[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 150 (Thursday, August 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47240-47241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19823]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Disability Employment Policy
``Add Us In'' Initiative
AGENCY: Office of Disability Employment Policy, Department of Labor.
Announcement Type: New Notice of Availability of Funds and
Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for Cooperative Agreements.
The full announcement is posted on http://www.grants.gov.
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Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 11-02.
DATES: Key Dates: The closing date for receipt of applications is
September 6, 2011 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 $1.65 million to be awarded to consortia to fund three
cooperative agreements ranging from $500,000 to $550,000. The goal of
the Add Us In initiative is to identify and develop strategies to
increase the capacity of small businesses and communities, including
underrepresented and historically excluded communities, to employ youth
and adults with disabilities. Add Us In aims to achieve these goals
through: (1) The development and evaluation of replicable models,
strategies and policies \1\ that would ensure that youth and adults
with disabilities from communities that include underrepresented and
historically excluded communities have access to a broader range of
employment and mentoring opportunities; (2) the development of active
and sustainable partnerships between targeted businesses, diversity-
serving organizations, youth-serving organizations and disability-
serving organizations; and (3) the building of a national and local
network of experts skilled in meeting the employment needs of
individuals with disabilities and the hiring needs of targeted business
owners. The goal of Add Us In will be accomplished through the
competitive funding of consortia tasked to design, implement and
evaluate innovative systems models that support competitive employment
opportunities for people with disabilities within targeted businesses.
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\1\ Replicable models, strategies and policies are methods of
connecting people with disabilities to employment and might include,
but are not limited to, mentoring, entrepreneurial activities,
internships, training and leadership opportunities.
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For the purpose of this solicitation, the inclusion of
underrepresented and historically excluded communities, defined below,
is a specific focus. The make-up of these communities may vary in
different regions, and can include: ethnic and racial minorities
including 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 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; women; veterans; and other similar
groups.
Historically excluded communities are areas or groups that face
some or all of the following economic challenges: blight,
underinvestment, low per capita income, high poverty, high
unemployment, discrimination in housing, credit or the labor market,
environmental or natural resource degradation, and mass layoffs. A
targeted business is a small for-profit enterprise such as a sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or joint venture of any kind,
physically located in the United States or its trust territories that
is at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled on a daily basis
by a United States citizen (or citizens) who are members of
underrepresented and historically excluded communities.\2\
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\2\ For the purposes of this solicitation, the definition of a
``small'' (with regard to the size of the business) is as determined
by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations
addressing business size standards (13 CFR part 121).
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The full Solicitation for Grant Applications is posted on http://www.grants.gov under U.S. Department of Labor/ODEP. Applications
submitted through http://www.grants.gov or 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 in Washington, DC, this 1st day of August 2011.
Cassandra R. Mitchell,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-19823 Filed 8-3-11; 8:45 am]
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