The High Road
Training
Partnership Fund
The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has launched the $17.8M High Road Training Partnership (HRTP) Fund. Supported by the American Rescue Plan Act and Care First Community Investment, the HRTP Fund offers $500K to $1M grants for cross-sector partnerships to design and deliver industry and worker-centered workforce training models that yield quality jobs and careers as well as equity and sustainability in the region.
Application Period: April 14 – May 9
The application window is open from April 14 to May 9, 2025. The Request for Applications and other applicant resources, events, and office hours are available to start putting together a complete application. Applicants will be required to submit their application through an Application Portal linked to this website. The due date to apply to the HRTP Fund is 11:59 PM Pacific Time on Friday, May 9, 2025.
Press Conference
Applicant Resources & Events
Guiding Documents
The first step is to review all of the guiding documents in full, including the Request for Applications.
Information Sessions
Information sessions were held in each Supervisorial District and virtually during the week of April 14 to provide applicants additional opportunities to learn about the HRTP Fund, eligibility, and the application process.
Slides and recordings from information sessions are now available on this site. All recordings have closed captioning and transcription options available on the video player. All information sessions cover the same content.
| Monday, April 14 | 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM | DEO Headquarters, 510 S Vermont Ave (Supervisorial District 2) | Watch recording |
| Tuesday, April 15 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Rio Hondo Comprehensive AJCC (Supervisorial District 4) | Watch recording |
| Tuesday, April 15 | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Pomona Valley Comprehensive AJCC (Supervisorial District 1) | Watch recording |
| Wednesday, April 16 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Palmdale AJCC (Supervisorial District 5) | Watch recording |
| Wednesday, April 16 | 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Rancho Dominguez AJCC (Supervisorial District 2) | Watch recording |
| Thursday, April 17 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Northeast San Fernando Valley WorkSource Center/AJCC (Supervisorial District 3) | Watch recording |
| Friday, April 18 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Virtual – only on Zoom | Watch recording |
Virtual Office Hours
There are office hours hosted by the UCLA Labor Center to provide general guidance on the HRTP framework and its key components and goals. Questions raised in the virtual office hours will be included in the weekly FAQs (versions April 30 and May 7) uploaded to this site.
Register for virtual office hours by clicking on the links below.
| Tuesday, April 22 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Systems Change, Theory of Change, and Logic Model | Watch recording Slides: View |
| Thursday, April 24 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | HRTP Core Components: Strong Partnerships, Worker-Centered, Industry-Driven, Training Solutions | Watch recording Slides: View |
| Monday, April 28 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Training Model and Supportive Services | Watch recording Slides: View |
| Friday, May 2 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Goals—Equity, Economic Resilience, Climate Resilience, Job Quality | RSVP |
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Questions and Ongoing FAQs
Submit questions to HRTP@dalberg.com. All questions will be logged, answered, and included in the FAQs document on this site. Individual questions will not be answered directly. The FAQs document will be updated every Wednesday. To be included in the weekly update, questions must be submitted by prior Friday 3:00 PM Pacific Time. The final FAQs will be released on Wednesday, May 7 for which questions must be submitted by Friday, May 2 3:00 PM.