Cerritos Community College District

Cerritos Community College District, a U.S. state government entity and Hispanic-Serving Institution based in Norwalk, California, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering workforce training, STEM education, student support services, and clean energy outreach under awards from the Department of Education, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and Department of Health and Human Services. The district competes in full-and-open grant programs without set-aside designations; it does not hold federal contract prime positions and does not participate in GSA Schedules, GWACs, or agency IDIQs.

The district's federal footprint centers on education and workforce development grants. As a prime recipient, Cerritos has delivered a $272,364 TRIO Student Support Services project grant (CFDA 84.042) from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education to fund the FALCONS RISE initiative, providing academic advising, tutoring, financial literacy, and mentorship to disadvantaged students through September 2026; a $595,991 Higher Education Institutional Aid project grant (CFDA 84.031) titled Mentoring, Access, Data, and Equity (MADE) supporting curriculum development, faculty training, and institutional capacity expansion for underrepresented populations; and a $349,641 NSF STEM Education grant supporting the Cerritos College Biotechnology Initiative, which develops certificate and degree programs in biotechnology with partnerships to regional employers in Southern California's biomanufacturing sector through September 2025. The district also holds a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.086) as a Clean Cities and Communities Coalition recipient, performing stakeholder engagement, technical assistance, and outreach on transportation energy choices and advanced mobility technologies effective through March 2027. A $27,011.44 research project grant from NASA's Shared Services Center for PROJECT F.I.R.E (Fire Intervention Retardant Expeller) completes the prime portfolio.

Customer concentration clusters with the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (9 awards) and the Department of Health and Human Services agencies (5 awards from HRSA, 4 from Administration for Children and Families), accounting for 75% of awards. The district also engages as a sub-recipient on child care, adult education, and workforce development programs flowing through the California Department of Education and California Department of Social Services as prime grantees, performing program delivery under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), Child Care Development Block Grant, and adult education and literacy initiatives. A separate sub-award with the Center for Collaborative Education Inc. supports the Grow-Your-Own Educator Pipeline program implementation. Two awards face recompete completion in the next twenty-four months. The district's award activity accelerated substantially in 2024 (ten awards) after minimal activity in prior years, though combined potential value across all awards remains modest at $27 thousand, with obligated dollars across all awards totaling $97.8 million reflecting the institution's long-standing federal grant engagement.