Women's Bureau; Announcement of Competition for Grant Applications for the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WA-NTO) Act for Fiscal Year 1994

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The National Office (Washington, D.C.) of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, announces the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WA-NTO) Act competition and anticipates awarding between five (5) to ten (10) grants to Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to provide technical assistance to employers and labor unions (and related employee labor organizations) to encourage the recruitment, training, retention and promotion of women in their workplaces in apprenticeship and other apprenticeable nontraditional occupation. For Fiscal Year 1994, the WA-NTO Act was funded at the $750,000 level to enable the Department to make grants to CBOs according to the provisions of the Act. In addition to seeking the best programs to encourage employers to increase the number of women in apprenticeship and other nontraditional fields of employment, the Department will also consider geographic diversity and occupational impact in making grant awards to CBOs. In making awards, the Department may assign CBOs to cover geographic areas to provide national coverage (to the extent possible) and to minimize travel time and costs to and from employer and/or labor sites. Further, as