Job Corps Experimental Projects and Technical Assistance

The goal of the demonstration project is to focus on creating IT-based training opportunities for Job Corps-eligible students that lead to placement in good paying IT careers.

The demonstration project provides advanced information‑technology training to Job Corps‑eligible students to help them enter high‑demand, well‑paid IT careers. The project serves Job Corps students interested in pursuing modern IT skills and industry‑recognized credentials. Through this demonstration, awardees implement and test new approaches to delivering IT instruction directly on Job Corps centers, expanding students' opportunities to gain relevant skills, employer connections, and stronger pathways into the IT workforce. The program is no longer making new awards, but funded projects are still actively reporting expenditures.

• Private or public educational institutions; • National or community-based nonprofit organizations; • Organizations functioning as workforce intermediaries, such as workforce development boards, labor- management organizations, and community-based organizations; • Indian and Native American entities eligible for grants under Section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), including Federally and other than Federally Recognized Tribes, Native American non- profit organizations, and Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native organizations; • State or local youth service conservation corps; • For-profit organizations and; • Any other public or private non-profit organization that is eligible to provide education or employment training under a federal program and can meet the requirements articulated in this Announcement.

The beneficiaries of the Job Corps Scholars Program are: • Young adults between the ages of 16 and 24, • Low income, • A U.S. citizen, a legal U.S. resident, or are a resident of a U.S. territory and/or are authorized to work in the United States, and • Has at least one of the characteristics that are barriers to education and employment: o higher than average deficiencies in basic skills as defined in WIOA section 3, o school dropout rates, o homelessness, o foster care rates, o parenthood, or o need for additional education, career and technical education or training, or workforce preparation skills to be able to obtain and retain employment that leads to self-sufficiency.

The grant funds can be used to provide IT focused training opportunities for Job Corps eligible students that lead to job attachment in high growth and in-demand career pathways.

Under this demonstration project, awardees must provide advanced, IT‑focused training and related services on Job Corps centers to eligible students, while all direct center services continue to be provided by the center operator. Because the demonstration project limits allowable activities to on‑center, IT‑focused training and related services, a range of off‑site, non‑training, and non‑IT expenditures are restricted. These restrictions ensure that all allowable costs align with the project's purpose and remain within the defined scope of the demonstration.

Refer to the FOA.

Refer to FOA