Funding Opportunity Number: SGA-DFA-PY-13-04
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and Training
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: DOL-ETA
Closing Date: 2014-04-22
Award Ceiling: $1,100,000
Expected Number of Awards: 73

Description: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U. S. Department of Labor (DOL or Department), announces the availability of approximately $73 million in grant funds authorized by the YouthBuild provisions of the Workforce Investment Act (29 USC 2918a).
YouthBuild grants will be awarded through a competitive process. Under this Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA), DOL will award grants to organizations to oversee the provision of education, occupational skills training, and employment services to disadvantaged youth in their communities while performing meaningful work and service to their communities. Based on our estimate of FY 2014 funding, DOL hopes to serve approximately 4,950 participants during the grant period of performance, with approximately 75 projects awarded across the country.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…