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FY25 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance Grant Program
Agency: Womens Bureau
Assistance Listings: 17.701 -- Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (���WANTO���) Technical Assistance Grant Program
Last Updated: December 12, 2024
Funding opportunity
Summary
This program aims to provide technical assistance (TA) to employers (which may include public sector entities) and labor unions in the United States and its territories to encourage employment of women in both apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations (A/NTO), specifically in the following ways:Developing (establishing, expanding, and/or enhancing) pre-apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, Registered Apprenticeship (as defined in Appendix B "Acronyms and Definitions"), or other nontraditional skills training programs designed to prepare women for careers in A/NTO;Providing ongoing...
orientations or other resources for employers, unions, and workers on creating a successful environment for women in A/NTO; and/orSetting up support groups, facilitating networks, and/or providing supportive services (as defined in section IV.E.3) for women in A/NTO to improve their retention.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. Applicants with experience working with or as an equity intermediary are encouraged to apply, as well as applicants with a proposed focus on expanding outreach/recruitment to historically underrepresented communities, including but not limited to women of color, women with disabilities, women at or below the federal poverty line, and women who live in rural geographic areas.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Additional information
To be eligible for funds under this grant program, an applicant must be a community-based organization (CBO), as defined in Appendix B of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA):As defined in the WANTO Act legislation, a private non-profit organization (which may include a faith-based organization) that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community, that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of workforce development, and that has demonstrated experience administering programs that train women for apprenticeable occupations or other nontraditional occupations.
