Assistance program
Disability Employment Policy Development
$205.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of Disability Employment Policy, Labor, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)
- CFDA number
- 17.720
- What it does
- The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) provides national leadership on disability employment policy to the Department of Labor and other Federal agencies. ODEP develops and fosters the adoption and implementation of comprehensive and integrated disability employment policies and strategies throughout the workforce development system, in public and private workplaces, and in employment-related supports programs and services. Implementation of these effective policies and strategies increase employment opportunities, the recruitment of, and reduce barriers to the hiring, retention and promotion of people with disabilities. ODEP's response to the low labor force participation of people with disabilities is comprehensive and aggressive, and includes securing the active involvement of and cooperation among a number of stakeholders, including Federal, State and local government agencies, private and public employers, educational and training institutions, and the disability community.
- Who benefits
- Beneficiary eligibility is detailed in each funding opportunity for cooperative agreements or grant applications.
- Who applies
- Nonprofit and for-profit organizations, State and local government agencies, academic institutions, and other entities are typically eligible. Eligibility requirements are detailed in each funding opportunity for cooperative agreements or grant applications.
- Authorized by
- Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024
- Program site
- http://www.dol.gov/odep ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$72.2M
35%
Other
$133.6M
65%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments