U.S. Department of Labor

Overview of Forecasted FY 2023 Competitive Funding Opportunities

Empowering All Workers, Morning, Noon, and Night

Employment and Training Administration | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy | Veterans’ Employment and Training Service | 

Women’s Bureau | Mine Safety and Health Administration | Office of Disability Employment 

Policy | Bureau of International Labor Affairs
This information is subject to change and contingent upon the availability of funds during FY2023.

Interested applicants must follow the final requirements in the specific Funding Opportunity when published on grants.gov

The Employment and Training Administration

(Please consult the Funding Opportunity Announcements when available for final requirements)

DOL Nursing Expansion Grant Program: up to $80 million

Publication: December 3, 2022; Closed January 20, 2023

Announcement of Awards: Spring 2023

Target Population: Individuals who are at least 17 years old and not currently enrolled in secondary school 

within a local educational agency; unemployed, underemployed, and incumbent workers.

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit healthcare organizations; nonprofit trade, industry, or employer associations; 

labor unions, labor-management organizations, and worker organizations; education/training providers; 

workforce development entities; and Native American Tribal Governments (Federally recognized).

Contact: petchik.daniela.m@dol.gov

Overview: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Nursing Expansion Grant Program is designed to support nursing 

training programs to diversify the pipeline of nursing professionals able to fill these jobs and improve the 

nation’s healthcare system. This grant program places an emphasis on training people from historically 

marginalized and underrepresented populations to bring greater employment equity in underserved communities 

and improve healthcare workforce diversity. The Department’s Nursing Expansion Grant Program is driven by 

partnerships between public and private sector entities. These grants will support organizations that use workercentered industry sector strategies to train nursing instructors or create nursing professional pathway programs. 

Applicants must propose training program models that solicit workers, unions, worker organizations and 

employers to build partnerships with community-based organizations and training institutions. The goals of the 

grant program are to: 1) Increase the number of nursing instructors and educators (including classroom and 

vocational/clinical instruction) by training new nurses or upskilling experienced current or former nurses into 

advanced postsecondary credentialing to become nursing instructors and educators; and 2) Train participants as 

frontline healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals, including direct care workers, to advance along a career 

pathway and attain postsecondary credentials needed for middle- to high-skilled jobs in nursing.

YouthBuild: $90 million

Publication: November 29, 2022; Closes February 7, 2023

Announcement of Awards: Spring 2023

Target Population: Youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who left high school before completion, adjudicated 

youth, youth in and aging out of foster care, youth with disabilities, and other disadvantaged youth populations.

Eligible Applicants: Private nonprofit or public agencies. These organizations include rural, urban, or Native 

American agencies.

Contact: YB_FOA-ETA-23-17@dol.gov

Overview: The YouthBuild program is a community-based alternative education program for youth between 

the ages of 16 and 24 who left high school before completion, adjudicated youth, youth in and aging out of 

foster care, youth with disabilities, and other disadvantaged youth populations. YouthBuild simultaneously 

addresses several core issues important to low-income communities such as affordable housing, education, 

employment, and leadership development. YouthBuild programs must provide construction training and work 

on low-income housing in their communities, but they can also offer additional in-demand industry training 

(Construction Plus) to align with local in-demand occupations and provide more diverse placement 

opportunities for youth who choose not to pursue construction careers. YouthBuild will continue to focus on 

Construction Plus models by allowing any applicant to propose additional in-demand industries for training. 

Growth Opportunities: $12 million

Publication: March 7, 2022; Closes March 10, 2023 (Intermediary Applications only)

Announcement of Awards: Summer 2023
This information is subject to change and contingent upon the availability of funds during FY2023.

Interested applicants must follow the final requirements in the specific Funding Opportunity when published on grants.gov

Target Population: Youth and young adults (18-24 years, in-and-out of school) with justice system 

involvement.

Eligible Applicants: Intermediary applicants only (with multiple sub-grantees).

