The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announced the availability of grant funds authorized by Section 169(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act for the Workforce Pathways for Youth grant program.
Donor Name: Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/25/2022
Grant Size: $2,500,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
The purpose of this program is to increase alignment between workforce and OST programs and to expand job training and workforce pathways for opportunity youth.
The applicant (OST organization) will be responsible for: 1) funding locally-operated OST organizations that will implement workforce-focused OST programming; 2) providing coordination among the OST, education, and workforce systems partners; 3) monitoring progress of the implementation of programming and delivery of services; 4) developing a process for scaling up and sustaining effective programming across its network of affiliates after initial funding expires; and 5) ultimately sustaining and beginning to scale up effective programming with additional affiliates by leveraging existing WIOA and other workforce funding streams.
Funding Information
- They expect to award approximately $10,000,000 to fund approximately 5 grants. You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $2,500,000.
- The period of performance is 36 months with an anticipated start date of 07/01/2022
Geographic Scope
Applicants may choose one of the following geographic scopes: local/regional, statewide, or national scope.
- Statewide means serving an entire state or multiple non-contiguous sites within one state;
- Multi-state means serving non-contiguous sites in at least two or more states
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
