[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 19228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9588]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) 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 4, 2003, concerning the 
availability of grant funds for small faith-based and community-based 
non-profit organizations. The document is being amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 18, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Forman, Grants Management 
Specialist, Division of Federal Assistance, Fax (202) 219-8739.

Amendment to the Federal Register Notice dated: 68 FR No. 65/Friday, 
April 4, 2003: Legal Rules That Apply to Faith-based Organizations That 
Receive Government Funds

    The government is prohibited from directly funding religious 
activity.* These grants may not be used for religious instruction, 
worship, prayer, proselytizing or other inherently religious practices. 
Neutral, secular criteria that neither favor nor disfavor religion must 
be employed in the selection of grant and sub-grant recipients. In 
addition, under the WIA and DOL regulations implementing the Workforce 
Investment Act, a recipient may not train a participant in religious 
activities, or permit participants to construct, operate, or maintain 
any part of a facility that is primarily used or devoted to religious 
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.''

    *The term ``direct'' funding is used to describe funds that are 
provided ``directly'' by a governmental entity or an intermediate 
organization with the same duties as a governmental entity, as 
opposed to funds that an organization receives as the result of the 
genuine and independent private choice of a beneficiary. In other 
contexts, the term ``direct'' funding may be used to refer to those 
funds that an organization receives directly from the Federal 
government (also known as ``discretionary'' funding), as opposed to 
funding that it receives from a State or local government (also 
known as ``indirect'' or ``block grant'' funding). In this SGA, the 
term ``direct'' has the former meaning.

    Dated: April 15, 2003.
    Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of April, 2003.
James W. Stockton,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-9588 Filed 4-17-03; 8:45 am]
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