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DOL Grants: Funding Opportunities

Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Labor Rights and Working Conditions in the Dominican Republic — SGA-13-03

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) will award up to $10 million, subject to the availability of funds, for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) to support the Dominican Republic's efforts to reduce child labor and improve labor rights and working conditions in the agricultural sector, including in the sugarcane sector and in production supply chains. Eligible Applicants may include any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s), capable of successfully reducing children's participation in child labor and increasing the capacity of government, industry and workers' rights organizations is eligible to apply.

Global Research on Child Labor Measurement and Policy Development — SGA-13-05

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) will award up to $7 million for a cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project to expand the knowledge base on child labor. The project will involve data collection and analysis on working children in 10 countries and updates on country-level statistics covering child work and education participation rates in approximately 100 countries. Applicants eligible for this award include any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s), capable of successfully conducting research and policy analysis on child labor.

Project to Reduce Child Labor in Rwanda — SGA-13-04

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) will award up to $5 million for one or more cooperative agreement(s) to fund a technical assistance project(s) to work with the Government of Rwanda (GoRw) and tea industry entities to assist in significantly reducing child labor in the production of tea, including by implementing a child labor monitoring system (CLMS), enhancing labor law enforcement efforts on smallholder farms, and increasing children's access to education. The project will also promote decent work for older children and economic opportunities for the Rwandan households most vulnerable to child labor in tea growing areas. Eligible Applicants may include any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s), capable of successfully reducing children's participation in child labor and developing and implementing educational and livelihood programs to serve them.

Homeless Female Veterans' and Veterans with Families Reintegration Program — SGA-13-02

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) announces the availability of approximately $5 million in grant funds to be awarded under the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program — Homeless Female Veterans' and Veterans with Families. The grants are intended to address two objectives: to provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless female veterans and veterans with families into meaningful employment within the labor force, and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex problems facing homeless female veterans and veterans with families. Successful applicants will propose programs that expedite the reintegration of eligible homeless veterans into the labor force. Successful applicants will have demonstrated the ability to address the universal challenges as well as the local or regional problems that have contributed to veteran homelessness and have prevented these veterans from stabilizing their lives and reentering the workforce.

Susan Harwood Training Grants (Targeted Topic) — SHTG-FY-13-02

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announces the availability of approximately $1.5 million in grant funds to be awarded under the Susan Harwood Training Grants program. Grants will be awarded to eligible applicants to provide training and education programs for workers and employers on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplace, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).

Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program — SGA-DFA-PY-12-10

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the availability of approximately $474 million in grant funds to be awarded under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant program. This solicitation announces a third round of funding under the TAACCCT grant program. The primary intent of the TAACCCT program is to meet the educational or career training needs of workers who have lost their jobs or are threatened with job loss as a result of foreign trade by funding the expansion and improvement of education and career training programs that are suited for these individuals; however, the Department expects that a wide range of individuals will benefit from the TAACCCT program once education and training programs are developed and implemented. The Department intends to fund four-year grants to eligible institutions to develop new undergraduate education and career training program strategies or to replicate existing designs, program development methods, and/or delivery strategies that have established evidence of successful implementation.

Disability Employment Initiative — SGA-DFA-PY-12-03

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA), in coordination with Department of Labor's (the Department) Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), announces the availability of approximately $18 million for a fourth round of cooperative agreements to state agencies that administer the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The Department expects to use this funding to award four (4) to eight (8) cooperative agreements to help states develop and implement plans for improving effective and meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in the workforce. These cooperative agreements will have a three (3) years and four (4) months period of performance.

Make it in America Challenge — MIIA2013

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA), the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST-MEP) announces the availability of $40 million in grant funds for the Make it in America Challenge to accelerate the trend of insourcing, where companies are bringing jobs back and making additional investments here in America. The announcement builds on the administration's efforts to encourage companies — large and small, foreign and domestic, manufacturers and services firms — to increase investment in the United States.

'Stand Down' Grants to Assist Homeless Veterans

The U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of $600,000 in "Stand Down" grants that will provide an estimated 10,000 homeless veterans with opportunities to reintegrate into society. The grants are being awarded under the department's Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program. Approximately seventy grants in each of the three fiscal years covered by this solicitation are expected to be awarded. A maximum of $10,000 per multi-day event or $7,000 for a one-day event can be awarded. Stand Down grant funds must be used to enhance employment and training opportunities or to promote the self-sufficiency of homeless veterans through paid work. Applications for Stand Down funds will be accepted from State Workforce Agencies, State and local Workforce Investment Boards, Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs), local public agencies, and non-profit organizations including community and faith-based organizations. All applications for Stand Down grant funding must be submitted to the appropriate State Director for Veterans' Employment and Training (DVET) at least ninety (90) days prior to the event.