Open
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100
Verified September 30, 2026
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
Wyoming opportunity. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Workforce Development Training Fund (WDTF) Business Training Grant helps eligible Wyoming employers train existing workers. Healthcare and Social Assistance is a preferred industry. Wyoming county and memorial hospitals and emergency medical providers are specifically eligible exceptions to the general government-entity exclusion. Funding: Up to $4,000 per trainee […]
Required next actionIdentify eligible Wyoming healthcare and EMS employers with a documented skills gap or employee-upskilling need. Confirm required good standing, registration, training eligibility, and timing before application; submit 30-110 calendar days before training or first travel.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100
Verified October 5, 2026
North Dakota Department of Commerce
North Dakota Commerce is accepting Technical Skills Training Grant applications on a rolling basis until allocated funds are secured. Track A and Track C awards can reach $200,000, Track B can reach $100,000, and all projects require at least a 1:1 match. Healthcare workforce projects can qualify when training targets North Dakota in-demand occupations.
Required next actionVerify current applicant eligibility, the applicable program track, the North Dakota in-demand occupation requirement, the required 1:1 match, and the current Commerce guidance before treating this opportunity as application-ready.
Active — 2026 Cycle Two applications open; new cold outreach held pending an authoritative deadline time zone
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100
Verified September 19, 2026
Farmington Bank Community Foundation
Farmington Bank Community Foundation's 2026 Cycle Two supports job training and credential attainment that lead to higher wages for low to moderate income residents in its 16 town Central Connecticut region. The application closes October 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM; the official announcement does not separately state a time zone. Average grants are about $8,000 and the normal maximum is $20,000.
Required next actionConfirm 501(c)(3) or qualifying fiscal sponsor status, eligible 16-town service geography, low-to-moderate-income participant focus, and a job training or credential program that leads to higher wages. New applicants should contact the Foundation before applying. Use the live online portal as the controlling 2026 application and attachment checklist and submit before October 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM. Publication is appropriate, but do not begin new cold applicant outreach while the authoritative announcement leaves the deadline time zone unstated.
Closed - 2026 LOSAP application period ended September 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM Central Time.
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100
Verified October 6, 2026
Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA)
Opportunity Overview The 2026 Iowa Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP), administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority, supports tax-deferred length-of-service benefits for qualifying volunteer firefighters, volunteer emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers. The program is designed to help Iowa emergency-service organizations recruit and retain volunteers. Funding and Deadline Applications are accepted from […]
Required next actionThe 2026 application window is closed. Timely applicants should monitor Iowa Economic Development Authority for award notices and follow the published contract and closeout requirements. New applicants should watch for the next LOSAP cycle.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified August 28, 2026
Washington State Health Care Authority
Washington Rural Health Transformation workforce funding for rural opioid treatment programs, including recruitment and retention incentives tied to sustained rural service.
Required next actionThe second-round application window closed September 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific. Retain this record for award tracking, future Washington RHT workforce rounds, and program intelligence. Do not initiate new applicant outreach or treat RFA 2026HCA9 as open.
Active — applications close October 16, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.; HCAI's current program page does not state a time zone.
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified October 7, 2026
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California HCAI grants for organizations building health-professions pipelines, paid internships, post-undergraduate fellowships, and post-baccalaureate pathways for underrepresented students.
Required next actionReview the 2026 HPPP Population Health Investment Grant Guide, confirm organizational and project eligibility, complete the HCAI funding-portal application, and submit by October 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM. The current HCAI program page does not state a deadline time zone, so applicants who need time-zone certainty should confirm the cutoff directly with HCAI.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 19, 2026
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois competitive grants for eligible nursing schools to expand or improve nursing programs, faculty capacity, clinical partnerships, classrooms, labs, equipment, student supports, and evidence-based instructional strategies.
Required next actionEligible Illinois nursing schools should confirm program/accreditation eligibility, GATA/Grantee Portal readiness, proposal priority, institutional performance measures, budget alignment, and any required ADN articulation agreement, then submit the complete application through AmpliFund by October 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM. IBHE's current public page does not state a deadline time zone, so applicants should verify the portal clock before final submission. AmpliFund marks matching as required but does not publish a numeric cash, in-kind, or other-funding percentage on the public opportunity page; do not assume zero match.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified October 7, 2026
Tennessee Health Facilities Commission
Tennessee CMP reinvestment funding for nursing-home quality-of-care, resident quality-of-life and targeted workforce-training projects, with allowable funding tied to participating nursing homes.
Required next actionThe 2026 Tennessee CMP RFA application window is closed. Applicants that submitted by the published September 25, 2026 deadline should monitor the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission for evaluation and award communications and watch the program page for future CMP RFAs or a formal reopening.
