Apprenticeship funding opportunities

Current funding opportunities

• Apprenticeship Preparation Programs for Individuals with Disabilities Grant:  Funding to help apprenticeship preparation programs expand the services they offer to individuals with disabilities to successfully complete an apprenticeship preparation program and enroll in a registered apprenticeship program.

• Clean Economy Occupations Grant:  Funding to support registered apprenticeship programs to upgrade their capacity to train registered apprentices and upskill incumbent workers in clean economy occupations.

• Corrections Apprenticeship Preparation Program Grant:  Funding to develop registered apprenticeship preparation programming in the building and construction trades for incarcerated individuals.

• Introduction to Registered Apprenticeship for Educators Grant:  Funding to introduce Minnesota high school staff and students to registered apprenticeship.

• Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP) Grant:  Funding to community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations and Minnesota Tribal governments, to introduce, support and place people of color, indigenous people and women in registered apprenticeship programs. 

• Multi-employer Registered Apprenticeship Program Grant:  Funding to support the design of new multi-employer, sector-specific, registered apprenticeship programs across targeted industries.

• New and Expanded Registered Apprenticeship Program Grant:  Funding for employers to expand or develop registered apprenticeship programs.

• Recognized Apprenticeship Preparation Program Grant: Funding to support career readiness or employment preparation programs in Minnesota to become DLI-recognized apprenticeship preparation programs and to enroll participants into registered apprenticeship programs following successful completion of the pre-apprenticeship program.

• Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program Grant:  Funding to establish, administer and operationalize registered teacher apprenticeship programs and joint apprenticeship training committees statewide in accordance with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 178. 

• Supportive Services for Registered Apprentices Grant:  Funding to increase the retention and completion rates of registered apprentices throughout Minnesota through the provision of supportive services to assist registered apprentices in program completion.

Questions?

• Contact us at dli.apprenticeship@state.mn.us or 651-284-5090.

• View more grant opportunities from DLI.