Contact: Ferro.Ariam@dol.gov

Overview: The Reentry Young Adult, Growth Opportunities grant initiative will support the placement of youth 

and young adults (18-24 years, in-and-out of school) with justice system involvement into paid work experiences

aligned with their career and educational goals, and provide funding for services, such as mentorship, legal 

assistance, and transportation that will support participants’ participation and success. These grants will help 

youth avoid violence and build conflict resolution skills, introduce and prepare youth for the world of work, help 

youth identify career interests and attain skills and good work habits, and provide income to youth to start them 

on the path of earning living wages. Applicants are urged to serve communities with high-poverty and highcrime rates and communities that experienced recent unrest.

Pathway Home 4: $48 million

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Summer 2023

Target Population: Previously incarcerated adults

Eligible Applicants: Community- or faith-based organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, including 

women’s and minority organizations; for-profit entities; post-secondary education institutions; state or local 

governments; or any Indian and Native American entity eligible for grants under section 166 of the Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

 Contact: PH4.FOA-ETA-23-04@dol.gov

Overview: The Reentry Adult, Pathway Home Projects will enroll adult inmates, aged 18 and above, into 

community-based reentry programs before release from state correctional facilities, and county and local jails. 

These projects will offer transitional services that range from work-readiness, counseling, and securing support 

services pre-release to a continuum of training in in-demand industries leading to industry-recognized credentials 

and employment post-release. Participants will maintain the same caseworker pre-and-post release as suggested 

as a “best practice” in the Linking Employment Activities Pre-Release Implementation Study. The design of 

these projects will eliminate the gap between release from prison or jail and enrollment into a reentry program 

leading to employment. 

Strengthening Community Colleges: $65 million

Anticipated Publication: Summer 2023

Announcement of Awards: Winter 2024

Target Population: Individuals Enrolled at Community Colleges

Eligible Applicants: Community Colleges

Contact: TBD

Overview: The fourth round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants will increase the capacity 

and responsiveness of community colleges to align career pathways and training to address skill development 

needs of employers and workers. Awarded grants will focus on accelerated learning strategies that support rapid 

reskilling and (re)employment through targeted industry sectors and career pathway approaches. These 

strategies will also address identified equity gaps to increase full access to educational and economic 

opportunity–particularly for individuals from historically underrepresented and underserved populations and 

communities. Applicants may apply as individual institutions or as part of a consortium of institutions. For both 

single and consortium applicants, the lead entity must be a community college, including Historically Black 

Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges or Universities, and other Minority-Serving Institutions. Employers 

and the public workforce development system will be required partners in all projects, which may also encourage 

additional strategic partnerships to support successful employment outcomes for participants and sustainable 
This information is subject to change and contingent upon the availability of funds during FY2023.

Interested applicants must follow the final requirements in the specific Funding Opportunity when published on grants.gov

systems change for community colleges. 

Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities 5: $44.2 million

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Summer 2023

Target Population: Dislocated workers, new entrants to the workforce, and incumbent workers who reside in 

the Appalachian Region, Lower Mississippi Delta Region, and Northern Border Region.

Eligible Applicants: State Government, County Government, City or Township Government, Special District 

Government, Regional Organization, Independent School District, Public/State Controlled Institution of Higher 

Education, Private Institution of Higher Education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Indian/Native 

American Tribal Government (Federally Recognized), Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Other than 

Federally Recognized), Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organization, Public/Indian Housing, 

Nonprofit Organizations, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities.

Contact: DOL-ETA-DWG@dol.gov

Overview: Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) initiative grants are designed to develop 

local and regional workforce development solutions aligned with existing economic development strategies. The 

purpose of the WORC initiative is to create economic mobility, address historic inequities for marginalized 

communities of color and other underserved and underrepresented communities, and produce high-quality 

employment outcomes for workers who reside in the Appalachian, Delta and Northern Border regions, enabling 

them to remain and thrive in these communities. The WORC initiative is designed to address persistent economic 

distress by aligning community-led economic and workforce development strategies and activities to ensure 

long-term economic resilience and enable dislocated and other workers in the regions to succeed in current and 

future job opportunities. The WORC initiative encourages applicants to achieve this purpose through grant 

proposals that: comprehensively and intentionally address and promote racial equity through recruitment 

strategies, service design, implementation, data collection, and partnerships that aim to provide equitable access 

and outcomes to communities of color, immigrants, and other marginalized groups; endeavor to ensure that grant 

participants achieve high-quality employment outcomes; and support eligible individuals impacted by substance 

use disorder.

