Closed · FOA-ETA-23-07 · CFDA 17.280 · Discretionary

Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) Round 5: A Grant Initiative for the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border Regions

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

$150K-$1.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 13, 2023
Close date
35
Expected awards

The verdict

Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) Round 5: A Grant Initiative for the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border Regions is a closed discretionary listing from Employment and Training Administration that offered $150,000 -- $1,500,000 across 35 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 412 other opportunities from Employment and Training Administration.

$150K-$1.5M
award range
Closed
application status
35
expected awards
17.280
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities is closed (last close June 13, 2023). 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 June 13, 2023

Posted Apr 14 Closes Jun 13

Est. Total Funding

$44,200,000

Expected Awards

35

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $44,200,000 in grant funds authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for the fifth round of Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) Initiative demonstration grants. The WORC Initiative provides grant funds to enable impacted communities to develop local and regional workforce development solutions aligned with existing economic development strategies and community partnerships to promote new, sustainable job opportunities and long-term economic vitality. Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) may be emailed to DOL-ETA-DWG@dol.gov. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FOA-ETA-23-07

Grants.gov marks Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities 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.

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Agency Contact

Sabrina Guerrier DOL-ETA-DWG@dol.gov

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What to do next

Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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