PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To assist in the determination of causes of excessive unemployment and underemployment in various areas and regions of the Nation. To assist in the formulation and implementation of national, State, and local programs that will raise income levels and otherwise produce solutions to the problems resulting from the above conditions. To evaluate the effectiveness of approaches and techniques employed to alleviate economic distress. Aids the long range economic development of areas with severe unemployment and low family income problems; aids in the development of public facilities and private enterprise to help create new, permanent jobs.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND TRAINING;
- Planning, Research, and Demonstration;
- Program Development;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Interstate;
- State;
- Local;
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Other public institution/organization;
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;
- U.S. Territories;
- Individual/Family;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Individual/Family;
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);