Disability Employment Initiative

The summary for the Disability Employment Initiative grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Employment and Training Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Disability Employment Initiative: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), in coordination with Department of Labor's (the Department) Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), announces the availability of approximately $18 million for a fourth round of cooperative agreements to state agencies that administer the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The Department expects to use this funding to award four (4) to eight (8) cooperative agreements to help states develop and implement plans for improving effective and meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in the workforce. These cooperative agreements will have a three (3) years and four (4) months period of performance.

Federal Grant Title:	Disability Employment Initiative
Federal Agency Name:	Employment and Training Administration
Grant Categories:	Employment Labor and Training
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	SGA-DFA-PY-12-08
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	17.207
CFDA Descriptions:	Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities
Current Application Deadline:	Jun 04, 2013
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 04, 2013
Posted Date:	Apr 22, 2013
Creation Date:	May 03, 2013
Archive Date:	Jul 04, 2013
Total Program Funding:	$18,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$6,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$1,500,000
Expected Number of Awards:	8
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants must be the state Workforce Investment Act (WIA) administrative agency, also known as the state workforce agency. Any state workforce agency that has not yet received a Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) award, and certain round 1 DEI grantees, are eligible for this round of DEI cooperative agreements. See Section III of the SGA.
Grant Announcement Contact: Eileen Banks Grants Management Specialist Phone 202-693-3403

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