Office of Vocational and Adult Education

Resumen

This notice announces the 1997 competition for Urban/Rural Opportunities Grants authorized under Title III of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 (the Act). This notice contains all of the necessary information and forms to apply for funds appropriated in FY 1996. Urban/Rural Opportunities Grants enable local partnerships serving youth who reside or attend school in high poverty areas to develop and implement School-to-Work Opportunities initiatives in high poverty areas of urban and rural communities. These initiatives offer young Americans in these communities access to School-to-Work Opportunities programs specifically designed to address barriers to their successful participation in such programs and to prepare them for further education and training and first jobs in high-skill, high-wage careers.