Stand Down Grants

Stand Down Grants is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS). Provides funding for events that offer homeless veteran populations a variety of services designed to help them to reintegrate into their communities, such as housing, healthcare, and employment opportunities.

Opportunity Listing - Announcement of Stand Down Grants Announcement of Stand Down Grants Agency: Veterans Employment and Training Service Assistance Listings: 17. 805 -- Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program Last Updated: August 31, 2026 View version history on Grants.

gov 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. VETS awards Stand Down grants subject to the availability of federal funding. All costs incurred by the award recipient prior to the period of performance start date identified in the Notice of Award issued by the Department are incurred at the recipient’s own expense.

See VPL 01-23 Section IV for the list of eligible applicants. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to apply, as are all organizations. Those that meet the eligibility requirements may receive awards under this announcement.

DOL will not, in the selection of recipients and administration of the grant, discriminate on the basis of an organization’s religious character, affiliation, exercise, or lack thereof, or on the basis of conduct that would not be considered grounds to favor or disfavor a similarly situated secular organization.

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 are eligible to apply. Note: Organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(4) entities are ineligible to apply for this funding opportunity.

Grantor 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. File name Description Last updated VPL_01-23_Attachment_1_Stand_Down_Application_Review_and_Post-Event_Reporting_Submission_Guide.

pdf VPL 01-23 Attachment 1 Stand Down Application Review and Post-Event Reporting Submission Guide Feb 12, 2024 05:49 PM UTC VPL_01-23_Announcement_of_Stand_Down_Grants. pdf VPL_01-23_Announcement_of_Stand_Down_Grants Jan 10, 2023 10:07 PM UTC VPL_01-23_Attachment_2_Stand_Down_Application_Review_and_Post-Event_Reporting_Submission_Checklist_for_DVETs_and_Grantees.

pdf VPL 01-23 Attachment 2 Stand Down Application Review and Post-Event Reporting Submission Checklist for DVETs and Grantees Link to additional information DVET State Contact Information Funding opportunity number : Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity : Employment labor and training Your account requires additional identity verification.