[Federal Register: May 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 84)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment and Training Service

 
``Veterans Workforce Investment Program''

May 4, 2009.
AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service, U.S. Department of 
Labor.
    Announcement Type: New Notice of Availability of Funds and 
Solicitation for Grant Applications. The full announcement is posted on 
http://www.grants.gov.
    Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 09-02.
    Key Dates: The closing date for receipt of applications is 30 days 
after publication via http://www.grants.gov.

Funding Opportunity Description

    The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Veterans' Employment and 
Training Service (VETS), announces a grant competition under the 
Veterans' Workforce Investment Program (VWIP) for Program Year (PY) 
2009, as authorized under Section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act 
(WIA) of

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1998. WIA section 168 amended the training programs made available to 
veterans (see 29 U.S.C. 2913). WIA section 168 authorizes the 
Department of Labor to make grants to meet the needs for workforce 
investment activities of veterans with service-connected disabilities, 
veterans who have significant barriers to employment, veterans who 
served on active duty in the armed forces during a war or in a campaign 
or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, and 
recently separated veterans within 48 months of discharge (under 
conditions other than dishonorable). Veterans who received a 
``dishonorable'' discharge are ineligible for VWIP services. Priority 
of service for veterans in all Department of Labor funded training 
programs is established in 38 U.S.C. 4215.
    VWIP grants are intended to address two objectives: (a) To provide 
services to assist in reintegrating eligible veterans into meaningful 
employment within the labor force; and (b) to stimulate the development 
of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex 
employability problems facing eligible veterans.
    Projects that support the President's commitment to ``Green Energy 
Jobs'' and propose a clear strategy for training and employment in the 
renewable energy economy, are considered unique and innovative and will 
receive priority consideration.
    The full Solicitation for Grant Application is posted on http://
www.grants.gov under U.S. Department of Labor/VETS. Applications 
submitted through http://www.grants.gov or hard copy will be accepted. 
If you need to speak to a person concerning these grants, you may 
telephone Cassandra Mitchell at 202-693-4570 (not a toll-free number). 
If you have issues regarding access to the http://www.grants.gov Web 
site, you may telephone the Contact Center Phone at 1-800-518-4726.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of April 2009.
Cassandra R. Mitchell,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-10134 Filed 5-1-09; 8:45 am]

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