Active — Current Reimbursement Program
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 29, 2026
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Pennsylvania continues statewide EMS workforce reimbursement support in 2026: eligible EMS professionals can receive up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement, and Pennsylvania-licensed EMS agencies can receive up to $5,000 per fiscal year for eligible recruitment and retention expenses. Current-year application timing should be confirmed through the Bureau of EMS and EMS Registry.
Required next actionConfirm the applicant is either an eligible Pennsylvania EMS professional seeking tuition reimbursement or a Pennsylvania-licensed EMS agency seeking recruitment/retention reimbursement. Check the EMS Registry and latest Bureau of EMS Information Bulletin for the current reimbursement window, required documentation, eligible expense period and available-funds conditions, then submit through the required Bureau process. Do not treat the separate $6 million regional EMS equipment allocation as a direct statewide applicant pool unless the applicable Regional EMS Council publishes a distribution process.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 11, 2026
Connecticut Community Foundation
Connecticut Community Foundation’s Herbst Fund for Eye Research is listed as OPEN for the Fall 2026 cycle with a September 15, 2026 deadline. The fund supports eye research, community education on eye disease and treatment, and ophthalmic education for medical providers; first-time applicants must already have completed the Foundation’s required in-person program-officer meeting at least three weeks before the deadline.
Required next actionConfirm charitable eligibility and verify that any first-time applicant already completed the mandatory in-person meeting with the relevant program officer by the practical August 25, 2026 cutoff (three weeks before the September 15 deadline). Confirm GOapply access, define an eye-research, eye-health education, or ophthalmic provider-education project, verify allowability of any equipment or technology cost with the Foundation, and submit by September 15, 2026.
Open — published; healthcare-workforce pre-apprenticeship pathway documented
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 20, 2026
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
Wyoming opportunity. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is offering federal apprenticeship-expansion incentives through SAEF3 to help employers and organizations launch or expand Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Programs. Funding: One-time $10,000 incentive for a Registered Apprenticeship Program and $5,000 incentive for a Pre-Apprenticeship Program, subject to program rules and available funds. Atlas assessment: Opportunity Score […]
Required next actionKEEP PUBLISHED under the September 17 shared Atlas healthcare/school-health gate because the authoritative Wyoming Department of Workforce Services apprenticeship page expressly identifies Healthcare as a Pre-Apprenticeship Pathways career sector for Wyoming youth ages 16-24 and presents current SAEF Sponsor and Pre-Apprenticeship incentive funding. Preserve the record as healthcare-workforce intelligence, but do not initiate NEW-applicant outreach while the controlling public source lacks a fixed submission closing date, clock time, and time zone needed to prove the 48-hour outreach gate. Before any future outreach, verify the current SAEF application/policy, exact applicant eligibility, authoritative business recipient/email, Email_Opt_Out, actual-sent-history dedupe, canonical CRM state, and final approved Zoho HTML render.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
9 days leftVerified September 11, 2026
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I)
Pennsylvania L&I is offering one competitive award of up to $450,000 to strengthen the Commonwealth's Registered Apprenticeship Navigator ecosystem. Applications are due October 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET.
Required next actionConfirm the applicant is a sponsor of a Registered Apprenticeship Navigator program and can meet the NGA's convening, program-management, fiscal, evaluation, reporting and workforce-agreement requirements. Confirm Pennsylvania SAP Vendor ID, develop two cohorts and a plan to train at least 40 Navigators to journeyworker status, secure 1 to 3 cross-sector letters of support, notify the applicable Local Workforce Development Board if required, complete all official appendices and budget materials, and submit electronically to ATOGrants@pa.gov by October 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET.
Active — Sources Sought / Market Research
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 19, 2026
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, is conducting market research for a future Occupational Medical Services (OMS) acquisition supporting the NIH workforce. This is a Sources Sought notice, not a current request for proposals, and no award will be made from this notice. Opportunity details Notice / solicitation number: […]
Required next actionMonitor the live SAM.gov notice and any resulting solicitation. A direct Dr. Miltie capability response is not cleared: targeted WorkDrive review found no documented NIH-scale multi-site occupational-health clinic delivery, qualifying federal occupational-health past performance, CPFF accounting-system adequacy, or comparable full-scope evidence. Do not fabricate company-controlled qualifications.
Open — FY2027 federal competition; Montana single-state LOI due October 15, 2026 and application due October 22, 2026
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified October 7, 2026
AmeriCorps
FY 2027 AmeriCorps State and National grants prioritize rural communities, youth mental health and substance-use recovery, workforce pathways, veterans, families, public safety, and formerly incarcerated or at-risk youth. Federal applications are due January 13, 2027 at 5:00 PM ET, with earlier state-commission deadlines for single-state applicants.
Required next actionMontana single-state applicants should use the now-posted FY2027 ServeMontana Competitive Program Grant materials, review the FY27 Notice of Funding Opportunity, Mandatory Supplemental Information, application and performance-measure instructions, logic model, evaluation-plan and budget materials, and submit the required Letter of Intent and associated documents by October 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM MST. The complete application and additional documents are due October 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM MST under the Montana notice.
Active - quarterly state approval cycle
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 13, 2026
North Carolina Department of Commerce
The NCWorks Commission is accepting state approval applications from North Carolina institutions for Workforce Pell eligible short-term programs. Complete submissions received by October 15, 2026 will be reviewed for the November 18, 2026 Commission meeting, with later quarterly review cycles continuing in 2027.
Required next actionEligible Title IV North Carolina institutions should verify program eligibility, ETPL status, operating history, 70 percent completion and employment thresholds, and required state data documentation before submitting through the NCWorks ETP application system by the applicable quarterly cutoff.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 24, 2026
Iowa Department of Education
Iowa Department of Education STEM BEST funding for accredited Iowa K-12 public and non-public schools launching new career-connected STEM models. Awards are up to $50,000 with a 2:1 state-to-awardee cost share; applications are due November 3, 2026 at 4:59 p.m. Central Time.
Required next actionIdentify accredited Iowa public or non-public K-12 districts/buildings that have not previously received STEM BEST funding and have a credible new career-connected STEM model. Prioritize legitimate health-science, biomedical, bioscience/medicine, clinical-skills, or related workforce concepts where appropriate. Verify prior-award status, 2:1 match, partner roles, curriculum need, procurement, and sustainability before applicant-specific work. Before ORIGINAL outreach, verify a business Contact, Email_Opt_Out, permanent-bounce status, exact-opportunity duplication, and authoritative send history. Do not introduce N9+ in ordinary initial outreach.
Open — competitive pre-applications for both Competitive Continuation and Competitive New/Recompete applicants are due October 5, 2026; Formula-only pre-applications are due February 5, 2027.
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 30, 2026
Volunteer Iowa (Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service)
Volunteer Iowa has opened the 2027–2028 Iowa AmeriCorps State competition for eligible Iowa nonprofits, local governments, higher education institutions, school districts, and Indian Tribes proposing single-state AmeriCorps programs. Funding and deadlines vary by grant track.
Required next actionIdentify the applicant's exact Competitive Continuation, Competitive New/Recompete, or Formula-only track and follow the controlling RFA for the applicable pre-application and final-submission sequence. Confirm organizational eligibility, SAM.gov/UEI readiness, member-slot and MSY requirements, required match or cost structure, IowaGrants/eGrants access, staffing, budget, and performance-measure readiness before submission. Because Volunteer Iowa's public summary and RFA show conflicting dates for some applicant types, treat the RFA as controlling unless Volunteer Iowa issues a formal correction.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 87/100
Verified September 21, 2026
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Idaho RHTP funding for paid healthcare work-based learning, internships, apprenticeships, and clinical experiences with an emphasis on the rural-health workforce.
Required next actionOfficial Idaho DHW now lists Healthcare Career Advancement under Closed funding opportunities with CLOSED 9/17/26. Do not initiate new applicant outreach or new package production. Preserve existing canonical CRM, WorkDrive, package, sent-email, submission, and dependency evidence for any amendment, reopening, award notice, or applicant response. Do not modify post-outreach engagement lifecycle fields.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 87/100
Verified September 25, 2026
Iowa Department of Education
Iowa's 2027-2028 RETURNING STEM BEST Award is open to accredited Iowa public and non-public K-12 school districts and buildings that have previously received STEM BEST funding and propose a new, distinct model or expansion. Awards are up to $50,000 with a required 2:1 state-to-awardee cost-share, and the Department lists a Nov. 3, 2026 at 4:59 p.m. Central Time deadline.
Required next actionIdentify prior Iowa STEM BEST awardees with credible, genuinely new health-science, biomedical, clinical-skills, telehealth, or related career-connected learning expansions. Verify prior-award status, proposal uniqueness, applicant match, partner roles, procurement, and curriculum need before outreach or package development.
Expired
Atlas Opportunity Score 86/100
Verified September 10, 2026
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
The Minnesota State Loan Repayment Program 2026/2027 application cycle closed September 9, 2026. Atlas retains this record for award monitoring and future-cycle intelligence; do not initiate new applicant activity unless MDH reopens or extends the opportunity.
Required next actionApplication closed September 9, 2026. Preserve for award monitoring and future-cycle intelligence; do not initiate new applicant outreach or package activity unless MDH reopens or extends the opportunity.
