[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 63 (Friday, April 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 15307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7508]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment and Training Service


Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP)

AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service, U.S. Department of 
Labor.
    Announcement Type: New Notice of Availability of Funds and 
Solicitation for Grant Applications. The full announcement is posted on 
www.grants.gov.
    Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 09-01.

DATES: Key Dates: The closing date for receipt of applications is May 
4, 2009.

Funding Opportunity Description

    The U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training 
Service (VETS) announces a grant competition under 38 U.S.C. Section 
2021, as added by Section 5 of Public Law 107-95, the Homeless Veterans 
Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001 (HVCAA). The authorization was 
extended through Fiscal Year 2009 by Section 301, Public Law 109-233, 
the Veterans Housing and Employment Improvement Act of 2005. Section 
2021 indicates: ``The Secretary of Labor shall conduct, directly or 
through grant or contract, such programs as the Secretary determines 
appropriate to provide job training, counseling, and placement services 
(including job readiness and literacy and skills training) to expedite 
the reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force.''
    HVRP grants are intended to address two objectives: (1) to provide 
services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful 
employment within the labor force, and (2) to stimulate the development 
of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex 
problems facing homeless veterans.
    The full Solicitation for Grant Application is posted on http://www.grants.gov under U.S. Department of Labor/VETS. Applications 
submitted through http://www.grants.gov or hard copy will be accepted. 
If you need to speak to a person concerning these grants, or if you 
have issues regarding access to the http://www.grants.gov Web site, you 
may telephone Cassandra Mitchell at 202-693-4570 (not a toll-free 
number).

    Signed at Washington, DC this 31st day of March, 2009.
Cassandra R. Mitchell,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-7508 Filed 4-2-09; 8:45 am]
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