Closed · SGA-DFA-PY-13-11 · CFDA 17.283 · Discretionary

Disability Employment Initiative Grants

Federal grant opportunity posted by Employment and Training Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1.5M-$2.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 8, 2014
Close date
8
Expected awards

The verdict

Disability Employment Initiative Grants is a closed discretionary listing from Employment and Training Administration that offered $1,500,000 -- $2,500,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 412 other opportunities from Employment and Training Administration.

$1.5M-$2.5M
award range
Closed
application status
8
expected awards
17.283
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Disability Employment Initiative Grants is closed (last close July 8, 2014). The parent program page for CFDA 17.283 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Employment and Training Administration still indexes 412 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 8, 2014

Posted May 27 Closes Jul 8

Est. Total Funding

$15,000,000

Expected Awards

8

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), in coordination with the Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), announces the availability of approximately $15 million in grant funds authorized by Section171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) for the Round V Disability Employment Initiative (DEI). We expect to fund approximately eight grants, ranging from $1.5 million to $2.5 million each. Applicants may apply for up to $2.5 million.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · SGA-DFA-PY-13-11

Grants.gov marks Disability Employment Initiative Grants with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Employment, Labor and Training (ELT). This eligibility-code string dominates the Employment and Training Administration book (353 peers, 85% of 413).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 17.283

Work Opportunity Tax Credit

U.S. Department of Labor

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Agency Contact

Cam Nguyen Grants Management Specialist

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What to do next

Disability Employment Initiative Grants is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 17.283 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Work Opportunity Tax Credit indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Employment and Training Administration lists 412 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants