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Our Mission: Helping Homeless Americans Find Jobs

The Department of Labor administers programs providing employment and training services that are crucial components in the comprehensive efforts to address the cycle of homelessness. The Department offers both mainstream and targeted employment-focused programs that help lead to self-sufficiency.

The DOL strategy focuses on helping homeless Americans who want to work or can become job-ready. DOL's objectives are to: 1) provide access to mainstream employment assistance and services, and 2) identify skill needs in today's workforce and address skill deficiencies of this population.

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Targeted Funding

• Labor Secretary Announces $25.9 Million in Grants to Help More than 20,000 Veterans Find Jobs
• Labor Department Announces Winners of $15.6 Million for Youth Offender Projects
• Labor Department Announces $20 Million Grant Competition for President's Prisoner Reentry Initiative
• Department of Labor Awards Nearly $5 Million in Grants To Workforce Investment Boards to Partner With Faith-Based and Community Organizations
• National Farmworker Job Program — Program Year 2005 Housing Assistance Awards (PDF)
• Secretary of Labor Announces $2 Million Grant to Train At-Risk Youth

DOL Programs to Serve the Homeless

• 2004 DOL Report on Homeless Assistance

Mainstream Programs

• Workforce Investment Act
• Career One-Stop System
• Alert to Programs on Community Voice Mail

Targeted Labor Programs

• Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Project
• Disability Program Navigator Initiative
• Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative
• Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing Projects
• Ready4Work Program
• Job Corps
• Veterans Workforce Investment Program (VWIP)

• Archive

Government-wide Programs

Homeless Resources

• Interagency Council on Homelessness
• The White House
• The President's Reentry Initiative
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of Health and Human Services

Other Important Links

• Disability Related Links
• GovBenefits.gov
• Grants.gov