CFDA#
17.274
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Summary
YouthBuild will fund organizations to provide a pre-apprenticeship program model that encompasses education, occupational skills training, leadership development, and high-quality post-program placement opportunities to opportunity youth. YouthBuild is a community-based alternative education program for youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who left high school prior to graduation and who also have other risk factors, including being a justice-involved youth, youth aging out of foster care, youth with disabilities, migrant farmworker youth, youth experiencing housing instability, and other disadvantaged youth populations.
The YouthBuild program simultaneously addresses multiple core issues important to youth in low-income communities: affordable housing, leadership development, education, employment opportunities for good jobs in in-demand industries and apprenticeship pathways. YouthBuild programs serve as the connection point to vital services for participants. Key aspects of the YouthBuild service delivery model include meaningful partnership and collaboration with the public workforce development system, education and human services systems, and labor and industry partners
History of Funding
2024 DOL YouthBuild Grant Awardees can be seen at: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241212-0
2023 DOL YouthBuild Grant Awardees can be seen at: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20240502-0
2022 DOL YouthBuild Grant Awardees can be seen at: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/youth/pdfs/2022YBgrants.pdf
Additional Information
Pre-apprenticeship includes the following elements:
- Training and curriculum that aligns with the skill needs of employers in the economy of the state or region involved
- Access to educational and career counseling and other supportive services, directly or indirectly
- Hands-on, meaningful learning activities that are connected to education and training activities, such as exploring career options, and understanding how the skills acquired through coursework can be applied toward a future career
- Opportunities to attain at least one industry-recognized credential
- A partnership with one or more Registered Apprenticeship Programs that assists in placing individuals who complete the pre-apprenticeship program in a Registered Apprenticeship Program.
YouthBuild programs provide educational and skills training preparation that give participants the requirements needed to enter a Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP). RAPs are an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway validated by the U.S. Department of Labor or a state Apprenticeship Agency and registered under the National Apprenticeship Act where employers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid-work experience with a mentor, classroom instruction, and a portable, nationally recognized credential. Grantees awarded under this announcement should actively develop partnerships and pathways that lead directly to high-quality employment and placements in Registered Apprenticeship Programs. For more information on RAPs, please visit https://www.apprenticeship.gov/apprenticeship-job-finder
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants are private, non-profit agencies or public agencies that serve disadvantaged youth. These organizations include rural, urban, or Native American agencies that have previously served disadvantaged youth in a YouthBuild or other similar program. This may include but is not limited to:
- Community and faith-based organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit status;
- An entity carrying out activities under WIOA, such as a local workforce development board or one-stop center partner program;
- Labor unions, labor-management partnerships, a central labor council, other labor council, state conference of a union, or state labor federation, or worker centers;
- Educational institutions, including a local school board, public school district, or community college;
- A community action agency;
- A State or local housing development agency;
- Any Indian and Native American entity eligible for grants under Section 166 of WIOA, including Federally and other than Federally-Recognized Tribes, Native American non-profit organizations, and Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native organizations;
- A community development corporation;
- A State or local youth service conservation corps; and
- Any other public or private non-profit entity that is eligible to provide education or employment training under a Federal program and can meet the required elements of the grant.
Note that applicants previously funded by DOL's YouthBuild program, but not within the past seven grant competitions (i.e. the applicant has not received a YouthBuild award since FY 2015 or earlier), will be considered as new applicants.
Deadline Details
Applications were due September 16, 2024. A similar deadline is assumed annually.
Award Details
Up to $99,000,000 is available in total funding for FY24 for up to 75 awards. Awards will last for 40 months, including a 4-month planning period. Awards will range between $700,000 and $1,500,000. These funds may be in the form of cash or in-kind contributions (so long as the in-kind contributions are for items normally allowable with the purchase of grant funds). Further, the DOL encourages applicants to leverage additional resources beyond the required match to supplement grant activities.
Cost matching of 25% is required. DOL does not require any match for grants made to the governments of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. In addition, DOL does not require any match for YouthBuild grants made to Indian and Native American entities. However, it is encouraged that these areas leverage resources to the grant project, including dollars from federal resources or other types of contributions.
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