Students and Young Adults Career Awareness and Training

Who's Eligible

Individual organizations or partnerships are eligible to apply. If multiple parties are applying jointly, one party should take on the role of lead applicant. 

The following entities are eligible to serve as a lead applicant: 

• Community-based entities (often referred to as community-based organizations) such as community action partnerships, environmental justice organizations, neighborhood revitalization organizations, advocacy groups, affordable housing providers, affordable housing developers, and non-profits
• Post-secondary educational institutions, K-12 school districts, comprehensive and vocational high schools, middle schools, and vocational schools offering a Career Technical Initiative evening program
• For-profit entities such as training companies, trade associations, unions, or other coalitions of businesses and clean energy businesses 
• Federally recognized and state-acknowledged tribes
• Workforce development organizations (non-profit or for-profit)
• Massachusetts Workforce Investment Boards and Career Centers/Mass Hire Organizations

Note: Applicants without the ability to hire staff or receive funds may consider forming a partnership with another group that can act as a fiscal agent.