Closed · FOA-ETA-21-04 · CFDA 17.274 · Discretionary
YouthBuild
Federal grant opportunity posted by Employment and Training Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $700K-$1.5M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- February 9, 2021
- Close date
- 75
- Expected awards
The verdict
YouthBuild is a closed discretionary listing from Employment and Training Administration that offered $700,000 -- $1,500,000 across 75 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 412 other opportunities from Employment and Training Administration.
- $700K-$1.5M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 75
- expected awards
- 17.274
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
YouthBuild is closed (last close February 9, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 February 9, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$89,000,000
Expected Awards
75
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), announces the availability of approximately $89 million in grant funds authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128) for YouthBuild. Under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), DOL will award grants through a competitive process to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to at-risk youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities. In addition to construction skills training, YouthBuild applicants may include occupational skills training in other in-demand industries. This expansion into additional in-demand industries is the Construction Plus component, a priority in this grant competition. The YouthBuild model balances project-based academic learning and occupational skills training to prepare at-risk youth for career placement. The academic component assists youth who are often significantly behind in basic skill development in obtaining a high school diploma or state high school equivalency credential. The occupational skills training component prepares at-risk youth for apprenticeship and other career pathways and/or further education or training. It also supports the goal of increasing affordable housing within communities by teaching youth construction skills learned by building or significantly renovating homes for sale or rent to low-income families or transitional housing for homeless families or individuals.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FOA-ETA-21-04
Grants.gov marks YouthBuild 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Employment, Labor and Training · Opportunity Zones (ELT;OZ). 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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Agency Contact
Aiyana Pucci Grants Management Specialist Pucci.Aiyana@dol.gov
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