The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department), Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) announces the availability of approximately $1.1 million to fund one cooperative agreement to establish the Leadership for the Employment and Advancement of People with Disabilities (LEAD) national center. The Center will seek to improve employment outcomes and promote the economic advancement of people with disabilities by focusing on five strategic goal areas.
The Center will provide real-time accurate information related to disability employment and serve as a central locus and repository of information on best practices and successful employment strategies to both individual job seekers and the systems that assist them in securing, retaining, and advancing in employment. This cooperative agreement will be funded for one year with up to four optional years, pending acceptable performance and availability of funding. This solicitation provides background information, describes the application submission requirements, outlines the process that eligible entities must use to apply for funds covered by this solicitation, and outlines the evaluation criteria used as a basis for selecting the grantee.
Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: SGA-12-14
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and Training
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,100,000
Award Ceiling: $1,100,000
Award Floor: $1,100,000
CFDA Number(s): 17.720 — Disability Employment Policy Development
Eligible Applicants:
Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
- Eligible lead entities include public/private nonprofit organizations
- For-profit organizations, (including, not limited to small businesses)
- Faith-based or disability-led organizations with relevant experience in technical assistance and policy analysis
Such experience must include demonstrated capacity for work at both an individual and systems level, and prior development of deliverables including policy outputs.
The lead entity must document a consortium of additional organizations as appropriate to meet the requirements of this SGA. The lead entity must have demonstrated experience in technical assistance, knowledge transfer and disability policy analysis at both an individual and systems level and must provide examples of this prior experience in the Appendix. The lead entity must also lay out in clear detail the specific roles and responsibilities of each additional partner. Consortium partners should provide a specific expertise vital to achieving one or more of the five target goal areas. According to section 18 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, an organization, as described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that engages in lobbying activities will not be eligible for the receipt of Federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan.
Agency Name: OASAM
Important dates:
Posted Date: Aug 02, 2012
Creation Date: Aug 02, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 31, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 31, 2012
Archive Date: Sep 30, 2012
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