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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service (VETS)
Fiscal Years (FY) 2009 and 2010 Stand
Down Grant Award Requests
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ACTION: Follow up announcement of
available FY 2009 and FY 2010 funds to
support local Stand Down events.
AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and
Training Service, Labor.
Announcement Type: Follow-up
Notice of Available Funds and
Solicitation for Grant Applications. The
full announcement is posted on the
VETS Web site at: https://www.dol.gov/
vets/programs/stand%20down/
main.htm.
Funding Opportunity Number: 17–
805.
Key Dates: To be considered for FY
2009 funding, applications must be
received at least sixty (60) days prior to
the event and no later than July 30,
2009. Applications for events planned
in FY 2010 must be received at least
sixty (60) days prior to the event and no
later than July 30, 2010.
Funding Opportunity Description:
The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL),
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service (VETS) continues to support
local Stand Down events that assist
homeless veterans. A Stand Down is an
event held in a local community where
homeless veterans are provided with a
wide variety of social services including
employment assistance.
Under this announcement, VETS
anticipates that up to $400,000 will be
available in each year for grant awards
of up to a maximum of $10,000 per
multi-day event (more than one day),
and a maximum of $7,000 for a one (1)
day event. VETS expects to award
approximately forty-five (45) grants each
fiscal year. Availability of FY 2010
funds will be dependent upon
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Congressional appropriations.
Applications for Stand Down funds will
be accepted from State Workforce
Agencies and State and local Workforce
Investment Boards, Veterans Service
Organizations (VSO), local public
agencies, and non-profit organizations,
including community and faith-based
organizations. USDOL is not authorized
to award grant funds to organizations
that are registered with Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501(c)(4)
organization.
Applications for Stand Down grant
funding should be submitted to the
appropriate State Director of Veterans
Employment and Training/Grant Officer
Technical Representative (DVET/
GOTR). Address and contact
information for each State DVET/GOTR
can be found at Web site address:
https://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/
contacts/main.htm. The closing date for
receipt of applications is sixty (60) days
prior to the event or July 30, 2009. Any
events approved in FY 2009 must be
held prior to December 31, 2009.
Applications for events planned in FY
2010 must be received at least sixty (60)
days prior to the event and no later than
July 30, 2010.
The full Solicitation for Grant
Application for Stand Downs is posted
on the VETS Web site (https://
www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/
main.htm. If you need to speak to a
person concerning these grants, or if you
have issues regarding access to the
VETS Web site, you may telephone
Kenneth Fenner at 202–693–4728 (not a
toll-free number).
Signed at Washington, DC this 29th day of
June 2009.
Cassandra R. Mitchell,
Grant Officer.
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The Advisory Committee on Veterans’
Employment, Training and Employer
Outreach (ACVETEO); Notice of Open
Meeting
The Advisory Committee on Veterans’
Employment, Training and Employer
Outreach (ACVETEO) was established
pursuant to Title II of the Veterans’
Housing Opportunity and Benefits
Improvement Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–
233) and section 9 of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub.
L. 92–462, Title 5 U.S.C. app.II). The
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authority of the ACVETEO is codified in
Title 38 U.S. Code, section 4110.
The ACVETEO is responsible for
assessing employment and training
needs of veterans; determining the
extent to which the programs and
activities of the U.S. Department of
Labor meet these needs; and assisting to
conduct outreach to employers seeking
to hire veterans. The ACVETEO will
conduct a business meeting on
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency
Washington on Capitol Hill Hotel, 400
New Jersey Avenue, NW., Ticonderoga
room lower level, Washington, DC
20001.
The ACVETEO will discuss programs
to assist veterans seeking employment
and to raise employer awareness as to
the advantages of hiring veterans, with
special emphasis on employer outreach
and wounded and injured veterans.
There will be an opportunity for persons
or organizations to address the
committee. Any individual or
organization that wishes to do so should
contact Margaret Hill Watts at (202)
693–4744. Time constraints may limit
the number of presentations.
Individuals needing special
accommodations should notify Margaret
Hill Watts at (202) 693–4744 by July 13,
2009.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 29th day of
June 2009.
John M. McWilliam,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans’
Employment and Training Service.
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Section 512 of the Employee Retirement
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be held on July 21–23, 2009.
The three-day meeting will take place
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and
Training Service (VETS)
Fiscal Years (FY) 2009 and 2010 Stand Down Grant Award Requests
ACTION: Follow up announcement of available FY 2009 and FY 2010 funds
to support local Stand Down events.
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AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Labor.
Announcement Type: Follow-up Notice of Available Funds and
Solicitation for Grant Applications. The full announcement is posted on
the VETS Web site at: https://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/stand%20down/main.htm.
Funding Opportunity Number: 17-805.
Key Dates: To be considered for FY 2009 funding, applications must
be received at least sixty (60) days prior to the event and no later
than July 30, 2009. Applications for events planned in FY 2010 must be
received at least sixty (60) days prior to the event and no later than
July 30, 2010.
Funding Opportunity Description: The U.S. Department of Labor
(USDOL), Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) continues to
support local Stand Down events that assist homeless veterans. A Stand
Down is an event held in a local community where homeless veterans are
provided with a wide variety of social services including employment
assistance.
Under this announcement, VETS anticipates that up to $400,000 will
be available in each year for grant awards of up to a maximum of
$10,000 per multi-day event (more than one day), and a maximum of
$7,000 for a one (1) day event. VETS expects to award approximately
forty-five (45) grants each fiscal year. Availability of FY 2010 funds
will be dependent upon Congressional appropriations. Applications for
Stand Down funds will be accepted from State Workforce Agencies and
State and local Workforce Investment Boards, Veterans Service
Organizations (VSO), local public agencies, and non-profit
organizations, including community and faith-based organizations. USDOL
is not authorized to award grant funds to organizations that are
registered with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501(c)(4)
organization.
Applications for Stand Down grant funding should be submitted to
the appropriate State Director of Veterans Employment and Training/
Grant Officer Technical Representative (DVET/GOTR). Address and contact
information for each State DVET/GOTR can be found at Web site address:
https://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/main.htm. The closing date
for receipt of applications is sixty (60) days prior to the event or
July 30, 2009. Any events approved in FY 2009 must be held prior to
December 31, 2009.
Applications for events planned in FY 2010 must be received at
least sixty (60) days prior to the event and no later than July 30,
2010.
The full Solicitation for Grant Application for Stand Downs is
posted on the VETS Web site (https://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/main.htm. If you need to speak to a person concerning these
grants, or if you have issues regarding access to the VETS Web site,
you may telephone Kenneth Fenner at 202-693-4728 (not a toll-free
number).
Signed at Washington, DC this 29th day of June 2009.
Cassandra R. Mitchell,
Grant Officer.
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