WANTO Technical Assistance Grant Program – Grant Application Opportunity

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN21-46

Issued: May 27, 2022

The United States Department of Labor (DOL), Women's Bureau announces the availability of approximately $3.4 million in grant funds for the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance (TA) Grant Program. Funding applications must be a minimum of $350,000 with an award ceiling of $750,000 for a period of performance of two years. Each grant award may allow no more than 25 percent for supportive services to ensure participation in training, focus groups, and other technical assistance activities to increase and retain women enrolled in Registered Apprenticeships or employed in nontraditional occupations (A/NTO). The DOL anticipates funding approximately six projects.  

The WANTO grant program is intended to provide TA to employers and labor unions to encourage women's employment in A/NTO. Applicants may propose to provide technical assistance to support women's participation and success in the full range of industries in which women are historically underrepresented or where women are disproportionately concentrated in the lower-wage occupations. Such industries include but are not limited to advanced manufacturing, construction, energy, health care, information technology, finance, and transportation.

Eligible applicants must be nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education and community-based organizations (CBO). The closing date for receipt of proposals is

June 20, 2022.

For more information about this grant opportunity, visit the grants.gov website and reference FOA-WB-22-15. For a complete description of funds available, the funding entity, eligibility requirements, and links to the grant application, visit the DOL website.

/s/ KIMBERLEE MEYER, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division