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Schools-to-Work Grant Program
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- Funder
- Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
- Deadline
- Next cycle: Roughly annual rounds (Round 5 closed January 27, 2025; Round 6 closed December 22, 2025). Governor's 2026-27 budget proposed doubling funding to $7 million; a Round 7 Notice of Grant Availability had not been posted as of 2026-10-11.
- Deadline as stated by the funder
The application deadline for the Schools to Work – Round 6 Grant was Monday, December 22, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. E.T.
(read from the source page on Nov 1, 2026)- Cycle
- Roughly annual rounds (Round 5 closed January 27, 2025; Round 6 closed December 22, 2025). Governor's 2026-27 budget proposed doubling funding to $7 million; a Round 7 Notice of Grant Availability had not been posted as of 2026-10-11.
- Posted
- Not stated
- Award range
- Not stated
- Total program funding
- Not stated
- Expected number of awards
- Not stated
- Match or cost share
- Match not stated
- Who applies
- SchoolsSchool districtsIntermediate UnitsNonprofits
- Who benefits
- StudentsSchools
- Eligible applicants
- SchoolsSchool districtsNonprofitsColleges & universities
- Education level
- K-12
- Topics
- Career & technical
- Geography
- PA
- Source
- FindGrants reviewed programs registry · ID pa-dli-schools-to-work-grant
Summary
Competitive grants to build or expand registered pre-apprenticeship programs for students in grades 9-12, in partnership with employers; applicants include schools, career and technical centers, intermediate units, employers, industry associations and workforce organizations.
Full description from the funder
Next cycle not yet posted. Roughly annual rounds (Round 5 closed January 27, 2025; Round 6 closed December 22, 2025). Governor's 2026-27 budget proposed doubling funding to $7 million; a Round 7 Notice of Grant Availability had not been posted as of 2026-10-11. The last published deadline was December 22, 2025. Competitive grants to build or expand registered pre-apprenticeship programs for students in grades 9-12, in partnership with employers; applicants include schools, career and technical centers, intermediate units, employers, industry associations and workforce organizations.
Source is L&I's Grant Opportunities page, which lists all active and past Notices of Grant Availability with verbatim deadline lines; the Round 6 NGA itself is a PDF. Award sizes are only in the NGA PDF (press releases cite $4.1M across 17 projects). Page also lists currently open L&I NGAs (e.g., Apprenticeships on the Move due October 2, 2026; Navigator Program due October 23, 2026) and an 'October 2026 - Grants Forecast' document. Quote contains an en dash.
Details are copied from the funder's posting and may change. The official page is authoritative. Applying is free.
Official page: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dli/programs-services/workforce-development-home/grant-opportunities · This listing: https://findgrants.us/grants/31ac31847b22d3fd01738fa50674fa6a8742749d · FindGrants is an independent directory operated by ResilientMind AI. Applying for a grant is always free.