OpportunityTitle: Workforce Innovation Fund Limited Competition Opportunity
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: In order to be eligible to apply, applicants must act as (a) the state workforce agency responsible for administering title I of the WIA/WIOA i.e., Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker Programs; or (b) a current grantee under the WIA/WIOA Section 166 Indian and Native American Program.
Description: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will use approximately $34 million in Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF) grants to promote system reforms and innovations that facilitate cooperation across programs to improve employment outcomes, cost effectiveness, and delivery of customer-centered services to job seekers, youth and employers. Awarded grants will focus on Job-Driven system alignment and implementation of a fully integrated workforce development system. It is designed to complement other federal efforts such as the implementation of the President&#8217;s Job-Driven Training Agenda, Job-Driven National Emergency Grants (NEG), and previous rounds of WIF grants. Additional information on the President&#8217;s Job-Driven Training Agenda is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/skills_report_072014_2.pdf. Additional information on the WIF can be found at http://www.doleta.gov/workforce_innovation.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: boyd.serena@dol.gov
GrantorContactText: Serena Boyd &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-693-3338
CloseDateExplanation: Applications must be received no later than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.