Cooperative Agreement SP016266

The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $39,224,930 Project Grant under the WIOA Youth Activities program (CFDA 17.259) to the Florida Department of Commerce. The purpose is to provide resources for local workforce development areas to deliver comprehensive youth services that focus on assisting out-of-school youth and in-school youth, with one or more barriers to employment, to prepare for employment and postsecondary education opportunities, attain...

This $2.5 million Project Grant from the Small Business Administration's Office of Entrepreneurial Development through the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CFDA #59.077) will fund business support services for underserved small businesses in Miami-Dade County, Florida from December 2021 through November 2023. As the prime awardee, Florida International University will coordinate services delivered by six sub-awardees. The sub-awardees—Ascendus, Branches, the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce...

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $306,514 Project Grant to Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) under the TRIO Student Support Services (CFDA 84.042) program. The grant, which has an award date of September 1, 2025 and an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2026, will fund comprehensive support services to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged students, including low-income, first-generation, and students with disabilities. The...

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, awarded a $272,364 TRIO - Student Support Services Program (CFDA 84.042) grant to Florida Gateway College. This Project Grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026, supports comprehensive services to enhance postsecondary outcomes for disadvantaged students at the institution. The grant aims to increase student retention, graduation rates, and transfers from two-year to four-year programs, with...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded Florida State University $425,754 under the Academic Exchange Programs - Teachers (CFDA 19.408) cooperative agreement to implement the 2021 Community College Administrator Program (CCAP). The CCAP aims to familiarize post-secondary educational leaders from selected countries with key aspects of U.S. community college administration and workforce development through six weeks of examination and engagement. Florida State...

This Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants (CFDA 93.732) program will support the Panhandle Pathways to Para-Professions (PPP) initiative led by Florida State University's Stoops Center. The program aims to train and place 104 certified behavioral health technicians over four years to address the severe behavioral health crisis facing Florida's Panhandle region. The...

The University of West Florida received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration Office of International Trade on September 30, 2022 to support services under the State Trade Expansion Program. The grant period runs through September 29, 2024. The State Trade Expansion Program (CFDA #59.061) aims to increase the number of small businesses exporting and the value of exports for small businesses already engaged in international trade. Under this award, the University...

The Florida Department of Education, Division of Early Learning (DEL) received a $14,751,000 Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) Systems-Building Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This 1-year grant, awarded on December 31, 2025, will help Florida transform its fragmented early childhood education credentialing process into a coherent, competency-based system that better prepares educators and provides clear steps for career advancement. The grant...

The Florida Department of Commerce was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to undertake a two-part broadband internet utilization study and strategic planning effort. Under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program, the Department will partner with a state university on a study of broadband access and use in rural Florida areas through May 2024. It will also work with another state university to develop the Florida Strategic...

This $272,364 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program will provide comprehensive academic and student support services to disadvantaged students at Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ). The goal is to enhance the postsecondary educational outcomes and increase transfer rates from two-year to four-year institutions for low-income, first-generation, and students with...