WANTO Amendment One.pdf

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Women’s Bureau

Amendment One for Funding Opportunity Announcement FY24 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance Grant Program

Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-WB-24-00

Summary: The Women’s Bureau announced on April 11, 2024, the availability of funds under Funding Opportunity Announcement FOA-WB-24-00, to be awarded through a competitive process. The FOA document is amended as follows:

1.) SECTION III - ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

Section III.A, Eligible Applicants, is revised as follows, per text in red font. Applicants must disregard strikethrough text:

The following organizations are eligible to apply:

• (Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education)

• (Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education)

25 (Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Please see additional eligibility requirements below:

Eligible Entities:

Only CBOs as defined in Appendix B are eligible to apply for these grants. A consortium of CBOs may apply as a single applicant; in such instances, the applicant should provide a copy of the consortium agreement that specifies which entity will administer the grant.

Current and Former Grantees:

Recipients of WANTO Act grant program funds awarded under the FY 2023 FOA are NOT eligible to apply for a FY 2024 WANTO grant. FY 2023 grantees will be eligible to apply again in FY 2025, contingent upon the availability of funds. Recipients of funds awarded under previous WANTO Act grant programs outside of those who were awarded funds under the FY 2023 FOA are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity. Although scaling a previous WANTO-funded program is acceptable, former WANTO Act grantees must explain, in their “Statement of Need” (see Section IV.B.3), how their proposed TA activities are materially different and improved from those already performed using funds awarded through a previous WANTO Act grant program. All past and current WANTO grantees after 2006 are listed in Appendix A for reference.

2.) SECTION IV - APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Section IV.B.3.c.2.1, Expected Outcomes and Outputs, is revised as follows per text in red font. Applicants must disregard strikethrough text:

c. Expected Outcomes and Outputs Clearly identify outputs and outcomes that will result from the project. Outputs are tangible products or services that result from the project. Outcomes are the positive benefits or measurable results that occur as the result of project activities or outputs.12 This section must:

1. Demonstrate that the identified outputs and outcomes are realistic, clear, and consistent with the expressed TA need.

2. Propose targets for each of the outcomes below, in addition to other proposed outcomes/outputs of the applicant’s choosing, and how the applicant will track these outcomes/outputs:

1. The number of women expected to enroll in, and the number and percentage of women expected to complete pre-apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, Registered Apprenticeship, or other nontraditional skills training programs by the end of the grant period as a result of the TA you propose to provide.

Applicants must propose a minimum number of participants enrolled that meets or exceeds the minimum required for the requested funding amount, according to Figure 1 (see section III.C.4.);

2. Number and percentage of women served through the grant from underrepresented communities, including but not limited to women of color and women with disabilities, women at or below the federal poverty line, justice-involved women, immigrant women, transgender women, and women from rural geographic areas;

3. Number and percentage of women who secure employment consistent with the Good Jobs Principles as a result of TA you provide;

4. Number and percentage of women who secure a job with a higher wage as a result of TA you provide; and

5. Whether and to what extent products or services developed with TA provided under this grant can or will be sustained beyond the grant period.

For additional information, please email WB.OGM@dol.gov.

Signed April 16, 2024 in Washington, D.C. by:

Carla Wills Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration https://www.dol.gov/general/good-jobs/principles