"People with disabilities have tremendous talents and ideas to contribute to our workplaces, our communities, and our nation's economy, said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez."
Hoping to remove some of the obstacles that Americans with disabilities may face in their search for employment, the U.S. Department of Labor have announced the availability of approximately $15.6 million in grants intended to increase the participation of youth and adults with disabilities in federally funded education and training programs.
The department's Disability Employment Initiative will make the grants - ranging from $1.5 to $2.5 million each - available to state workforce agencies to develop flexible and innovative strategies to engage more people with disabilities in employment services.
The department anticipates awarding eight grants for at least one project for each of the following target populations:
"People with disabilities have tremendous talents and ideas to contribute to our workplaces, our communities, and our nation's economy," said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. "The funding will help to prepare these workers for good jobs and build strong ladders of opportunity to the middle-class."
The grants are the seventh round of funding through the DEI, a joint program of the department's Employment and Training Administration and the Office of Disability Employment Policy.
Since 2010, the department has awarded more than $109 million in grants through the DEI to 43 state workforce agencies in 27 states to improve education, training, and employment outcomes of youth and adults with disabilities.
Recipients use the funds to refine and expand workforce strategies proven to be successful, and enhance inclusive service delivery through the public workforce system.
Improvements include:
DEI cooperative agreements align closely with the Obama administration's job-driven training principles by requiring multiple workforce and disability service providers, educational institutions, and businesses in each state to collaborate extensively with each other.
Workforce agencies interested in applying for this funding should visit www.grants.gov The deadline to apply is Aug. 1, 2016.
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