15 Open Workforce Development Grants (2026): $525.3M Available
FindGrants indexes open workforce development opportunities for workforce boards, job-training nonprofits, and community colleges — from the U.S. Department of Labor and the Registered Apprenticeship and WIOA programs that flow through state workforce agencies, to job training, apprenticeship, and reentry employment funding from agencies and foundations. Below are open programs you can actually apply to, with amounts, deadlines, and a guided application builder for each.
Registered Apprenticeship (DOL)
WIOA Title I Programs
U.S. Department of Labor (ETA)
State Workforce Agencies
15 open workforce development grants you can apply to · $525.3M in total available funding
15 grants on this page, worth up to $525.3M combined.
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Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant
openEnvironmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) section 1459E to accelerate career pipelines in the water utilities sector and provide access to water utility workforce opportunities. This action advances the…
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition
openAmeriCorps
AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors…
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Strengthening Pennsylvania’s Registered Apprenticeship Ecosystem Through the Navigator Pro
openLabor & Industry (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) announces the availability of approximately $450,000 in funding for Strengthening Pennsylvania’s Registered Apprenticeship Ecosystem Through the Navigator Program (“Strengthening Pennsylvania’s Registered Apprenticeship Ecosystem”) to include…
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Fiscal Year 2027 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines
openEmployment and Training Administration
This UIPL is to provide states with information about preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Administration base resource planning targets, with general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base…
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BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program
openBureau of Justice Assistance
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program. This opportunity will support community-based organizations and tribal governments to provide mentoring and transitional services for people returning to communities from adult…
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OJJDP FY 2026 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
openOffice of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program. This opportunity will support states, units of local government, federally recognized Native American Tribal governments, and community-based organizations to provide (1) comprehensive…
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Veterans Employment Program - Delaware County
openLabor & Industry (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
The PA Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) has created this grant opportunity to support Delaware County veterans and eligible military spouses by offering services that address barriers to employment. The availability of approximately $350,000 will be competitively awarded to one entity to…
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Veterans Employment Program
openLabor & Industry (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
The PA Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) has created this grant opportunity to support veterans and eligible military spouses by offering services that address barriers to employment. The availability of approximately $200,000 will be competitively awarded to one entity to support a…
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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development
openNational Institute of Food and Agriculture
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce Development (EWD) focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications…
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Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
openU.S. National Science Foundation
This program seeks to prepare, nurture, and grow the national scientific research workforce for creating, utilizing, and supporting advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) to enable and potentially transform fundamental science and engineering (S&E) research and education and contribute to the Nation's…
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Training and Employment Guidance Letter (02-26) for FY 2026 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
openEmployment and Training Administration
Questions regarding this Training and Employment Guidance Letter may be emailed to Community.Projects.ETA@dol.gov. We encourage FY2026 sponsored recipient organizations to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular TEGL.
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Updated National Dislocated Worker Grant Program Guidance and Application Information
openEmployment and Training Administration
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact Jenifer McEnery (DOL-ETA-DWG@dol.gov).
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Workforce Development Capital Grant Program
openEmpire State Development
The Workforce Development Capital Grant Program supports the capital needs of workforce training providers that seek to enhance or expand their offerings. The Program is open to training programs offering industry-recognized credentials and certificates in high-demand-fields by helping trainers…
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Texas Enterprise Fund
openOffice of the Texas Governor — Economic Development
The state's deal-closing fund. Provides grants to businesses creating jobs and making capital investments in Texas. One of the nation's largest incentive programs.
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Maine DECD Business Development Grants
openMaine Department of Economic and Community Development
Administers Pine Tree Development Zone tax credits, Maine Technology Institute grants, and community development block grants.
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Workforce development grant FAQ
What is a workforce development grant?
A workforce development grant is funding awarded to support job training, skills development, and employment programs — occupational and vocational training, apprenticeship, reemployment services, and reentry employment. The largest sources are the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (which funds Registered Apprenticeship and WIOA programs), state workforce agencies that re-grant federal dollars, and private and community foundations.
Who can apply for workforce funding?
Most workforce grants are open to local workforce development boards, community colleges and training providers, employers and industry intermediaries, and 501(c)(3) workforce and reentry nonprofits. Many federal programs flow as formula funds (such as WIOA Title I) to state workforce agencies, which then sub-grant them to local boards; others are competitive and open directly to providers, employers, or nonprofits. Eligibility and application windows are set by each program.
What can workforce grants pay for?
Eligible uses include occupational and skills training, instructor and case-manager staffing, curriculum and equipment, apprenticeship expansion and earn-and-learn costs, supportive services for participants, employer engagement, and reentry and transitional-jobs programming. Federal WIOA Title I funds adult, dislocated-worker, and youth services, while Registered Apprenticeship grants support program build-out. Each program sets its own allowable costs.
When are workforce grant applications due?
Formula programs like WIOA run on the state workforce agency's annual cycle, while competitive U.S. Department of Labor and foundation grants have their own windows. Browse the open opportunities below for current deadlines, or run your organization's profile through FindGrants to see the workforce grants you qualify for right now.
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Learn how Registered Apprenticeship and WIOA funds flow from the U.S. Department of Labor through your state workforce agency, who qualifies, what each program pays for, and how to put together a competitive application.
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