Foreign Labor Certification Grant Planning Guidance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 through FY 2028 (Change 1)
- Posted
- June 12, 2025
- Closed
- June 30, 2026
- Award ceiling
- $2,211,046
- Award floor
- $5,000
- Program funding
- $23,282,000
- Expected awards
- 54
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 17.273
- Category
- Employment, Labor and Training
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 17.273 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $23.2M
- FY2026 obligated
- −$9,965
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 125
A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.
Top recipients: State of California Employment Development Department, Department of Labor New York, Florida Department of Commerce, Texas Workforce Commission, North Carolina Department of Commerce
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- State governments
State Workforce Agencies (SWA). States (including the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands)
The official record
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