PY2025 Planning Instruction and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) National Grantees
ID: 360696Type: Posted
Overview

Buyer

Employment and Training Administration (DOL-ETA)

Award Range

$0 - $46M

Eligible Applicants

Others

Funding Category

Employment, Labor and Training

Funding Instrument

Grant

Opportunity Category

Discretionary

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement

Yes

Original Source

https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/360696
Timeline
    Description

    The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is offering a federal grant opportunity titled "PY2025 Planning Instruction and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) National Grantees." This grant aims to provide planning guidance and funding allocations for SCSEP General and Set-Aside National Grantees for Program Year 2025, with a total estimated funding of $307,072,086 and an expected number of 22 awards. The funding is crucial for supporting employment and training initiatives for older adults, enhancing their community service engagement and workforce participation. Interested applicants must submit their applications electronically via Grants.gov by October 30, 2025, and can direct inquiries to SCSEP.OGM@dol.gov for further assistance.

    Point(s) of Contact
    SCSEP.OGM@dol.gov
    Files
    Title
    Posted
    ETA-TEGL-16-24-1.pdf
    The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has issued Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 16-24, Change 1, providing updated Program Year (PY) 2025 planning instructions and allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) National Grantees. This advisory, dated September 30, 2025, allocates $307,072,086 to National Grantees, bringing the total SCSEP funding for PY 2025 to $392,941,125. National Grantees must submit required application materials via Grants.gov within 30 days of the TEGL's publication, with an option to initially submit only the SF-424 form. The application requires detailed documents including budget and program narratives, programmatic assurances, and various optional attachments. The document also specifies funding restrictions for administrative costs, participant wages, and non-Federal cost sharing, along with detailed instructions for explaining budget line items and programmatic assurances related to participant recruitment, assessment, employment plans, community service, and administrative systems. Attachments detail funding allocations and authorized positions for both non-minority and minority national sponsors by state.
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