Future Ready Iowa |

Future Ready Iowa connects Iowans to the education and training required for good paying jobs and careers to improve people's lives. The Future Ready Iowa goal is to have 70 percent of Iowans with education and training beyond high school by 2025.

Future Ready Iowa Programs

Last-Dollar Scholarship

Learn more about the Last-Dollar Scholarship.

Scholarship
Information
Employer Innovation Fund

Business solutions that can help your organization.

Innovation Fund
Information
Registered Apprenticeship

View information about Registered Apprenticeship programs in the state.

Registered Apprenticeship
Information
Childcare
Challenge

Grants supporting affordable childcare across Iowa.

Childcare Challenge
Fund Information
Summer Youth Program Grants

Create internship programs for high school students in your community.

Summer Youth Intern Pilot
Program Information

Coronavirus Relief Fund Grant Awardees

A series of Coronavirus Relief Fund grants were awarded to support Iowa's workforce though job training opportunities for those whose employment was affected by the pandemic. View the awardees for the Employer Innovation Fund Grant, the Registered Apprenticeship Expansion Grant, and the Earn and Learn Grant.

The Future Ready Iowa Coronavirus Relief Employer Innovation Fund has helped organizations across the state provide training and job opportunities for Iowans impacted by the Coronavirus. Watch how the Marshall County 911 Communications Center was able to fill their job openings and help a fellow Iowan find her dream career.
To celebrate January as National Mentorship Month we spoke with a mentor and mentee in our Future Ready Iowa Virtual Mentorship program. Hear how both help each other learn and grow from this unique partnership. If you are interested in becoming a virtual mentor, or signing up as a mentee, follow this link: https://futurereadyiowamentoring.chronus.com/
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Lakeside Village is a Senior Community Center in Panora, Iowa. With the help of the Coronavirus Relief Fund Employer Innovation Grant, the staff was able to receive certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant at a local CNA training center. Now they're able to better care for their senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Iowa Restaurant Association recently was awarded $50,000 from the Future Ready Iowa Employer Innovation Fund. The Association's ProStart program helps place aspiring chefs into kitchens around the state for training and mentoring. The funding helps them put on a massive statewide cooking competition that pits teams of high school chefs against each other...and the clock.

Watch how the Marshall County 911 Communications Center was able to fill their job openings and help a fellow Iowan find her dream career.
To celebrate January as National Mentorship Month we spoke with a mentor and mentee in our Future Ready Iowa Virtual Mentorship program.
You may have heard the name before, but what is Future Ready Iowa?
Coronavirus Relief Fund Employer Innovation Grant helps Iowans get CNA certified.
Employer Innovation Fund Helps High School Students Compete in the Kitchen