The funding, as described in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117-103), will build on the four

previous rounds of WORC grants and fund projects supporting rural communities in aligning workforce

development efforts with economic development plans, serving the following areas hard-hit by economic 

transition and recovering slowly:

• The Appalachian region, as defined in 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), 

• The Lower Mississippi Delta (Delta) region, as defined in 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2), and 

• The Northern Border region, as defined in 40 U.S.C. 15733.

Workforce Pathways for Youth: $15 million

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Summer 2023

Target Population: Youth 14 to 21 living in rural areas

Eligible Applicants: National out-of-school time (OST) nonprofit (501(c)(3)) organizations with local affiliate 

networks.

Contact: WPY.FOA-ETA-23-06@dol.gov

Overview: The Workforce Pathways for Youth grant program provides $15,000,000 for grants to national OST

organizations that serve youth. These grants will place emphasis on age-appropriate workforce readiness 

programming to expand job training and workforce pathways for youth living in rural areas, including soft skill 

development, career exploration, job readiness and certification, summer jobs, year-round job opportunities, and 
This information is subject to change and contingent upon the availability of funds during FY2023.

Interested applicants must follow the final requirements in the specific Funding Opportunity when published on grants.gov

apprenticeships. Funding will also support partnerships between workforce boards and youth-serving 

organizations. For purposes of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), a national organization is defined 

as an organization that has affiliates operating in at least five states. An OST organization is a nonprofit that 

operates a supervised program that young people regularly attend when school is not in session. This can include 

before- and after-school programs on a school campus or facilities off of a school campus such as academic 

programs (e.g., reading or math-focused programs), specialty programs (e.g., sports teams, STEM, arts 

enrichment), and multipurpose programs that provide an array of activities.

State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula Funded Grant Program: Approximately $85 

million

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Summer 2023

Target Population: Individuals 16 years of age and older. Among the individuals eligible to receive services, 

the Department is particularly interested in underrepresented populations and underserved communities. 

Eligible Applicants: States. 

Contact: TBD 

Overview: To better support State capacity and State planning to create new Registered Apprenticeship 

programs (RAPs) while also driving system innovation and reform, the Department intends to provide funding to 

all States that apply, as well as an opportunity for States to apply for additional competitive funding. As part of 

the Office of Apprenticeship’s 5-year strategic investment plan, in FY 2022, the Department will award $85 

million in state grants through a single funding vehicle that provides: (1) base formula funding to all states, and 

(2) an opportunity to apply for additional competitive funding for states with the capacity and readiness to adopt 

and expand in key innovation priority areas. 

 DOL Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program: Up to $80 million

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Summer 2023

Target Population: Individuals who are at least 17 years old and not currently enrolled in secondary school 

within a local educational agency; unemployed, underemployed, and incumbent workers.

Eligible Applicants: National or Community-based Nonprofit Organizations; Labor Unions, LaborManagement Organizations, and Worker Organizations; Education/Training Provider(s); Workforce 

Development Entities; Economic Development Agencies; and Native American Tribal Governments (Federally 

recognized).

Contact: IN_FOA-ETA-23-31@dol.gov

Overview: The purpose of the DOL Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program is to fund publicprivate partnerships to develop promising programs and strengthen and scale training models informed by 

evidence in H-1B industries and occupations critical to meeting the goals of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

(BIL) and to maximize the impact of these investments. The United States (U.S.) will need a proficient 

workforce to fill the good-paying jobs created by this historic investment, and this grant program will train job 

seekers in advanced manufacturing; information technology; and professional, scientific, and technical services 

occupations that support renewable energy, transportation, and broadband infrastructure sectors. The DOL 

Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program represents a down payment for the future skilled 

workforce needs that are being developed through the BIL investments by investing in the development and 

expansion of the workforce partnerships that will be needed to build equitable pathways to good infrastructure 

jobs.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Grant Program serves dual purposes by implementing and scaling 

worker-centered sector strategies to support the workforce necessary for successful implementation of the BIL. 
This information is subject to change and contingent upon the availability of funds during FY2023.

