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

Child Care Challenge

Grants supporting affordable child care across Iowa.

Childcare Challenge Fund 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.

Registered Apprenticeships allow for businesses to develop a pipeline of talented workers. See how Truck Country developed a program where they train their own employees to become top technicians! #Iowa(link is external) #DieselTechnician(link is external) #FutureReadyIowa(link is external) #RegisteredApprenticeship(link is external)
As learning moves to virtual classrooms amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, one Future Ready Iowa Program is uniquely equipped to help students navigate their courses and future careers. The FRI Virtual Mentoring program connects Last-Dollar Scholarship students with mentors in their chosen fields. For more about the program, click this link: https://futurereadyiowamentoring.chronus.com/about
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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.
Governor Kim Reynolds highlighted several workforce programs during her 2020 Condition of the State address. In addition, she laid out her administration's workforce priorities for 2020 and beyond.

Registered Apprenticeships allow for businesses to develop a pipeline of talented workers.
Virtual Mentoring helps students stay connected during COVID-19
You may have heard the name before, but what is Future Ready Iowa?
Coronavirus Relief Fund Employer Innovation Grant helps Iowans get CNA certified.
Governor Kim Reynolds highlights several workforce initiatives in her 2020 Condition of the State address