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- Wood Products & Bioenergy Program: Business and Workforce Development Grants
- Description
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Up to $24 million is available to Wood Products projects with an additional up to $4 million available for tree nursery operations.
- CAL FIRE's Wood Products and Bioenergy team seeks to maintain and enhance the forest-sector workforce and businesses of California to promote healthy resilient forests throughout the state by supporting a diverse set of business development and workforce development projects.
- Eligible business development projects include facilities, operations, and professional services that support the restoration of healthy, resilient forests by offering improvements to the wood products industry.
- Eligible workforce development projects include universities, colleges, government and community organizations, and businesses that aim to increase workforce capacity in the fields of logging, fuels treatment, transportation, manufacturing, or other support services that bolster the development of a resilient forest sector workforce.
- Research and development projects related to both business and workforce development will also be considered.
The Wood Products Team intends to maintain a continuously open solicitation for Business and Workforce Development Grants as funding availability allows.
Detailed information regarding the solicitation, application process, eligible activities and projects can be found under Grantee Resources on the website and in the in the Grant Guidelines.
Applications will be reviewed and awarded quarterly (e.g. Applicants that apply by June 30 will be notified on or before September 30). CAL FIRE reserves the right to award grants sooner than indicated in table 2.
