[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31366-31367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13327]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Funding Opportunity and Solicitation for Grant 
Applications (SGA) for Cooperative Agreements Under the Disability 
Employment Initiative (DEI)

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA).

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    Funding Opportunity Number: SGA-DFA-PY-10-14.
SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), in 
coordination with Department of Labor's (DOL's) Office of Disability 
Employment Policy (ODEP) announces the availability of approximately 
$20 million for a second round of cooperative agreements to state 
agencies that administer the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). These 
funds provide an opportunity for states to develop and implement a plan 
for improving effective and meaningful participation of persons with 
disabilities in the workforce.
    DOL is using this funding to implement the Disability Employment 
Initiative (DEI), through which the Department intends to make six to 
ten grant awards designed to:
    (1) Improve educational, training, and employment opportunities and 
outcomes of youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, 
underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits; 
and
    (2) Help these individuals with disabilities find a path into the 
middle class through exemplary and model service delivery by the public 
workforce system.
    DOL will award DEI grants for a three-year period of performance. 
The complete SGA and any subsequent SGA amendments are described in 
further detail on ETA's Web site at http://

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www.doleta.gov/grants or on http://www.grants.gov. The Web sites 
provide application information, eligibility requirements, review and 
selection procedures and other program requirements governing this 
solicitation.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of applications is July 15, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Serena Boyd, 200 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Room N-4716, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: 202-693-3338.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of May, 2011.
B. Jai Johnson,
Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-13327 Filed 5-27-11; 8:45 am]
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