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CEJA Updates & Program Status
The following updates and announcements are described below:
Programs Currently Accepting Applications
| Program Name | Entities Eligible to Apply | Deadline & Link to Application |
| Energy Transition Community Grant Program | Government Organizations |
Applications will be accepted through June30, 2025. |
| Future Energy Job Act Multi-Cultural Grant Program | Diversity-focused community organizations that have a record of successfully delivering job training. |
Application Deadline: July 1, 2025: The Multi-Cultural Jobs Program supports community-based, diversity focused organizations that strive to provide participants with development, economic or career-related opportunities within the clean energy sector. Grants will support services the Economic Development Regions that are environmental justice communities and/or underrepresented populations living in communities that are eligible to receive workforce services. |
| Solar Pipeline Training Program | Organizations that demonstrate capacity to provide participants with individual development, economic, and/or career-related opportunities focused on solar energy jobs. |
Application Deadline: July 1, 2025: The Solar Training Pipeline Program aims to create a diverse pool of talented solar installers ready to fill solar energy related jobs. |
| Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program | Community-based organizations, including community colleges, nonprofits, and local governments | Application Deadline: The Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program will identify a network of at least 13 Illinois Clean Jobs Program delivery hub sites (“Workforce Hubs”) throughout the State to recruit and provide clean energy and related workforce training to jobseekers. Open Regions: Carbondale, Danville, Kankakee, Peoria |
| Illinois Energy Transition Navigator Program | Community-based providers, including not-for-profit organizations | Application Deadline: The Energy Transition Navigators Program will provide outreach and recruitment for the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) workforce and contractor programs. Open Regions: Champaign, Decatur, Kankakee |
| Returning Resident Clean Jobs Training Program | Community-based organizations, including community colleges, nonprofits, and local governments | This CEJA Workforce program NOFO is currently closed. Please sign up for our mailing list to receive updates about CEJA, including when the NOFO will reopen, or contact us at CEO.CEJA@illinois.gov. |
| Community Solar Energy Sovereignty Grant Program | Community-based organizations, qualifying public entities, and technical service providers working in direct partnership with community-based organizations. |
Applications will be accepted through December 31, 2025. |
| Clean Energy Primes Contractor Accelerator Program | Organizations with experience related to program elements and capacity to deliver program services. | This CEJA workforce program NOFO is currently closed. Please sign up for our mailing list to receive updates about CEJA, including when the NOFO will reopen, or contact us at CEO.CEJA@illinois.gov. |
| Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program | Community-based organizations, including nonprofit organizations, and accredited public colleges or universities, with demonstrated history and effectiveness in serving program-eligible populations in one or more of the Program Delivery Areas. | This CEJA workforce program NOFO is currently closed. Please sign up for our mailing list to receive updates about CEJA, including when the NOFO will reopen, or contact us at CEO.CEJA@illinois.gov. |
| Equitable Energy Future Grant Program | The Equitable Energy Future Grant Program funding is intended to address barriers to project, community, and business development in justice-impacted communities caused by a lack of available capital. |
Applications will be accepted through December 31, 2025. |
Programs Awarded
Grantees have been selected for the following programs:
- Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program (CEJA Workforce Hubs)
- Multi-cultural Job Training Program
- Craft Apprenticeship Program
- Solar Training Pipeline Program
- Coal to Solar and Energy Storage Grant Program
- Energy Transition Community Grant Program
- Climate Works Pre-apprenticeship Program
Review this spreadsheet for grantee awards, amounts, locations, and contact information.
Applications Under Review or in Grant Negotiations
- Energy Transition Navigator Program
- Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program
- Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program
- Energy Transition Community Grant Program
- Equitable Energy Future Grant Program
- Community Solar Energy Sovereignty Grant Program
- Returning Resident Clean Jobs Training Program
Press Releases
- Governor Pritzker Announces $25.5 million in grant funding for CEJA Equitable Energy Future Grant Program (August 30, 2024)
- Gov. Pritzker Announces CEJA Climate Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program Grantees (July 9, 2024)
- Governor Pritzker Launches $8.5 Million CEJA Community Solar Energy Sovereignty Grant Program (March 6, 2024)
- Gov. Pritzker Announces $6 Million for CEJA Returning Residents Program (February 27, 2024)
- Gov. Pritzker Announces $21 Million for CEJA Contractor Incubator Hubs (October 12, 2023)
- Gov. Pritzker Announces $38 Million for CEJA Workforce Hubs (July 21, 2023)
- Gov. Pritzker Announces $6 Million in Funding for Energy Transition Navigators Program (June 15, 2023)
- Gov. Pritzker Announces $16 Million for Climate Works Pre-apprenticeship Program, Barrier Reduction Programs (April 21, 2023)
- More than 50 Recipients Selected to Receive Energy Transition Community Grants (March 7, 2023)
- Pritzker Administration Launches $40 Million in Funding for the Energy Transition Community Grant Program as Part of CEJA (December 16, 2022)
- DCEO Launches Public Input Process for Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) Curriculum (October 17, 2022)
- Pritzker Administration Announces Recipients of Coal-to-Solar Program as Part of Landmark Climate Initiative (June 1, 2022)
Past Public Engagement Events
Date |
Program |
Topic |
Recording |
March 13, 2025 |
Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program |
NOFO Information Session |
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March 19, 2025 |
Energy Transition Navigator Program |
NOFO Information Session |
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| April 24, 2025 | Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program and Energy Transition Navigator Program | Grant Writing Workshop Part 1 | RECORDING |
| April 28, 2025 | Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program and Energy Transition Navigator Program | Grant Writing Workshop Part 2 | RECORDING |
| May 15, 2025 | FEJA Multi-Cultural Jobs Program and Solar Pipeline Training Program |
Joint Bidder's Conference |
RECORDING |
Learn More
- Learn more about CEJA and the programs DCEO is administering by clicking on the links to the left.
- Sign up for one-on-one technical assistance sessions for help with your CEJA program applications."
- Sign up for our mailing list to receive updates about CEJA program implementation.
- Contact us: CEO.CEJA@illinois.gov.