Equity Target Population Fund Award – PY 22-23

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN22-32

Issued: March 22, 2023

The Employment Development Department (EDD), on behalf of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, is pleased to announce the award of  $6.6 million of in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Governor’s discretionary funds for an Equity Target Population Fund (ETPF) grant for Program Year (PY) 2022-23 Solicitation for Proposals (SFP).

Funds will support innovative projects that accelerate equity in employment and develop employment strategies for populations that face significant barriers to employment in the following California Regions: Ventura, Los Angeles, Tulare, Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sacramento, and San Diego.

Awards range from $355,000-$1 million and will support projects to serve one or more of the following special populations: disconnected young adults, justice-involved individuals, people with disabilities, and veterans. These funds will support projects that build meaningful and sustainable industry investment and partnerships, provide work-based learning opportunities, increase equitable access to quality jobs, leverage other program funding, and provide wrap-around services that are tailored to address the equity needs for California’s most vulnerable populations that will put them on a path towards a quality job. 

The EDD expects that the performance period will be between 18-24 months. A list of the awardees and descriptions of their projects is available on the EDD Workforce Development Solicitations for Proposals webpage. 

If you have any questions regarding the ESP grant solicitation, please email WSBGrants@edd.ca.gov.

 

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

 

Federal Funding Disclosure: This Equity Target Population Fund Grant Program is funded by a grant award totaling $6,636,606 (100%) from the U.S. Department of Labor, with $0 (0%) financed from non-federal sources.