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[FR Doc. 07–1659 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Workforce Investment Act—Small 

Grassroots Organizations Connecting 

with the One-Stop Delivery System; 

Solicitation for Grant Applications 

Announcement Type: New—Notice of 

solicitation for grant applications (SGA). 

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/ 

DFA PY–06–11. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance CFDA Number: 17.261. 

Key Dates: Applications are due by 

May 8, 2007. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA), U.S. 

Department of Labor (DOL or the 

Department), announces the availability 

of $3,000,000 in grant funds for eligible 

‘‘grassroots’’ organizations with the 

ability to connect to the local One-Stop 

Delivery System. The term ‘‘grassroots’’

is defined under the Eligibility Criteria. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

solicitation provides background 

information on the Small Grassroots 

Organizations Connecting with the OneStop Delivery System and critical 

elements required of projects funded 

under the solicitation. It also describes 

the application submission 

requirements, the process that eligible 

applicants must use to apply for funds 

covered by this solicitation, and how 

grantees will be selected. This 

announcement consists of eight parts. 

• Part I provides background 

information on the Workforce 

Investment Act—Small Grassroots 

Organizations Connecting with the OneStop Delivery System funding 

opportunity. 

• Part II describes the size and nature 

of the anticipated awards. 

• Part III describes the qualifications 

of an eligible applicant. 

• Part IV provides information on the 

application and submission process. 

• Part V explains the review process 

and rating criteria that will be used to 

evaluate applications. 

• Part VI provides award 

administration information. 

• Part VII contains ETA contact 

information. 

• Part VIII contains other information 

for applicants. 

Part I. Funding Opportunity 

Description 

1. Background 

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 

reformed numerous federal job training 

programs with amendments impacting 

service delivery under other laws 

including 29 U.S.C. 49 et seq. the 

Wagner-Peyser Act, Adult Education 

and Family Literacy Act, 20 U.S.C. 9201 

et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act., 29 

U.S.C. 701 et seq. WIA created a system 

of One-Stop Career Centers across the 

country. The intention of the One-Stop 

Career Center system is to establish a 

network of programs and providers in 

co-located and integrated settings that 

are accessible for individuals and 

businesses alike. There are currently 

over 1,800 comprehensive One-Stop 

Career Centers and over 1,400 affiliated 

One-Stop Career Centers across the 

United States. A number of other 

Federal programs are also identified as 

required partners in the One-Stop 

Career Center system to provide a 

comprehensive set of services for all 

Americans to access the information 

and resources available to help achieve 

their career goals. The WIA also 

established state and local Workforce 

Investment Boards focused on strategic 

planning, policy development, and 

oversight of the workforce investment 

system, and accorded significant 

authority to the nation’s Governors and 

local chief elected officials to further 

implement innovative and 

comprehensive delivery systems. The 

vision, goals and objectives for 

workforce investment under the WIA 

decentralized system are fully described 

in the state strategic plan required under 

Section 112 of the statute. This state 

strategic workforce investment plan and 

the operational experience gained by all 

the partners to date in implementing the 

WIA-instituted reforms help identify the 

important ‘‘unmet needs’’ and latent 

opportunities to expand access to OneStop Career Center systems by all the 

population segments within the local 

labor market. 

States are currently developing their 

Strategic Plans for years three and four 

of the current five-year planning cycle. 

Plans from states with new governors 

are due to the Department by June 30, 

2007 and plans from the other states are 

due by May 1, 2007. 

2. Administration Strategy 

Engagement of Faith-Based and 

Community Organizations Under the 

Workforce Investment Act 

On January 29, 2001, President George 

W. Bush issued Executive Order 13198, 

creating the Office for Faith-Based and 

Community Initiatives in the White 

House and centers for faith-based and 

community initiatives (CFBCI) in the 

federal Departments of Labor (DOL), 

Health and Human Services (HHS), 

Housing and Urban Development 

(HUD), Education (ED), and Justice 

(DOJ). President Bush charged the 

departmental centers with identifying 

statutory, regulatory, and bureaucratic 

barriers that stand in the way of the 

participation of effective faith-based and 

community organizations in providing 

human services, and to ensure, 

consistent with the law, that these 

organizations have equal opportunity to 

compete for federal funding and other 

support. 

