Grants / Department of Labor / Employment and Training Administration

TEGL-03-22: Community Projects ETA/Congressionally Directed Spending Grants

Closed Closed April 28, 2023 Opportunity TEGL-03-22 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Training and Employment Guidance Letter (02-26) for FY 2026 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending (ETA-TEGL-02-26). Status: Closes January 31, 2027 (85 days left). It is in our archive of Employment and Training Administration notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$6.3 million
• Total funding$138 million
• Expected awards173
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Only organizations listed as a DOL/ETA recipient in the Explanatory Statement for Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (specified in Appendix I) are eligible for grant awards under this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL).

More grants for nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses, businesses, individuals.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending awards averaged $852,211; this notice allows up to $6.3 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (54% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) solicits applications from eligible entities for the Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Community Projects demonstration grants and announces application procedures. In order to receive Congressionally Directed funds, eligible applicants specified in Appendix I must submit applications responding to this TEGL, including all required documents detailed in Appendix IV, to https://www.grants.gov no earlier than 12:00 pm Eastern Time, August 22, 2022 and no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time, February 28, 2023.

Category: Employment, Labor and Training.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, ETA-TEGL-02-26, which is open now.

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