Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative (14.895)
Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative (Assistance Listing 14.895) is run by the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It awarded $67.0 million in 30 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $2.2 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $2.3 million. Half of the 30 awards fell between $2.3 million and $2.3 million, and they ranged from $1.4 million to $3.7 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$67.0 million
- Grant awards30
- Typical award$2.3 million
- Awarded in FY 2025-$951,974
- Size rank934 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- It is the 934th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 75% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 18 states and territories.
What the program funds
The Jobs Plus program develops locally based, job-driven approaches that increase earnings and advance employment outcomes through work readiness, employer linkages, job placement, educational advancement, technology skills, and financial literacy for residents of public housing. The place-based Jobs Plus program addresses poverty among public housing residents by incentivizing and enabling employment through earned income disregards for working residents and a set of services designed to support work including employer linkages, job placement and counseling, educational advancement, and financial counseling. Ideally, these incentives will saturate the target public housing development, building a culture of work and making working residents the norm. The Jobs Plus program model comprises these three core components: Employment-Related Services; Financial/Rent Incentive – Jobs Plus Earned Income Disregard (JPEID); and Community Supports for Work.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Public Housing Authorities (PHA) are the only eligible applicants, unless otherwise stated in the current Fiscal Year’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
What the money can and cannot pay for
Grant funds may be used to pay the cost of implementing Jobs Plus start-up, planning, and programming activities (employment and incentives), and the salary and fringe benefits of program staff. Only residents of conventional public housing may benefit from this program. Only residents of conventional public housing may benefit from this program.;
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
The NOFO provides application deadlines
Award range and average, in the agency's words
The range for financial assistance is $1,600,000 to $3,700,000 per grantee award. The average grant size is approximately $2.4 million.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2019: 44 grants have been awarded for FY2014 through FY2019
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative (14.895) awarded $67.0 million across 30 grant awards, an average of $2.2 million per award.
Who usually wins
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 30 | $67.0 million | 100% |
By state
Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 3 | $8.3 million |
| Illinois | 3 | $6.2 million |
| Virginia | 3 | $6.2 million |
| Florida | 2 | $4.6 million |
| North Carolina | 2 | $4.6 million |
| Texas | 2 | $4.3 million |
| Indiana | 2 | $4.1 million |
| Alabama | 2 | $3.9 million |
| California | 2 | $3.8 million |
| New York | 1 | $3.6 million |
| Nevada | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Michigan | 1 | $2.3 million |
| South Carolina | 1 | $2.3 million |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $2.3 million |
| Tennessee | 1 | $2.3 million |
| Colorado | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Louisiana | 1 | $1.4 million |