Closed · FOA-ETA-19-02 · CFDA 17.261 · Discretionary
Workforce Data Quality Initiative – WDQI Round VII
Federal grant opportunity posted by Employment and Training Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $2.2M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 24, 2019
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
Workforce Data Quality Initiative – WDQI Round VII is a closed discretionary listing from Employment and Training Administration that offered Up to $2,181,333 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.
- up to $2.2M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 17.261
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Workforce Data Quality Initiative – WDQI Roun… is closed (last close April 24, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 17.261 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 April 24, 2019
Est. Total Funding
$11,500,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, the Department, or we) announces the availability of approximately $11,500,000 in grant funds to eligible State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) to support the development or expansion of State workforce longitudinal administrative databases. ETA plans to award approximately five grant awards up to $1,000,000 and three grant awards up to $2,181,333. These grants will have a 36 month Period-of–Performance. Eligible State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are those located in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FOA-ETA-19-02
Grants.gov marks Workforce Data Quality Initiative – WDQI Roun… 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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Disability Employment Initiative
U.S. Department of Labor
Agency Contact
Michael Lessmeier Grants Management Specialist lessmeier.michael.j@dol.gov
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What to do next
Workforce Data Quality Initiative – WDQI Roun… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 17.261 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Disability Employment Initiative 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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