YouthBuild PY 2024 – Grant Opportunity

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN24-05

Issued: August 16, 2024

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announces the availability of approximately $99,000,000 in grant funds authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128) for YouthBuild.

This YouthBuild funding opportunity will award grants through a competitive process to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, and are performing meaningful work and service to their communities. The YouthBuild program model prepares participants for quality jobs in a variety of careers and in diverse industry sectors, particularly in infrastructure sectors. The program also includes wrap-around supportive services such as mentoring, trauma-informed care, personal counseling, transportation support, and employment preparation, which are key strategies for addressing violence in communities.

Eligible grant applicants include public or private non-profit agencies or organizations, including consortia of such agencies or organizations. These organizations include rural, urban, or Native American/Tribal entities that have previously served opportunity youth in a YouthBuild or other similar program, such as alternative secondary education.

With Program Year 2024 funds, the DOL will fund approximately 75 projects across the country. Individual grants will range from $700,000 to $1.5 million. This grant opportunity requires a 25 percent match from applicants, using sources other than federal funding.

Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov before the deadline of 11:59 p.m. ET on September 16, 2024.

For questions concerning this grant opportunity, visit the DOL ETA website.

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