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Grants

EDA Good Jobs Challenge

Status

Closed for now

Funded through American Rescue Plan and subsequent appropriations; a further round requires new appropriations.

Closed

Amount

Not published

Awards of roughly $1m-$25m to regional workforce training system partnerships. FY2024 was the most recent competition.

Funder

U.S. Economic Development Administration

public · national

Deadline: annual_call — The FY2024 Good Jobs Challenge NOFO closed 27 September 2024.

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Stage: growth
Locally registered entity required

Applicants are workforce and sector partnerships, not individual businesses. Employers participate as partners.

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.eda.gov/funding/funding-opportunities/all-opportunities — checked 2026-08-14

"Fiscal Year 2024 Good Jobs Challenge NOFO (Deadline: September 27, 2024)"