FY 2022 community project grant deadline extension, Change 1

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION                Community Projects
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                           CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                       ORM
             Washington, D.C. 20210                      DATE
                                                         March 1, 2023

ADVISORY:       TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 03-22,
                CHANGE 1

TO:             DEPARTMENT OF LABOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING
                RECIPIENTS

FROM:           BRENT PARTON
                Acting Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:       Deadline Extension to Submit Applications for Fiscal Year 2022 Department of
               Labor Community Projects

1. Purpose. To advise eligible entities for the Department of Labor’s (Department) Fiscal Year
   (FY) 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending projects that the
   deadline for submitting an application has been extended to March 31, 2023.

2. Action Requested. In order to receive FY 2022 Community Project/Congressionally
   Directed Spending funds, eligible applicants (specified in Appendix I of Training and
   Employment Guidance Letter [TEGL] No. 03-22) that have not yet submitted an application
   that includes all the required documents detailed in Appendix IV of TEGL No. 03-22, to
   https://www.grants.gov, must now do so no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time, March 31,
   2023.

3. Summary and Background.

   a. Summary – On July 21, 2022, the Department’s Employment and Training
      Administration (ETA) issued TEGL No. 03-22 to solicit applications from eligible
      entities for FY 2022 Community Project demonstration grants and to provide the
      application procedures. In TEGL No. 03-22, eligible entities were advised that
      applications should be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time, February 28,
      2023. The Department has determined that eligible entities may need additional time to
      submit such applications and is extending the deadline to March 31, 2023.

   b. Background – In March 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 was signed
      into law. The legislation authorized $137,638,000 in congressionally directed funds for
      173 organizations to carry out demonstration and pilot projects under section 169(c) of
      the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), overseen by the Department’s
      ETA. The purpose and award amount of each grant is specified in the Division H –

   RESCISSIONS                                           EXPIRATION DATE
   None                                                  June 30, 2023

       Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
       Appropriations Act, 2022, Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed
       Spending Table. On July 21, 2022, ETA issued TEGL No. 03-22 to solicit applications
       from eligible entities for FY 2022 projects by no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time,
       February 28, 2023. While many eligible entities submitted their Community Project
       demonstration project application by this deadline, some eligible entities have not yet
       submitted a complete application.

4. Amended Guidance. TEGL No. 03-22 outlined the required actions that eligible entities
   must complete in applying for a grant, and provided a deadline of February 28, 2023 for
   submission of applications. However, the Department has determined that eligible entities
   may need additional time to review TEGL No. 03-22 and to develop a complete application.
   Therefore, the Department is extending the deadline for submission of applications to March
   31, 2023. All other guidance and information in TEGL No. 03-22 remains unchanged.

5. Inquiries. For further information, please contact Aiyana Pucci, Community Projects Grant
   Officer at [email protected].

6. References.

   •   Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103, HR
       2471);
   •   WIOA (Public Law 113-128), Section 169(c); and
   •   Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 03-22, Application Instructions and
       Program Guidance for Department of Labor Community Project Recipients.

7. Attachment(s). None.