Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO)

Post Date

March 30th 2010

Application Due Date

April 29th 2010

The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is April 29, 2010. Applications must be received no later than 4 p.m. Eastern Time.

Funding Opportunity Number

SGA-DFA-PY-09-03

CFDA Number(s)

17.201

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Employment, Labor and Training

Number of Awards

6

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible applicants are Community-Based Organization/Registered Apprenticeship Program (CBO/RAP) Consortia as defined in Section VIII.F of this solicitation. The lead eligible applicant for the CBO/RAP consortia and the fiscal agent for the grant must be a CBO.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1800000

• Award Range:

  $300000 - $300000

Grant Description

The Women's Bureau (WB) and the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Apprenticeship (OA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or Department), announce the availability of approximately $1,800,000 to establish a grant program for the purpose of assisting employers and labor management organizations in the placement and retention of women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations. This Program Year (PY) 2009 and 2010 SGA is authorized under the WANTO Act of 1992, Public Law 102-530, 29 USC 2501 et seq. To that end, the OA and WB plan to disburse PY 2009 and 2010 WANTO grant funds to six community-based organization (CBO)/registered apprenticeship program (RAP) consortia to conduct innovative projects to improve outreach, recruitment, hiring, training, employment, and retention of women in apprenticeships in the nontraditional occupations

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Labor

• Office:

  Employment and Training Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Mamie Williams
  Grants Management Specialist
  Phone 202-693-3341

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grant Specialist

• Agency Email Address:

  Williams.Mamie@dol.gov

• More Information:

  SGA-DFA-PY-09-03