# Strengthening Worker Engagement, Empowerment, and Trust in the Dominican Sugar Sector

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/foa-ilab-22-99-strengthening-worker-engagement-empowerment-and-trust-in-the/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/343327

> Bureau of International Labor Affairs offered grants of up to $3.0 million to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $3.0 million in total. Applications closed on October 11, 2022.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | FOA-ILAB-22-99 |
| Agency | Bureau of International Labor Affairs |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | October 11, 2022 |
| Award ceiling | $3.0 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $3.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 17.401 |

## Who can apply

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

The following organizations are eligible to apply:• U.S. organizations: o Nonprofits, including any faith-based organizations or community-based organizations; o Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education; o Private Institutions of Higher Education; o For-Profit organizations; • Non-U.S. organizations: o Non-U.S. Entities, including PIOs, as described in 2 CFR 200.1.

## What the grant funds

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $3 million total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for 1 cooperative agreement to fund 1 technical assistance project with the overarching objective to increase field workers and their families' use of formal and informal mechanisms to improve working and living conditions in the Dominican sugar sector. The duration of the project will be a maximum of 54 months from the effective date of the award. The project will increase access to these mechanisms by building connections between civil society organizations and sugarcane field workers, while helping unions in the sugar sector, government ministries, and sugar companies to more effectively involve field workers in improving their working and living conditions. In particular, this project will address underdeveloped support networks, knowledge gaps and communication barriers, and other constraints that prevent Dominican sugar sector workers and their families from realizing their labor rights, including through use of various services, dialogue and outreach, and remediation approaches to resolve concerns about working and living conditions. The project must be designed to achieve two or more outcomes that are considered both necessary and sufficient to achieve the project objective, and substantially contribute to the desired long-term impact(s). 1. Strengthened networks among workers, their communities, and civil society advocates that facilitate trust and participation in mechanisms to improve working and living conditions. 2. Increased availability of local resources and capacity to use mechanisms for improving working and living conditions in the Dominican sugar sector.

## Questions people ask

### Is FOA-ILAB-22-99 still open?

No. It closed on October 11, 2022.

### Who can apply for Strengthening Worker Engagement, Empowerment, and Trust in the Dominican Sugar Sector?

Bureau of International Labor Affairs accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Strengthening Worker Engagement, Empowerment, and Trust in the Dominican Sugar Sector?

Closed October 11, 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 $3.0 million each. About $3.0 million in total for one award.

### Who has won International Labor Programs grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were International Labor Organization, American Center for International Labor Solidarity, American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences. The program made 100 awards worth $395 million in that time.