Funding Alert

• U.S. Department of Labor Announces Funding for Mentoring, Educational, and Employment Strategies to Improve Academic, Social, and Career Pathway Outcomes. The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, announced the availability of $34 million for grants to serve high schools that have been designated as persistently dangerous by State Educational Agencies for the 2008-2009 school year under section 9532 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The goal of these grants is to reduce violence within these schools through a combination of mentoring, education, employment, case management, and violence prevention strategies. To view the grant announcement, visit: http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/SGA-DFA-PY-08-14.pdf. Deadline: September 22.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Labor Announces the Availability of Pathways Out of Poverty Grants. The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, announced the availability of approximately $150 million in grant funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) for projects that provide pathways out of poverty and into employment within industries described in the Supplementary Information, Part B of this Solicitation for Grant Application. To view the grant announcement, visit: http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/SGA-DFA-PY-08-14.pdf. Deadline: September 29.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Labor Announces $220 million Competition to Fund Programs that Prepare Workers for Careers in Health Care Industry. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced a $220 million competition to fund projects that prepare workers for careers in the health care and other high growth industries. The competition will result in grants to fund public entities and private, nonprofit organizations to train individuals for careers in the health care fields of nursing, allied health, long-term care and health information technology. Training also will be provided for careers in other growing industries based on specific regional needs. Approximately $25 million of total funds will be reserved for projects serving communities impacted by automotive industry restructuring. To view the press release visit: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20090860.htm. To view the grant announcement, visit: http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/SGA-DFA-PY-09-01.pdf. Deadline: October 5.