Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA ETA 23 31
The DOL Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program (FOA ETA 23 31) is a U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration discretionary grant designed to strengthen the workforce pipeline needed to deliver on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The program focuses on building and expanding public-private partnerships that can create, improve, and grow training approaches that are either promising or already backed by evidence. The central idea is to make sure job seekers can gain the skills needed for good-paying infrastructure-related jobs, while also ensuring the training systems being built are equitable, worker-informed, and sustainable enough to meet large-scale national demand generated by infrastructure investments.
The grant targets training aligned with H-1B-related industries and occupations that support major infrastructure sectors, specifically renewable energy, transportation, and broadband. Rather than concentrating only on traditional construction roles, the program emphasizes advanced manufacturing, information technology, and professional, scientific, and technical services occupations that enable infrastructure work. In practical terms, that can include training for roles involved in producing and maintaining advanced components, deploying and managing digital systems, and providing technical and scientific support services that infrastructure projects increasingly rely on.
Applicants must apply under one of two tracks, depending on whether they are building something new locally/regionally or expanding something that already works at a larger scale. The Development Track is meant for organizations looking to develop and implement worker-centered sector strategy programs at the local or regional level. It supports the formation or strengthening of partnerships that can launch sector-based training across one or multiple infrastructure-related sectors. A notable emphasis in this track is reaching rural and smaller communities and improving access for historically marginalized, underrepresented, and underserved populations, with the aim of increasing equitable participation and outcomes.
The Scaling Track is meant for applicants that already have a proven training model in at least one infrastructure-related sector and want to scale it statewide or nationally. This track is about replication and expansion of approaches with demonstrated success, using broader partnerships that can support growth across regions and help standardize or spread evidence-based practices. The intent is to move beyond pilots and make high-performing sector strategies available to more workers and employers at a scale that matches nationwide infrastructure workforce needs.
Across both tracks, the program requires projects to be built around three core design principles tied to job quality and equitable access. First, applicants must include concrete strategies to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Second, programs must be structured as true career pathways that lead to middle- to high-skilled employment rather than short-term training disconnected from advancement. Third, projects must use worker-centered sector strategies, meaning training is aligned with real employer demand in targeted sectors while still centering worker needs, job quality, and long-term career growth. The FOA also encourages applicants to engage workers early, during proposal development, so worker voice meaningfully shapes priorities, training design, and the definition of job quality outcomes.
Key administrative details include an award ceiling of $5,000,000, with an anticipated 25 awards. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (as specified), and other entities as allowed under the FOA eligibility guidance. The program is cataloged under CFDA 17.268 (Employment, Labor and Training). For the referenced cycle, the opportunity was posted with a creation date of January 4, 2023, and an original application deadline of April 23, 2023, with applications due electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
For updates or limited questions while the announcement is under development, the contact email listed is INFOA-ETA-23-31@dol.gov, and prospective applicants are encouraged to subscribe on Grants.gov for future notices and changes tied to this funding opportunity.Apply for FOA ETA 23 31
- The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DOL Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.268.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 04, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 23, 2023 Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 1159 pm Eastern Time.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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