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ETA-TEGL-20-20: Program Year (PY) 2021 Planning Instructions and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) State, Territorial, and National Grantees

Closed Closed May 24, 2021 Opportunity ETA-TEGL-20-20

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 Employment and Training Administration notices from 2021.

Employment and Training Administration offered grants of up to $47.2 million to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 77 awards worth $404 million in total. Applications closed on May 24, 2021.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed May 19, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

Employment and Training Administration has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
ETA-TEGL-13-23May 10, 2024Closed June 17, 2024Closed
ETA-TEGL-18-22May 16, 2023Closed June 16, 2023Closed
ETA-TEGL-11-21June 6, 2022Closed June 21, 2022Closed

Key dates

PostedMay 7, 2021
DeadlineMay 24, 2021
Archived by Grants.govJune 23, 2021

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

Current SCSEP grantees

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) releases grant planning guidance each program year to advise Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) grantees of the number of authorized positions and associated allotments for the program year and ETA’s requirements for obligating funding to grantees. This TEGL provides SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with the PY 2021 SCSEP allotments and instructions for PY 2021 grant submissions.

Category: Employment, Labor and Training.

Who has won Senior Community Service Employment Program grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Senior Community Service Employment Program (17.235) awarded $1.7 billion across 465 grant awards, an average of $3.6 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
AARP FoundationDistrict of Columbia8$198 million
Cwi Works, IncMaryland8$196 million
National Council on the Aging, Inc.Virginia8$146 million
Ncba, Inc.District of Columbia7$100 million
SER-Jobs for Progress National, IncTexas8$95.6 million

Top states: District of Columbia ($301 million), Maryland ($294 million), Virginia ($168 million), Illinois ($132 million), Texas ($117 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is ETA-TEGL-20-20 still open?

No. It closed on May 24, 2021.

Who can apply for Program Year (PY) 2021 Planning Instructions and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) State, Territorial, and National Grantees?

Employment and Training Administration accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Program Year (PY) 2021 Planning Instructions and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) State, Territorial, and National Grantees?

Closed May 24, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $47.2 million each. About $404 million in total across about 77 awards.

Who has won Senior Community Service Employment Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were AARP Foundation, Cwi Works, Inc, National Council on the Aging, Inc. The program made 465 awards worth $1.7 billion in that time.

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