16616 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–33,074]

R and W Apparel, Scottsboro,

Alabama, Including Leased Workers of

Skillstaf/Stafco, Alexander City,

Alabama; Amended Certification

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for

Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the

Department of Labor issued a

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for

Worker Adjustment Assistance on

March 13, 1997, applicable to all

workers of R and W Apparel located in

Scottsboro, Alabama. The notice will be

published soon in the Federal Register.

At the request of the State agency, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. New

information provided by the State

shows that some employees of Skillstaf/

Stafco, Alexander City, AL were

engaged in employment related to the

production of children’s apparel

produced by R and W Apparel,

Scottsboro, Alabama. Worker

separations occurred at Skillstaf/Stafco

as a result of worker separations at R &

W Apparel.

Based on these findings, the

Department is amending the

certification to include workers of

Skillstaf/Stafco, Alexander City,

Alabama leased to R and W Apparel.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

R and W Apparel adversely affected by

imports.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–33,074 is hereby issued as

follows:

‘‘All workers of R and W Apparel, Scottsboro,

Alabama engaged in employment related to

the production of children’s apparel; and

leased workers of Skillstaf/Stafco, Alexander

City, Alabama engaged in employment

related to the production of children’s

apparel for R and W Apparel, Scottsboro,

Alabama who became totally or partially

separated from employment on or after

December 18, 1995, are eligible to apply for

adjustment assistance under Section 223 of

the Trade Act of 1974.’’

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 24th day

of March, 1997.

Russell T. Kile,

Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment

Services, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–8762 Filed 4–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Job Training Partnership Act, Title III,

Demonstration Program: Older

Dislocated Workers Demonstration

Program

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds

and Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA).

SUMMARY: All information required to

submit a grant application is contained

in this announcement. The U.S.

Department of Labor (DOL),

Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), announces a

demonstration program to test the

concept that providing services

designed to address the specific needs

of older workers facing a change in job

status will help those individuals find

employment that is appropriate to their

individual circumstances and that

brings satisfaction to those workers and

their employers. The program will be

funded with Secretary’s National

Reserve funds appropriated for Title III

of the Job Training Partnership Act

(JTPA) and administered in accordance

with 29 CFR Part 95 and 97 as

applicable.

This notice provides information on

the process that eligible entities must

use to apply for these demonstration

funds and how grantees will be selected.

It is anticipated that up to $2.5 million

will be available for funding

demonstration projects covered by this

solicitation, with no award being more

than $500,000.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of

proposals is May 9, 1997 at 4:00 p.m.

(Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: Applications shall be

mailed to: U.S. Department of Labor;

Employment and Training

Administration; Division of Acquisition

and Assistance; Attention: Ms. Mamie

D. Williams, Reference: SGA/DAA 97–

011; 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Room S–4203; Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mamie D. Williams, Division of

Acquisition and Assistance, Telephone:

(202) 219–8694 (this is not a toll-free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

announcement consists of five parts.

Part I describes the authorities and

purpose of the demonstration program

and identifies demonstration policy.

Part II describes the application process

and provides guidelines for use in

applying for demonstration grants. Part

III includes the statement of work for

the demonstration projects. Part IV

describes the selection process,

including the criteria that will be used

in reviewing and evaluating

applications. Part V discusses the

demonstration program evaluation.

Part I. Background

A. Authorities

Section 323 of JTPA (29 U.S.C. 1662b)

authorizes the use for demonstration

programs of funds reserved under

Section 302 of JTPA (29 U.S.C. 1652)

and provided by the Secretary for that

purpose under Section 322 of JTPA (29

U.S.C. 1662a). Demonstration program

grantees shall comply with all

applicable federal and state laws and

regulations in setting up and carrying

out their programs.

B. Purpose

The Dislocated Worker Program

provides a wide range of employment

and training services to eligible

dislocated workers. These services are

designed to help them find and qualify

for new jobs through an established

service delivery network of States and

Substate Grantees. This demonstration

will test the concept that providing

services designed to address the specific

needs of older workers who are facing

a change in job status will help those

individuals find employment that is

appropriate to their individual

circumstances and that brings

satisfaction to those workers and their

employers. This demonstration will

offer grantees the opportunity to

identify needs or combinations of needs

that may be peculiar to older dislocated

workers, and to develop and deliver

training and other services designed to

meet those needs. Grantees will also

have the opportunity to develop

methods of educating employers as to

the benefits of employing workers

targeted in this demonstration.

The two-fold purpose of this

demonstration is to: (1) identify specific

employment-related needs of targeted

dislocated workers at least 50 years old

and (2) identify and test reemployment

and retraining services and

combinations of services designed to

address those needs, so as to meet the

demonstration program goals. Those

goals are placement of the project

participants in jobs related to project

services; their satisfaction with project

services and with their jobs; their

employers’ satisfaction with project

services and with the participants’

work; and identification and collection

of information about successful and