K12 Strong Workforce

California’s economic competitiveness is fueled, in part, by the strength of its regional economies and its skilled workforce. California is committed to investing in developing a skilled workforce to meet the state’s labor market needs and to ensure upward social and economic mobility for Californians. In 2016, the California Legislature approved the Strong Workforce Program (SWP), budgeting an ongoing $248 million for the state’s community colleges to enhance and expand career technical education (CTE) and workforce training to prepare students for high-wage employment in industries that meet regional labor market needs.

Commencing with the 2018–19 fiscal year, an additional $150 million was allocated on an annual and ongoing basis to K-12 local education agencies (LEAs) through the K12 Strong Workforce Program (K12 SWP) to create, support, or expand high-quality CTE at the K-12 level (Education Code, Section 88827).

Read more about the program and its primary objectives on the K12 Overview page.

2020/21 K12 SWP Request for Application

Date and time	Region	registration link	notes
9/3/2020 8:30-12:15PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Consortium Website	General Session
9/3/2020 9:00-12:30PM	Los Angeles	Regional Engagement Session: Recording
9/3/2020 9:30-10:45AM	Bay Area	Regional Engagement Session #1: Recording	Session 1: Important context for all stakeholders including an overarching framework, revised regional plan goals and a call to action around deeper development of career pathways.
9/3/2020 1:00-1:45PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Advanced Transportation and Logistics
9/3/2020 2:00-2:45PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	ICT and Digital Media
9/3/2020 3:00-3:45PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism
9/4/2020 1:00-3:00PM	South Central Coast - SLO/SB	Regional Engagement Session: Recording
9/9/2020 9:00-9:45AM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Advanced Manufacturing
9/9/2020 9:00-12:30PM	North/Far North	Regional Engagement Session: Recording
9/9/2020 10:00-10:45AM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	San Bernardino Valley College
9/9/2020 10:00-10:45AM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Palo Verde College
9/9/2020 11:00-11:45AM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Norco College
9/9/2020 11:00-11:45AM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Crafton Hills College
9/9/2020 12:00-1:15PM	Bay Area	Regional Engagement Session #2: Recording	Session 2: An annual review of regional and subregional labor market information highlighting program / pathway opportunities for the region to consider investing in, including viewed through an equity lens to determine opportunities for improvements in meeting our regions equity goals.
9/9/2020 1:00-1:45PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Mt. San Jacinto College
9/9/2020 1:00-1:45PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Barstow College
9/9/2020 2:00-2:45PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Moreno Valley College
9/9/2020 2:00-2:45PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Victor Valley College
9/9/2020 3:00-3:45PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Riverside City College
9/11/2020 9:00-11:00AM	South Central Coast - Ventura County	Regional Engagement Session: Recording
9/11/2020 9:00-12:30PM	Los Angeles	Regional Consortium Website
9/14/2020 9:30-10:45AM	Bay Area	Regional Engagement Session #3: Recording	Session 3: Hear from Regional Directors of Employer Engagement about the top program / pathway opportunities in their sector as seen through a post-Covid lens.
9/14/2020 3:00PM	San Diego/ Imperial	Regional Engagement Session: Recording
9/15/2020 9:00-9:45AM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Energy, Construction, and Utilities
9/15/2020 9:30-1:30PM	Bay Area	Subregional Engagement Session: Recording	Subregion: North Bay
9/15/2020 10:00-10:45AM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	College of the Desert
9/15/2020 10:00-10:45AM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Chaffey College
9/15/2020 11:00-11:45AM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	Business and Entrepreneurship
9/15/2020 1:00-3:00PM	Inland Empire/ Desert	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	K12 SWP Workshop
9/17/2020 12:00-1:00PM	North/Far North	Regional Consortium Website	20-21 RFA Overview
9/18/2020 9:30-1:30PM	Bay Area	Subregional Engagement Session: Recording	Subregion: Santa-Cruz Monterey
9/18/2020 10:00-12:00PM	Orange County	Regional Consortium Website
9/18/2020 1:00-3:00PM	South Central Coast - North Los Angeles	Regional Engagement Session: Recording
9/21/2020 8:30-10:30AM	Central/ Mother Lode	Regional Engagement Session: Recording	3-day Regional Engagement Session
9/21/2020 9:30-1:00PM	Bay Area	Subregional Engagement Session: Recording	Subregion: SF Peninsula
9/21/2020 1:00PM	San Diego/Imperial	Regional Engagement Session: Recording
9/21/2020 1:00-2:00PM	North/Far North	Regional Consortium Website	Sector Overview: Adv. Manufacturing
9/22/2020 8:30-10:30AM	Central/ Mother Lode	Regional Engagement Session: Recording
9/22/2020 3:00-3:50PM	North/Far North	Regional Consortium Website	Sector Overview: Business & Entrepreneurship
9/22/2020 4:00-4:50PM	North/Far North	Regional Consortium Website	Sector Overview: Agriculture
9/23/2020 3:00-3:45PM	North/Far North	Regional Consortium Website	Sector Overview: Retail, Hospitality & Tourism
9/24/2020 9:30-1:30PM	Bay Area	Subregional Engagement Session: Recording	Subregion: Silicon Valley
9/24/2020 1:00-2:00PM	North/Far North	Regional Consortium Website	Sector Overview: Health
9/24/2020 2:00-3:00PM	North/Far North	Regional Consortium Website	Sector Overview: ICT
9/25/2020 9:30-1:30PM	Bay Area	Subregional Engagement Session: Recording	Subregion: East Bay
10/1/2020 3:30-5:00PM	Bay Area	Regional Engagement Session #4: Recording	Session 4: A wrap-up of outcomes from the sessions above with an eye to planning Q2 activities.