20237044040163
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Two California community colleges, Hartnell College and Imperial Valley College, and two four-year universities, California State University Monterey Bay and the University of Arizona, Yuma, will engage in a Tier 2 partnership to build and sustain the future workforce in food and agriculture sciences through student scholarships, experiential learning, and outreach and engagement projects.
The project will scale and grow existing student support and career development programs and be built on a core of four agricultural degree/transfer-track pathways in: Agriculture Business Management; Agriculture Food Safety; Agriculture Plant Science; and Industrial Automation/Mechatronics. The project will lead students from high school to clear agricultural career pathways, resulting in employment in industry and USDA, while advancing equity.
The partners all serve heavily agricultural regions with large populations of underrepresented, educationally disadvantaged, and low-income residents. The project will enroll over 850 eligible students, achieve a transfer rate more than six times the current rate, and increase credential completion rate by 10% (certificate, associate, and bachelor's) while improving the lives of all participants.
This project's goals align with the primary NextGen program goal to engage, recruit, retain, train, and support students to help build and sustain the next generation of the food and agriculture workforce, including the future USDA workforce. It will accomplish this by supporting USDA program priorities, including providing student scholarship support, meaningful paid internships, job opportunity matching, and facilitating opportunities through extensive outreach and engagement to promote the processes and pathways leading to training and employment in industry and at USDA.
The project will scale and grow existing student support and career development programs and be built on a core of four agricultural degree/transfer-track pathways in: Agriculture Business Management; Agriculture Food Safety; Agriculture Plant Science; and Industrial Automation/Mechatronics. The project will lead students from high school to clear agricultural career pathways, resulting in employment in industry and USDA, while advancing equity.
The partners all serve heavily agricultural regions with large populations of underrepresented, educationally disadvantaged, and low-income residents. The project will enroll over 850 eligible students, achieve a transfer rate more than six times the current rate, and increase credential completion rate by 10% (certificate, associate, and bachelor's) while improving the lives of all participants.
This project's goals align with the primary NextGen program goal to engage, recruit, retain, train, and support students to help build and sustain the next generation of the food and agriculture workforce, including the future USDA workforce. It will accomplish this by supporting USDA program priorities, including providing student scholarship support, meaningful paid internships, job opportunity matching, and facilitating opportunities through extensive outreach and engagement to promote the processes and pathways leading to training and employment in industry and at USDA.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Salinas,
California
93901-1688
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Hartnell Community College District was awarded
Partnership for Future Ag Workforce: Scholarships & Experiential Learning
Project Grant 20237044040163
worth $9,500,000
from the Institute of Youth, Family, and Community in June 2023 with work to be completed primarily in Salinas California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 10.237 From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 6/5/23
Period of Performance
6/1/23
Start Date
5/31/28
End Date
Funding Split
$9.5M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$9.5M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
20237044040163
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Hispanic-Serving Institution
Awarding Office
12348V INSTITUTE OF YOUTH, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY (IYFC)
Funding Office
12348V INSTITUTE OF YOUTH, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY (IYFC)
Awardee UEI
Y9JEB3AJW627
Awardee CAGE
1VAN7
Performance District
18
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Representative
Zoe Lofgren
Budget Funding
| Federal Account | Budget Subfunction | Object Class | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research and Education Activities, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture (012-1500) | Agricultural research and services | Grants, subsidies, and contributions (41.0) | $9,500,000 | 100% |
Modified: 6/5/23