Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA ETA 22 01
YouthBuild is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), designed to help organizations run a structured pre-apprenticeship model for "opportunity youth." The program is built for young people ages 16 to 24 who left high school before graduating and who often face additional barriers to education and work. These barriers can include involvement with the justice system, aging out of foster care, disabilities, migrant farmworker status, housing instability, and other circumstances that commonly limit access to stable schooling, employment, and career pathways. The overall intent is to reconnect these young people to education and training in a way that leads to real jobs, apprenticeships, and longer-term economic stability.
At its core, YouthBuild funds a community-based alternative education and workforce preparation approach that combines four major elements into one program model: education, occupational skills training, leadership development, and strong post-program placement. The education piece is aimed at participants who are often behind academically and need targeted support to earn a high school diploma or a state-recognized high school equivalency credential. This component typically uses project-based and contextual learning methods, so academic instruction is tied to real-world goals rather than isolated classroom work, which can be more effective for youth who have previously disengaged from traditional school settings.
Alongside academics, YouthBuild emphasizes hands-on occupational skills training that prepares participants for apprenticeship programs, in-demand career pathways, and/or further education or training. A distinctive feature of YouthBuild is its connection to construction and housing-related work: participants can learn construction skills by building or substantially renovating housing. This training approach supports both workforce development and community development goals, since the construction activities are intended to increase the supply of affordable housing, including homes for sale or rent to low-income families and transitional housing options for people experiencing homelessness. In other words, the training is not only meant to lead to individual job outcomes; it is also meant to produce visible, practical community benefits.
Leadership development is another central element of the YouthBuild model. Programs are expected to build participants' leadership skills and engagement, helping young people develop the confidence, responsibility, and teamwork needed to succeed at work and in their communities. YouthBuild also positions itself as a "connection point" to vital wraparound supports, recognizing that many participants need coordinated services beyond training alone. While the opportunity description does not list every supportive service, the framing makes clear that funded organizations should be prepared to link youth to the kinds of education, human services, and community resources that help them persist and complete the program.
DOL places heavy emphasis on partnerships as a defining feature of strong YouthBuild implementation. Applicants are expected to collaborate meaningfully with the public workforce development system as well as education and human services systems, plus labor and industry partners. The expectation is that these partnerships are not aspirational or to be built after funding arrives; DOL indicates applicants should have well-established partnerships in place prior to a grant award. This reflects the program's design: successful pre-apprenticeship and placement outcomes depend on clear pathways into apprenticeships, employers, training providers, and supportive services, all of which typically require formal coordination.
From an administrative and funding standpoint, this opportunity was published under Funding Opportunity Number FOA ETA 22-01 and falls under the Employment, Labor and Training activity category (CFDA 17.274). Awards were structured as grants with an award ceiling of $1,500,000, and the solicitation anticipated approximately 75 awards. The original posting date was November 22, 2021, with an application closing date listed as January 21 (noting that the text includes an apparent year inconsistency, but the stated deadline is January 21 with a 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time submission cutoff). Eligibility is described broadly as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility section of the announcement, suggesting that a range of organizations may apply as long as they meet the program's requirements and can demonstrate the required partnerships and service delivery capacity.
In practical terms, YouthBuild funding is intended for organizations that can deliver an integrated pipeline: re-engage out-of-school youth, help them earn a diploma or equivalency, build job-ready and apprenticeship-aligned skills through hands-on training (often tied to construction and housing), develop leadership, and then place participants into quality jobs, apprenticeships, or continued education. The program is explicitly designed for communities where low-income youth face layered barriers, and it seeks to address those barriers through a comprehensive, partnership-driven model rather than a single-service intervention.Apply for FOA ETA 22 01
- The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "YouthBuild" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.274.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 22, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 21, 2022 The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is January 21, 2021. Applications must be received no later than 40000 p.m. Eastern Time.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 75 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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