Closed · FOA-ILAB-23-30 · CFDA 17.401 · Discretionary

Strengthening Social Compliance Project

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

$2M-$2M
Award range
Closed
Status
October 6, 2023
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Strengthening Social Compliance Project is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of International Labor Affairs that offered $2,000,000 -- $2,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 16 other opportunities from Bureau of International Labor Affairs.

$2M-$2M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
17.401
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Strengthening Social Compliance Project is closed (last close October 6, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of International Labor Affairs still indexes 16 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 October 6, 2023

Posted Aug 3 Closes Oct 6

Est. Total Funding

$2,000,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $2,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a global, technical assistance project, piloted in the Indonesian palm oil sector, to reduce and remediate forced labor in supply chains where forced labor is prevalent. The multi-phase project will develop and pilot actionable resources to help create or refine global worker-driven social compliance systems putting workers and their organizations at the center of effective solutions to ensure the real, independently verifiable protection of labor rights in global supply chains. The duration of Phase I of the project will be a maximum of 36 months from the effective date of the award. Following the conclusion of Phase I, USDOL will consider awarding a second phase of the project of approximately $4,000,000 total costs, reflecting a total potential project budget of approximately $6,000,000 over approximately eight years. The project will aim to achieve the following Outputs:Output 1: Actionable resources developed to enable the establishment of global worker-driven social compliance systems that prevent, reduce, and remediate forced laborOutput 2: Private sector stakeholders adopt worker-driven social compliance systems by leveraging actionable resources developed in Output 1 in selected sectors/countries

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FOA-ILAB-23-30

Grants.gov marks Strengthening Social Compliance Project 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 (15 peers, 88% of 17).

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

Sue Levenstein levenstein.susan.l@dol.gov

What to do next

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