# YouthBuild

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/foa-eta-22-01-youthbuild/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/336698

> Employment and Training Administration offered grants of up to $1.5 million (at least $700,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 75 awards worth $90.0 million in total. Applications closed on January 21, 2022.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | FOA-ETA-22-01 |
| Agency | Employment and Training Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | January 21, 2022 |
| Award ceiling | $1.5 million |
| Award floor | $700,000 |
| Expected awards | 75 |
| Total funding | $90.0 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 17.274 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants for these grants are public or private non-profit agencies. These organizations include rural, urban, or Native American/Tribal entities that have previously served opportunity youth in a YouthBuild or other similar program.

## What the grant funds

The purpose of this program is to 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 that also have other risk factors, including being an adjudicated 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, and employment opportunities 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. DOL expects applicants funded through this solicitation to have well-established partnerships in place prior to grant award. The YouthBuild model balances project-based academic learning and occupational skills training to prepare opportunity youth for career placement. The academic component assists youth who are often significantly behind in basic skill development in obtaining a high school diploma or state high school equivalency credential. The occupational skills training component prepares opportunity youth for apprenticeship and other career pathways and/or further education or training. It also supports the goal of increasing affordable housing within communities by teaching youth construction skills learned by building or significantly renovating homes for sale or rent to low- income families or transitional housing for homeless families or individuals.

## Questions people ask

### Is FOA-ETA-22-01 still open?

No. It closed on January 21, 2022.

### Who can apply for YouthBuild?

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 YouthBuild?

Closed January 21, 2022. 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 $1.5 million each. About $90.0 million in total across about 75 awards.

### Who has won YouthBuild grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Social Enterprise & Training Center Inc, Countycorp, Knoxville Leadership Foundation. The program made 347 awards worth $444 million in that time.