Interested applicants must follow the final requirements in the specific Funding Opportunity when published on grants.gov

Applicants must choose one of the following tracks for this grant program: 1) Development Track: Developing 

and Implementing Local/Regional Worker-Centered Sector Strategy Programs; or 2) Scaling Track: Scaling 

Effective Worker-Centered Sector Strategy Programs. The goal of the Development Track is to establish 

local/regional partnerships that will implement promising training models for one or more infrastructure-related 

sectors. This track will support equitable participation and growth of worker-centered sector-based training 

programs, particularly those serving rural and smaller communities and historically marginalized, 

underrepresented, and underserved populations. The goal of the Scaling Track is to scale effective and 

established training models that have shown demonstrated success in an infrastructure-related sector to a broader 

geographic scope. This track will invest in partnerships that will support the scaling and growth of workercentered sector strategies informed by evidence in one or more infrastructure-related sectors. Both tracks require 

public-private partnerships to develop worker-centered sector strategies which incorporate the following core 

principles into their grant project design to ensure equitable access to quality jobs: 1) strategies for ensuring 

diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, both through the inclusion of targeted partners that are primarily 

minority-serving (such as institutions of higher education, community-based partnerships, and employer 

partners), as well as by prioritizing recruitment, training, and retention of a local workforce that is representative 

of the local community demographics; 2) career pathways that lead to middle- to high-skilled employment; and 

3) approaches for increasing job quality. To embed strong worker voice into these grant projects, applicants 

should engage workers during the initial grant proposal development phase to ensure that worker needs and 

priorities and job quality are incorporated into the project design. 

Workforce Data Quality Initiative (Round 9): Approximately $12 Million

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Summer 2023

Target Population: N/A (Grant doesn’t serve participants)

Eligible Applicants: State Workforce Agencies 

Contact: To be determined. 

Overview: This initiative will fund approximately four to seven grants with a maximum award of $2,900,000 to 

eligible State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) for the development or enhancement of a state workforce 

longitudinal administrative database. ETA plans to prioritize the selection of applicants that identify the current 

capacity with regard to longitudinal administrative databases such as Launch Point 2, and after those, prioritize 

applicants that have never received a WDQI grant (any LP). All of these grants will have a 36-month period of 

performance, and cost sharing is not required for this program. Applications submitted in response to the funding 

opportunity announcement (FOA) may be awarded funds appropriated in FY 2022 or in FY 2023 for WDQI. 

Therefore, the amount of funds, and number of grants awarded is contingent upon availability of FY 23 funds.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

(Please consult the Funding Opportunity Announcements when available for final requirements)

Susan Harwood Training Grant Program: Approximately $12.8 million

Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Fall 2023

Target Population: Limited English proficiency workers, non-literate and low literacy workers, young workers, 

temporary workers, historically underserved and other hard-to-reach workers, and workers in high-hazard 

industries and industries with high fatality rates.

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, including qualifying labor unions, community-based and faithbased organizations, and employer associations, that are not an agency of a state or local government, Indian and 

tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-controlled organizations serving Indians, and Native 
This information is subject to change and contingent upon the availability of funds during FY2023.

Interested applicants must follow the final requirements in the specific Funding Opportunity when published on grants.gov

Hawaiian organizations, and state or local government-supported institutions of higher education.

Contact: Harwoodgrants@dol.gov

Overview: The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program was created in 1978 to provide funding to nonprofit 

organizations to develop and deliver training to small business employers and workers on the recognition, 

avoidance, and prevention of occupational safety and health hazards in their workplaces and to inform workers 

of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the OSH Act. Three different grant types are 

available: Targeted Training Topic, Training and Educational Materials Development, and Capacity Building.

Applicants are encouraged to provide training in languages participants can understand. Training materials 

developed under this grant program are made publicly available on the OSHA webpage.

Veterans’ Employment and Training Service

(Please consult the Funding Opportunity Announcement when available for final requirements)

Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program: Approximately $25 million

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Summer 2023

Target Population: Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness; homeless women veterans and homeless 

veterans with children; justice-involved veterans.

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations with or without IRS 501(c)(3) status including, women’s and 

minority organizations, community- or faith-based organizations; state and local Workforce Development 

Boards established under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA); for-profit entities; postsecondary education institutions; state and local governments; public and Indian housing authorities; federallyrecognized Indian and Native American tribal governments and Native American tribal organizations other than 

those federally recognized.

