Opportunity Information: Apply for ETA TEGL 16 24 1

The PY2025 Planning Instruction and Allotments for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) National Grantees is a U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grant guidance notice issued as a Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL 16-24-1). Rather than functioning like an open, competitive solicitation for brand-new applicants, this TEGL is primarily a program-year planning and funding allocation document for organizations that already hold SCSEP national grants. Its purpose is to lay out how PY 2025 funding will be structured for those existing national grantees, including the number of authorized participant positions and the corresponding allotment amounts tied to those positions.

At its core, the document tells current SCSEP General and Set-Aside National Grantees what they can plan for in Program Year 2025: how many slots they are authorized to operate, what funding levels are associated with those slots, and what federal requirements must be met before ETA will obligate (formally commit and release) funds. In other words, it is both a budgeting roadmap and a compliance checklist for grantees that are already in the SCSEP network, ensuring that the coming year is planned in a way that aligns with federal rules and ETA expectations before money is finalized and drawn down.

This opportunity is categorized as discretionary and uses the grant instrument type, and it falls under the Employment, Labor and Training activity area. It is associated with CFDA number 17.235, which corresponds to SCSEP. The eligible applicants are listed as "Others," but the narrative makes clear that eligibility is limited to current SCSEP General and Set-Aside National Grantees, meaning organizations without an existing national SCSEP award should not treat this as an entry point to the program. The total award ceiling shown is 45,795,828, with an expected 22 awards, reflecting how funding is distributed across the existing national grantee portfolio.

Key dates in the listing include a creation date of 2025-09-30 and an original closing date of 2025-10-30. In practice, because this is a TEGL providing planning instructions and allotments, the "closing date" functions more like an administrative window tied to the guidance and associated actions rather than a typical competitive application deadline. Any questions about the TEGL or related requirements are directed to SCSEP.OGM@dol.gov, which is the point of contact email provided for grantee support and clarification.

Overall, this TEGL should be read as the federal government telling current national SCSEP grantees: here is what you are authorized to operate in PY 2025, here is the money associated with it, and here is what must be in place before ETA can obligate those funds. It is essentially a planning and allocation notice for an ongoing national workforce program focused on subsidized community service employment for older workers, ensuring consistency and accountability in how program-year funding and participant positions are set and managed.

  • The Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "PY2025 Planning Instruction and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) National Grantees" and is now available to receive applicants.
  • Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.235.
  • This funding opportunity was created on 2025-09-30.
  • Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-10-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
  • Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $45,795,828.00 in funding.
  • The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 22 candidate(s).
  • Eligible applicants include: Others.
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