Assistance Listing 17.263

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration funds youth workforce development and opportunity programs under CFDA 17.263, with the most recent grant award dated July 1, 2006 — twenty years ago. This program is no longer active; no grant opportunities have been posted recently.

Award activity has ceased entirely for two decades. The portfolio documents 183 total federal grant awards spanning from February 2000 through July 2006, with $415.7 million in combined federal dollars obligated. Award volume declined sharply after 2003: the program issued 61 awards in 2002 and 52 in 2003, then dropped to 14 in 2004, 3 in 2005, and 1 in 2006. The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration was the sole funding source across all 183 awards.

The program funded workforce training and opportunity initiatives targeting youth populations, including migrant youth, nonmigrant youth, and young offenders. Supported activities included competitive youth opportunity grants, migrant youth activities, technical assistance, youth achievement recognition initiatives, and formula-based youth programming under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Assistance was split between Project Grants (135 awards, 74 percent) and Formula Grants (48 awards, 26 percent).

Representative awards illustrate typical grant magnitudes and focus areas. Project Grant AZ10110JB0 provided $13.554 million for WIA youth opportunity competitive awards in 2003. Project Grant AZ10128JB0 awarded $9.804 million for competitive youth opportunity grants the same year. Project Grant AC12276JD0 provided $1.618 million for WIA migrant youth activities in 2003. Smaller awards, such as Project Grant AC12271LS0 for youth opportunity grants targeting migrants, obligated $300 thousand in 2003. Individual project grants generally ranged from several hundred thousand to over $13 million.

Do not pursue this program. The funding line has been inactive for over two decades with no indication of resumption.