[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 7636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02814]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Availability of Funds and Funding Opportunity 
Announcement for the Linking to Employment Activities Pre-release 
Specialized American Job Centers (AJCs)

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

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    Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-ETA-15-03.
SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. 
Department of Labor, announces the availability of approximately $5 
million in grant funds authorized by Section 171, Pilot and 
Demonstration Projects, of the Workforce Investment Act and Section 212 
of the Second Chance Act of 2007 for Linking to Employment Activities 
Pre-release Specialized American Job Centers (AJCs) grants.
    The purpose of this program is to provide locally incarcerated 
offenders with employability skills by providing them workforce 
services prior to release from local incarceration and linking them to 
a continuum of employment, training, education, and support services 
offered through their community-based AJCs post-release, as well as 
building connections to local employers that will enable transitioning 
offenders to secure employment pre-release.
    The jail-based specialized AJCs will enable transitioning offenders 
to prepare for employment prior to release and continue with individual 
development and service plans in the community once released. The aim 
of these centers is to improve the workforce outcomes for transitioning 
offenders. These jail-based specialized AJCs will build upon the 
successful and effective strategies that currently exist in similar 
correctional facility-based one-stop centers across the country.
    The complete FOA and any subsequent FOA amendments in connection 
with this solicitation are described in further detail on ETA's Web 
site at http://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 under this 
announcement is April 3, 2015. Applications must be received no later 
than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Hill, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Room N-4716, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-3542.
    The Grant Officer for this FOA is Melissa Abdullah.

    Signed: February 5, 2015 in Washington, DC.
Eric D. Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer/Division Chief, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-02814 Filed 2-10-15; 8:45 am]
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