Contact: HVRPFOA@dol.gov

Overview: The Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP), Incarcerated Veterans’ Transition Program

(IVTP), and the Homeless Women Veterans’ and Homeless Veterans with Children (HWVHVWC) Program 

(referred to collectively as HVRP) is about preparing and placing veterans experiencing homelessness into jobs 

that are not therapeutic or subsidized, but rather part of the local competitive economy. However, employment 

alone cannot end veteran homelessness. Instead, employment services are one piece of the picture, an important 

part of a complex delivery system that depends on close and productive collaboration between multiple providers 

to address the needs and barriers of veterans experiencing homelessness. HVRP supports veteran job seekers as 

they confront and overcome the barriers that prevent them from finding and retaining employment. 

Mine Safety and Health Administration

(Please consult the Funding Opportunity Announcement when available for final requirements)

Brookwood Sago Grants: $1 million

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Summer 2023

Target Population: Perspective Miners, Miners and Mine Operators, including Contractors. 

Eligible Applicants: States, Territories and other governments, including Indian and Native American Tribal 

governments, and any private or public nonprofit entity interested in advancing health and safety in the mining 

industry. A nonprofit entity as described in 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(4) is not eligible for a grant award. 
This information is subject to change and contingent upon the availability of funds during FY2023.

Interested applicants must follow the final requirements in the specific Funding Opportunity when published on grants.gov

Contact: Frazier.Ursula@DOL.GOV

Overview: This program provides funding for education and training programs to better identify, avoid, and 

prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines. The program uses grant funds to establish and 

implement education and training programs or to create training materials and programs. MSHA expects 

Brookwood-Sago grantees to develop training materials or to develop and provide mine safety training or 

educational programs, recruit mine operators and miners for the training, and conduct and evaluate the training. 

MSHA will give special emphasis to programs and materials that target workers at smaller mines and 

underserved communities within the mining industry

Women’s Bureau

(Please consult the Funding Opportunity Announcements when available for final requirements)

Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Grant Program:

Approximately $5 million

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Fall 2023

Target Population: Women; employers and labor unions. 

 Eligible Applicants: Community-based organizations (CBO).

Contact: Purvis.Marc@dol.gov

Overview: The WANTO program is intended to provide technical assistance (TA) to employers and labor 

unions to encourage employment of women in apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations 

(A/NTO), specifically by: 1) Developing (establishing, expanding, and/or enhancing) pre-apprenticeship, youth 

apprenticeship, Registered Apprenticeship, or other nontraditional skills training programs designed to prepare 

women for careers in A/NTO; 2) Providing ongoing orientations or other resources for employers, unions, and 

workers on creating a successful environment for women in A/NTO; and/or 3) Setting up support groups, 

facilitating networks, and/or providing supportive services for women in A/NTO to improve their retention. 

Applicants may propose to provide technical assistance to support women’s participation and success in the full 

range of industries in which women are historically underrepresented or where women are disproportionately 

concentrated in the lower-wage occupations. Such industries include, but are not limited to advanced 

manufacturing, construction, energy, health care, information technology, finance, and transportation. 

Fostering Access, Rights, and Equity (FARE) Grant Program: Approximately $1 million

 Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023 

Announcement of Awards: Fall 2023

Target Population: Women, women of color, women with disabilities, justice-involved women; women

workers who are paid low wages, and other underserved communities.

 Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations.

Contact: Flowers.Jeannette@dol.gov

Overview: The Fostering Access, Rights, and Equity (FARE) grant program will support organizations that 

undertake projects to assist marginalized and underserved women workers who have been disproportionately 

impacted by workplace gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH). Grant recipients will address GBVH in 

the world of work, which includes activities that occur in the course of, linked with, or arising out of work, by 

conducting education and awareness activities on workplace rights and benefits. The grants will assist women 

workers impacted by GBVH in the world of work by building awareness through the dissemination of 

information and educational materials; implementing worker and survivor-driven strategies that mitigate 

workplace risks to prevent workplace GBVH; connecting women workers to services, benefits, and/or legal 

assistance as needed, reasonable, and/or available; and empowering women by helping them to become focal 
This information is subject to change and contingent upon the availability of funds during FY2023.

