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Category: USDOL

  • Workforce Pathways for Youth

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    Dislocated Worker National Reserve Grants will fund 14 awards of up to $3.3 million each.  USDOL has announced Workforce Pathways for Youth rounds 4 and 5, funding national out-of-school time organizations to offer work-based learning, job training and career pathways for underserved youth, with activities occurring after school and during the summer. Applications are due…

  • National Apprenticeship Week

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    10th anniversary celebrations of National Apprenticeship Week kick off November 17th. With a theme of ’10 Years of Engagement, Expansion, and Innovation’ this year’s National Apprenticeship Week is set to be the largest and best celebration yet of the life-changing impacts of Registered Apprenticeship across the United States.  It’s not just apprentices who have benefitted…

  • DOL Community Project Funding

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    $107 million in Congressionally-directed spending grants available from DOL’s Employment and Training Administration. The United State Department of Labor is set to award funding for 128 demonstration and pilot projects to applicants specified in Appendix I of Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 02-24. Only named organizations are eligible to apply. Organizations ranging from union-affiliated…

  • YouthBuild Closes September 16th

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    DOL’s Employment and Training Administration expects to make 75 awards with total program funding set at $99 million. Another round of YouthBuild focused on opportunity youth ages 16 to 24 is due next month, with a competitive process identifying up to 75 grantees that will provide pre-apprenticeship services to support education, occupational skills training and…

  • DOL ILAB Cambodia Funding

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    $3 million available under FOA-ILAB-24-30 with applications due September 25th and awards expected by the end of the year.  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs recently announced a funding opportunity for international organizations. The full title of this announcement is Increasing Responsiveness of Cambodian Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and their…

  • Strengthening Community Colleges Round 5

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    $65 million available for training grants to improve access to affordable community college training. The United States Department of Labor has announced funding for high-quality workforce training to meet demand in industry and build the skill needs of workers in critical sectors like advanced manufacturing, clean energy, semiconductors and biotech. Applications for this round are…

  • Northwest Misses On Apprenticeship Funding

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    Once again competitive federal grant funds don’t make their way to WA, OR, ID, MT.  Last week the Biden-Harris administration awarded nearly a quarter-billion dollars to modernize, diversify and expand registered apprenticeship and no organizations from Washington, Oregon or Idaho won funding. This continues a pattern of the Pacific Northwest missing out on federal grant…

  • USDOL Training and Employment Notice 23-23

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    Wednesday’s Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs webinar reviewed recent guidance. After a welcome from John Ladd, Apprenticeship Administrator at ETA, presenters reviewed the new Training and Employment Notice issued on March 5th, TEN No. 23-23, on what makes quality pre-apprenticeship programs. With registered apprenticeship codified and structured into state and federal regulations, pre-apprenticeship can sometimes lack the…

  • New DOL International Labor Notices

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    Notices of intent in South America and the Indo-Pacific seek to improve worker rights. This week USDOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs announced two new notices of intent to fund improved worker rights around the world.  Strengthening Decent Work in the Fishing Sector in South America will provide one award at $5 million. Improving Worker…

  • DOL Critical Sectors Grants 

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    Two rounds due in July will award $12 million to “support transformative efforts to improve job quality and availability of good jobs.” Last week the United States Department of Labor announced up to 10 awards with a ceiling of $3 million each to benefit communities that have historically faced barriers to employment in good jobs.…

  • Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities

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    USDOL Announces Round 6 for the Appalachian, Delta and Northern Border Regions due June 20th. The US Department of Labor has announced another round of funding that will provide resources to create economic mobility and address inequities for historically marginalized communities of color. With a focus on rural areas and underserved and underrepresented communities, a…

  • Youth Apprenticeship Week Begins May 5th

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    Announced by DOL, the first Youth Apprenticeship Week will celebrate the benefits of Registered Apprenticeship for youth. Following on from successful recent National Apprenticeship Week celebrations, Youth Apprenticeship Week will help build momentum and raise awareness about the career-building opportunities apprenticeship offers young people.  Each day of Youth Apprenticeship Week has its own theme:  Read…

  • USDOL Defines Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs

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    Training and Employment Notice 23-23 aligns pre-apprenticeships with EEO language and WIOA Final Rule. With USDOL focused on apprenticeship rulemaking, this recent TEN outlines how pre-apprenticeships can increase access to apprenticeships, especially “those historically underserved…” providing, “examples of quality pre-apprenticeship programs in diverse settings.” USDOL’s Employment and Training Agency recognizes that while they don’t oversee…

  • Apprenticeship NPRM Comments Due Monday

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    USDOL’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking intends to enhance apprenticeship system with help from the public. At 779 pages, the recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from USDOL seeks to update the nation’s Registered Apprenticeship system to expand the system with quality, center equity and clarify the roles of partners in the system. You can submit your…

  • USDOL Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship

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    Announcement of 30 leaders includes employers, unions, community colleges and friends of Aspect Works Last week the United States Department of Labor announced the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship, advising the Secretary of Labor on the challenges and opportunities of the national apprenticeship systems.  Among the 30 representatives, we were pleased to see Shana Peschek, Executive…

  • State Apprenticeship Expansion Competitive Funding

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    In addition to formula funds, resources are available for innovation, equity, expansion and modernization of Registered Apprenticeship.  With $100 million total in funding available, $50 million of that dedicated the competitive awards, the US Department of Labor last month announced a new round of State Apprenticeship Expansion funding due one month from today on April…