20 CFR § 685.520 - What is the application process for obtaining a grant funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

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title: "20 CFR § 685.520 - What is the application process for obtaining a grant funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "685.520"
section_name: "What is the application process for obtaining a grant funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "685"
part_name: "NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Secs. 167, 189, 503, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 56438, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 685.520 What is the application process for obtaining a grant funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

The Department will issue a separate FOA for grants funded by WIOA sec. 127(a)(1). The selection will be made in accordance with the procedures described in § 685.210, except that the Department reserves the right to provide priority to applicants that are WIOA sec. 167 grantees.