Program Year (PY) 2023 Funding Allotments and Instructions for the INA Section 166 Programs | ETA TEGL 13 22

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Program Year (PY) 2023 Funding Allotments and Instructions for the INA Section 166 Programs is a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) discretionary grant opportunity published as ETA TEGL 13-22. It relates to the Indian and Native American (INA) Section 166 employment and training programs (CFDA 17.265), which support workforce and training services for eligible Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities through organizations that administer Section 166 funds. In practical terms, this announcement communicates how PY 2023 funds are being allocated and provides instructions tied to receiving and administering those allotments.

The opportunity is administered by ETA under the employment, labor, and training funding activity category. It is structured as a grant and is framed around distributing program year allotments rather than running a typical open-ended competition. The listing indicates an expected 166 awards, which strongly suggests broad distribution across many INA grantees or service areas, consistent with how Section 166 programs are often funded across numerous tribal and Native organizations.

Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments, and additional eligible entities described in the full guidance (referenced as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)"). Because the summary data points to further eligibility clarification in the full text, applicants would need to confirm whether their entity type qualifies under the additional eligibility language and whether there are any specific requirements tied to service area designation, existing grantee status, or statutory/regulatory definitions used by ETA for Section 166 programs.

Key timing details are clearly stated. The announcement was created on March 27, 2023, with an original closing date of April 26, 2023. Applications had to be submitted electronically no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date, which is a common ETA submission rule and typically implies that late submissions are not accepted unless the agency provides an explicit exception process. The inclusion of a specific "electronic submission" requirement also implies that applicants needed to plan for account access, document uploads, and system validation steps ahead of the deadline.

The award ceiling listed for the opportunity is $6,668,340. This ceiling functions as an upper bound within the announcement context, meaning individual awards are not expected to exceed that amount. Given the expected number of awards (166), the ceiling likely applies to the maximum possible award to any single recipient or a particular funding category within the allotment structure, rather than implying that most awards are near that level. Actual grant amounts would typically vary based on the allotment formula or allocation methodology described in the TEGL and any accompanying tables or attachments.

Finally, the announcement includes a direct access and support note: if an applicant has difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, they are instructed to contact purvis.marc@dol.gov. This is the designated point of contact for obtaining the full materials or resolving access issues, which is important because the short summary data provided does not include the detailed instructions, allocation tables, required forms, or specific program and reporting conditions that would normally be included in the complete TEGL and related guidance.

• The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Program Year (PY) 2023 Funding Allotments and Instructions for the INA Section 166 Programs" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.265.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 27, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 26, 2023 Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 1159 pm Eastern Time.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,668,340.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 166 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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