Indian and Native American Employment and Training Program; Solicitation for Grant Applications and Announcement of Competition Waivers for Program Years 2012 and 2013

Post Date

March 15th 2012

Application Due Date

April 18th 2012

The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is April 18, 2012. Applications must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Funding Opportunity Number

SGA-DFA-PY-11-07

CFDA Number(s)

17.265

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Employment, Labor and Training

Eligibility Categories

Other

To be eligible for an award of funds under WIA Section 166 and this solicitation, an entity must meet all eligibility requirements of WIA Section 166 and 20 CFR 668.200, as well as the application and designation requirements found at 20 CFR part 668, subpart B. The Federal regulations are available at: http://www.doleta.gov/dinap/cfml/wiaregfinal.cfm. Potential applicants are expected to thoroughly review and comply with the statute and regulations. Additionally, to be eligible, entities must have a legal status as a government, an agency of a government, a private non-profit corporation (i.e., incorporated under IRS Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) (except for Section 501(c)(4) organizations that engage in lobbying, as discussed in Section VI. B and C herein), or a consortium as defined below. Applicants seeking to provide services in a geographic service area for the first time must also satisfy the funding threshold identified below. See Section III for more detail.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (the Department or DOL), announces the availability of $47,561,938 in adult funding and $12,365,295 in Supplemental Youth program funding to grantees designated to provide employment and training services to Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians under section 166 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) for Program Year (PY) 2012 (July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013). Approximately $1,418,542 of these funds are available for competition for the Comprehensive Services Program (Adult), and approximately $8,138 of these funds are available for the Supplemental (Youth) Services Program. This SGA contains the procedures by which the Department will select and designate the WIA section 166 grantees for PYs 2012 and 2013 (July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Labor

• Office:

  Employment and Training Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Gwendolyn Baron-Simms
  Grants Management Specialist
  Phone 202-693-3309

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Email Grant Specialist

• Agency Email Address:

  baron-simms.gwendolyn@dol.gov@dol.gov

• More Information:

  DOL-ETA Find Grants