 to $2,000,000 Grant duration – 2.5 years

Program page on the agency site ↗

Past applications & awards

Historical data · not a prediction

Reported by the agency for this listing

Fiscal year 2023–24190 applications · 51 awards

Counts as published on the California Grants Portal. Award counts can read zero until decisions are announced.

Awards published: 51
Total awarded: $31,180,910
Median award: $481,624 calculated
Smallest – largest: $108,133 – $2,000,000

Recipients by type: Nonprofit (40), Other Legal Entity (11)

Areas served: Los Angeles County (14), San Francisco County (13), San Diego County (7), Statewide (6), Imperial County (4), Mono County (3), Sacramento County (2), Kern County (1), Shasta County (1)

Largest awards to organizations

The Empowerment CenterTEC's Resilient Workforce-Career Readiness Program$2,000,000 · FY 2023–24
Code Tenderloin (Center for New Music)Code Tenderloin IT Apprenticeship Program Application$2,000,000 · FY 2023–24
Public Works AllianceEMS Corps: EMT and Paramedic$1,800,000 · FY 2023–24
Better Youth, Inc.Better Youth AIM-N-INSPIRE Pre-apprenticeship$1,560,000 · FY 2023–24
Chaffey Community College DistrictCOYA-PI Industrial Electrical Mechanical Pre-Apprenticeship$1,200,000 · FY 2023–24
Dev/MissionSTEM Registered Pre-Apprenticeship Program Expansion$1,169,000 · FY 2023–24
Contra Costa County Office of EducationCOYA - Planting the Seeds$1,080,000 · FY 2023–24
South Bay Workforce Investment Board, Inc.SBWIB Opportunity Youth Program$1,000,000 · FY 2023–24
El Sol Neighborhood Educational CenterInland Intercultural Community Advancement Network (ICAN)$1,000,000 · FY 2023–24
Foundation For California Community CollegesPre-Apprenticeship Pathways for Inland Empire Opportunity Youth$1,000,000 · FY 2023–24

Source: California Grants Portal grant award data. Awards to individuals are counted but not named. Past awards show who was funded; they do not predict future decisions.

Program contact (as published)

DASgrantunit@dir.ca.gov
1-510-318-4526

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship Grant Round 1”?

The official listing names these applicant types as eligible: Business, Nonprofit, Other Legal Entity and Public Agency. It adds: “Eligible Grant applicants must demonstrate a history of at least 2 years of serving opportunity youth in education, employment or workforce programs and have demonstrated successes in supporting opportunity youth to access employment. The selected recipients are required to be, w…” Additional restrictions may apply; review the full guidelines.

How much funding is available through “California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship Grant Round 1”?

Per the notice, total estimated program funding is $25,000,000.

How do I apply for “California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship Grant Round 1”?

Applications go directly to Department of Industrial Relations, not through GrantsJunction. Submission: by email to DASgrantunit@dir.ca.gov. Read the program guidelines on the agency's site first; state programs set their own forms and registration requirements.

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