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Announcement of Stand Down Grants

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Issuing agency
Veterans Employment and Training Service
Method
Grant
Category
Grant · Discretionary · CFDA 17.805
PIN
VPL-01-23
Location
Nationwide
Posted
Jan 10, 2023
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Description

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) supports local Stand Down events that assist veterans experiencing homelessness by providing a wide range of employment, social, and health services.

Stand Down is a military term referring to an opportunity to achieve a brief respite from combat. Troops assemble in a base camp to receive new clothing, hot food, support services, and a relative degree of safety before returning to combat action. A DOL VETS-funded Stand Down event serves a similar purpose; however, it is intended for veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. The critical services provided at these events are often the catalyst that enables those individuals to reenter the workforce.

VETS awards these noncompetitive grants on a first-come, first-served basis to support one-day or multi-day events at up to $7,000 or $10,000, respectively. They are collaborative events coordinated between VA, DOL, other federal, state, and local government agencies and community-based organizations providing services and supplies to veterans experiencing and at risk of homelessness. In the event of a federal disaster declaration, VETS will accept applications up to $50,000 to conduct Stand Down events in the impacted areas.

VETS awards Stand Down grants subject to the availability of federal funding. All costs incurred by the award recipient prior to the period of performance start date identified in the Notice of Award issued by the Department are incurred at the recipient’s own expense.

