Wagner-Peyser Act; One-Stop Career Center System Local Grants

Zusammenfassung

All information required to submit a proposal is contained in this announcement. The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) announces the availability of competitive grants to award approximately $3.5 million for local community One-Stop Career Center systems in order to implement several ``learning laboratories.'' The grants will allow these sites to serve as ``learning laboratories'' to provide ``hands-on'' skill training and professional development to others across the Country and/or serve as ``test sites'' for One-Stop components or applications. It is anticipated that up to 10 awards to local communities, who have moved forward to transform the fragment array of employment and training programs into a coordinated information and service delivery system for individuals seeking first, new or better jobs and for employers seeking to hire new workers, will be made. The Department's intent is that these local sites will fit into the broader national strategy for the One-Stop Career Center system. Accordingly, the Department is seeking to fund local sites that embody the same four broad outcomes of the national system--i.e., universality, custome