Up to 1.5m has been made available to support training and development in the children and young people's sector.
A spokeswoman said: "There were a number of bids from the youth sector last year and we hope to encourage more this year."
The grants are part of the Occupational Group Funding initiative, designed to target groups that find it difficult to access funding from other sources.
It is available to a range of sectors covering about 500,000 workers, including Connexions advisers and learning mentors.
Last year's projects included a music programme to help terminally ill young people, and the development of a national training strategy for the Education Welfare Service.
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