In early 2002, the CFBCI and ETA 

developed and issued an SGA to engage 

States, intermediary and grassroots 

organizations in workforce systembuilding. Further, ETA ensured that all 

solicitations were designed to include 

faith-based and community 

organizations as potential providers to 

deliver services and to strengthen their 

partnerships with the One-Stop Career 

Center system, while providing 

additional points of entry for customers 

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These solicitations proceeded from an 

ETA-CFBCI mutual premise that the 

involvement of faith-based and 

community organizations can both 

complement and supplement the efforts 

of local workforce investment systems 

in reaching our citizens and meeting 

their training, job and career-support 

needs. The 2002 grants realized from 

that initial competition embodied the 

Department’s principal strategy for 

implementing the Executive Order by 

creating new avenues through which 

qualified organizations could participate 

more fully under the WIA, while 

applying their particular strengths and 

assets in providing customer services. 

ETA and CFBCI continued with grantmaking in 2003–2006 to enlist new 

‘‘grassroots’’ organizations into 

workforce system-building; the new 

2007 solicitation represents our 

continued commitment to bring 

additional organizations to that task, 

drawing on ‘‘lessons learned’’ during 

the last five years of grant operation. 

This new solicitation also incorporates 

several ‘‘promising practices’’

introduced by other ETA grantees 

during the same period. These lessons 

include the understanding that 

‘‘grassroots’’ FBCOs provide 

personalized and holistic support to 

individuals while increasing their skill 

levels or seeking employment. FBCOs 

have close cultural connections to their 

communities and can help historically 

underserved populations access OneStop services. The new solicitation also 

places significant emphasis on 

performance outcomes and 

documenting and quantifying the 

additional value services offered by the 

grassroots organization to the One-Stop 

Career Center system. Through this 

competition, ETA seeks to ensure that 

an important WIA tenet, the 

development of a talented American 

workforce pool through universal access 

to the programs and services offered 

under WIA, is further rooted in the 

customer-responsive delivery systems 

already established by the Governors, 

local elected officials and local 

Workforce Investment Boards. ETA also 

reaffirms its continuing commitment to 

those customer-focused reforms 

instituted by state and local 

governments, which help Americans 

access the tools they need to manage 

their careers throughout their life with 

information and high quality services, 

and to help U.S. companies find skilled 

workers to remain competitive. Many 

faith-based and community 

organizations offer unique services and 

support including networks for full 

partnership in mutual system-building 

endeavors; they are trusted institutions 

within many poor neighborhoods; and 

they provide access to a large number of 

volunteers who bring the 

transformational power of personal 

relationships to the provision of 

services, and a sustained allegiance to 

the well-being and self-sufficiency of 

the participants they serve. Through 

their daily work and specific programs, 

these organizations share common 

purposes with government such as the 

attainment of occupational skills, and 

the entry and retention of all our 

citizens in good-paying jobs. Through 

this solicitation, ETA and CFBCI strive 

to leverage the programs, resources and 

committed staff of ‘‘grassroots’’ faithbased and community organizations 

into the workforce investment strategies 

already embodied in state and local 

strategic plans. 

3. Project Objectives 

The selected grantees will be expected 

to achieve the following objectives: 

• Help unemployed or 

underemployed individuals with 

barriers to employment through (1) 

providing services that complement and 

support those offered by the identified 

One Stop Career Center, such as preand post-job placement mentoring, 

intensive case management, job 

retention support, life skills training and 

employability skills training; (2) 

connecting individuals with the existing 

training, apprenticeship and job 

opportunities of the One-Stop Career 

Center or other local affiliates of DOL’s 

national business partners; and (3) 

providing post-job placement services to 

increase job retention. 

• Expand the access of faith-based 

and community-based organizations’

clients and customers to the training, 

job and career services offered by the 

local One-Stop Career Centers; 

• Leverage volunteer hours and inkind donations to maximize DOL’s 

investment in grants to ‘‘grassroots’’

FBCOs; 

• Thoroughly document the impact 

and outcomes of these grant investments 

through quarterly and final reporting; 

and 

• Establish methods and mechanisms 

to ensure sustainability of these 

partnerships and participation levels 

beyond the life of the grant. 

Part II. Award Information 

1. Award Amount and Other 

Information 

ETA has identified $3,000,000 for this 

solicitation. The agency expects to 

award approximately 40 grants. The 

grant amount for each ‘‘grassroots’’

organization will range between 

$50,000–$75,000. 

2. Period of Performance 

The period of performance will be 18 

months from the date of grant execution. 

This performance period shall include 

all necessary implementation and startup activities as well as participant 

follow-up for performance outcomes 

and grant closeout activities. A timeline 

clearly detailing these required grant 

activities and their expected completion 

dates must be included in the grant 

application. If applied for and with 

significant justification, ETA may elect 

to exercise its option to award no-cost 

extensions to these grants for an 

additional period at its own discretion, 

based on the success of the program and 

other relevant factors. ETA reserves the 

right to provide additional funding in 

future years based on availability of 

funds and grantee performance (derived 

from the timely submission of required 

quarterly reports and completion of a 

limited application). 

