Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA ILAB 17 07
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) is offering a discretionary funding opportunity called "Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in Coffee Supply Chains" (FOA ILAB 17 07). Through this announcement, ILAB plans to award up to two cooperative agreements, with total funding of about $4 million. Each award can be as large as $2 million in total costs, and each cooperative agreement is intended to support a technical assistance project in a single country. The projects are meant to strengthen how social compliance systems are implemented in coffee supply chains, with a clear focus on improving working conditions and helping eliminate child labor and forced labor.
The projects must take place in the Latin America and Caribbean region, specifically in one of six eligible countries where the Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor (the TVPRA List) notes concerns tied to coffee-related labor issues. The eligible countries are Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Because the awards are designed to cover two different countries, ILAB is looking to fund work across at least two separate national contexts rather than concentrating multiple countries under one grant.
The grant is structured around strengthening "social compliance systems" in coffee supply chains, meaning the policies, procedures, monitoring approaches, remediation practices, and accountability mechanisms that private sector actors use to identify, prevent, and address labor abuses and poor working conditions. The opportunity emphasizes action by private sector stakeholders in the coffee supply chain, which can include producers, cooperatives, processors, exporters, traders, roasters, and other companies involved in sourcing and production. The overall intent is not just to create plans or conduct research, but to improve real-world systems that companies use to ensure acceptable conditions of work and to detect and remediate child labor and forced labor risks.
ILAB lists three core outcomes that funded projects are expected to deliver. First, the project should lead to the adoption of a robust and sustainable social compliance system by private sector stakeholders in coffee supply chains. This points to lasting improvements that are actually taken up by companies and partners, rather than temporary project-driven activities. Second, the project should strengthen the capacity of private sector stakeholders to implement that system, which signals a strong emphasis on practical training, technical know-how, internal management processes, and ongoing ability to run compliance functions after the grant ends. Third, the project is expected to pilot new social compliance tools focused on child labor, forced labor, and acceptable conditions of work within the coffee supply chain. In other words, ILAB is looking for testing and real implementation of tools that can be used on the ground, not just tool development in theory.
Each project can run for up to four years, with a maximum period of performance of 48 months from the award's effective date. Applicants are allowed to apply for one award or both awards, but there is a firm limit of no more than two applications per applicant. If an applicant decides to pursue funding for two countries, they must submit separate applications for each country and may not combine multiple countries into a single proposal. Each application must request no more than $2 million in total costs, matching the stated award ceiling.
Administratively, the opportunity is issued as a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, which typically means ILAB expects a higher level of engagement during implementation, such as substantial federal involvement in coordinating, advising, or collaborating on technical approaches and project oversight. The funding activity category is listed as Employment, Labor and Training under CFDA number 17.401. The original posting date for the opportunity was September 11, 2017, and the original application deadline was October 11, 2017, with submissions due by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Eligibility is noted as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement, indicating that the eligible applicant pool likely includes certain types of non-federal entities as defined in the full FOA.Apply for FOA ILAB 17 07
- The Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in Coffee Supply Chains" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.401.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 11, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 11, 2017 Applications must be received no later than 40000 p.m. Eastern Time.. (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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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