Summary – In accordance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA),
the new four-year NFJP grant cycle went into effect on July 1, 2020. The Employment
and Training Administration (ETA) is issuing this TEGL to notify NFJP grantees of PY
2023 grant allotments and to provide instructions for submitting required documents.
Grantees must submit required documents, including program plans and budget
documents. NFJP grantees approved to serve youth in PY 2022 and who met their youth
enrollment goals may also apply for additional youth funding via this TEGL. Please see
the summary provided in section 3(c).
ETA is using a streamlined application process for these funds and limiting the competition to
existing NFJP grantees who were both approved to serve youth in PY 2022 and met 100 percent
of their youth enrollment goals. To confirm if a grantee met their youth enrollment targets, ETA
will use the rolling four quarters performance report for the cohort period 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2022.
These additional funds will enable successful applicants to enhance the delivery of youth
workforce investment activities described in the NFJP regulations at 20 CFR 685.310 to eligible
MSFW youth, which include the activities described for the WIOA Youth program in WIOA
section 129 and 20 CFR 681.460. This funding provides additional resources so that selected
NFJP grantees can increase access to education and provide career services and training that
result in good quality jobs for MSFW youth, which advances the Department’s youth strategy
called Youth Employment Works. Additional information about the Department’s Good Jobs
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Principles are available at https://www.dol.gov/general/good-jobs/principles, and information
about Youth Employment Works is available at https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/youthemployment-works-call-to-action. The Youth Employment Works strategy focuses on efforts
that offer a “no wrong door” approach to youth, investing in high-quality career pathways for
youth, and offering paid work experience wherever feasible.