[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 15752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06613]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Availability of Funds and Funding Opportunity 
Announcement for Reentry Demonstration Projects for Young Adults Grants

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

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    Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-ETA-16-06
SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. 
Department of Labor (the Department), announces the availability of 
approximately $30,250,000 in grant funds authorized by the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The Department intends to award 
these grants to a combination of rural- and urban-serving 
organizations.
    This Announcement solicits applications for Reentry Demonstration 
Projects for Young Adults. The purpose of these grants is to utilize 
evidence-based and informed interventions or new interventions that 
theory or research suggests are promising to improve employment 
outcomes of young adults between the ages of 18 to 24 who have been 
involved in the juvenile or adult justice system and who reside in 
high-poverty, high-crime communities.
    The Department plans to award approximately seven grants of up to 
$4,500,000 each to eligible applicants. All applicants must have the 
capacity to implement multi-site projects and may only submit one 
application in response to this FOA. These awards will have a 36-month 
period of performance which includes a planning period, period of 
operation, and follow-up period; the period of operation must be at 
least 24 months of the total period of performance. The anticipated 
start date is July 1, 2016.
    The complete FOA and any subsequent FOA amendments in connection 
with this funding opportunity are described in further detail on ETA's 
Web site at https://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm or on http://www.grants.gov. The Web sites provide application information, 
eligibility requirements, review and selection procedures, and other 
program requirements governing this funding opportunity.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of applications under this 
announcement is April 19, 2016. Applications must be received no later 
than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ariam Ferro, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Room N-4716, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-3968.

Eric Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-06613 Filed 3-23-16; 8:45 am]
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