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Announcement of Stand Down Grants
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09-30-2025 | N/A | No Match Required |
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17.805 -- Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program
Description
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) supports local Stand Down events that assist veterans experiencing homelessness by providing a wide range of employment, social, and health services.
Stand Down is a military term referring to an opportunity to achieve a brief respite from combat. Troops assemble in a base camp to receive new clothing, hot food, support services, and a relative degree of safety before returning to combat action. A DOL VETS-funded Stand Down event serves a similar purpose; however, it is intended for veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. The critical services provided at these events are often the catalyst that enables those individuals to reenter the workforce.
VETS awards these noncompetitive grants on a first-come, first-served basis to support one-day or multi-day events at up to $7,000 or $10,000, respectively. They are collaborative events coordinated between VA, DOL, other federal, state, and local government agencies and community-based organizations providing services and supplies to veterans experiencing and at risk of homelessness. In the event of a federal disaster declaration, VETS will accept applications up to $50,000 to conduct Stand Down events in the impacted areas.
State, Territory, and Possession, county, city, local, special district, and Native American tribal governments and agencies, non-profit and for-profit entities, state and local workforce boards, institutions of higher education, public and tribal housing authorities and faith-based organizations are eligible to apply.
Eligibility
- IHE
- Local Government
- Non-Profit
- Other
- State Government
- Tribal Government
Additional Eligibility Information
See VPL 01-23 Section IV for the list of eligible applicants. Note: Organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(4) entities are ineligible to apply for this funding opportunity.
Key Date(s)
- January 10, 2023: Posted Date
- January 11, 2023: Last Updated Date
- September 30, 2025: Current Closing Date for Applications
- September 30, 2025: Application Due Date
- October 30, 2025: Application Archive Date
Contact Information
Questions regarding a SD grant application should be sent to the DVET in the state in which the event will take place.
Contact information for the DVET is available at: https://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/regionaloffices/map.htm.