Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA WB 16 01
Apply for FOA WB 16 01
- The DOL-ETA in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Paid Leave Analysis Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.261.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 05, 2016 and posted on May 05, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 06, 2016. (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 $250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
The Paid Leave Analysis Grants opportunity (FOA WB 16-01) is a discretionary federal grant program offered through the U.S. Department of Labor, Womens Bureau, with administration tied to DOL-ETA and listed under CFDA 17.261 (Employment, Labor and Training). Congress authorized the funding through 29 U.S.C. 13 and the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The program set aside about $1 million total to help jurisdictions build the evidence and planning needed to explore, design, adopt, and strengthen paid family and medical leave programs.
The main purpose is to fund research and analytic work that supports paid leave policymaking and program design at the state and local (municipal) levels, as well as in U.S. Territories and Possessions and federally recognized Indian/Native American Tribes. Rather than paying for benefits directly, the grants are meant to cover the technical and analytical groundwork that helps a jurisdiction understand what a program could look like, how it might be financed and administered, what impacts it could have, and how to prepare for rollout.
Funded projects must focus on one or more of five specific categories of analysis. First, statistical analysis, including work like cost-benefit analysis and actuarial studies that estimate utilization, costs, and system sustainability. Second, feasibility analysis, which examines whether a jurisdiction can realistically implement a program given its legal environment, administrative capacity, and labor market characteristics. Third, economic-impact analysis, which looks at how a paid leave policy may affect workers, employers, labor force participation, productivity, or broader economic outcomes. Fourth, financing, eligibility, and benefit modeling, which involves structuring program parameters (who qualifies, what benefits look like, how long leave lasts, and how funds flow) and testing scenarios for affordability and coverage. Fifth, education, outreach, and marketing analysis tied to implementation, which focuses on how to communicate the program, reach eligible workers and employers, and build awareness and compliance.
The solicitation also highlights that analysis can include identifying and evaluating viable options for financing and administering paid family and medical leave in places that do not already have a temporary disability insurance infrastructure. Examples referenced include employer mandates, other social insurance approaches, or publicly funded models, with the idea being that applicants can study multiple pathways and recommend workable administrative and funding structures suited to their context.
In addition to early-stage research, the program allows applicants that are further along to request support for pre-implementation or initial implementation analyses. This track is aimed at jurisdictions that have already completed key policy analyses and are waiting on legislative action to formally adopt a program, or those that have recently adopted a paid family and medical leave program and need support to move from policy to operations. Example activities include defining the administrative requirements for a state-level program (such as information technology planning, business process design, and staffing needs), developing detailed implementation plans (including education and outreach strategies), and conducting survey research to establish baseline benchmarks that can later be used to measure program and policy impacts.
Funding is capped at $250,000 per award, with up to six grants expected, aligning with the roughly $1 million total. The performance period is 12 months, and it is designed to include all start-up and implementation-related activities necessary to complete the analytic work. The anticipated start date listed for awards was October 1, 2016. The application deadline for this posting was June 6, 2016 (original and current closing date shown the same), with the opportunity posted May 5, 2016. Eligibility is indicated as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement text, and the intended applicant pool clearly includes state and municipal entities, territorial governments, and federally recognized Tribes, particularly those engaged in paid leave policy development or rollout planning.
Paid Leave Analysis Grants (FOA WB 16-01) - Frequently Asked Questions
1) What is the Paid Leave Analysis Grants opportunity (FOA WB 16-01)?
The Paid Leave Analysis Grants opportunity (FOA WB 16-01) is a discretionary federal grant program offered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Women's Bureau. It supports research and analytical work to help jurisdictions explore, design, adopt, and strengthen paid family and medical leave programs.
2) Which federal agency administers this grant?
The opportunity is offered through the U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, with administration tied to DOL-ETA (the Employment and Training Administration).
3) What is the CFDA number for this program?
This opportunity is listed under CFDA 17.261 (Employment, Labor and Training).
4) What is the legal authority and funding source for the program?
Congress authorized the funding through 29 U.S.C. 13 and the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
5) How much total funding was set aside for these grants?
About $1 million total was set aside for the program.
6) What is the maximum award amount per grant?
Funding is capped at $250,000 per award.
7) How many awards were expected to be made?
Up to six grants were expected.
8) What is the performance period for funded projects?
The performance period is 12 months, and it is designed to include all start-up and implementation-related activities needed to complete the analytic work.
9) What was the anticipated start date for awards?
The anticipated start date listed for awards was October 1, 2016.
10) When was the opportunity posted and when was the deadline?
The opportunity was posted May 5, 2016. The application deadline for this posting was June 6, 2016 (the original and current closing date were the same).
11) Who is this grant intended to help?
The program is intended to help jurisdictions build evidence and planning needed to explore, design, adopt, and strengthen paid family and medical leave programs, including planning for rollout and early operations where applicable.
12) What types of applicants are included in the intended applicant pool?
The intended applicant pool includes state and local (municipal) entities, U.S. Territories and Possessions, and federally recognized Indian/Native American Tribes, particularly those engaged in paid leave policy development or rollout planning.
13) What does the eligibility category "Others" mean here?
The opportunity lists eligibility as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement text. The solicitation materials indicate that eligible applicants include state and municipal entities, territorial governments, and federally recognized Tribes.
14) What is the main purpose of these grants?
The grants are meant to fund research and analytic work that supports paid leave policymaking and program design. The focus is on producing the technical and analytical groundwork a jurisdiction needs to understand potential program structure, financing, administration, impacts, and rollout preparation.
15) Do these grants pay for paid leave benefits for workers?
No. The opportunity is for analysis and planning work, not for paying benefits directly.
16) What kinds of questions can funded analysis help a jurisdiction answer?
Funded work can help a jurisdiction evaluate what a paid family and medical leave program could look like, how it might be financed and administered, what impacts it could have, and how to prepare for implementation and rollout.
17) What areas of analysis must a funded project address?
Funded projects must focus on one or more of five specified categories of analysis: statistical analysis; feasibility analysis; economic-impact analysis; financing, eligibility, and benefit modeling; and education, outreach, and marketing analysis tied to implementation.
18) What is meant by "statistical analysis" under this opportunity?
Statistical analysis includes work such as cost-benefit analysis and actuarial studies that estimate utilization, costs, and system sustainability.
19) What is meant by "feasibility analysis" under this opportunity?
Feasibility analysis examines whether a jurisdiction can realistically implement a program given factors like its legal environment, administrative capacity, and labor market characteristics.
20) What is meant by "economic-impact analysis" under this opportunity?
Economic-impact analysis focuses on how a paid leave policy may affect workers, employers, labor force participation, productivity, and broader economic outcomes.
21) What is included in "financing, eligibility, and benefit modeling"?
This category includes structuring program parameters (such as who qualifies, what benefits look like, how long leave lasts, and how funds flow) and testing scenarios for affordability and coverage.
22) What is included in "education, outreach, and marketing analysis tied to implementation"?
This category focuses on how to communicate the program, reach eligible workers and employers, and build awareness and compliance as part of implementation planning.
23) Can applicants analyze different ways to finance and administer a paid leave program?
Yes. The solicitation highlights that analysis can include identifying and evaluating viable options for financing and administering paid family and medical leave, including in jurisdictions that do not already have a temporary disability insurance infrastructure.
24) What financing or administrative approaches are referenced as examples?
Examples referenced include employer mandates, other social insurance approaches, or publicly funded models. Applicants can study multiple pathways and recommend workable administrative and funding structures suited to their context.
25) Is this opportunity only for early-stage research, or can it support implementation planning too?
It can support both. In addition to early-stage research, the program allows applicants that are further along to request support for pre-implementation or initial implementation analyses.
26) Who is the pre-implementation or initial implementation track aimed at?
It is aimed at jurisdictions that have already completed key policy analyses and are waiting on legislative action to formally adopt a program, or jurisdictions that have recently adopted a paid family and medical leave program and need support moving from policy to operations.
27) What are examples of pre-implementation or initial implementation activities that could be supported?
Example activities include defining administrative requirements for a state-level program (such as information technology planning, business process design, and staffing needs), developing detailed implementation plans (including education and outreach strategies), and conducting survey research to establish baseline benchmarks for later evaluation of impacts.
28) Does the program specifically emphasize paid family and medical leave?
Yes. The purpose and examples described focus on paid family and medical leave program analysis, planning, and early implementation support at the jurisdiction level.
29) What level of government is the program designed to support?
The program is designed to support paid leave policymaking and program design at the state and local (municipal) levels, as well as in U.S. Territories and Possessions and federally recognized Indian/Native American Tribes.
30) What is the core deliverable expectation implied by the 12-month performance period?
The structure of the 12-month period indicates the expectation that grantees complete the full set of start-up and analysis activities needed to deliver actionable research, modeling, feasibility findings, and/or implementation planning outputs within that timeframe.
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