PERKINS

 

The Career Education and Workforce Development Department manages the SRJC annual Perkins funds – the leading national funding available for career and technical education programs with the express goal of providing individuals with the academic and technical knowledge and skills they need to prepare for careers in current or emerging employment sectors.

The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office provides extensive information in the form of data, reports, allocations and more for the public to access via their Perkins page.

 

Perkins Quarterly Reporting | Funding Data

• 2024-25

  SRJC received $695,756 in Perkins 2024-25 grant funds. The amount of Perkins funds received is determined annually by the disadvantaged student count as certified through MIS data. As of March 31, 2025, 82% of this amount has been allocated to 12 specific programs and 18% to across program services and projects.

  Program Specific:	$543,689
  Across Programs:	$116,067
  Total	$659,756

   

  

   

  Expenses through Quarter 3 (3.31.25)

  

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MINI-GRANT

 

SRJC Career Education and Workforce Development is a catalyst for collaboration and communication. It initiates, facilitates, and supports cooperative projects involving SRJC faculty, industry advisory committees, and Sonoma County businesses.

Professional development goals of SRJC Career Education (CE) encourage faculty to:

• Work closely with industry partners to ensure that programs are responsive to labor market demands

• Improve support for and access by special populations

• Embed soft skills (employability skills) in instruction

• Improve instruction, program and curriculum

 

This can be accomplished in a number of ways:

• Visits to industry

• Externships with industry

• Attend seminars, conferences and association meetings about the discipline, job market, workforce training, or regional economic trends

• Visit and communicate with neighboring community colleges in the region

 

Professional development mini grants are available in 2025-26 for these activities, that benefit the objectives of the program (department). Interested faculty and staff may apply for a grant by submitting the application. The following guidelines apply:

• Application and subsequent approvals (if applicable) must be completed at least two weeks prior to activity

• Requests for out-of-state travel must be received six weeks in advance of activity

• Applicant ensures that activity is focused on improving student success and addresses recommendations of the Strong Workforce Task Force

• Advisory Committee meetings: if the program did not have at least one meeting with quorum in the last academic year (2024-25), program faculty and staff are not eligible to receive mini grant funds

• Depending on availability of funds, a maximum of $2,000 is available per person, per academic year

• Individuals may receive more than one mini grant as long as the academic year total does not exceed $2,000
• As the end of the academic year approaches, the $2,000 max may be exceeded based on available funds and CE office approval

• Within two weeks of completing the activity, each grant recipient must submit a Mini Grant Report. The Report template will be sent upon approval of the application

We accept applications on an on-going basis as long as funds are available

Submit application materials electronically, with supervisor’s statement of application support and verification that the training is related to Career Education teaching assignments, to Rachel Smith rsmith@santarosa.edu

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RESOURCES & DATA

 

• Bay Region Demand and Supply Dashboard 

• Bay Region Perkins Qualifying Occupations 

• CTEOS Report Credit 

• CTEOS Report Non-credit

• COE LMI Request Form

• DataVista

• Priority Jobs in the Bay Region

• BACCC Regional Plan 

• Core Indicators

• Sector Profiles

• TOP Codes

• Bay Region Population

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