February 5, 2008

ETA REGIONAL INFORMATION ALERT     041-08

ORIGINATING OFFICE:     Region 5

SUBJECT:    Request for Proposals - National Emergency or Disaster Grants To Assist Low-Income Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers

PROGRAM(S): All Programs

1.  Purpose.  To transmit a Notice of Funds Available (NOFA) and Request for Proposals for National Emergency or Disaster Grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers.

2.  References.   Federal Register, Vol. 73, No. 23, February 4, 2008, pp. 6467-6469; Workforce Investment Act of 1998 [Pub.L. 105-220]; DUNS Number; Pub. L. 110-28; Pub. L. 93-288; 42 U.S.C. 5177a; 26 U.S.C. 501(d)(3); 7 CFR 1901, 3015, 3016, 3019, 3560.60(d); Fair Housing Act; Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Equal Credit Opportunity Act; Age Discrimination Act of 1975; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Americans with Disabilities; Executive Order 12898

3.  Links.  This Alert is in the Regional Resources website archive at: http://www.doleta.gov/regions/regionalresources/

Link to the Federal Register attachment (.pdf)

4.  Action:  Program administrators are requested to share this Information Alert with appropriate staff and other agencies and invited to submit an application on or before April 4, 2008 to:

USDA Rural Housing Service
Attention: Henry Searcy or Bonnie Edwards-Jackson
Multi-Family Housing Processing Division
STOP 0781 (Room 1239-S)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Housing Service
1400 Independence Ave., SW.
Washington, DC 20250-0781

5.  Contact.  Comments or questions about this Request may be directed to Henry Searcy Jr. on 202.720.1753 or Bonnie Edwards-Jackson on 202.720.0759. Comments or questions about the format of this Alert may be directed to Robert Rainault on 312.596.5416.

6.  Expiration Date. April 4, 2008

7. Attachments.  Federal Register, Vol. 73, No. 23, February 4, 2008, pp. 6467-6469.