Scaling CDL Training and Career Pathways for Formerly Incarcerated Learners
Exploration
This grant supports Join FreeWorld in creating more opportunities for formerly incarcerated learners to enter living wage careers by expanding its delivery of CDL truck driver training in partnership with American Job Centers and other local and state workforce training organizations.
Supporting the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison’s Field Leadership
Exploration
This grant supports the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison in conducting coordination, technical assistance, and an annual convening for the field of Postsecondary Education in Prison.
Leveraging NCAN Members to Increase Success for Incarcerated Learners
Exploration
This grant supports the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) in developing technical assistance for its members tailored to postsecondary education in prison. With its support, more NCAN members will partner with postsecondary education in prison programs to deliver supportive services to incarcerated learners.
Prevalence of Lived Experience in Leadership Positions
Other
This grant supports Urban Institute in understanding the prevalence of lived experiences in or adjacent to the criminal justice system, including personal history of incarceration, among nonprofit organizational leaders. The project will identify best practices and develop data collection tools funders can use to understand the extent to which their grantees are led by individuals with relevant lived experience.
Supporting the Expansion of the THRIVE Program
Exploration
This grant supports College & Community Fellowship to refine and expand its THRIVE training and coaching program, which helps college campuses and employers strengthen their ability to serve individuals after release from incarceration.
Creating a National Movement for Emergency Aid
Scaling
This grant supports Scholarship America in launching a national campaign communicating the impact of emergency aid for learners from low-income backgrounds in an effort to broaden the donor base for emergency aid nationwide.
Launching Civic Sector Apprenticeships in Rural Communities
Exploration
This grant supports the Council of State Governments and the Urban Institute in working with state and local governments and public sector employers in Maine and Idaho to implement apprenticeship programs targeted to learners from low-income backgrounds. New apprenticeships will provide paid training and onramps to good civic sector jobs that are currently experiencing a shortage of qualified workers in rural communities.
Curricular Analytics
Exploration
This grant supports the Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities, hosted at Colorado State University, in validating the relationship between curricular structure and equitable student outcomes. A network of national senior leaders will collaborate to develop and test strategies for using their institutional data to engage faculty in revising university curriculum.
Scaling IT Support and Data Analytics Certificate Programming for Learners from Low-Income Backgrounds
Scaling
This grant supports Merit America in its goal to help 20,000 learners move from low-wage jobs to in-demand technology careers over the next three years. This investment will enable Merit America to scale their operations and leverage up to $45 million in funding from the $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund.
Non-Credit Mobility Academy
Exploration
This grant supports the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association in supporting four to six states to strengthen policy and data infrastructure around non-credit postsecondary education. Participating states will work to ensure that learners have access to high-quality non-credit postsecondary training, and that clear pathways exist from that training into credit-bearing credentials in fields where those are required qualifications for high-demand jobs.