Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP), Incarcerated Veterans’ Transition Program (IVTP), and the Homeless Women Veterans' and Homeless Veterans' with Children Reintegration Grant Program (HWVHVWC) (referred to collectively | FOA VETS 26 01

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The Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP), Incarcerated Veterans' Transition Program (IVTP), and the Homeless Women Veterans' and Homeless Veterans' with Children Reintegration Grant Program (HWVHVWC) are bundled under a single competitive federal funding opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service (DOL/VETS). The overall purpose is straightforward: help eligible veterans who are experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness, or facing major barriers related to reentry (including incarceration) move into stable, long-term employment with strong career prospects. The program is explicitly employment-focused, emphasizing not just quick job placement, but pathways into higher-quality jobs and skilled opportunities that can support long-term stability.

The funding opportunity is designed around comprehensive employment services delivered through individualized case management. In practice, that means grantees are expected to assess each veteran's specific needs and barriers, build a plan to address them, and actively manage progress toward employment. This approach recognizes that employment outcomes for homeless or at-risk veterans often depend on more than resume help; success may require coordinated support that addresses housing instability, transportation, health needs, legal issues, skills gaps, childcare, or other challenges. A core expectation is that grantees connect participants to supportive services available locally, leveraging community resources rather than trying to provide everything alone. At the same time, grantees must help veterans prepare for and return to work through job training and employment supports, either by providing services directly or by building a strong referral network with clear tools, partnerships, and processes to identify, engage, prepare, and support veterans through to employment.

This opportunity is a discretionary grant (not a formula award) with funding activity centered on employment, labor, and training under CFDA 17.805. The funding opportunity number is FOA VETS 26 01, with an original application closing date of 2026-03-06. Awards can be as large as $500,000 (award ceiling), and the agency anticipates making about 63 awards. The program is positioned as aligned with Presidential Executive Order priorities related to expanding access to comprehensive employment services and connecting veterans to higher-paying, skilled job opportunities that support the future workforce, signaling that applicants should be prepared to describe how their service model leads to strong, measurable career outcomes.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations and government entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (other than small businesses) as well as small businesses; and other qualified entities. The announcement also highlights particular categories such as U.S. territories or possessions, Native American tribally designated organizations, and State and Local Workforce Development Boards established under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Faith-based organizations are explicitly encouraged to apply, and DOL states it will not discriminate in selection or administration based on an organization's religious character or affiliation, or on religious exercise (or lack of it), and will not treat religious organizations differently than similarly situated secular organizations.

There are also practical and compliance-related conditions applicants need to pay attention to. Among the eligible applicant types, the applicant organization must maintain a physical location in the proposed Service Delivery Area, which is important for demonstrating real capacity to deliver services locally and maintain accessibility for participants. In addition, the FOA includes an ineligibility rule tied to prior federal grant terminations: any organization whose federal grant was terminated under 2 C.F.R. 200.340 before the end of that grant's period of performance is ineligible to apply for HVRP funding opportunities for three years following the termination date. The only exception described is when termination resulted from circumstances beyond the recipient's reasonable control (for example, a natural disaster). The FOA clarifies that "termination" includes actions initiated by either the recipient or the awarding federal agency that end the grant before the period of performance concludes.

For applicants looking for the detailed operational expectations, DOL/VETS points to several supporting resources that shape how projects should be designed and run, including the HVRP website, the Prospective HVRP Applicant Resources site, the 2025 HVRP Program Guide, and Veterans' Program Letter (VPL) 06-24 on HVRP requirements and functions. In effect, this grant opportunity is looking for applicants that can demonstrate a well-organized employment pipeline for homeless and at-risk veterans, backed by strong case management, credible training and placement strategies, and dependable community partnerships that address the non-employment barriers that often prevent veterans from achieving stable work and long-term reintegration.

• The Veterans Employment and Training Service in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP), Incarcerated Veterans’ Transition Program (IVTP), and the Homeless Women Veterans' and Homeless Veterans' with Children Reintegration Grant Program (HWVHVWC) (referred to collectively" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.805.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2026-01-16.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-03-06. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 63 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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