PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
(1) To allow State and local governments and related organizations to utilize the experience and expertise of Foreign Service Officers; and (2) to permit Foreign Service Officers at approximately mid-career to be assigned to positions with substantial program management responsibility and to become reacquainted with important domestic issues as they impact upon international affairs, and to contribute to the Department of State's recruitment and outreach goals.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;
- Planning and Research;
2. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND TRAINING;
- Federal Employment;
- Assistance to State and Local Governments;
- Labor Management Services;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- U.S. Territories;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);