Examples of Grants from the Grants Development and Performance Portfolio

Training (103 Grants, $16.2M)

Awards focused on efforts targeted to unemployed, emerging, and transitioning workers.

• Early Childhood Teacher Education (Smart Start)
• NC Back to Work (NCCCS)
• Microsoft Elevate America Veterans Initiative – Good Will Industries (Microsoft)
• Center for Integrated Emergency Response Training (FIPSE)
• Pathways Out of Poverty (DOL/ARRA)

Education Reform (21 Grants, $4.7M)

Awards that support strategic innovation and institutional growth.

• NC Competency Based Education (US Dept of Ed)
• Mechatronics Re-Envisioned (US DOL)
• Completion by Design (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
• NCCCS Math CIP (NCCCS)
• Credit When It’s Due (Kresge/Lumina Foundation)

Adult Education and Literacy (70 Grants, $20.6M) 

Awards for basic skills development, including secondary credential attainment and language acquisition.

• Comprehensive Family Literacy (NCCCS)
• English Lit/Civics Education (NCCCS)
• Pathways to Employment (NCCCS)
• Project Ideal – Distance Learning (NCCCS)
• Refugee Outreach Literacy (DHHS)

Support Services (28 Grants, $9.2M)

Awards designed to improve student retention, completion, and overall success.

• Single Stop (JMBE)
• Brighter Futures 1.0 & 2.0 (NCCCS)
• NC STEM Alliance (NSF)
• Work & Learn Out of School Youth (Charlotte Works/WIOA)
• TRIO Student Support Services (US Dept of Ed)

Program Enhancement and Development (81 Grants, $8.9M)

Awards for the creation of new programs, including certificates, diplomas, and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees.

• Regional Effort to Advance Charlotte Information Technology – REACH IT (DOL)
• Center for Non-Destructive Examination Technology (DOL)
• Anti-Counterfeit Printing & Packaging Technology (NSF)
• American Academy of Applied Forensics (NIJ)
• Ultrasonic Testing Fast Track Program (USNRC)

Facilities Equipment and Labs (30 Grants, $6.3M)

Awards which provided funding for bricks and mortar, laboratory upgrades, and equipment purchases to enhance technical instruction.

• Perkins CTE (US Dept of ED)
• Health Sciences Simulation Lab (HRSA)
• Carolinas Energy Training Center (DOE)
• Engineering Technologies Enhancement Grant (Duke)
• Mechatronics Engineering Technology Partnership (Duke)

Community Humanities and Arts (46 Grants, $1.1M)

Non-academic programs and services that benefit Central Piedmont and the public.

• Charlotte Symphony Orchestra on Campus (ASC)
• Dances of India (ASC)
• Pulitzer NC: The Power of Words (NC Humanities)
• Created Equal America’s Civil Rights Struggle (NEH)
• American Promise (WTVI) (CPB/WETA)