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The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance to local social services districts on the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2008-2009 Education and Training Voucher (ETV) program. This program will help youth aging out of foster care make the transition to self-sufficiency and receive the education, training and services necessary to obtain employment. For FFY 2008-2009, $2,620,762 in federal funding is available for this program in New York State. The ETV funds must be fully liquidated (spent and claimed to the federal government) by September 30, 2009. This LCM also describes the application process and selection criteria for awarding FFY 2008-2009 ETV program funds and the funding requirements. It should be noted that for FFY 2008-2009, social services districts are requested to submit names of eligible youth and intercept letters by July 1, 2008 (refer to Section V. - Application and Selection of Program Participants). OCFS is beginning the ETV process during the summer in hopes that funds will be available for disbursement to eligible youth earlier in the academic school year.
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