OpportunityTitle: YouthBuild Grants
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: An organization is an eligible applicant for these grants if it is a public or private non-profit agency or organization (including a consortium of such agencies or organizations with a designated lead applicant)
Description: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or Department), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the availability of approximately $47 million in grant funds for YouthBuild Grants. YouthBuild Grants will be awarded through a competitive process. Grant funds will be used to provide disadvantaged youth with: the education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency in occupations in high demand and postsecondary education and training opportunities; opportunities for meaningful work and service to their communities; and opportunities to develop employment and leadership skills and a commitment to community development among youth in low-income communities. As part of their programming, YouthBuild grantees will tap the energies and talents of disadvantaged youth to increase the supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless individuals and low-income families and to help youth develop the leadership, learning, and high-demand occupational skills needed to succeed in today&#146;s global economy.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Donna Kelly
GrantorContactText: Donna Kelly &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 2026933934
CloseDateExplanation: The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is January 15, 2009.  Applications must be successfully submitted at http://www.grants.gov no later than 11:59:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) and then subsequently validated by Grants.gov.  Application and submission information is explained in detail in Part IV of this SGA.  DOL requires applicants to submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, unless prior written approval for an exception is granted.  Requests for exceptions to the electronic submission requirement is explained in detail in Part IV of this SGA.