The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office has shifted from allocations to grant competitions for many of its programs.
Grant funding is also available from the state, federal government, and private foundations.
However, the work required to write grant proposals is in addition to the current duties of faculty and staff. Ways of supporting grant proposing development and writing must be developed. The process of seeking and applying for grants should be supported in three ways. Second, the Office of the President should seek a budget enhancement to fund requests from faculty and staff to hire grant writing assistance, e.g., grant consultants, assistance for gathering information, purchase of grant writing support software. Third, a list of grant writing consultants should be developed to provide the assistance faculty and staff may need in applying for grants.