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FEDERAL PROGRAMS<br />

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR<br />

www.doleta.gov <strong>Grant</strong>s info: http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm<br />

GRANT/PROGRAM<br />

Serving Juvenile Offenders in High-Poverty, High-Crime<br />

Communities – SGA-DFA-PY-10-09 – The Department<br />

of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA)<br />

announces the availability of approximately $17 million in grant<br />

funds authorized by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to<br />

serve juvenile offenders, ages 16 to 24, in high-poverty, highcrime<br />

communities. The purpose of these grants is to improve<br />

the long-term labor market prospects of these youth. The<br />

Department expects to award two grants of $8.5 million each<br />

to organizations with the capacity to implement multi-site,<br />

multi-state projects. <strong>Grant</strong>ees will be required to competitively<br />

select local sub-grantees to operate the program in a minimum<br />

of five high-poverty, high-crime communities in at least two<br />

states.<br />

CONTACT INFO/DEADLINE<br />

Contact – Denise Roach, <strong>Grant</strong>s<br />

Management Specialist, Division of Federal<br />

Assistance, at (202) 693–3820<br />

http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.<br />

cfm<br />

Susan Harwood Training <strong>Grant</strong> Program (CFDA No.<br />

17.502) – Occupational Safety & Health Administration<br />

(OSHA) awards grants to nonprofit organizations to provide<br />

training and education programs for employers and employees<br />

on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of safety and<br />

health hazards in their workplaces.<br />

Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and<br />

Career Training <strong>Grant</strong>s Program – These funds are available<br />

to eligible institutions of higher education to serve workers who<br />

are eligible for training under the TAA for workers program in<br />

the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The<br />

TAACCCT provides community colleges and other eligible<br />

institutions of higher education with funds to expand and<br />

improve their ability to deliver education and career training<br />

programs that can be completed in two years or less, are suited<br />

for workers who are eligible for training under the Trade<br />

Adjustment Assistance for Workers program, and prepare<br />

program participants for employment in high-wage, high-skill<br />

occupations.<br />

Transition Assistance Program – This program provides<br />

employment instruction, information and assistance to<br />

separating and retiring military personnel and their spouses<br />

through domestic and overseas installations and or facilities by<br />

offering job search and other related services.<br />

Contact – Kimberly Mason, Program Analyst,<br />

at (847) 759-7700, Harwood<strong>Grant</strong>s@dol.gov,<br />

or Jim Barnes, Director, Office of Training<br />

and Educational Programs, at (847) 759-<br />

7700, email: barnes.jim@dol.gov<br />

http://www.osha.gov/dte/sharwood/index.<br />

html<br />

Contact – Rahel Bizuayene, <strong>Grant</strong>s<br />

Management Specialist, Division of Federal<br />

Assistance, at (202) 693–3256<br />

http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.<br />

cfm<br />

http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/tap/<br />

main.htm<br />

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PA <strong>Grant</strong> & <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>

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