Funding Alert – $3.5 Million for Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Grants – Apply by June 4

The U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau announced $3.5 million in grant funding to encourage women’s employment in Registered Apprenticeship programs and nontraditional occupations such as those in the manufacturing, cybersecurity, and health-care industries.

The WANTO grant program will award up to 10 grants to community-based organizations to recruit, mentor, train, and retain more women in quality Registered Apprenticeship programs and nontraditional occupations.

For further information about this funding opportunity, please contact Marc Purvis, grants management specialist, Office of Grants Management, at (202) 693-3204. Applicants should e-mail all technical questions to Purvis.Marc@dol.gov -  please reference FOA-WB-21-01 and along with question(s), include a contact name, fax, and phone number.

Apply by June 4, 2021.

• Read the press release
• Apply for the grant
• Read about the 2020 grantees