📑DoD Information Collection Notice on Grant Opportunities for Businesses
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Learn More🎓Proposed Priority on Career Pathways and Workforce Readiness
The Secretary proposes one additional priority and related definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs or programs that may be authorized in the future. The Secretary may choose to use the entire priority for a grant program or a particular competition or use one or more of the priority's component parts. This priority and definitions augment the initial set of three Secretary's Supplemental Priorities on Evidence-Based Literacy, Educational Choice, and Returning Education to the States published as final priorities on September 9, 2025 (90 FR 43514), the Secretary's Supplemental Priority on Artificial Intelligence published as a proposed priority on July 21, 2025 (90 FR 34203), and the Secretary's Supplemental Priority on Promoting Patriotic Education published as a proposed priority on September 17, 2025 (90 FR 44788). In addition, this priority complements the additional Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Meaningful Learning Opportunities published as a proposed priority elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
Learn More💰FY 2025 SAMHSA Supplemental Funding Opportunity for Businesses
This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is supporting an administrative supplement in scope of the parent award for the one (1) eligible grant recipients funded in FY 2024 under the National Anti- Drug Coalitions Training and Workforce Development Cooperative Agreement (Short Title: Coalitions Training Cooperative Agreement), Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) SP-24-003. The recipient may receive up to $300,000. This recipient has a project end date of September 29, 2029. The supplemental funding will be used to leverage existing resources to expand SAMHSA's youth-focused substance use prevention capacity to provide training and technical assistance to youth leaders who are members of anti-drug community coalitions from around the country and who are committed to addressing the evolving needs of the behavioral health field, thereby promoting youth engagement in substance use prevention workforce development opportunities. The recipient will use the funds to support development and implementation of a Substance Use Prevention Youth Summit in 2025- 2026.
Learn More🎓FY 2025 Supplemental Funding Opportunity for HBCUs Announced
This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is supporting an administrative supplement in scope of the parent award for the one eligible grant recipient funded in FY 2023 under the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Center for Excellence (HBCU-CFE) grant, Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (TI-23-015). The recipient may receive up to $350,000 total funding. This recipient has a project end date of September 29, 2026. The supplement expands SAMHSA's engagement with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by supporting a series of strategic initiatives that promote behavioral health career exploration and student wellness. These efforts are aligned with Executive Order 14283, The White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and focus on building active public-private sector and philanthropic partnerships to advance shared goals related to student success and retention and creating professional development opportunities for HBCU students to help build America's workforce in behavioral health. The initiative will include the formation of a planning committee and a national convening of HBCU educators and behavioral health professionals to co-develop a shared vision and strategy. A key deliverable will be the creation of a behavioral health career exploration curriculum tailored to high school, community college, and early college students, with plans for national dissemination through local educational agencies. To further support student wellness and crisis prevention, the program will co-develop peer-led, campus-based interventions focused on suicide and crisis prevention and launch a culturally responsive 988 education and public awareness campaign tailored to HBCU communities. Together, these efforts will strengthen behavioral health workforce pathways, foster innovation, and align with Executive Order 14283 by advancing excellence and opportunity across HBCUs.
Learn More🎓Updates to State Approving Agency Jurisdiction Rule
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) publishes a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) to amend its definitions of the terms "independent study," "distance learning," and "resident learning," and to establish a new term, "standard curriculum." These proposed amendments, which distinguish distance learning from resident learning and independent study from standard curriculum, address concerns from VA stakeholders who view independent study and distance learning as having distinct and separate meanings and clarify State Approving Agency (SAA) jurisdiction over courses taken solely by distance learning.
Learn More🎓Nurse Corps Scholarship Program OMB Review Notice
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
Learn More🌳Analysis of Workforce Development Participant Tracking Regulation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service (Agency) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the renewal of a currently approved information collection request 0596-0247, titled Workforce Development Participant Tracking. This renewal will also provide a common form for use by other Federal agencies.
Learn More🎓Proposed Data Collection for Health Service Scholarship Programs
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
Learn More🎓DOL's Community Colleges Training Grants Program Evaluation Notice
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Chief Evaluation Office (CEO)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Learn More🛠️Renewal of Workforce Information Advisory Council
The Department of Labor (Department) announces the renewal of the Workforce Information Advisory Council (WIAC) charter.
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