[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 8251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03336]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Availability of Funds and Funding Opportunity
Announcement for: Summer Jobs and Beyond: Career Pathways for Youth
(CPY)
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
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Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-ETA-16-08.
SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S.
Department of Labor, announces the availability of up to $20,000,000 in
grant funds authorized by section 169(c) of the Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Public Law 113-128, Dislocated Worker
Demonstration Projects, and the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2016,
Public Law 114-113 for the pilot grant program, Summer Jobs and Beyond:
Career Pathways for Youth (CPY). ETA plans to award approximately 10-11
grants of approximately $2,000,000 each to Local Workforce Development
Boards (LWDB). This program is designed to provide employment-related
services to eligible youth who are new entrants to the workforce,
including those with limited current or past work experience.
The program will provide youth with work experience opportunities,
including summer and year[hyphen]round part[hyphen]time job
opportunities for in-school youth and employment and work experience
opportunities throughout the year for out-of-school youth, and exposure
to career pathways in in[hyphen]demand job sectors. The grants will
require partnerships between LWDBs and local summer employment
programs, employers, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), and
re[hyphen]engagement centers. Other community partners may provide
services to eligible youth that assist in the development of work
experience and entry into career pathways.
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 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 March 25, 2016. We must receive applications no later
than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice Sheelor, Grants Management
Specialist, Office of Grants Management, at (202) 693-3538. Applicants
should email all technical questions to [email protected] and
reference the Funding Opportunity Number listed in this notice.
The Grant Officer for this FOA is Latifa Jeter.
Signed February 9, 2016 in Washington, DC.
Eric D. Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer/Division Chief, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-03336 Filed 2-17-16; 8:45 am]
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