Hospital Employee Education and Training (HEET) Grant

The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) invites Washington state community and technical colleges to apply for the Hospital Employee Education and Training (HEET) funding. Colleges must develop proposals in collaboration with at least one healthcare employer and one labor partner to receive funding. 

The purpose of the HEET Grant is to:

• Enhance access to college education for hospital workers.
• Lead to increased capacity of the college system in nursing and other high demand health care fields.
• Bring greater diversity to the health care workforce.
• Build a stronger labor/management, healthcare industry and college partnerships to leverage public and private investment.

Grant funds may be used for:

• Curriculum development or modification.
• Equipment needed to train incumbent workers.
• Creating systems to grant credit for prior learning.
• Sustaining labor, management and college partnerships.
• Support for students, program recruitment and retention.
• Symposium to share/learn best practices in teaching methodologies and curricula evaluation.

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2025-2026

Important dates

Grant Resources and Guidelines

• 2025-26 HEET Guidelines 
• FY26 HEET Application Webinar
  • Webinar presentation
• FY25 HEET RACI Template

2024-2025

Important dates

Grant Resources and Guidelines

• 2024-25 HEET Guidelines