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Fostering Access, Rights and Equity (FARE) Grant Program

Administering Organization: Department of Labor Women’s Bureau

Posted Date: Apr 11, 2025

Closing Date for Applications: Jun 10, 2025

Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000

Geographic Scope: National

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit Organizations

This program will empower award recipients to undertake projects that assist marginalized and underserved women workers who have been impacted by gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the work world. GBVH is pervasive across industries and deeply impacts the safety and economic security of women workers and survivors. Grant recipients will address GBVH by building awareness, connecting women to federal and state workplace rights and benefits, and implementing worker- and survivor-driven strategies to shift workplace norms.

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Project ACCESS: Accelerating Career Connections and Employment Success Strategies

Administering Organization: Jobs for the Future (JFF) and the PwC Foundation

Posted Date: November 14, 2024

Closing Date for Applications: January 17, 2025

Estimated Total Program Funding: $300,000

Geographic Scope: National

Description: Jobs for the Future (JFF), with support from the PwC Foundation, is creating and supporting a cohort of 10 exemplary community and technical colleges in accelerating innovative programs that effectively connect learners—especially those facing systemic barriers, such as learners who identify as Black or Latine, women of all backgrounds, learners from low-income households and first-generation postsecondary education students—with paid work-based learning opportunities and quality jobs. Each college that is selected for this opportunity will receive $300,000 over a two-year period. Colleges will be expected to utilize these funds to strengthen, expand, and scale effective programming, enhance data collection and analysis, and share leading practices across a national network of innovative institutions.

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Making Connections 2024 – Creative Uses of Workforce Development Funding – Scalable Options for Agencies of All Sizes

This session about workforce development funding was presented as part of TWC’s Making Connections 2024 transit workforce conference in November, 2024.

Transit Workforce Center
November 2024

Session Description: Providing structured workforce development programs for frontline public transit workers is of critical importance for transit agencies as they work to retain employees, integrate new technologies, and fill vacant positions. Attendees of this session learned how to use funding available to transit agencies for workforce development, such as the additional funding awarded for zero-emission projects under the Low-No/Bus and Bus Facilities grant program, and heard from agencies about how they have utilized grant funds and other FTA funding to develop and implement training programs.

Moderator:

  • Karitsa Holdzkom: Senior Policy Analyst – International Transportation Learning Center / Transit Workforce Center

Speakers:

  • Zachary Bodle: Assistant Business Agent Maintenance – Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 (CA)
  • John Bodnar: Director, Office of Transit Programs – Federal Transit Administration
  • Jason Macumber: Senior Advisor of Workforce Development and Technology – International Transportation Learning Center / Transit Workforce Center
  • Steve Jovel: Operations Manager, Workforce Development – Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
  • Jeff Rosenberg: Director of Government Affairs – Amalgamated Transit Union
  • Mauro Varela: Treasurer – Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1277 (CA)
  • Kristin Warsinski: CEO – Riverside Transit Agency (CA)

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Making Connections 2024 – Identifying and Accessing Funding to Support and Expand Your Workforce Development Initiatives

This session about funding opportunities for workforce development was presented as part of TWC’s Making Connections 2024 transit workforce conference in November, 2024.

Transit Workforce Center
November 2024

Session Description: Good workforce development programs require resources and investment. Funding is available through a variety of programs to help subsidize the workforce development efforts of transit agencies and their partners. With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the federal government committed to providing funding, through a variety of new and existing competitive grant programs, that can be used for workforce development and training activities. This session featured an overview of funding opportunities, the types of projects that have been awarded funding, and resources available to stay informed about workforce development related grants from a variety of sources.

Moderator:

  • Karitsa Holdzkom: Senior Policy Analyst  – International Transportation Learning Center / Transit Workforce Center

Speakers:

  • Eliseo Acosta Jr: Workforce Development Coordinator – Amalgamated Transit Union
  • Josh Baker: CEO – AMTRAN
  • Stu Bass: Principal – Progress Worx; Founding Director – Keystone Development Partnership
  • Jamaine “G” Gibson: Director of Apprenticeships and Workforce Development – Amalgamated Transit Union
  • Paige Shevlin: Strategic Advisor – Department of Transportation
  • Rob Gamble: Sr Workforce and Academic Strategist – California Transit Works!

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Directory of Grant Writers

National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)
October 2024

The purpose of this Directory is to connect transit managers looking to contract with grant writing consultants available for hire. Agencies can contact grant writers using their information provided by clicking the link below.

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Opportunities

This is a searchable tool to help sort through the nearly 400 funding opportunities in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Users can search by funding agency, categories/topics, and eligible applicants.

Local Infrastructure Hub
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Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Workforce Development Resources

The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office) supports the deployment of zero-emission, convenient, accessible, and equitable transportation infrastructure. In addition to providing direct funding support for workforce development, the Joint Office has collated example resources to support workforce development activities for an electrified transportation system.

Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
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Tribal Nations Funding Opportunities

This page provides an updated and filterable list of funding opportunities for electric vehicle development in tribal nations.

Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
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ATTAIN Rail and Facilities Apprenticeship Meeting

This recorded meeting of the ATTAIN Rail and Facilities Committee serves as a resource for transit industry stakeholders and includes presentations on apprenticeship and case studies of successful programs across the country.

Transit Workforce Center
September 2023

To learn more, please visit our dedicated ATTAIN and apprenticeship page.

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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

This landing page provides information about WIOA as well as resources to help employers take advantage of WIOA funding to support apprenticeship.

Department of Labor

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law on July 22, 2014. WIOA is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy.

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Grant Application Checklist for a Strong Transportation Workforce and Labor Plan

This checklist provides information on the components of an ideal labor plan when applying to DOT discretionary grants in order to best meet the criteria for a strong workforce. The checklist prompts grant applicants to consider their labor-management partnerships, workforce training and education, and hiring and retaining underrepresented workers.

US Department of Transportation
February 2023
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Enhanced Transit Safety and Crime Prevention Initiative FTA Funding Sources Factsheet

To help ensure the continued safety of our nation’s public transit systems, FTA launched the Enhanced Transit Safety and Crime Prevention Initiative to provide information and resources to help transit agencies address and prevent crime on their systems and protect transit workers and riders.

Federal Transit Administration
November 2022
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Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE)

Administering Agency: Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)

Closing Date for Applications: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis

Funding Range: $73.5M available total

Geographic Scope: Regional

Description: ARISE is an ARC initiative that aims to drive large-scale, regional economic transformation through multistate, collaborative projects across Appalachia.

With the additional funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, ARC launched ARISE to strengthen Appalachian business and industry, and to grow and support the development of new opportunities across multiple states.

Posted January 20, 2023 to TWC Resource Center. Please refer to the link below for the most up to date information from the funder.