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Grants available for stand down events
By Anonymous — Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
U.S. Dept of Labor for next fiscal year
SACRAMENTO, CA. – Acting Secretary for the California Department of Veterans Affairs Rocky Chavez announced today the availability of U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Services (DOL-VETS) grants to help fund local Stand Down events. “These grants can and do play a very important part in the planning, implementation and operation of the Stand Downs that are held throughout California and it is vitally important that our partners in the communities capitalize on this great resource,” said Chavez. The CalVet Department has been working with several organizations throughout the state on helping to plan these Stand Down events. The funding for Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program will help off-set some of the costs associated with putting on one of these events. The grants range from $7,000 for a single-day event to $10,000 for a multi-day event. A Stand Down is an event held in a local community where homeless Veterans are provided with a wide variety of social services from state and local agencies and community-based non-profit organizations. The DOL-VETS is now accepting applications for grant awards to fund Stand Down events in FY 2011. This funding is a non-competitive grant awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until available funding is exhausted. For further information on this grant please visit the CalVet Website at www.calvet.ca.gov/Resources/StandDown.aspx or go to the following link to get a copy of the DOL Notification of Funding Availability http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/2011-5347.htm. All applications for the Stand Down grant funding must be submitted to the appropriate State Director for Veterans' Employment and Training (DVET) at least ninety (90) days prior to the event. Address and contact information for each State DVET can be found at: http://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/main.htm. (A list of California contacts is attached.) Events approved for grant funding in any fiscal year must be held prior to December 31st of the following fiscal year. For example, all Stand Down events awarded funding for FY 2011 (October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011) must be held on or before December 31, 2011. CALIFORNIA CONTACTS DVET Nancy J. Sanders ADVET Kathy L. Smith ADVET John E. Giannelli, Jr. VPA Wendy Andersen (916) 654-8178 FAX (916) 654-9469 Veterans' Employment and Training Service U.S. Department of Labor 800 Capitol Mall, Room W1142 P.O. Box 826880 Sacramento, California 94280-0001 ADVET Jill Merrifield (559) 675-2134 FAX (559) 675-2136 Veterans' Employment and Training Service U.S. Department of Labor 209 East 7th Street Madera, California 93638 ADVET Vacant Veterans' Employment and Training Service U.S. Department of Labor 4071 Port Chicago Highway, Suite 250 Concord, California 94520 ADVET Linda (Jacobe) Cole (707) 863-3583 FAX (707) 864-3489 Veterans' Employment and Training Service U.S. Department of Labor 320 Campus Lane Fairfield, California 94534 ADVET David Poulin (310) 574-6473 FAX (310) 574-6496 Veterans' Employment and Training Service U.S. Department of Labor 13160 Mindanao Way, Suite 105 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-7904 ADVET Nancy Ise (714) 687-4845 FAX (714) 518-2391 Veterans' Employment and Training Service U.S. Department of Labor 2450 E. Lincoln Avenue Anaheim, California 92806-4175 ADVET Joseph D. Moran (760) 639-3761 FAX (760)639-3892 Veterans' Employment and Training Service U.S. Department of Labor 1949 Avenida del Oro, Ste 114 Oceanside, California 92056 ADVET Jeffery Chao (626) 960-5106 FAX (626) 338-1644 Veterans' Employment and Training Service U.S. Department of Labor 933 South Glendora Ave. West Covina, California 91793 |
