[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 24917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10306]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Funding Opportunity and Solicitation for Grant
Applications (SGA) for H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Grant Applications.
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Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/DFA PY 10-13.
SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department),
announces the availability of approximately $240 million in funds for
an H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants program. This grant program is
designed to provide education, training, and job placement assistance
in the occupations and industries for which employers are using H-1B
visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to
support such training. H-1B technical skills training grants are
financed by a user fee paid by employers to bring foreign workers into
the United States under the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program. This
technical skills training program was authorized under Section 414(c)
of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998
(ACWIA), as amended (29 U.S.C. 2916a). Grant awards will be made only
to the extent that funds are available.
The Department will make awards to two types of training grants:
those that provide On-the-Job Training (OJT) to all participants and
those that use other training strategies. Of the awards granted through
this Solicitation, at least $150 million will be awarded to grantees
that provide OJT to all participants. Between the two types of grants
awarded (OJT and other training strategies), DOL intends to fund at
least $45 million to applicants proposing to provide training for
occupations in the health care industry and at least $60 million to
applicants that serve long-term unemployed individuals. While this
Solicitation is open, DOL anticipates that additional funding will
accrue for this grant program. Such additional funding may be made
available for awards during the second round of funding, depending on
the quality of applications received.
The Department expects to award approximately 75-100 grants ranging
from $1 million to $5 million with up to a 48-month period of
performance. The Department will award grants to a partnership of
private and public sector entities as defined in ACWIA. This
partnership must include at least two entities from among the following
groups: (1) Businesses or business-related nonprofit organizations,
such as trade associations; (2) education and training providers,
including community colleges and other community-based organizations;
and (3) entities involved in administering the workforce investment
system established under Title I of the WIA, and economic development
agencies.
The complete SGA is available in detail on ETA's Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm or on http://www.grants.gov.
The Web sites provide application information, eligibility
requirements, review and selection procedures and other program
requirements governing this solicitation.
DATES: There are two closing dates for receipt of applications which
are June 2, 2011 and November 17, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannette Flowers, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room N4716, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-3322;
E-mail: [email protected].
Signed in Washington, DC, this 25th day of April, 2011.
Laura Patton Watson,
Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-10306 Filed 5-2-11; 8:45 am]
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