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DE-FOA-0003316: Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022: State-Based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training Competitive Grant Program

Closed Closed January 15, 2025 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003316 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Golden Field Office notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$5.0 million
• Award floor$250,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past State Energy Program awards averaged $19.0 million; this notice allows up to $5.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (99% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The purposes of Modification 0003 are to: 1. Update sections I., V.D.i., and VII.B.xvii, Current and Pending Support document is a requirement of the full application. 2. Update percentages in section V.D.ii of the Statement of Work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The purposes of Modification 0002 are to: 1. Extend the Letter of Intent submission deadline on FOA page 1; 2. Extend the Full Application submission deadline on FOA page 1; 3. Update the Expected Date for DOE Selection Notifications on FOA page 1; 4. Update the Expected Timeframe for Award Negotiations on FOA page 1; and 5. Lower the Statement of Work page limit from 75 pages to 60 pages Reduce the Statement of Work (SOP) page limit from 75 ages to 60, as shown in FOA Section V.D.ii, to align with the table in that Section. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOA Modification 0001: The purposes of this modification are to: 1. Extend the Letter of Intent submission deadline on FOA page 1; 2. Revise the Letter of Intent submission process in FOA Section V.C; and 3. Increase the resume page limit in FOA Section V.D.iii. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The State-Based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training Grants, also known as the Training for Residential Energy Contractors (TREC) Program, seeks to accomplish three goals: (1) reduce the cost of training contractor employees by providing workforce development tools for contractors, their employees, and individuals including, but not limited to, subsidizing available training, testing certifications, and licenses for high-quality jobs; (2) provide testing and certifications of contractors trained and educated to install home energy efficiency and electrification technologies and deliver residential energy efficiency and electrification improvements; and (3) fund states to partner with nonprofit organizations to develop and implement a State sponsored workforce program that attracts and trains a diverse set of local workers to deliver the influx of new federally-funded energy efficiency and electrification programs—including the IRA-funded Home Efficiency Rebates Program, Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program (Home Energy Rebates Programs); and Energy Efficiency…

Category: Education, Employment, Labor and Training, Energy.

Applying now

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