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Funding

With everything that is needed for the initial establishment and ongoing planning of a VPI lab, how will you ever find the funding?

There are many options available to you.  You will probably look at three primary categories of funding:

• Grants
• Agency collaborations
• State - Workforce Development Education Funds

Let's take a quick look at how each of these categories of funding can be used to implement and operate a VPI lab.

Grants

Many VPI labs are partially or fully funded by the Carl D. Perkins Applied Technology Act Amendments. Programs receiving funds under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendment of 1998 are required to follow basic tenets such as:

• To strengthen the academic, vocational and technical skills of students
• To provide students with strong experiences in industry
• To develop, improve or expand the use of technology in vocational and technical education

However, if federal funds or grants are used for initial start-up costs, it is critical that the VPI program becomes institutionalized and continuing support be provided from state and local funds.

Every county in Florida also has access to Adult Education Section 231 funds.  These funds are allocated based on the population and need of a given county.  Districts and community colleges, as well as agencies, may apply for these funds.  As with most grants, these funds are performance based.  Always be realistic in your expectations when you write grants.

This program was developed by the State of Florida Adult Secondary/GED/VPI Committee of the Practitioners' Task Force, through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.

Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this web-based training component, it is not an official publication of the Florida Department of Education.