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DOL Announces Grants to Help Former Offenders Gain Career Skills
Posted on 01/30/2012
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis recently announced [www] the availability of $20.6 million in grant funds to provide ex-offenders who are returning to high-poverty, high-crime communities with pre- and post-release employment and support services. These grants represent the fifth generation of the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders-Adult Program. The U.S. Department of Labor expects to award 17 grants of approximately $1.21 million each for 27 months to non-profit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status. A solicitation for grant applications was published in the Jan. 13, 2012 edition of the Federal Register [pdf]. The closing date for receipt of applications is March 13, 2012, at 4 p.m. EDT.
For detailed application information, eligibility requirements, review and selection procedures and other requirements of this application, we invite interested parties to review the full Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) [pdf]. Adult education applicants are particularly directed to Sections: (B.2) – Vocational training and educational interventions designed to improve the career pathways and earning potential of ex-offenders (Program Components such as continuing education to improve literacy and numeracy skills leading to a high school diploma earning a GED, or toward the attainment of an associate or bachelor degree); and (D) – Allowable uses of Grant Funds (such as activities that focus on pre- and post-release education and vocational training).
From the OVAE Connection January 26, 2012 [www] newsletter of the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U. S. Department of Education.
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