disadvantaged individuals establish and maintain small business ventures in their communities; a $200,000 grant to a national labor and industry-based association to train and place persons with disabilities in jobs in the aerospace and machining industry; a $100,000 grant to a community college to test a workplace literacy model designed to provide basic academic skills required for occupational skills training; $750,000 in grants for four organizations to develop innovative methods and approaches for meeting the employment and training needs of various disadvantaged immigrant groups; a $145,000 grant to support a State/local coordination model for providing comprehensive employment and training and supportive services for public housing residents; $415,000 in grants to three organizations to develop career paths for disadvantaged adults and youth in semi-and paraprofessional eldercare positions. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Solicited Proposals - ETA will furnish information on selection criteria in the solicitation and other appropriate media. Unsolicited Proposals - Interested organizations should be aware of the following: (i) The amounts available for financing unsolicited proposals and applications is extremely limited. Ordinarily, funds are available for 264 financing unsolicited proposals only as a result of actual spending at lower levels than those anticipated in the ETA annual funding plan;
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