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Grants

Texas Skills Development Fund

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
$500,000

Businesses (in partnership with an eligible college, TEEX, TEES, workforce board or partner) can receive up to $500,000 for customised training; a consortium of businesses can receive more. Average per-trainee cost is $2,400, trainees must be full-time W-2 employees, and grants typically last 12 months.

You must co-fund 0%.

Funder

Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — TWC accepts project proposal submissions throughout the year.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Businesses apply in partnership with an eligible applicant (public community and technical colleges, TEEX, TEES, workforce development boards, or community organisations partnered with a college or TEEX). Trainees must be full-time W-2 employees.

How to apply

  1. Contact your regional TWC business liaison. — link
  2. Partner with an eligible applicant (community or technical college, TEEX, TEES, or workforce board) to submit the proposal.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.twc.texas.gov/programs/skills-development-fund

"Businesses (in partnership with an eligible applicant) can receive up to $500,000 to meet their customized training needs."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.twc.texas.gov

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