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Full source recordfrom Grants.gov
Detail
Id
345327
Ost
POSTED
Cfdas
Id
407134
Cfda Number
17.805
Program Title
Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program
Opportunity Id
345327
Listed
L
Doc Type
synopsis
Flag2006
N
Revision
3
Synopsis
Version
4
Send Email
Y
Agency Code
DOL-ETA-VETS
Award Floor
0
Archive Date
Oct 30, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Cost Sharing
No
Created Date
Jan 10, 2023 04:56:00 PM EST
Mod Comments
The closing date for this announcement has been updated to September 30, 2026.
Posting Date
Jan 10, 2023 12:00:00 AM EST
Award Ceiling
10000
Response Date
Sep 30, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Synopsis Desc
<p>The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) supports local Stand Down events that assist veterans experiencing homelessness by providing a wide range of employment, social, and health services.</p><p><br></p><p>Stand Down is a military term referring to an opportunity to achieve a brief respite from combat. Troops assemble in a base camp to receive new clothing, hot food, support services, and a relative degree of safety before returning to combat action. A DOL VETS-funded Stand Down event serves a similar purpose; however, it is intended for veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. The critical services provided at these events are often the catalyst that enables those individuals to reenter the workforce.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>VETS awards these noncompetitive grants on a first-come, first-served basis to support one-day or multi-day events at up to $7,000 or $10,000, respectively. They are collaborative events coordinated between VA, DOL, other federal, state, and local government agencies and community-based organizations providing services and supplies to veterans experiencing and at risk of homelessness. In the event of a federal disaster declaration, VETS will accept applications up to $50,000 to conduct Stand Down events in the impacted areas.</p><p><br></p><p>VETS awards Stand Down grants subject to the availability of federal funding. All costs incurred by the award recipient prior to the period of performance start date identified in the Notice of Award issued by the Department are incurred at the recipient’s own expense.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>
Agency Details
Code
VETS
Seed
DOL-ETA-VETS
Agency Code
DOL-ETA-VETS
Agency Name
Veterans Employment and Training Service
Top Agency Code
DOL
Opportunity Id
345327
Applicant Types
Id
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Description
"Others (see text field entitled \"Additional Information on Eligibility\" for clarification)"
Archive Date Str
2026-10-30-00-00-00
Posting Date Str
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Create Time Stamp
Nov 24, 2025 03:43:51 PM EST
Last Updated Date
Nov 24, 2025 03:43:51 PM EST
Response Date Str
2026-09-30-00-00-00
Top Agency Details
Code
DOL
Seed
DOL
Agency Code
DOL
Agency Name
Department of Labor
Top Agency Code
DOL
Agency Address Desc
N/A
Agency Contact Desc
Questions regarding a SD grant application should be sent to the DVET in the state in which the event will take place. Contact information for the DVET is available at: https://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/regionaloffices/map.htm.
Agency Contact Email
N/A
Create Time Stamp Str
2025-11-24-15-43-51
Funding Instruments
Id
"G"
Description
"Grant"
Award Floor Formatted
0
Funding Desc Link Desc
DVET State Contact Information
Award Ceiling Formatted
10,000
Agency Contact Email Desc
N/A
Applicant Eligibility Desc
See VPL 01-23 Section IV for the list of eligible applicants. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to apply, as are all organizations. Those that meet the eligibility requirements may receive awards under this announcement. DOL will not, in the selection of recipients and administration of the grant, discriminate on the basis of an organization&rsquo;s religious character, affiliation, exercise, or lack thereof, or on the basis of conduct that would not be considered grounds to favor or disfavor a similarly situated secular organization. State, Territory, and Possession, county, city, local, special district, and Native American tribal governments and agencies, non-profit and for-profit entities, state and local workforce boards, institutions of higher education, public and tribal housing authorities are eligible to apply. Note: Organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(4) entities are ineligible to apply for this funding opportunity.
Funding Activity Categories
Id
"ELT"
Description
"Employment, Labor and Training"
Draft Mode
N
Publisher Uid
mason.kia
Agency Details
Code
VETS
Seed
DOL-ETA-VETS
Agency Code
DOL-ETA-VETS
Agency Name
Veterans Employment and Training Service
Top Agency Code
DOL
Original Due Date
Sep 30, 2025 12:00:00 AM EDT
Assist Compatible
No
Opportunity Title
Announcement of Stand Down Grants
Owning Agency Code
DOL-ETA-VETS
Top Agency Details
Code
DOL
Seed
DOL
Agency Code
DOL
Agency Name
Department of Labor
Top Agency Code
DOL
Forecast Hist Count
0
Opportunity Number
VPL-01-23
Syn Post Date In Past
Yes
Synopsis Hist Count
3
Opportunity Category
Category
D
Description
Discretionary
Synopsis Modified Fields
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Opportunity History Details
Cfdas
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Revision
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Send Email
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Action Type
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Agency Code
"DOL-ETA-VETS"
Award Floor
"0"
Archive Date
"Oct 30, 2025 12:00:00 AM EDT"
Cost Sharing
false
Created Date
"Jan 10, 2023 04:56:00 PM EST"
Posting Date
"Jan 10, 2023 12:00:00 AM EST"
Award Ceiling
"10000"
Response Date
"Sep 30, 2025 12:00:00 AM EDT"
Synopsis Desc
"<p>DOL VETS supports local SD events that assist homeless veterans by providing a wide variety of employment, social, and health services. A homeless veteran is a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), who is “homeless” as defined at 42 U.S.C.11302(a)-(b), as amended by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-22).</p><p><br></p><p>A Stand Down is a non-competitive grant that is awarded to organizations to provide basic services to homeless veterans such as showers, haircuts, attention to health concerns, and other collaborative services to give participants a greater sense of self and an opportunity to improve their chances of securing and maintaining employment. Veterans experiencing homelessness do not always have access to basic hygiene supplies that are necessary to maintain their health and appearance. Also, the lack of shelter limits their ability to prepare for and present themselves at job interviews or be contacted for follow-up. These grants funds must be used to enhance employment and training opportunities or to promote the self-sufficiency of homeless veterans through paid work.</p><p><br></p><p>The maximum amount awarded per applicant, in a fiscal year (October 1 – September 30) is $7,000 for a one-day event and $10,000 for a multi-day event. An organization may apply for multiple grant awards as long as the organization is conducting SD events in different geographic areas. Grants may be awarded to multiple organizations that conduct SD events in the same general area as long as there is no commingling of federal funds.</p>"
Agency Details
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Agency Address Desc
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Agency Contact Desc
"Questions regarding a SD grant application should be sent to the DVET in the state in which the event will take place. \r\n\r\nContact information for the DVET is available at: https://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/regionaloffices/map.htm."
Agency Contact Email
"N/A"
Create Time Stamp Str
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Funding Desc Link Url
"https://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/regionaloffices/map.htm"
Funding Instruments
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Award Floor Formatted
"0"
Funding Desc Link Desc
"DVET State Contact Information"
Award Ceiling Formatted
"10,000"
Agency Contact Email Desc
"N/A"
Applicant Eligibility Desc
"See VPL 01-23 Section IV for the list of eligible applicants. Note: Organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(4) entities are ineligible to apply for this funding opportunity."
Funding Activity Categories
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Opp Hist Id
Revision
0
Opportunity Id
345327
Publisher Uid
mason.kia
Opportunity Id
345327
Opportunity Title
Announcement of Stand Down Grants
Owning Agency Code
DOL-ETA-VETS
Opportunity Number
VPL-01-23
Opportunity Category
Category
"D"
Description
