Labour market · 02/09/1999

Job Training Partnership Act, Section 402 Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program and Workforce Investment Act, Sections 127 and 167 Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program

All information required to submit a grant application is contained in this announcement. The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), announces the availability of funds as authorized in Section 127 (b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Workforce Investment Act, to provide MSFW youth workforce investment activities. This notice provides the information and the process that eligible entities must use to apply for these MSFW youth funds and how grantees will be selected for the two-year designation period. It is anticipated that up to $10,000,000 will be available for the first grant year (commencing during the month of November 1999) for funding approximately 12 to 20 projects covered by this Solicitation. The Department intends to provide non-competitive funding for the succeeding one-year period (FY 2001) for grantees who perform satisfactorily during FY 2000, subject to availability of federal funds. In accordance with WIA Section 167(c)(4)(B), the Department will establish criteria for making a determination of satisfactory performance upon which to base the non-competitive funding for the second one-year period. The Department will advise the gr