Rynek pracy · 26.01.1999

Welfare-to-Work Competitive Grants

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the third round of competitive grants under the Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grant program. The WtW program assists States and local communities to provide the transitional employment assistance needed to move hard-to-employ recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and certain noncustodial parents, who have experienced or have characteristics associated with long-term welfare dependence, into lasting unsubsidized jobs. This announcement describes the conditions under which applications will be received under the (WtW) Competitive Grants program and how DOL/ETA will determine which applications it will fund. Please note that substantive changes have been made to this solicitation from previous WtW competitive grant solicitations. Read this Announcement carefully. In this round, the Department of Labor is placing a high priority on funding applications targeted to specific populations who face particular challenges in moving from welfare to work: noncustodial parents, individuals with disabilities, individuals who require substance abuse treatment, victims of domestic violence and