Closed · FOA-WB-22-14 · CFDA 17.700 · Discretionary
Fostering Access, Rights, and Education (FARE) Grant Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Womens Bureau, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $250K-$350K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 1, 2022
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
Fostering Access, Rights, and Education (FARE) Grant Program is a closed discretionary listing from Womens Bureau that offered $250,000 -- $350,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 3 other opportunities from Womens Bureau.
- $250K-$350K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 17.700
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Fostering Access is closed (last close July 1, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Womens Bureau still indexes 3 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 1, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$2,000,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, announces the Fostering Access, Rights, and Education (FARE) grant program. This funding opportunity will allow award recipients to undertake projects to assist marginalized and underserved women workers in understanding and accessing their employment rights, public services, and benefits. The grants will build on the successes of recent promising initiatives to enlist trusted messengers and community groups to reach working women, including but not limited to women of color, women with disabilities, justice-impacted women, individuals who identify as LGBTQ, marginalized workers in female-dominated sectors hard-hit by the pandemic, ethnic minorities, immigrants, workers with limited English proficiency, older adults, and workers experiencing intimate partner violence, substance abuse issues, homelessness, or chronic poverty.
Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Fostering Access (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). Inside Womens Bureau's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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.
Agency Contact
Sharon Porter Porter.Sharon.D@dol.gov
What to do next
Fostering Access is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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