# Presentation: 722858

##                                                              FY08 Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SGA 08-01)

- Kevin Willcutts, Deputy Director
- Michal Murphy, International Relations Officer
- Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and
- Human Trafficking (OCFT)

**U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR**
**Bureau of International Labor Affairs**** **

## Presentation Overview 	

- Target Countries for FY 2008
- Structure of ILAB/OCFT’s FY 2008 SGA
- What’s New in FY 2008
- Key Points
_*Coming Soon*_
- Forced Labor Research SGA

## Target Countries for FY 2008

- Guinea - $3.5 million
- Jordan - $4 million
- Madagascar - $4.5 million
- Nicaragua - $5 million
- Yemen - $3.5 million

## Structure of FY 08 SGA

- Executive Summary
- Funding Opportunity Description
- Background
- Scope of Work
- General Requirements
- Country-Specific Requirements
- Award Information
- Eligibility Information
- Application and Submission Information

- Application Review Information
- Award Administration Information
- Agency Contacts
- Appendices
- Cost Proposal Format
- Technical Proposal Format
- Direct Beneficiary Services Table
- Subgrants vs. Subcontracts

## Section I.B. Scope of Work: Five Goals of USDOL-Funded Projects 

- 1.	Withdrawal and Prevention of Children from Exploitive Child Labor (CL)
- 2.	Strengthening Country Capacity

- 3.	Raising Awareness
- 4.	Supporting Research and Data Collection
- 5.	Promoting Sustainability

## Section I.B. Scope of Work: General Requirements

- Collaboration and Leveraging Resources
- Outcomes, GPRA, DOL-OCFT Common Indicators, and Project Monitoring

## Section I.B. Scope of Work: Country-Specific Requirements 

- Background
- Relevant Laws, Policies, Programs, and Projects
_**Scope of Work**_
- Specific Target Groups, Sectors, and/or Geographic Focus
- Collaboration with Specific Programs and/or Links to Specific National Policies
- Implementing Environment/Cross-Cutting Themes
- Project-Specific Strategies

## Section V.Application Evaluation Criteria

- Project Design/Budget Cost-Effectiveness         40 points
_**Strategy for Monitoring Direct Beneficiaries**_ 10 points
- Sustainability Strategy                                        10 points
- Organizational Capacity                                     20 points
- Key Personnel/Management Plan/Staffing        20 points
- Additional Direct Beneficiaries 	    	        5 extra points
- Cost Sharing				        _5 extra points_
_**Total Possible:**_**                                                     110 points     ****	**

## What’s New in FY 2008	

- Revised guidance on Direct Beneficiary Monitoring in the Scope of Work [Section I.B.1.a.(4)]
- New guidance on promoting Healthy Learning Environments (Section I.B.1.a.(1).

## What’s New in FY 2008

- Cost Proposal- New/Revised Forms:
-  SF-424 Supplemental Key Contacts Information Form
-  Revised Indirect Cost Information Form
-  _For Associations:_
- Info on Consolidated SF 424 and SF 424A and Individual SF 424As
- Info on Consolidated Outputs-Based Budget and Individual Outputs-Based Budgets

## What’s New in FY 2008

- Technical Proposal- New/Revised Docs:
- Direct Beneficiaries Services Table and corresponding Methodology for Cost per Child Estimates
- Revised Sustainability Matrix

## Key Points 

- Personal Expenses for Project Staff
- 	(Section IV.D.8)
- Subcontractors *do not* have Decision-Making Authority Pertaining to the Grant

## Key Points- Non-responsiveness 

- _Applications will be considered non-responsive if:_
-  Not submitted on _[www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/)_
-  DUNS number(s) or exemptions not included
-  Applicant proposes to serve < 175 beneficiaries per $100,000 of DOL funding
- All required audit reports not included

## Key Points- Non-responsiveness (continued)

- Audit reports submitted are _*out of compliance*_ with OMB Circular A-133 (For US-based non-profits)
- Key personnel candidates not designated, or résumés and signed letters of commitment not included
- Responses to more than one country under this solicitation are combined

## Key Points - Guidance

- Technical questions on the SGA will only be accepted until May 15, 2008
- DOL will compile all technical questions received and will publish these, along with responses, by May 22, 2008 on USDOL/ILAB’s Web site _[www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm](http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm)_
- FAQs on DOL Website

## Forced Labor Research SGA

- USDOL intends to award a cooperative agreement for forced labor research in select countries to be determined
- SGA will be published soon –
- 	Check _[www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/)_ and USDOL/ILAB’s
- 	Web site _[www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm](http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm)_
- 	for updates

**Thank You**