Department of Labor Chief Evaluation Office

The Department of Labor Chief Evaluation Office (CFDA 17.791) has not issued grant awards since January 2017, making this program inactive for pursuit purposes. The most recent recorded activity consists of nine Project Grants awarded on January 18, 2017, totaling $1.8 million in federal dollars obligated, with individual award sizes ranging from approximately $83 thousand to $250 thousand. All nine awards were distributed by the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service and funded rigorous evaluation and research studies examining DOL program impact and effectiveness.

The program operates exclusively through Project Grants, with no recent diversification into other assistance types. The Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service was the sole funding source across the entire portfolio.

The nine 2017 awards represent the entire visible grant history in the source material. Award completion dates clustered in 2019, suggesting a discrete funding cycle rather than ongoing solicitation. No grant opportunities have been posted for this program recently. A related but distinct Cooperative Agreement opportunity—the Elizabeth Brandeis Unemployment Insurance Labor Research Center (FOA-CEO-22-01), posted January 10, 2022—operates under DOL's Chief Evaluation Office with separate funding ($5 million anticipated for one award) and targets higher education institutions and consortia to establish research capacity around unemployment insurance policy and administration. However, this represents a different program vehicle rather than an active CFDA 17.791 solicitation.

Given the nine-year hiatus since the last CFDA 17.791 award and the absence of posted opportunities, this listing appears dormant. Organizations interested in DOL evaluation and research funding should focus on current opportunities such as the Brandeis Center initiative or monitor DOL's Chief Evaluation Office for future solicitations under this CFDA.