The Department of Labor announced plans to spend $20 million on four intermediary-led, multi-state efforts to connect juvenile offenders with education and job-training opportunities.
The department’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will use fiscal 2012 funding appropriated through the Workforce Investment Act to fund the four ventures, which according to the solicitation for the funds will include:
Workforce development
Education and training
Case management
Mentoring
Restorative justice
Community-wide violence reduction components
Post-program support and follow-up
The awards will go to intermediary organizations, which will only be allowed to manage the work; all program services must be carried out by sub-grantees selected in a competitive process to be conducted after the awards are announced.
