This grant increase will provide funds to the National Organization on Disability to help the U.S. Army expand the AW2 (America's Wounded Warriors) Careers Project from three to twelve sites. The AW2 Careers Project is an employment and life skills strategy for the 5,700 severely injured and wounded soldiers and veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Alternative staffing organizations put the staffing services model to work for job candidates who face labor market barriers. They have a dual goal of providing job brokering for workers who face barriers to employment as well as delivering staffing services for customers who need workers. This renewal grant will provide funds for Goodwill Staffing Services to continue to participate in an evaluation of job placement outcomes for clients of four alternative staffing organizations, including a comparison with hard-to-employ clients of conventional staffing firms.