3. Anticipated Announcement and 

Award Dates 

Announcement of these awards is 

expected to occur by June 30, 2007. 

Part III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

For purposes of this announcement, 

eligible ‘‘grassroots’’ organizations must 

be non-profit organizations that: 

• Have an Internal Revenue Service 

501(c)(3) status at the time of 

application submission. 

• Have social services as a major part 

of their mission. 

• Are headquartered in the local 

community to which they provide these 

services. 

• Have a social services budget of 

$500,000 or less. 

Please Note: A social services budget 

includes all costs related to the provision of 

social services (including salaries and 

expenses). These services include those 

provided by a non-profit organization for the 

welfare of a person or community. Such 

services can include, but are not limited to 

housing, workforce development, 

employment readiness, education, child 

protection, food, clothing, shelter and health 

care. 

If an applicant is an affiliate of a larger 

organization, to be eligible, the applicant 

must be located in local community to which 

they provide services, must have its own 

Federal tax identification number, have 

direct control of its funds and operates 

independently from the larger organization. 


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2. Matching Funds and Leveraged 

Resources 

This solicitation does not require 

grantees to share costs or provide 

matching funds; however, applicants are 

encouraged to leverage resources 

whenever possible and the potential 

sustainability of the project will be 

considered in the evaluation of 

proposals. 

Please note: If the proposal includes 

integrating WIA or other federal funds or 

includes other leveraged resources, these 

funds should not be listed on the SF 424 or 

SF 424A Budget Information Form, but 

should be described in the budget narrative 

and in Part II of the proposal. 

3. Veterans Priority 

This program is subject to the 

provisions of the ‘‘Jobs for Veterans 

Act,’’ Public Law 107–288, which 

provides priority of service to veterans 

and spouses of certain veterans for the 

receipt of employment, training, and 

placement services in any job training 

program directly funded, in whole or in 

part, by the Department of Labor. ETA 

Training and Employment Guidance 

Letter (TEGL) No. 5–03 (September 16, 

2003), available at http:// 

wdr.doleta.gov/directives/ 

corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=1512, provides 

general guidance on the scope of the 

veterans priority statute and its effect on 

current employment and training 

programs. 

4. Other Eligibility Requirements 

Distribution Rights. Selected 

applicants must agree to give ETA the 

right to use and distribute all materials 

developed with grant funds such as 

training models, curriculum, technical 

assistance products, etc. Materials 

developed with grant resources are in 

the public domain; therefore, ETA has 

the right to use, reuse, modify, and 

distribute all grant-funded materials and 

products to any interested party, 

including broad distribution to the 

public workforce investment system via 

the Internet or other means. 

Legal rules pertaining to inherently 

religious activities by organizations that 

receive Federal financial assistance. The 

government is generally prohibited from 

providing direct Federal financial 

assistance for inherently religious 

activities. See 29 CFR part 2; subpart D. 

Grants under this solicitation may not 

be used for religious instruction, 

worship, prayer, proselytizing, or other 

inherently religious activities. (Neutral, 

non-religious criteria that neither favor 

nor disfavor religion will be employed 

in the selection of grant recipients and 

must be employed by grantees in the 

selection of sub-recipients. ETA 

Training and Employment Guidance 

Letter (TEGL) No. 01–05 (July 6, 2005), 

available at http://wdr.doleta.gov/ 

directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2088, 

provides guidance on amendments to 

DOL regulations that permit the use, in 

defined circumstances, of Workforce 

Investment Act (WIA) Title I financial 

assistance for training and employment 

of WIA participants in religious 

activities. 

Part IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Addresses To Request Application 

Package 

This announcement includes all 

information and links to forms needed 

to apply for this funding opportunity. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

The proposal must consist of two (2) 

separate and distinct parts, Parts I and 

II. Applications that fail to adhere to the 

instructions in this section will be 

considered non-responsive and may not 

be given further consideration. 

Part I of the proposal is the Cost 

Proposal and must include the 

following three items: 

• The Standard Form (SF) 424, 

‘‘Application for Federal Assistance’’

(available at http://www.doleta.gov/sga/ 

forms.cfm). The SF 424 must clearly 

identify the applicant and be signed by 

an individual with authority to enter 

into a grant agreement. Upon 

confirmation of an award, the 

individual signing the SF 424 on behalf 

of the applicant shall be considered the 

authorized representative of the 

applicant. 

All applicants for federal grant and 

funding opportunities are required to 

have a Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) 

number. See Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Notice of Final Policy 

Issuance, 68 FR 38402 (June 27, 2003). 

