PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To bring a heightened and permanent long-term focus to the goal of increasing employment of persons with disabilities by providing leadership, development policies and initiatives and awarding grants that further the elimination of barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND TRAINING;
- Planning, Research, and Demonstration;
- Program Development;
- Equal Employment Opportunity;
- Assistance and Services for the Unemployed;
2. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Disabled and Handicapped Services;
- Information and Referral Services;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Anyone/general public;
- Handicapped;
- Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease);
- Mentally Disabled;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- Anyone/general public;