[NIFL-WORKPLACE:3863] DOL Grants

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Good News--The Workforce List-Serve is back in operations.  Please find the
announcements of three DOL grants below.

http://www.wdsc.org/sga/view.htm


DOL GRANTS FOR 2000

1.  Incumbent/Dislocated Worker Skill Shortage II Demonstration Program
(SGA/DFA 00-113)

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration
(ETA), announces a second demonstration program to test the ability of the
workforce development system to create projects or industry-led consortia
for the purpose of upgrading current workers, designing or adapting training
curricula in skills shortage occupational areas, or in regionally important
business/industry areas including manufacturing and machining, and
specialized industrial areas such as plastics, telecommunications and the
environment, and to recruit/retrain workers in these occupations.
Issue Date:          October 31, 2000
Closing Date:      January 16, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)

2.  Grants for Implementing Individual Training Account (ITA) Approaches
through the ITA Experiment
(SGA/DFA 00-111)
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration
(ETA) announces a competitive solicitation for grant applications (SGA) and
the availability of approximately $4.5 million for approximately six grant
awards. Through this notice, DOL seeks to identify local Workforce
Investment Areas (local areas) committed to implementing three distinctly
different approaches for delivering Individual Training Accounts (ITAs) to
their customers (participants). Applicants awarded a grant under this SGA
will participate in the ITA Experiment, the purpose of which is to provide
better information to State and local administrators as they determine the
roles of counselors in the management of participant choices in ITAs; plan
the allocation of staff and training resources to best meet their
objectives; and strive for the continuous improvement of services under the
Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
Issue Date:          September 13, 2000
Closing Date:     Thursday, November 30, 2000 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time (EST)

3.  Notice inviting proposals for Selected Demonstration Projects for
Community Audits   (SGA/DFA 00-110)

The U.S. Department of Labor (Department or DOL), Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), announces a demonstration program to support promising
practices in strategic planning and "strategic research" related to
"community audits." Community audits allow local stakeholders to bring
together economic and labor market trend information which will support
strategic planning and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program implementation
in their area, including customer service through the One-Stop Center
system. Grantees will receive intensive technical assistance and participate
in a rigorous evaluation. In addition, they will participate in and help
structure national DOL activities meant to identify and disseminate lessons
learned. This solicitation describes the application submission
requirements, the process that entities must use to apply for funds covered
by this solicitation, how grantees are to be selected and the technical
assistance that will be provided following selection of grantees. It is
anticipated that $2.3 million will be available for funding projects covered
by this solicitation. There will be two types of projects funded under the
solicitation-locally-led projects and state-led multi-area projects. The
maximum grant award will not exceed $50,000 for a single Local Workforce
Investment Board (Local Board) or $100,000 for a regional consortium under
the locally-led projects (approximately 15 grants), and will not exceed
$150,000 for the State-led multi-area projects (approximately 10 grants
awarded), for a period of  24 months from the date of execution. Applicants
should also look at                                the background materials
on community audits, including "Conducting a Community Audit," which are
available at the website www.doleta.gov.
Issue Date:          6 September, 2000



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