{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-684.200","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 684.200","heading":"What are the requirements to apply for a Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant?","body":"(a) To be eligible to apply for a WIOA, sec. 166 grant, an entity must have legal status as a government or as an agency of a government, private non-profit corporation, or a consortium whose members all qualify as one of these entities.\n(b) A new entity (which is not an incumbent grantee) must have a population within the designated geographic service area which would receive at least $100,000 under the funding formula found at § 684.270(b), including any amounts received for supplemental youth services under the funding formula at § 684.440(a).\n(c) Incumbent grantees which do not meet this dollar threshold and were receiving INA funding of less than $100,000 as of October 18, 2016 will be grandfathered into the program and are eligible to be awarded less than $100,000 so long as the grantees have continuously received less than $100,000 since October 18, 2016.\n(d) The Department will make an exception to the $100,000 minimum for applicants that apply for WIOA funding through Public Law 102-477, the Indian, Employment, Training, and Related Services demonstration program, if all resources to be consolidated under the Public Law 102-477 plan total at least $100,000, with at least $20,000 derived from sec. 166 funds. However, incumbent Public Law 102-477 grantees that were receiving INA funding of less than $20,000 as of October 18, 2016 will be grandfathered into the program and are eligible to be awarded less than $20,000 so long as the grantees have continuously received less than $20,000 since October 18, 2016.\n(e) To be eligible to apply as a consortium, each member of the consortium must meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section and must:\n(1) Be in close proximity to one another, but may operate in more than one State;\n(2) Have an administrative unit legally authorized to run the program and to commit the other members to contracts, grants, and other legally-binding agreements; and\n(3) Be jointly and individually responsible for the actions and obligations of the consortium, including debts.\n(f) Entities eligible under paragraph (a)(1) of this section are:\n(1) Federally recognized Indian tribes;\n(2) Tribal organizations, as defined in 25 U.S.C. 450b;\n(3) Alaska Native-controlled organizations;\n(4) Native Hawaiian-controlled organizations;\n(5) Indian-controlled organizations serving INAs; and\n(6) A consortium of eligible entities which meets the legal requirements for a consortium described in paragraph (b) of this section.\n(g) State-recognized tribal organizations that meet the definition of an Indian-controlled organization are eligible to apply for WIOA sec. 166 grant funds. State-recognized tribes that do not meet this definition but were grantees under WIA as of July 1, 2015 will be grandfathered into WIOA as Indian-controlled organizations provided they meet the definition of Indian-controlled organization in § 684.130.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER V—EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 684—INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT","Subpart B—Service Delivery Systems Applicable to Section 166 Programs"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"3f8ce86202af61cfe3c1410242d59e4fd88692b7f9651967564337c6d6f9c042","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-684.130","next":"us/20-cfr-684.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}