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Previous Years Institutional Grants

SWP/ Perkins Grant Overview (Power Point »)

Current Grant Highlights

2022-2023 Fiscal Year

 

Grant Program Granting Agency Award Duration Overall Award Amount Project Description
         
Innovation Academy California Department of Finance 07/2017-present $2,000,000 An award to offer fee-free college education by expanding dual and concurrent enrollment courses and services at local high schools.
Early Childhood Education Apprenticeships California Department of Labor/Foundation for California Community Colleges 01/2020-12/2025 $150,000   A partnership with San Luis Obispo County Office of Education to offer two-year apprenticeships for 25 students in Early Childhood Education.
  Foundation for California Community Colleges 07/2022-06/2026 $22,500 Assist current and former foster youth in transitioning successfully into self-sufficiency and adulthood.
         
  National Science Foundation 03/2019-02/2023 $256,456 IUSE- Develop and promote an undergraduate research education program at Cuesta College.
         
         
  U.S. Department of Education 10/2020-09/2025 $2,983,921 HSI Title V- Support guided pathways, increase services to South County, and improve instructional technology.
Subsidized Childcare and Student Supports for Pell-Eligible
Student Parents at Cuesta College		 U.S. Department of Education 10/2022-09/2026 $419,112 Provides childcare subsidies to Cuesta College's Children's Center for low income students.
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  09/2018-02/2023 $275,000 HSI USDA- Supports Agriculture Guided Pathways, outreach to Latinx students and community, job shadowing, experiential learning, and scholarships to Ag students.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Cuesta College Continuing Education U.S. Department of Education, though California Department of Education 07/2024-06/2026 $246,973 WIOA- Support Adult Education and Literacy Programs through the Cuesta College Continuing Education Program.
Nursing Enrollment Growth and Retention California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office 07/2024-06/2026 $244,968  Nursing- Increase nursing program enrollment above baseline, implement diagnostic assessment testing and related support, provide support services for enrolled students, and promote licensure testing success for completing students.
Perkins Career Technical Education U.S. Department of Education, though California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office 07/2025-06/2026 $327,842 Perkins- Improve career technical education programs according to local needs, with a focus on special populations as defined by legislation.
         
Strong Workforce Program California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office 07/2024-06/2026 $1,729,368 Increase student enrollment in career technical education programs that lead to high-demand, high-wage jobs and improve program quality to increase the number of students completing, transferring, gaining employment or increasing earnings.
Rising Scholars California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office 07/2025-06/2028 $626,489 Rising Scholars Expand the number of justice-involved students participating and succeeding in community college.
  California Volunteers 08/2024-11/2026 $963,960 College Corps- A subaward and partnership with California Polytechnic University and Allan Hancock College to help create debt-free pathways to college while engaging students in service in their communities, addressing K-12 education, climate action, and food insecurity.