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Cfdas
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Synopsis
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Version
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Send Email
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Action Date
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Action Type
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Agency Code
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Award Floor
"0"
Archive Date
"Oct 30, 2025 12:00:00 AM EDT"
Cost Sharing
false
Created Date
"Jan 10, 2023 04:56:00 PM EST"
Mod Comments
"The Description for this announcement has been updated."
Posting Date
"Jan 10, 2023 12:00:00 AM EST"
Award Ceiling
"10000"
Response Date
"Sep 30, 2025 12:00:00 AM EDT"
Synopsis Desc
"<p>The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) supports local Stand Down events that assist veterans experiencing homelessness by providing a wide range of employment, social, and health services. </p><p><br></p><p>Stand Down is a military term referring to an opportunity to achieve a brief respite from combat. Troops assemble in a base camp to receive new clothing, hot food, support services, and a relative degree of safety before returning to combat action. A DOL VETS-funded Stand Down event serves a similar purpose; however, it is intended for veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. The critical services provided at these events are often the catalyst that enables those individuals to reenter the workforce.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>VETS awards these noncompetitive grants on a first-come, first-served basis to support one-day or multi-day events at up to $7,000 or $10,000, respectively. They are collaborative events coordinated between VA, DOL, other federal, state, and local government agencies and community-based organizations providing services and supplies to veterans experiencing and at risk of homelessness. In the event of a federal disaster declaration, VETS will accept applications up to $50,000 to conduct Stand Down events in the impacted areas.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>State, Territory, and Possession, county, city, local, special district, and Native American tribal governments and agencies, non-profit and for-profit entities, state and local workforce boards, institutions of higher education, public and tribal housing authorities and faith-based organizations are eligible to apply.</p>"
Agency Details
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Opportunity Id
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Last Updated Date
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Response Date Str
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Agency Address Desc
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Agency Contact Desc
"Questions regarding a SD grant application should be sent to the DVET in the state in which the event will take place. \r\n\r\nContact information for the DVET is available at: https://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/regionaloffices/map.htm."
Agency Contact Email
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Funding Desc Link Url
"https://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/regionaloffices/map.htm"
Funding Instruments
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Award Floor Formatted
"0"
Funding Desc Link Desc
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Award Ceiling Formatted
"10,000"
Agency Contact Email Desc
"N/A"
Applicant Eligibility Desc
"See VPL 01-23 Section IV for the list of eligible applicants. Note: Organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(4) entities are ineligible to apply for this funding opportunity."
Funding Activity Categories
[{"id":"ELT","description":"Employment, Labor and Training"}]
Opp Hist Id
Revision
1
Opportunity Id
345327
Publisher Uid
mason.kia
Opportunity Id
345327
Opportunity Title
Announcement of Stand Down Grants
Owning Agency Code
DOL-ETA-VETS
Opportunity Number
VPL-01-23
Opportunity Category
Category
"D"
Description
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Synopsis Modified Fields
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Cfdas
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Listed
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Revision
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Synopsis
Id
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Version
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Send Email
"Y"
Action Date
"Nov 24, 2025 03:43:51 PM EST"
Action Type
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Agency Code
"DOL-ETA-VETS"
Award Floor
"0"
Archive Date
"Oct 30, 2025 12:00:00 AM EDT"
Cost Sharing
false
Created Date
"Jan 10, 2023 04:56:00 PM EST"
Mod Comments
"to add language re: E.O.s of Jan 20/21 2925 compliance review of open vehicle"
Posting Date
"Jan 10, 2023 12:00:00 AM EST"
Award Ceiling
"10000"
Response Date
"Sep 30, 2025 12:00:00 AM EDT"
Synopsis Desc
"<p>*NOTE: The U.S. Department of Labor is reviewing all Funding Opportunity Announcements for consistency with the Executive Orders titled, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” issued on January 20, 2025, and “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” issued on January 21, 2025. The Department will take necessary action with the Funding Opportunity Announcement and issue additional guidance including adjusting the close date if appropriate.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) supports local Stand Down events that assist veterans experiencing homelessness by providing a wide range of employment, social, and health services.</p><p><br></p><p>Stand Down is a military term referring to an opportunity to achieve a brief respite from combat. Troops assemble in a base camp to receive new clothing, hot food, support services, and a relative degree of safety before returning to combat action. A DOL VETS-funded Stand Down event serves a similar purpose; however, it is intended for veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. The critical services provided at these events are often the catalyst that enables those individuals to reenter the workforce.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>VETS awards these noncompetitive grants on a first-come, first-served basis to support one-day or multi-day events at up to $7,000 or $10,000, respectively. They are collaborative events coordinated between VA, DOL, other federal, state, and local government agencies and community-based organizations providing services and supplies to veterans experiencing and at risk of homelessness. In the event of a federal disaster declaration, VETS will accept applications up to $50,000 to conduct Stand Down events in the impacted areas.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>State, Territory, and Possession, county, city, local, special district, and Native American tribal governments and agencies, non-profit and for-profit entities, state and local workforce boards, institutions of higher education, public and tribal housing authorities and faith-based organizations are eligible to apply.</p>"
Agency Details
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Opportunity Id
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Applicant Types
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Agency Address Desc
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Agency Contact Desc
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Funding Instruments
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Award Floor Formatted
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Funding Desc Link Desc
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Agency Contact Email Desc
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Applicant Eligibility Desc
"See VPL 01-23 Section IV for the list of eligible applicants. Note: Organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(4) entities are ineligible to apply for this funding opportunity."
Funding Activity Categories
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Opp Hist Id
Revision
2
Opportunity Id
345327
Publisher Uid
mason.kia
Opportunity Id
345327
Opportunity Title
Announcement of Stand Down Grants
Owning Agency Code
DOL-ETA-VETS
Opportunity Number
VPL-01-23
Opportunity Category
Category
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Description
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Created Date
Jan 10, 2023 05:06:53 PM EST
Opportunity Id
345327
Last Updated Date
Feb 12, 2024 12:49:16 PM EST
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Search
Id
345327
Title
Announcement of Stand Down Grants
Agency
Veterans Employment and Training Service
Number
VPL-01-23
Doc Type
synopsis
Cfda List
17.805
Open Date
01/10/2023
Close Date
09/30/2026
Opp Status
posted
Agency Code
DOL-ETA-VETS

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