Interested applicants must follow the final requirements in the specific Funding Opportunity when published on grants.gov

points for rights and assistance in their own communities through train-the-trainer and other activities.

Office of Disability Employment Policy

(Please consult the Funding Opportunity Announcement when available for final requirements)

Equitable Transition Models (ETM) Demonstration Project: Approximately $17.5 million 

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Fall 2023 

Target Population: Individuals with disabilities 

Eligible Applicants: States, and Indian and Native American Tribal entities as described in section 166(c) of the 

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

Contact: Hill.Andrea@dol.gov

Overview: The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) plans to award up to five cooperative 

agreements to operate the Equitable Transition Models (ETM) Demonstration Project. ODEP expects to award a 

total of $15 million to each recipient, to be provided in increments of approximately $3 million during the fiveyear period of performance. The ETM Demonstration Project will support development of scalable strategies to 

enable low-income youth and young adults with disabilities ages 16-24, including those experiencing 

homelessness, leaving foster care, or involved in the justice system, to successfully transition into the workforce. 

Successful applicants will provide services through a consortium of partners including state and/or local 

workforce development entities, employers and/or community-based organizations, and other partners as 

appropriate. The initial year of funding will support start-up activities and the launch of small pilot 

demonstrations. During the remaining years of the award, recipients will expand the pilot demonstrations to full 

scale. At full scale, recipients will either implement the model in new regions identified in the applicant's 

geographic scope or expand the model to the applicant's identified target populations.

Center For Advancing Policy on Employment For Youth (CAPE-Youth) 

Department of Labor: Approximately $1.5 million per year for five years 

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023

Announcement of Awards: Fall 2023 

Target Population: Individuals with disabilities 

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, small businesses.

Contact: Hill.Andrea@dol.gov

Overview: The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) plans to award one cooperative agreement to 

manage and operate a youth-focused disability policy development and technical assistance center. ODEP 

expects to award a total of approximately $7.5 million, to be provided in increments of approximately $1.5

million during the five-year period of performance. The recipient will work across the full range of workforce 

systems to build upon the work of the currently funded Center For Advancing Policy on Employment For Youth 

(CAPE-Youth). The recipient will conduct research, develop policies, and provide technical assistance focused 

on transition-age youth with a cross-cutting focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. The goal is to 

increase the capacity of national, state, and local workforce systems to improve transition and employmentrelated outcomes for youth and young people. CAPE-Youth will focus its work across four priorities related to 

WIOA: Research and Policy Analysis and Development, Strategic Partnerships and Systems Coordination, 

Career Pathways and Work-Based Learning Experiences, and Professional Development.

Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) 

Department of Labor: Approximately $2 million 

Anticipated Publication: Spring 2023
This information is subject to change and contingent upon the availability of funds during FY2023.

Interested applicants must follow the final requirements in the specific Funding Opportunity when published on grants.gov

Announcement of Awards: Fall 2023 

Target Population: Individuals with disabilities 

Eligible Applicants: Non-profit business schools or schools that include human resources or labor-focused 

programs that are part of a public or private institute of higher education; or b) non-profit research institutions, 

which can be part of public or private institutes of higher education or independent policy research organizations. 

Contact: flowers.jeannette@dol.gov

Overview: ODEP plans to award one cooperative agreement to manage and operate an employer-focused 

disability policy development and technical assistance center. ODEP expects to award a total of approximately 

$10 million, to be provided in increments of approximately $2 million during a five-year period of performance.

The work done by the recipient will build upon the prior work of ODEP’s Employer Assistance and Resource 

Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) including the Inclusion@Work Framework and Mental Health Toolkit 

among other resources. The recipient will identify and promote adoption of innovative and equitable evidencebased policy and practice solutions. These solutions will help public and private sector employers of all sizes 

recruit, hire, retain, and advance people with disabilities, including those from historically underserved 

communities. The recipient will use an iterative policy process for researching employment challenges faced by 

people with disabilities by identifying and analyzing employment policies and practices, developing actionable 

tools and resources for employer adoption, promoting these policies and practices through targeted 

communication channels, and evaluating employer implementation. 

International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB)

(Details on Program Year 2023 projects from the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) are currently not 

listed, but will be added once available.)

Please note: The information provided in this document may be updated as needed throughout

the fiscal and calendar year. 

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