WB and ETA Announced Grant Opportunity under the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Act The Women's Bureau (WB) and the Employment and Training Administration's Office of Apprenticeship (OA) have announced the availability of $972,180 to establish a grant program for the purpose of assisting employers and labor unions in the placement and retention of women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations. The Program Year 2006 Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) is authorized under the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Act of 1992. The WB and OA anticipate awarding two-year grants totaling approximately $300,000 each to up to three community-based organizations (CBO)/registered apprenticeship program (RAP) consortia, each consisting of a minimum of one each of: (1) A construction industry RAP sponsor, and (2) a CBO (which may be faith based) with demonstrated experience in securing job training services from established training institutions such as community colleges, and providing placement and support services to women in construction industry jobs. The grants will be funded in increments of $150,000 for each year. Funding for the second year will be contingentupon satisfactory progress toward grant requirements for placement of women in registered apprenticeship programs as outlined in the application. Additional eligibility information, application requirements, and Federal evaluation criteria for this competition (SGA/DFA-PY-06-01) may be found in the February 13 FEDERAL REGISTER athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-2400.pdfand on www.grants.gov and www.doleta.gov/saga. Applications are due by April 13, 2007.