AMBA Announces Time-Sensitive Grants Are Now Available

As part of its advocacy and workforce development efforts, the American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) gathers information on specific state, regional and national grants available to U.S. businesses and manufacturers and publishes the information regularly on its members-only Grants Opportunities page, which can be found on AMBA’s website.

Please note that there is a much larger grants matrix available every month to AMBA members only. Grants currently listed are available in more than 20 states and address a variety of areas, including:

• Job readiness and training.
• Workforce development.
• Economic growth (local, regional and national).
• Competitiveness in international markets.
• Apprenticeship programs.
• STEM activities.
• Public infrastructure.
• Community development.
• Workers re-entering the labor market (i.e., veterans, disabled individuals, etc.).

Upcoming grants are described below.

Submission dates are included for the available grants below. *Please note the timely nature of grants available in Illinois and Wisconsin.

• Colorado: Skill Advance Colorado Job Training Grant. Funding range: up to $150,000/request. Submit now through Mar. 31, 2022.
• Florida: Incumbent Worker Training. Funding range: up to $100K. Submit now through Jun. 30, 2022.
• *Illinois: The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded Workforce Recovery Initiative. Funding range: $500-750K. Submission deadline: Oct. 29, 2021.
• Kentucky: The Grant-in-Aid (GIA). Funding range: up to $4.3M/fiscal year. Submission deadline: Dec. 15, 2021.
• Pennsylvania: Business Education Partnership (BEP). Total amount available: $3.3M. Submission deadline: Nov. 18, 2021.
• Miscellaneous: Workforce System Technical Assistance Collaborative. Award ceiling: $3.5M. Submission deadline: Dec. 8, 2021.