[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 32061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11884]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[SGA/DFA 02-108]


Grants for Small Faith-Based and Community-Based Non-Profit 
Organizations; Amendment

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration published a 
document in the Federal Register of April 17, 2002, concerning the 
availability of grant funds to award a grant to ``grass-roots'' 
organizations or small faith-based and community-based non-profit 
organizations with the ability to connect to the nation's workforce 
development system. The document is hereby amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Forman, Grants Management 
Specialist, Division of Federal Assistance, Fax (202) 693-2879.

Amendment

    In the Federal Register of April 17, 2002, in FR Doc. 02-9259, on 
page 18931, in the second column, add the following paragraph after the 
first full paragraph.
    The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United 
States Constitution prohibits the government from directly funding 
religious activity. These grants may not be used for instruction in 
religion or sacred literature, worship, prayer, proselytizing or other 
inherently religious practices. The services provided under these 
grants must be secular and non-ideological. Grant or sub-grant 
recipients, therefore, may not and will not be defined by reference to 
religion. Neutral, secular criteria that neither favor nor disfavor 
religion must be employed in their selection. In addition, under the 
WIA and DOL regulations implementing the Workforce Investment Act, a 
recipient may not employ or train a participant in sectarian 
activities, or permit participants to construct, operate, or maintain 
any part of a facility that is primarily used or devoted to sectarian 
instruction or worship. Under WIA, no individual shall be excluded from 
participation in, denied the benefits of, subjected to discrimination 
under, or denied employment in the administration of or in connection 
with, any such program or activity because of race, color, religion, 
sex (except as otherwise permitted under title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972), national origin, age, disability, or political 
affiliation or belief.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of May, 2002,
James W. Stockton,
Grant Officer,
[FR Doc. 02-11884 Filed 5-9-02; 8:45 am]
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