Under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), DOL will award grants through a competitive process to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, who are performing meaningful

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work and service to their communities.

The YouthBuild program model prepares participants for quality jobs in a variety of careers, in diverse industry sectors, particularly in infrastructure sectors, and includes wrap-around services such as mentoring, trauma-informed care, personal counseling, transportation supports, and employment preparation - all key strategies for addressing violence in communities.

YouthBuild applicants must include construction skills training and may include occupational skills training in other in-demand industries.

This expansion into additional in-demand industries is the Construction Plus component.

Eligible applicants for these grants are public or private non-profit agencies or organizations, including consortia of such agencies or organizations.

These organizations include rural, urban, or Native American/Tribal entities that have previously served opportunity youth in a YouthBuild or other similar program.

DOL will fund approximately 75 projects across the country.

Individual grants will range from $700,000 to $ 1. 5 million and require a 25 percent match from applicants, using sources other than federal funding.

This FOA features a matching waiver for Tribal entities and U. S. insular areas which allows these entities to not include a match commitment in their applications.

The grant period of performance for this FOA is 40 months, including a four-month planning period and a twelve-month follow-up period.