Federal grant programs / Department of Labor

WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Outlying Areas Consolidated Grants (17.290)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$20.0 million
• Grant awards15
• Typical award$1.2 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$8.0 million
• Size rank1,314 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceGrant

Key findings

• It is the 1314th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 5 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 5 states and territories.

What the program funds

The WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Outlying Areas Consolidated Grants, Title I, implement the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act legislation, allowing the Department to reform and modernize our nation's workforce development system. As allowed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, the outlying areas that are applying to receive funding through a consolidated grant agreement, may use WIOA Title I funds interchangeably between programs. The program serves individuals and helps employers meet their workforce needs. It promotes job quality by providing them with job search assistance and training opportunities, enhancing their skills to meet labor market needs. The program serves the outlying areas (US territories): American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands. The program's success is measured by the following core indicators of performance: 1. Employment Rate - 2nd Quarter After Exit; 2. Employment Rate - 4th Quarter After Exit; 3. Median Earnings - 2nd Quarter After Exit; 4. Measurable Skill Gains; 5. Credential Attainment Rate.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

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

American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, United States Virgin Islands.

What the money can and cannot pay for

The purpose of the WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Outlying Areas Consolidated Grants is to serve individuals and help employers meet their workforce needs. This program enables workers to obtain jobs by providing them with career services like job search assistance, training opportunities, and services to enter or re-enter the workforce. This program also can deliver comprehensive youth services that focus on assisting out-of-school youth and in-school youth, with one or more barriers to employment, prepare for employment and postsecondary education opportunities; attain educational and/or skills training credentials; and secure employment with career/promotional opportunities. Activities to be performed: WIOA specifies that most WIOA services provided for the Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs, are delivered through the American Job Center network, also known as one-stop career centers. Outlying areas receiving a consolidated grant may use funds interchangeably between Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Worker program.

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, Part 603, 651, 652, Subpart 603-687,Public Law Public Law 113-128.Governed by WIOA Section 130 and 20 CFR Parts 603-687, these grants fund American Job Centers to provide training, career services, and youth activities tailored to local labor markets. Funds are consolidated into a single grant, allowing flexibility in serving adults, dislocated workers, and youth. Funding levels are determined by the Secretary of Labor, often based on formula factors similar to those in the states (unemployment, low-income data).Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

The deadline for submitting the Standard Form 424 (SF-424) to apply for the WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Outlying Areas consolidated grants is generally 30 days from the issue date of the Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL). For Program Year 2026, funds are released in July 2026 (base) and October 2024 (advance).

Award range and average, in the agency's words

WIOA formula grant amounts vary annually and are published in the Federal Register.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 99% of the money.

By state

4 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.