# YouthBuild

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/foa-eta-23-17-youthbuild/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/343870

> Employment and Training Administration offered grants of up to $1.5 million (at least $700,000) to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 75 awards worth $90.0 million in total. Applications closed on February 7, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | FOA-ETA-23-17 |
| Agency | Employment and Training Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | February 7, 2023 |
| 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

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

See the Funding Opportunity for more information.

## What the grant funds

Under the YouthBuild Funding Opportunity Announcement, DOL will award grants through a competitive process to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities. The YouthBuild program model prepares participants for quality jobs in a variety of careers, including infrastructure, and contains wrap-around services such as mentoring, trauma-informed care, personal counseling, and employment – all key strategies for addressing community violence. YouthBuild applicants must include construction skills training and may include occupational skills training in other in-demand industries. This expansion into additional indemand industries is the Construction Plus component, a priority in this grant competition. 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 lowincome 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. The YouthBuild model balances project-based academic learning and occupational skills training to prepare opportunity youth for career placement and supports the Administration's goal to build a modern and sustainable infrastructure. YouthBuild programs are well-positioned to connect participants with career opportunities developing as a result of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (construction), Inflation Reduction Act (clean energy), and CHIPS and Science Act (manufacturing). For more information on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, including a guidebook of other funding opportunities, visit https://www.build.gov.

## Questions people ask

### Is FOA-ETA-23-17 still open?

No. It closed on February 7, 2023.

### Who can apply for YouthBuild?

Employment and Training Administration accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for YouthBuild?

Closed February 7, 2023. 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.