[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45164-45165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18762]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Office of Disability 
Employment Policy


``Add Us In'' Program

AGENCY: Office of Disability Employment Policy, Department of Labor.
    Announcement Type: New Notice of Availability of Funds and 
Solicitation for Grant Applications. The full announcement is posted on 
http://www.grants.gov.
    Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 10-05.
    Key Dates: The closing date for receipt of applications is 
September 1, 2010 via http://www.grants.gov.

Funding Opportunity Description:

    The U.S. Department of Labor (``DOL'' or ``Department''), Office of 
Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) announces the availability of 
approximately $2.3 million to fund up to four cooperative agreements 
with consortia ranging from $500,000 to $625,000. The objectives of 
this new initiative, Add Us In, are: (1) To increase the ability of 
targeted businesses to employ adults and youth with disabilities; (2) 
to develop and evaluate replicable models, strategies and policies that 
would ensure that youth and adults from targeted populations with 
disabilities have access to a broader range of employment and mentoring 
opportunities; and (3) to form and strengthen connections between 
targeted businesses, diversity-serving organizations, youth-serving 
organizations and disability-serving organizations, building a national 
and local network of experts skilled in serving individuals with 
disabilities. These objectives will be accomplished through the 
competitive funding of consortia tasked to design, implement, and 
evaluate innovative systems models that support integrated employment 
opportunities for people with disabilities within targeted businesses.
    For the purposes of this solicitation, the target population 
consists of members of the following groups: African American, Asian 
American (including Asian Americans of West Asian decent, e.g., India, 
and Asian Americans of East Asian decent, e.g., Japan and Korea), 
Latino or Hispanic

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American, federally recognized Tribes and Native American communities 
(including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and 
other Native Pacific Islanders (including American Samoan Natives)), 
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) individuals, and women. A 
targeted business is a for-profit enterprise such as a sole 
proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or joint venture of any kind, 
regardless of size, physically located in the United States or its 
trust territories which is at least 51 percent owned, operated and 
controlled on a daily basis by a United States citizen (or citizens) 
who are members of a target population.
    The full Solicitation for Grant Application is posted on http://www.grants.gov under U.S. Department of Labor/ODEP. Applications 
submitted through http://www.grants.govor hard copy will be accepted. 
If you need to speak to a person concerning these grants, you may 
telephone Cassandra Mitchell at 202-693-4570 (not a toll-free number). 
If you have issues regarding access to the http://www.grants.gov Web 
site, you may telephone the Contact Center Phone at 1-800-518-4726.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of July 2010.
Cassandra R. Mitchell,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-18762 Filed 7-30-10; 8:45 am]
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