[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27252-27253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11116]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Veterans' Employment and Training; Veterans Workforce Investment 
Program

AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 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 12-02.

DATES: Key Dates: The closing date for receipt of applications is June 
15, 2012.

Funding Opportunity Description

    The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Veterans' Employment and 
Training Service (VETS), announces a grant competition under the 
Veterans' Workforce Investment Program (VWIP) for Program Year (PY) 
2012, as authorized under Section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act 
(WIA) of 1998. WIA section 168 amended the training programs made 
available to veterans (see 29 U.S.C. 2913). WIA section 168 authorizes 
the Department of Labor to make grants to meet the needs for workforce 
investment activities of veterans with service-connected disabilities, 
veterans who have significant barriers to employment, veterans who 
served on active duty in the armed forces during a war or in a campaign 
or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, and 
recently separated veterans within 48 months of discharge (under 
conditions other than dishonorable). Veterans who received a 
``dishonorable'' discharge are ineligible for VWIP services. Priority 
of service for veterans

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in all Department of Labor funded training programs is established in 
38 U.S.C. 4215.
     VWIP grants are intended to address three objectives: (a) 
To provide services to assist in reintegrating eligible veterans into 
meaningful employment within the labor force; and (b) to stimulate the 
development of effective service delivery systems that will address the 
complex employability problems facing eligible veterans; and (c) to 
increase the skills and competency level of veteran participants 
through longer-term training that results, whenever feasible, in 
industry-recognized credentials for jobs, occupations, and industries 
that are in demand within a targeted service area.
    The full Solicitation for Grant Application is posted on 
www.grants.gov under U.S. Department of Labor/VETS. Applications 
submitted through 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 www.grants.gov Web site, you may 
telephone the Contact Center Phone at 1-800-518-4726.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of May 2012.
Cassandra R. Mitchell,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-11116 Filed 5-8-12; 8:45 am]
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