Welcome
This is the federal website for the Job Opportunities
for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) Program. The Office of Community
Services, Division of Community Discretionary Programs (DCDP) administers
this program.
The Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) Program
is a job creation program authorized by the Congress under Section
505 of the Family Support Act of 1988, as amended. The purpose of
the program is to demonstrate and evaluate ways of creating new
employment opportunities for certain low-income individuals through
the provision of technical and financial assistance to private employers
in the community.
The
primary objectives of JOLI are to award grants to nonprofit organizations
(including community development corporations) exempt from taxation
under Section 501 (c) 3 or 4 of the Internal Revenue Code, to develop
projects that will:
- Create new jobs and
business employment opportunities for welfare recipients and any
other individual whose income does not exceed 100% of the official
- Create self-employment/microenterprise
business opportunities for eligible participants; and
- Provide technical
and financial assistance to private employers in the community
that will result in full-time permanent jobs for eligible participants.
All projects funded
under this program must include an independent, methodologically
sound evaluation of the effectiveness of the activities carried
out under the grant to create jobs and business opportunities for
eligible participants. In addition, all projects funded under this
program must enter into a cooperative relationship with the State
agency responsible for administering the Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) Program funded under Part A of Title IV of
the Social Security Act.
OCS expects to fund
approximately 5 to 10 grants each year, contingent upon the amounts
requested in individual grant applications. The JOLI grant awards
are approved for up to three-year project periods and are funded
for up to a maximum of $500,000 for the full project period.
For more
information about JOLI, (202) 401-5282
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