Workforce for Georgia Grant Program
Program Overview
The Georgia Foundation for Public Education, in partnership with the Georgia Power Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce the launch of the third round of the Workforce for Georgia Grant Program. The grant program provides school districts that offer Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) through traditional high school programs or through College and Career Academies (CCA), with support of up to $50,000 to implement or scale career pathway programs to meet workforce needs of local and regional communities’ industries and businesses. Up to $1,000,000 will be awarded in grant support from Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.
Funding Amounts
| Establishing a New Pathway Based on Sufficient Evidence of Need/Demand | Expansion or Capacity Building for Existing Pathway |
| up to $50,000 | up to $50,000 |
Submission Instructions
To participate in the Workforce for Georgia Grant, please follow the steps below:
- Carefully review the RFP, including the eligibility requirements and application components (RFP:
Workforce for Georgia RFP 2024). - Watch the Workforce for Georgia Q&A recording or take a look at the slides from the webinar here.
- Complete an application here: https://us.grantrequest.com/application.aspx?sid=245&fid=35153
- Submit your application online by April 16, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.
We strongly recommend that you thoroughly review the application questions in the RFP prior to completing the application to ensure you have a solid understanding of the application expectations.
Funding Timeline
| Grant Application Opens | Informational Webinar (Optional) | Grant Application Due | Grants Reviewed & Announced By |
| March 14, 2024 | March 19, 2024, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Please click on the following link at the time listed above: https://bit.ly/3uYvgba | April 16, 2024 | Late May 2024 |
Eligibility
School districts may submit more than one grant application. Individual schools may only submit one grant application. More than one submission per individual school will disqualify all applications from the school. Collaboration amongst schools within the district is highly encouraged.
You are eligible to apply for a Workforce for Georgia Grant if:
- You are a district-level staff at school district with one or more high schools with CTAE programs or College & Career Academies in the state of Georgia; or
- You are a school administrator, principal, or other leadership role at a charter high school or traditional public high school with a CTAE focus or College & Career Academy in the state of Georgia
The full Request for Proposal (RFP) information and link to apply will be posted on both the Georgia Foundation for Public Education website and the Georgia Power website on March 14, 2024. Please find the RFP here: Workforce for Georgia RFP 2024
See the Impact
In 2020, 13 schools and districts across Georgia received a total $279,000 in funding. For the next round of funding in 2022, the program grew to award 31 schools and districts with a total of $938,000.
Grant Portal
