Resources by Grant Phase

• Grants Application and Management Community: This community is a one-stop shop for resources on applying for ETA grants, managing them, and finding templates for commonly used documents like Memorandum of Understanding.
• FOA Prospective Applicant Information
• Round 2 Webcast for Prospective Applicants

• Grantee Orientation

Performance Resources

• Performance Reporting Orientation 1.0
• Performance Reporting Orientation 2.0
• Performance Webcast 2.1

• Implementation

1. ETA Grantee Handbook
2. ETA's Core Monitoring Guide (CMG) is a tool for Federal staff to review grant recipients’ core activities. The CMG provides a consistent framework that allows Federal staff to assess the compliance of a grant recipient in meeting the requirements outlined in the grant agreement. Revised 2025
3. ETA’s SMART Training Modules are focused on helping you better manage your grants.
4. Project Manager’s Checklist
5. ETA Competitive Grant Management Basics
6. The Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200 and 2 CFR Part 2900): Revisions to Uniform Guidance (Webinar and Requirements)

• Recruitment and Retention

1. Participants Outreach, Recruitment and Support
2. Tips to Enhance Participant Retention
3. Promising Practices for Participant Retention and Job Placement
4. Recruitment Marketing Tool and Activity Calendar

• Sector Strategies

1. 2024 Sector Strategies Framework
2. Tips for Employer Engagement and Incorporating Sector Strategies

• Partnerships

1. Partnership Engagement
2. Assessing Partnership Performance
3. Partnerships: A Workforce Development Practitioner's Guide
4. Partnerships: Frameworks for Working Together
5. How Do We Work Together - Building the Capacity of Your Partnership

• Reporting

1. Performance Reporting Technical Assistance
2. The Performance Reporting Community - serves as a centralized source of information for the Performance Reporting related policies and resources for ETA’s employment and training programs.
3. DOL Performance Reporting Page - The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Performance website will assist you in understanding how the workforce system measures, reports, and evaluates performance under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

• Wrap-Up

1. Programmatic Wrap-Up Tip Sheet guides the various issues that need attention as a grant enters its final stage. Note: This is a resource that was developed for another ETA grant program but may contain tips and strategies that could be helpful.

• Closeout

1. ETA Grant Closeout Resources
2. Closing Out Your DOL Grant