Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA ETA 24 53
The YouthBuild grant opportunity (FOA ETA 24-53) is a discretionary funding program from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, designed to help organizations deliver pre-apprenticeship services to opportunity youth ages 16 to 24. The core idea is to combine education, job training, and employment services with real community-based work and service, so participants build skills while contributing in tangible ways to their neighborhoods. YouthBuild is positioned as a pathway into quality jobs across multiple career tracks, with a strong emphasis on infrastructure-related fields and other sectors where local employers are actively hiring.
A central requirement of this FOA is that every funded project must include construction skills training. At the same time, applicants are allowed to broaden beyond construction into additional in-demand industries through what the announcement calls the "Construction Plus" component. That means a YouthBuild project can still anchor training in construction while also offering occupational skills training tied to local labor market needs, which can make the program more flexible and relevant in places where other industries are growing quickly.
Beyond training, the program model highlights comprehensive wrap-around supports aimed at helping young people persist and succeed. The FOA explicitly references services such as mentoring, trauma-informed care, personal counseling, transportation support, and employment preparation. These supports are framed not just as helpful extras, but as key strategies for stabilizing participants lives, improving retention, and addressing community violence by connecting youth to structured opportunities, supportive adults, and credible pathways to employment.
Eligibility centers on organizations with a track record serving opportunity youth through YouthBuild or similar programming. The FOA describes eligible applicants as public or private non-profit agencies or organizations, including consortia of such entities, and notes that applicants may come from rural, urban, or Native American/Tribal communities. The listed eligible applicant types are broad and include various levels of government (state, county, city/township, and special districts), independent school districts, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Tribal governments, Tribal organizations, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status. In practice, the FOA emphasizes nonprofit and community-based capacity, but the eligibility list signals that many kinds of public and community institutions can play a lead role or participate in a consortium as long as they meet the full FOA requirements.
Funding is expected to support about 75 projects nationwide, with individual awards ranging from $700,000 to $1.5 million (the award ceiling is $1,500,000). A major budgeting requirement is a 25 percent match, and the match must come from non-federal sources. However, the FOA includes a matching waiver for Tribal entities and U.S. insular areas, allowing those applicants to submit proposals without committing match funds, which can reduce barriers to participation in places where raising match is especially difficult.
The period of performance is 40 months in total, structured to include a four-month planning period at the start and a twelve-month follow-up period at the end. This structure signals that DOL expects projects to spend upfront time building partnerships, finalizing training and support service plans, and aligning with employer and education systems, and then continue tracking and supporting participants outcomes after the main service period to strengthen placement, retention, and longer-term results.
Key administrative details include the CFDA number 17.274, the opportunity category listed as discretionary, and the funding instrument type as a grant. The FOA was created on 2024-07-18, and the original application closing date is 2024-09-16. For applicants, the most important takeaway is that YouthBuild funding is meant for organizations that can run a comprehensive, supportive pre-apprenticeship program for 16-24 year olds, must include construction training, can add other in-demand training through Construction Plus, and must be prepared to provide strong wrap-around supports, meet performance expectations, and (unless waived) secure a substantial non-federal match.Apply for FOA ETA 24 53
- The Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "YouthBuild" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.274.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-18.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-16. (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 $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 75 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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