DC Youth and Young Adult Update 10-10-25

News at NYEC: 

• Registration Closes Oct. 20th for NYEC’s Annual Youth Days Event in Washington, D.C., from November 5-7, 2025! NYEC is inviting practitioners, community and organization leaders, and young people to join us to bring a voice for opportunity youth to Congress. Whether you are new to policy and advocacy or a skilled advocate, we will provide the tools and training so you can join us in calling for increased investments and new policies that will benefit young people across the nation. We hope to see you there!  

Legislative Branch:   

• Senate HELP Committee Votes to Approve 4 Additional Trump Labor Nominees: The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to approve four of President Trump’s nominees at the National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Labor. The approved nominations include Crystal Carey to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, James Murphy to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, Rosario Palmieri to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy, Department of Labor, and Anthony D’Esposito to serve as Inspector General, Department of Labor. The full hearing can be viewed here. 

• Senator Tom Cotton Introduces the American Workforce Act: Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced S.2987, the American Workforce Act. This legislation establishes a program of workforce development as an alternative to college. The full bill text can be found here. 

Executive Branch: 

No new Executive Branch updates. 

Federal Funding Opportunities with upcoming deadlines: 

No new federal funding opportunities.  

Previously Shared: 

• DOJ Grant: OJJDP FY25 Multistate Mentoring Programs: This funding opportunity will support mentoring organizations to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth who are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement. Applications are due October 21, 2025.  

• DOJ Grant: OJJDP FY25 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence: This funding opportunity seeks to develop support services for children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities; and to develop, enhance, and implement violent crime reduction strategies. Applications are due October 21, 2025.  

• DOJ Grant: OJJDP FY25 Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Substance Use: This funding will enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth affected by opioids and other substance use, as well as their families. Applications are due October 23, 2025.  

• DOJ Grant: OJJDP FY25 Enhancing Juvenile Indigent Defense: This funding opportunity seeks to support local implementation of juvenile indigent defense practices and services that strengthen and improve the representation of youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Applications are due October 23, 2025.  

• DOJ Grant: BJA FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program: This funding supports programs designed to prevent and reduce school violence by implementing training, developing school threat assessment teams and/or intervention teams to identify violence risks, introducing technologies like anonymous reporting tools, or applying other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence. Applications are due October 27, 2025. 

• DOJ Grant: OJJDP FY25 National Mentoring Programs: This funding supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth that are at risk for juvenile delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement. Applications are due October 27, 2025. 

• DOJ Grant: OJJDP FY25 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program: This funding supports the delivery of substance use prevention programs for youth in schools and extracurricular settings in coordination with local law enforcement and community coalitions. Applications are due October 27, 2025.  

• DOJ Grant: OJJDP FY25 Emergency Planning for Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities: This funding will support the development, implementation and improvement of emergency planning activities for state, Tribal, county, and local juvenile justice residential facilities. Applications are due October 27, 2025. 

• DOJ Grant: BJA FY25 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative: This funding opportunity supports law enforcement efforts to reduce violent crime and improve police-community relations through a range of cross-sector enforcement, prevention, and intervention strategies that leverage active collaboration with communities through sustained partnerships and engagement. Applications are due October 27, 2025.  

• DOJ Grant: OJJDP FY25 Reducing Recidivism for Female Juvenile Delinquents: This funding will support the development, enhancement, or expansion of intervention programs for female juvenile delinquents. Applications are due October 27, 2025. 

• HHS Grant: Grants to Support New Investigators in Conducting Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence Impacting Children and Youth: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) helps researchers develop skills in violence prevention research. Applications are due December 1, 2025. 

• HHS Grant: National Center on Head Start Early Learning, Health and Family Engagement: The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start announces the availability of approximately $15,000,000 to be competitively awarded for the purpose of operating the Head Start National Center on Early Learning, Health, and Family Engagement. This NC will provide training and technical assistance that reflects current evidence, is research-informed, and promotes best practices. Applications are due December 15, 2025. 

 

From the States: 

• Wisconsin: Kenosha County Summer Youth Employment programs had a successful season with 141 youth enrolled across 21 public and private sector worksites. This paid opportunity also partnered with the Kenosha Unified School District to give participants half credit toward their high school graduation after completing the program. 

• California: Governor Gavin Newsom announced $30 million in funding for 70 apprenticeship programs in which participants will earn an average of $20.29 per hour. This represents the third round of Apprenticeship Innovation Funding (AIF), that supports the development of industries such as health care, education, and advanced manufacturing. 

Resources: 

• SNAP State Budget Costs Interactive Map: The Georgetown Center on Poverty & Inequality created an interactive map that displays how much each state’s SNAP costs are expected to rise. Data is presented both in dollars as well as a share of state budgets 

• FUNDING |Employment Training Pathways: The Employment Development Department of California is offering up to $2,000,000 to develop and implement projects that accelerate pathways to employment for populations facing significant employment barriers into high demand and good quality jobs.