OpportunityTitle: Indian and Native American Employment and Training Program; Solicitation for Grant Applications and Announcement of Competition Waivers for Program Years 2012 and 2013
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: To be eligible for an award of funds under WIA Section 166 and this solicitation, an entity must meet all eligibility requirements of WIA Section 166 and 20 CFR 668.200, as well as the application and designation requirements found at 20 CFR part 668, subpart B.  The Federal regulations are available at: http://www.doleta.gov/dinap/cfml/wiaregfinal.cfm.  Potential applicants are expected to thoroughly review and comply with the statute and regulations. Additionally, to be eligible, entities must have a legal status as a government, an agency of a government, a private non-profit corporation (i.e., incorporated under IRS Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) (except for Section 501(c)(4) organizations that engage in lobbying, as discussed in Section VI. B and C herein), or a consortium as defined below.  Applicants seeking to provide services in a geographic service area for the first time must also satisfy the funding threshold identified below.  See Section III for more detail.
Description: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (the Department or DOL), announces the availability of $47,561,938 in adult funding and $12,365,295 in Supplemental Youth program funding to grantees designated to provide employment and training services to Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians under section 166 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) for Program Year (PY) 2012 (July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013). Approximately $1,418,542 of these funds are available for competition for the Comprehensive Services Program (Adult), and approximately $8,138 of these funds are available for the Supplemental (Youth) Services Program. This SGA contains the procedures by which the Department will select and designate the WIA section 166 grantees for PYs 2012 and 2013 (July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Email Grant Specialist
GrantorContactText: Gwendolyn Baron-Simms &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-693-3309
CloseDateExplanation: The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is April 18, 2012.  Applications must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.