[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 70 (Thursday, April 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 19531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7597]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Providing Job Training for People With Disabilities

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor.

    Announcement Type: New. Notice of Availability of Funds and 
Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications. The full 
announcement is posted on http://www.Grants.Gov as well as on the DOL 
Web-site at http://www.dol.gov/ilab.
    Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 08-03
    Key Dates: The closing date for receipt of applications is 30 Days 
After Publication via Grants.Gov.
    Funding Opportunity Description:
    The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor 
Affairs (ILAB), announces the availability of funds to be awarded by 
Cooperative Agreement (hereinafter referred to as ``grant'' or 
``Cooperative Agreement'') to one qualifying organization for the 
purpose of supporting job placement of People With Disabilities (PWDs) 
in the Costa Rican labor market. Approximately $ 470,000 dollars are 
available for award. Specific objectives of the grant includes: 
increasing employer awareness about the benefits of hiring PWDs, 
increasing the ability of a variety of organizations to provide access 
to job training and computer adaptive technology for PWDs, and 
increasing a variety of local organizations ability to provide case 
management of PWDs training and job placement. The duration of the 
project funded by this solicitation is 2-3 years. The start date of 
program activities will be negotiated upon award of the Cooperative 
Agreement, but will be no later than September 30, 2008.
    ILAB is authorized to award and administer this program by the 
Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law No. 110-161, 
121 Stat. 1844 (2007).
    The full Solicitation for Grant Application is posted on http://www.Grants.Gov under U.S. Department of Labor/ILAB. Only Applications 
submitted through http://www.Grants.Gov will be accepted. If you need 
to speak to a person concerning these grants, or if you have issues 
regarding access to the Grants.gov Web site, you may telephone Lisa 
Harvey at 202-693-4592 (not a toll-free number).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of April, 2008.
Lisa Harvey,
Grant Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-7597 Filed 4-9-08; 8:45 am]
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