Paid Leave Analysis Grants

Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-WB-16-01 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and TrainingCFDA Number: 17.261Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOL-ETAClosing Date: Jun 06, 2016Award Ceiling: $250,000Expected Number of Awards: 6Creation Date: May 05, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor announces the availability of approximately $1 million in grant funds authorized by 29 U.S.C. § 13 and the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act, for the Women’s Bureau Paid Leave Analysis grant program. This program is intended to support research and analysis needed to explore, develop, implement, and/or improve paid family and medical leave programs at the State and municipal levels, as well as in U.S. Territories and Possessions and federally recognized Indian/Native American Tribes. Specifically, the research and analysis activities must fall into one or more of the following five categories: • Statistical analysis, such as cost-benefit or actuarial studies; • Feasibility analysis; • Economic-impact analysis; • Financing, eligibility, and benefit modeling; and • Education, outreach, and marketing analysis for implementation purposes. The activities listed above may include identifying and studying viable option...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Employment, Labor and Training Source Type: funding