Summary
Workforce-development grant program to Colorado businesses, nonprofits, education partners, and consortia developing skilled workforce in high-growth, in-demand sectors (advanced manufacturing, healthcare, IT, infrastructure, etc.). Multi-million-dollar awards possible for large workforce-training partnerships. Created in 2022 as the centerpiece of CO's post-pandemic talent-pipeline strategy.
Benefit
- Percentage
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- Flat
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- Duration
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- Max annual
- — (taxpayer)
- Max total
- $5,000,000 (taxpayer)
- Carryforward
- —
Program metadata
- Distribution
- allocated
- Claimant subject
- business
- Refund/transfer election
- none
- Program family
- —
- Effective
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- Sunset
- —
- Application deadline
- —
- Transfer discount
- —
Hard requirements (1)
- local_approval_requiredOEDIT (or relevant division — Advanced Industries Accelerator, Colorado Creative Industries, Cannabis Business Office, COFTM, Talent Innovation, Office of Just Transition) must approve the grant award. Application via the OEDIT online portal.
Preference / tiering rules (0)
None.
NAICS industries (0)
Any.
Geo zones (1)
- statewide — · Colorado Statewide
Tags (0)
None.
Source
OEDIT Talent Innovation division
Last verified: 2026-04-30
CO-statewide. Cap shown is approximate (large awards in $1M-$5M range have been reported); verify on direct page fetch.