Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (Round 6)
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: February 17, 2026
Close date: May 20, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361307
Opportunity number: FOA-ETA-26-40
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Employment and Training Administration
Agency code: DOL-ETA
Award floor: $6,500,000
Award ceiling: $10,800,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Employment, Labor and Training
Eligible Applicants
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:dol_eta
- category_of_funding_activity:employment_labor_and_training
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Round 6 of the Strengthening Community Colleges (SCC or SCC6) grants will fund community colleges, with a singular focus on building program and system capacity for implementing and scaling access to short-term training opportunities through Workforce Pell Grants—i.e., promoting industry-driven strategies, worker mobility, and integration with the larger state workforce system (e.g., Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) partners) for statewide impact. Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) may be emailed to Sarah Medley at [email protected]. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA.