Open Federal Funding Opportunities with Job Quality Focus

Workers, employers, governments, and federal infrastructure projects 

Workers, employers, local and state governments, and communities all stand to benefit from the historic federal investment made by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These opportunities are accessible via formula and competitive grants, cooperative agreements, and other arrangements. To ensure the success of infrastructure projects, it is important for workers, unions, employers, and local and state governments to work together in applying and implementing these opportunities.

Open funding opportunities with job quality focus: Transportation, Energy, Commerce, Interior, and more 

• Department of Transportation – Current Infrastructure Funding Opportunities
• Department of Energy – Current Infrastructure Funding Opportunities
• Department of Interior -- BIL Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Grants
• All federal funding opportunities Grants.gov

Tools, resources, and technical assistance for making good jobs

  Good Jobs Initiative

• Good Jobs In Federal Investments: A Toolkit for Employers, Workers, and Government

• Job Quality Check List

• Project Labor Agreement Resource Guide

• Job Quality and Equity Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Draft Language for Federal Agencies

  White House Resources

• White House Build.gov

• Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Guidebook

• Bipartisan Infrastructure Tribal Playbook

• Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Rural Playbook

• Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Technical Assistance Guide

• Bipartisan Infrastructure Law State by State Fact Sheets

• Inflation Reduction Act State by State Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Issues and Executive Order to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 for Federal Contractors

• Fact Sheet: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Boost Quality of Federal Construction Projects

  Department of Labor Resources    

• Apprenticeship.gov

• ApprenticeshipUSA - Fact Sheet

• ApprenticeshipUSA - Earn While Your Learn Today

• ApprenticeshipUSA - Proven Solution for Employers

• Employment and Training Administration - FY 2021 Data and Statistics

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs

• Office of Disability Employment Policy -  Protecting the Rights of Workers with Disabilities and Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment

• Office of Disability Employment Policy - Driving Change through Inclusive State and Local Policies

• Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) - Reemployment and Nondiscrimination Rights for Uniformed Services

• Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) - Your Rights Under Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

• Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) - Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Advisor

• Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) - A Guide to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

• Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) - Health and Retirement Benefits Coverage Information for Reservists

• Wage and Hour - Fact Sheet: Basic Information

• Wage and Hour - Fact Sheet #1: The Construction Industry Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Wage and Hour - Fact Sheet #66: Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA)

• Wage and Hour - State Minimum Wage Laws

• White House Taskforce on Worker Organizing and Empowerment

• Women's Bureau - Bearing the Cost: Over Representation in Undervalued Jobs Disadvantaged Women During the Pandemic

• Women's Bureau - Want Equal Pay? Get a Union.

• Women's Bureau - 5 Facts About Black Women in the Labor Force

• Women's Bureau - 5 Facts About Latinas in the Labor Force

  Department of Transportation Resources

• DOT Checklist for a Strong Workforce and Labor Plan

• DOT Resources for Workforce, Labor Partners, and Federal Job Seekers

• DOT Examples of INFRA Projects Creating Workforce Training Programs and Good-Paying Jobs with The Free And Fair Choice To Join A Union

• DOT Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement Workforce Development Fact Sheet

  U.S. General Services Administration

• GSA Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Maps Dashboard

  More Resources

• Accelerator for America - Gold Stand Playbook for Workforce Development

• Bluegreen Alliance - Solidarity for Climate Action

• Center for American Progress - Prevailing Wages: Frequently Asked Questions

• Chicago Women in Trades - Growing the Numbers of women in the Trades: Building Equity and Inclusion through Pre-Apprenticeship Programs

• Economic Policy Institute - Project Labor Agreements on Federal Construction Projects will Benefit Nearly 200,000 workers

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