Explanation:
The Recovery Act provides $50,000,000 for YouthBuild activities. ETA held a YouthBuild grant competition in FY 2009. This competition will combine the funding from the Recovery Act and the FY 2009 YouthBuild Appropriation.
ETA issued a Solicitation for Grant Applications on October 7, 2008 for YouthBuild Grants. The competition closed January 15, 2009. The grants awarded were to be funded with FY 2009 appropriations. During the time between the opening and closing of the competition, the Recovery Act was enacted and ETA received funds appropriated for YouthBuild.
In order to expedite awards and meet Congressional intent to expand the number of grantees, ETA is combining FY 2009 and Recovery Act funds and will use the competition and applications received as the pool of applicants from which to award grants.
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