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FOA-ILAB-24-32: Reducing Barriers that Impede Access to Education and Decent Work for LGBTQI+ Youth in Brazil and the Latin American and Caribbean Region

Closed Closed October 11, 2024 Opportunity FOA-ILAB-24-32 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$4.0 million
• Award floor$4.0 million
• Total funding$4.0 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

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

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

Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully improving implementation of laws, policies, and national plans to reduce barriers that impede access to education and decent work for LGBTQI+ youth in Brazil and the Latin American and Caribbean Region is eligible to apply if and when a Funding Opportunity Announcement is published. Lack of past experience with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility. All applicants for ILAB funding opportunities must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to applying for funding. For more information, please see http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do and https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM. Successful applicants will be required to ensure any subrecipients also have a UEI number prior to receiving DOL approval of any subawards.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past International Labor Programs awards averaged $3.9 million; this notice allows up to $4.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (64% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $4,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in Brazil and the Latin American and Caribbean Region to improve implementation of laws, policies, and national plans to reduce barriers that impede access to education and decent work for LGBTQI+ youth. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA. In order to achieve the project goal, applicants must propose strategies to achieve the following outcomes: Outcome(s) • (1) Improved knowledge among key labor stakeholders about the barriers to education and access to decent work among LGBTQI+ youth. • (2) Increased coordination among key labor stakeholders to increase access to decent work opportunities for LGBTQI+ youth. • (3) Increased capacity of LGBTQI+ key labor stakeholders to provide LGBTQI+ youth with safe and affirming environments. Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Forecast may be emailed to ortiz.carlie@dol.gov.

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