Local & Regional Grants
Beyond direct support for our students, the Foundation serves as fiscal agent for regional educational programs that strengthen East County and beyond. These partnerships extend our reach into adult education, workforce development, foster youth support, and binational health initiatives. Each program below operates with its own funding source and partners; the Foundation provides the administrative infrastructure that keeps them running.
Programs at a glance
Four programs the Foundation currently administers as fiscal agent. Each operates with its own funding, partners, and reach.
California Adult Education Program
A regional partnership for adult education across East County, connecting K-12 adult programs, community colleges, and workforce training.
Read more →Strong Workforce Program
Career and technical education that builds living-wage skills and strengthens regional economies.
Read more →Foster, Adoptive & Kinship Care Education Program
Statewide training and education for caregivers of children in foster, adoptive, and kinship care.
Read more →Binational Border Health
Public health partnerships across the U.S.–Mexico border in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Read more →California Adult Education Program
The San Diego East Region Adult Education Consortium (ERAE) was established in response to the state’s call for the expansion and improvement of the provision of adult education via consortia. Where K-12 adult education programs and community college noncredit programs operated separately and autonomously prior, Grossmont Union High School District, Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District, and Mountain Empire Unified School District created an extended learning system that works across academic foundations, workforce development, and community college for seamless transitions into employment and career. ERAE’s priorities are:
- Increase student success through the integration of purposeful programs that create career opportunities. Program areas include courses for adult learners completing their high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate; courses for adults with disabilities; courses for immigrants eligible for education services in citizenship and English as a second language and workforce preparation; short term career technical education; and courses preparing adult learners for apprenticeships or supporting child school success.
- Enhance student engagement through holistic transition and support services for all learners.
- Align programs between members and partners for smoother transition to college and career.
- Integrate education and training programs that meet the needs of the regional business community. Measure system changes and performance through shared data collection, aggregation, and analysis.
You can learn more about this California Adult Education Program on ERAE’s website, and check out their Transition Services in a Nutshell guide.
Strong Workforce Program
The Strong Workforce Program aims to create more and better Career Technical Education to increase social mobility and fuel regional economies with skilled workers. To develop more workforce opportunity and lift low-wage workers into living-wage jobs, California took a bold step in 2016 to create one million more middle-skill workers. At the recommendation of the California Community College Board of Governors, the Governor and Legislature approved the Strong Workforce Program, adding a new annual recurring investment of $248 million to spur career education (CE) in the nation’s largest workforce development system of 115 colleges.
Foster, Adoptive & Kinship Care Education Program
The Foster, Adoptive & Kinship Care Education (FAKCE) Program is part of a state-wide initiative of the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and is based at Grossmont College. FAKCE provides quality training and education to Foster, Adoptive and Kinship caregivers in San Diego County utilizing the skills and expertise of foster parents and other professionals working in Child Welfare. The ultimate goal in training caregivers is to improve the lives of the foster children being cared for by these caregivers – many of which attend classes at Grossmont & Cuyamaca Colleges. For more information, visit the FAKCE Program website.
Binational Border Health
The main roles of the Office of Binational Border Health (OBBH) are to serve as the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) liaison to Baja California state and other Mexican health officials, foster binational partnerships with other U.S.-Mexico border states, assess the health status of border communities, assist in border health program development, inform and educate the general public about border health, and serve as an information clearinghouse.
Learn more about the Foundation’s role
These programs are one piece of the Foundation’s broader work supporting students, faculty, and the surrounding community across East County. Visit the Impact landing page to see how all the pieces fit together.
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