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PROGRAM
JTPA TITLE III DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS
PROGRAM INFORMATION
POPULATION SERVED: Adults
SERVICES PROVIDED: Job search, counseling, skills retraining, entry-level skills training, literacy and English as a Second Language instruction, employability skills instruction and life skills instruction
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY: Department of Labor
ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS: The 33 service delivery areas in New York State, who may then subcontract to providers of employment and training services, including community-based organizations, local education agencies, private employers, BOCES, and labor unions
SOURCE OF FUNDING: Federal
AUTHORIZATION: Federal Statute: Job Training Partnership Act, Title III Part B, (Public Law 97-300)
DESCRIPTION: Provides financial assistance in response to mass layoffs, industry dislocations and multi-state dislocations as well as for demonstration and special projects addressing national and regional concerns.
PROGRAM DATA
FISCAL YEAR: 1998
(1998-99)
1999
(1999-00)
2000
(2000-01)
2001
(2001-02)
2002
(2002-03)
APPROPRIATIONS($):* 375,754 1,650,016 ** ** **
NUMBER ENROLLED:*** 3,347 2,395


OUTCOME DATA: 2,022 terminated; 1,466 entered employment 1,377 terminated; 933 entered employment


CONTACT
NAME/AGENCY: MARGARET M. MOREE, Department of Labor
PHONE NUMBER: 518-457-0380
* Grants are needs-based.
** Program ended PY 1999 and replaced by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)- Statewide Activities and National Reserve Grants; effective 7/1/2000.
*** Participants figures include Secretary and Governor's Discretionary Funds.


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