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ClosedOpportunity FOA-ETA-25-35

Next Level Now Technical Assistance Collaborative

Employment and Training Administration · Department of Labor

At a glance

Next Level Now Technical Assistance Collaborative is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Employment and Training Administration (Department of Labor). The application deadline was February 25, 2025. Individual awards are listed as up to $1.5M, with about 1 award expected and $1.5M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 17.207 (Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities) and 1 other listing.

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Key facts

Posted
Dec 6, 2024
Close date
Feb 25, 2025
Award floor
Not specified
Award ceiling
$1,500,000
Est. total funding
$1,500,000
Expected awards
1
Cost sharing
Not required
Funding instrument
Grant
Opportunity category
Discretionary

Who can apply

  • Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Eligible applicants must be organizations that possess the internal capacity, external relationships, and expertise in workforce development that will enable them to deliver TA services on a national, system-wide scale to the public workforce system. The following entities are eligible to apply:• Non-profit organizations;• Educational institutions, including research institutions that provide technical assistance;• Labor organizations or trade unions; • State governments; or • For-profit technical assistance providers, private institutes, or independent policy research organizations.Among eligible applicants listed above, the applicant agency or organization must also have the expertise (particularly within the publicly funded workforce system), resources, and capacity (number of personnel, subject matter experts) to deliver comprehensive TA at a nationwide scale. DOL anticipates that most eligible entities will not singularly possess the expertise or capacity to operate the project unassisted and will need to engage partners. As such, the lead applicant’s implementation plan must include a description of the associated partners, if engaged, to supplement program activities to fully address and execute all of the required grant funded activities and deliverables.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

*NOTE: The U.S. Department of Labor is reviewing all Funding Opportunity Announcements for consistency with the Executive Orders titled, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” issued on January 20, 2025, and “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” issued on January 21, 2025. The Department will take necessary action with the Funding Opportunity Announcement and issue additional guidance including adjusting the close date if appropriate. 

This funding will support a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and the selected awardee(s), who will operate a Technical Assistance Collaborative to provide strategic, short- and long-term technical assistance (TA) to help public workforce system entities at the state and local levels improve service quality and outcomes for job seekers and employers who use the public workforce system. For the purposes of this announcement, the public workforce system is considered as primarily Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service grantees and required partners of the one stop delivery system. TA may be provided to a broader range of workforce system partners to improve WIOA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act service delivery.

Assistance Listings

What is an ALN?

Reported obligations under ALN 17.207

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$727M
FY25$724M
FY26$717M est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 17.207. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Employment and Training Administration
dfandp_awards@dol.gov
202-693-2606

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Next Level Now Technical Assistance Collaborative”?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Next Level Now Technical Assistance Collaborative”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $1.5m, total estimated program funding is $1,500,000 and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.

How do I apply for “Next Level Now Technical Assistance Collaborative”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity FOA-ETA-25-35), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.