Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA ETA 24 11
The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) National Grants Competition for Program Year (PY) 2024 is a discretionary grant opportunity released by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), under Funding Opportunity Number FOA ETA 24 11. It falls under CFDA 17.235 and supports employment, labor, and training activities. The announcement is aimed at selecting national SCSEP grantees that can operate across multiple states, consistent with the Older Americans Act (OAA) as amended and the SCSEP regulations at 20 CFR part 641.
A central feature of this competition is that applicants must demonstrate the ability to administer a multi-state SCSEP program, as referenced in 20 CFR 641.400(a) and the FOA section II.A.4. In other words, this funding is not designed for single-state operators. Even though the Department notes it may ultimately award funding that covers only one state to a given applicant, the FOA explicitly states that this does not allow an applicant to apply to serve only one state. The intent is to ensure applicants have the organizational scale, systems, and operational readiness to manage a program that spans multiple states, even if the final award configuration is more limited.
Eligibility is limited to three broad categories of entities: non-profit organizations, Federal public agencies, and Tribal organizations. For non-profits, the FOA points to the OAA definition: an organization where no part of net earnings benefits private shareholders or individuals (42 U.S.C. 3002(39)). For Federal public agencies, the FOA highlights an additional threshold requirement: the agency must be able to show it has statutory authority to receive federal grant funds, commonly referred to as "gift authority" (with further detail referenced in Section IV.B.4.a.4 of the FOA). For Tribal eligibility, the FOA uses the OAA definitions for "Tribal organization" and "Indian tribe" (42 U.S.C. 3002(56) and 42 U.S.C. 3002(27), also reflected in 20 CFR 641.140), covering recognized governing bodies of Indian tribes or legally established Indian organizations that are controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing bodies, including Alaska Native entities as described in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
While the detailed program design requirements are not included in the text you provided, SCSEP national grants generally focus on providing community service employment and training opportunities for older individuals, and this competition is specifically for national-level grantees operating in more than one state. The Department also signals a key award management constraint: it reserves the right to make only one award per state and to fund an applicant to serve only one state. This indicates ETA is managing geographic coverage carefully to avoid overlapping national grantees within the same state, and to align grantee service areas with national allotments and program administration rules.
The opportunity lists a very large maximum award ceiling of $50,000,000 and anticipates approximately 30 awards, suggesting a competitive national portfolio of sizable grants. The original closing date for submissions was May 6, 2024, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of March 7, 2024. A broad list of applicant types also appears in the source data (including various units of government, housing authorities, and higher education institutions), but the narrative eligibility language in the FOA emphasizes that, for SCSEP National Grant funding under this announcement, the eligible applicants are non-profit organizations, Federal public agencies, and Tribal organizations that can demonstrate multi-state capacity.
For applicant questions or clarification requests related to the FOA, ETA directs inquiries to SCSEP.OGM@dol.gov.Apply for FOA ETA 24 11
- The Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) National Grants Competition for Program Year (PY) 2024" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.235.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-07.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-06. (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 $50,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 30 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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.
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