2024 - 2025 SWP Local Application

Strong Workforce Program: More and Better Career Technical Education to Increase Social Mobility and Fuel Regional Economies with Skilled Workers.

More = increasing the number of students enrolled in programs leading to high-demand, high-wage jobs​.
Better = improving program quality, as evidenced by more students completing or transferring programs, getting employed, or improving their earnings.

  • DEADLINE TO APPLY: TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025, AT 11:59 PM [DEADLINE EXTENDED]
  • INFO SESSION OPTIONS (OTHERWISE BY APPOINTMENT): [12 pm] THURSDAY, MAY 1ST, FRIDAY, MAY 9TH; and TUESDAY, MAY 13TH
  • AWARD NOTIFICATIONS: FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2025
  • FUNDING PERIOD: JULY 1, 2025, TO JUNE 30, 2026

Who Should Apply? Professional Development and SWP Local focus areas are for faculty focused on building connections to high-wage, high-demand CTE programs, staff seeking to heighten professional development aligned with a CTE or Workforce area, and for field trips or competitions, and work-based learning opportunities for students. The Marketing focus area is almost exclusively for programmatic promotion and recruitment of CTE programs and initiatives by faculty and staff using various communication mediums.

Final submission of the application must be complete and include the budget. If applicable, email them to the Workforce Education department at we@lbcc.edu. All tangible expenditures proposed in this request must be encumbered in a purchase order by January 31, 2026. Any unspent funds will be reallocated upon that date.

Note: The Chancellor's office reserves the right to deny a proposal after it is submitted in NOVA. If your proposal is denied, Workforce Education will contact you directly.

For any questions about the SWP grant, please contact the Workforce Education department by phone at (562) 938-3935 or email at we@lbcc.edu.

Acknowledgement

By checking the box below, you confirm that your appropriate supervisor (Vice President/Dean/Department Head/Manager) has been informed and approved the submission of your proposal. Please note, if you are requesting adjunct support or faculty release time as part of your innovation grant, you must coordinate with your Department Head and Dean.

Thank you for your interest in Long Beach City College's SWP Local. We are no longer accepting applications at this time.