Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA ODEP 19 01
The National Employer Policy, Research, and Technical Assistance Center on the Employment of People with Disabilities is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to operate a national center focused on improving how employers recruit, hire, retain, and advance people with disabilities. This opportunity is a re-competition of an existing cooperative agreement and is intended to build directly on the earlier work of ODEP's Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion, widely known as EARN. Under the new award, the center will keep the EARN name and will continue serving as a key national resource for employer-facing guidance, tools, and training that support disability inclusion in both the private and public sectors, including among federal contractors.
What distinguishes this new iteration of EARN from the previous cooperative agreement is an increased emphasis on policy development, research, and compliance assistance. Rather than focusing primarily on general outreach and technical support, the new center is expected to produce stronger, evidence-driven work that helps employers align their inclusion practices with business needs while also navigating relevant disability-related requirements. A central feature of the new approach is that these policy, research, and compliance assistance activities must be developed in collaboration with private sector business entities. The solicitation specifically calls for engagement through a network of business intermediary organizations, meaning associations or membership-based groups that represent clusters of employers and can help ensure the center's products and recommendations reflect real-world workforce challenges and operational realities.
The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally signals that ODEP anticipates an active partnership role in shaping or guiding the work over the project period, rather than simply providing funds with minimal involvement. The funding opportunity number is FOA ODEP 19 01 and the CFDA number listed is 17.720. The opportunity was created on April 22, 2019, and the original application deadline was June 24, 2019. The listed award ceiling is $8,000,000, indicating the award may support a sizable national operation with multiple partners, research activities, and broad-based technical assistance and training offerings.
Eligibility is structured around a required consortium model. Applicants cannot apply as a single entity; instead, the lead applicant must come from one of two specific categories and must partner with the other category at a minimum. The two eligible lead categories are: (a) non-profit business schools, or schools that include human resources or labor-focused programs, that are part of a public or private institution of higher education; or (b) non-profit research institutions, which may be part of a public or private institution of higher education or may be independent policy research organizations. If the lead is a qualifying non-profit business school, the consortium must include a non-profit research institution. If the lead is a non-profit research institution, the consortium must include a qualifying non-profit business school or an academic unit with HR or labor-focused programming. In addition to this required pairing, the lead applicant must also include business intermediary organizations in the consortium to ensure sustained, structured engagement with employer communities. The solicitation also allows for additional optional partners, which could be used to strengthen specialized expertise, expand geographic reach, or deepen capacity in areas like training delivery, communications, or sector-specific employer engagement.
Overall, the opportunity is designed to sustain and modernize EARN as a national hub that connects rigorous research and practical policy development with hands-on employer support. The center is expected to translate what works into actionable tools and guidance, while maintaining close ties to business networks so that its recommendations are feasible, scalable, and aligned with employer needs, ultimately improving employment outcomes and career advancement for people with disabilities.Apply for FOA ODEP 19 01
- The Office of Disability Employment Policy in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Employer Policy, Research, and Technical Assistance Center on the Employment of People with Disabilities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.720.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2019-04-22.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-06-24. (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 $8,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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