Closed · FOA-ILAB-20-06 · CFDA 17.401 · Discretionary

Engaging Cocoa Cooperatives to Combat Child Labor

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of International Labor Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $4M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 27, 2020
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Engaging Cocoa Cooperatives to Combat Child Labor is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of International Labor Affairs that offered Up to $4,000,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 169 other opportunities from Bureau of International Labor Affairs.

up to $4M
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
17.401
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Engaging Cocoa Cooperatives to Combat Child L… is closed (last close August 27, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of International Labor Affairs still indexes 169 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 August 27, 2020

Posted Jul 13 Closes Aug 27

Est. Total Funding

$8,000,000

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $8,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of federal funds) for two cooperative agreements of $4,000,000 each to fund one technical assistance project in Côte d’Ivoire and one in Ghana to increase the number of cocoa cooperatives demonstrating a reduction of child labor in the cocoa supply chain. The projects will aim to achieve the following outcomes:Outcome 1: Improved accountability of cocoa cooperatives to monitor child labor in the cocoa supply chain.Outcome 1.1: Strengthened capacity of enforcement agencies to enforce child labor laws within cooperatives.Outcome 1.2: Strengthened capacity of cocoa cooperatives to monitor child labor.Outcome 2: Increased support to vulnerable cocoa households within cocoa cooperatives.Outcome 2.1: Strengthened capacity of cocoa cooperatives to provide sustainable assistance and support to prevent child labor.Outcome 2.2: Increased access to social protection and child labor remediation programs.The duration of the project will be a maximum of 4.5 years (54 months) from the effective date of the award.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FOA-ILAB-20-06

Grants.gov marks Engaging Cocoa Cooperatives to Combat Child L… 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of International Labor Affairs book (169 peers, 99% of 170).

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.

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Agency Contact

Tam Nguyen Grants Management Specialist Nguyen.Tam-Thao.H@dol.gov

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