Workforce for Georgia Grant Program

Program Overview

The Georgia Foundation for Public Education, in partnership with the Georgia Power Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce the launch of the third round of the Workforce for Georgia Grant Program. The grant program provides school districts that offer Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) through traditional high school programs or through College and Career Academies (CCA), with support of up to $50,000 to implement or scale career pathway programs to meet workforce needs of local and regional communities’ industries and businesses. 

Funding Amounts

Establishing a New Pathway Based on Sufficient Evidence of Need/Demand	Expansion or Capacity Building for Existing Pathway
up to $50,000	up to $50,000

 

Funding Timeline

The Innovative Education Fund launches in the spring every other year. The next round of IEF will launch in spring 2026. 

Eligibility

School districts may submit more than one grant application. Individual schools may only submit one grant application. More than one submission per individual school will disqualify all applications from the school. Collaboration amongst schools within the district is highly encouraged.

You are eligible to apply for a Workforce for Georgia Grant if:

• You are a district-level staff at school district with one or more high schools with CTAE programs or College & Career Academies in the state of Georgia; or
• You are a school administrator, principal, or other leadership role at a charter high school or traditional public high school with a CTAE focus or College & Career Academy in the state of Georgia

See the Impact 

In 2020, 13 schools and districts across Georgia received a total $279,000 in funding. For the next round of funding in 2022, the program grew to award 31 schools and districts with a total of $938,000.

See the Funded Programs