WANTO Funding Opportunity – PY 23-24

Workforce Services Information Notice                                                         

WSIN23-41

Issued: April 26, 2024

The Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announces the availability of approximately $6,000,000 in grant funds authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Act of 1992, Pub. L. 102-530, 29 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.; 29 U.S.C. § 13; and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 for the WANTO Technical Assistance Grant Program. Funding will be available for approximately 8 to 17 projects ranging from $350,000 to $750,000, with a 24-month period of performance. Applicants will provide technical assistance to support women’s participation and success in the full range of industries in which women have been 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.

To be eligible for funds under this grant program, the applicant must be a community-based organization as defined in the WANTO Act legislation, a private non-profit organization (which may include a faith-based organization) that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community, that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of workforce development, and that has demonstrated experience administering programs that train women for apprenticeship related occupations or other nontraditional occupations

This FOA does not require cost sharing or matching funds from applicants. The period of performance will be 24 months and is anticipated to begin September 30, 2024.

The closing date for receipt of applications is June 10, 2024. For more information about this grant, visit the grant opportunity or visit grants.gov and reference FOA-WB-24-00. For a complete description of the funding organization, available funds, eligibility requirements, past recipients, and links to the grant application, visit the DOL’s WANTO webpage.

/s/ KIMBERLEE MEYER, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division