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Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (“WANTO”) Technical Assistance Grant Program

Program Information

Popular name

WANTO Grants

Program Number

17.701

Program objective

This program is intended to award grants to community- based organizations to provide technical assistance ("TA") to employers and labor unions to encourage employment of women in apprenticeable and nontraditional occupations ("A/NTO”).

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2022

    Developed pre-apprenticeship or nontraditional skills training programs to prepare women for those careers; Provided ongoing orientations for employers, unions, and workers on creating a successful environment for women to succeed in those careers; and Set up support groups, facilitated networks, and provided support services for women to improve their retention.

  2. 2023

    The WANTO Technical Assistance Grant Program assisted grantees in developing pre-apprenticeship or nontraditional skills training programs to prepare women for those careers, provided ongoing orientations for employers, unions, and workers on creating a successful environment for women to succeed in those careers, and set up support groups, networks, and support services for women to improve their retention.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.