Applicants must supply their DUNS 

number on the SF 424. The DUNS 

number is a nine-digit identification 

number that uniquely identifies 

business entities. Obtaining a DUNS 

number is easy and there is no charge. 

To obtain a DUNS number, access this 

Web site: www.dunandbradstreet.com 

or call 1–866–705–5711. 

• The SF424A Budget Information 

Form, (available at http:// 

www.doleta.gov/sga/forms.cfm). 

• In preparing the Budget Information 

Form, the applicant must provide a 

concise narrative explanation to support 

the request. The budget narrative should 

break down the budget, and leveraged 

resources by the project activities 

specified in the technical proposal and 

should discuss precisely how the 

administrative cost support the project 

goals. 

Please Note: If the proposal includes 

integrating WIA or other federal funds or 

includes other leveraged resources, these 

funds should not be listed on the SF 424 or 

SF 424A Budget Information Form, but 

should be described in the budget narrative. 

Applicants that fail to provide a SF 424, SF 

424A and/or a budget narrative will be 

removed from consideration prior to the 

technical review process. The amount of 

federal funding requested for the entire 

period of performance should be shown 

together on the SF 424 and SF 424A Budget 

Information Form. Applicants are also 

encouraged, but not required, to submit OMB 

Survey N. 1890–0014: Survey on Ensuring 

Equal Opportunity for Applicants, which can 

be found at http://www.doleta.gov/sga/ 

forms.cfm. 

Please Note: If awarded a grant, two 

representatives from each grantee 

organization will be required to attend one 

orientation conference in the Washington, 

DC. area. Grant funds may be used for this 

travel. 

Part II of the application is the 

Technical Proposal. The Technical 

Proposal will demonstrate the 

applicant’s capabilities to plan and 

implement the WIA-Small Grassroots 

Organizations Connecting with the OneStop Delivery System grant project in 

accordance with the provisions of this 

solicitation. It sets forth a strategic plan 

for the use of awarded funds and 

establishes measurable goals for 

increasing organizational participation 

in the One-Stop Career Center system to 

serve more fully unemployed or 

underemployed individuals with 

barriers to employment. See Part V 

Applicant Review Information for 

required elements of the Technical 

Proposal. The Technical Proposal is 

limited to eight (8) double-spaced, 

single-sided, 8.5 inch x 11 inch pages 

with 12 point text font and one-inch 

margins. Any pages over the eight page 

limit will not be reviewed. Please note 

that applicants should not send letters 

of commitment, intent or support 

separately to ETA because incoming 

mail is tracked through a separate 

system and will not be attached to the 

application for review. Except for the 

discussion of any leveraged resources to 

address the evaluation criteria, no cost 

data or reference to prices should be 

included in the Technical Proposal. The 

following additional information is 

required and will not count against the 

8 page Technical Proposal limitation: 

• The applicant must submit an 

agreement with, or letter of intent from 

the Workforce Investment Board/OneStop Career Center operator that 


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describes the One-Stop Center’s firm 

commitment to entering a formal 

referral partnership with the applicant. 

This formal partnership should produce 

two-way client referrals from the OneStop Center to the applicant and from 

the applicant to the One-Stop Center on 

which the applicant will be required to 

report. The letter must describe that the 

One-Stop operator has acknowledged 

that the applicant organization is 

complementing the services provided by 

the One-Stop Career Center. If an 

agreement with the One-Stop Career 

Center operator is not included, please 

provide an explanation of the efforts 

made to establish this partnership, (the 

One-Stop operator role is described in 

section 121 (b) (1) of the Workforce 

Investment Act.) 

• A 1–2 page timeline outlining 

project activities, including expected 

start-up, implementation, participant 

follow-up for performance outcomes, 

grant closeout and other activities. 

Please note That the agreements or letters 

of intent and timeline are not included in the 

Technical Proposal eight-page limit. 

Applications may be submitted 

electronically on www.grants.gov or in 

hard copy via U.S. mail, professional 

delivery service, or hand delivery. 

These processes are described in further 

detail in Section IV (3). Applicants 

submitting proposals in hard-copy must 

submit an original signed application 

(including the SF 424) and one (1) 

‘‘copy-ready’’ version, meaning free of 

bindings, staples or protruding tabs to 

ease in the reproduction of the proposal 

by DOL for project reviewers. 

Applicants submitting proposals in 

hard-copy are also requested, though 

not required, to provide an electronic 

copy of the proposal on CD–ROM. 

3. Submission Dates and Times 

The closing date for receipt of 

applications under this announcement 

is May 8, 2007. Applications must be 

received at the address below, or 

electronically received at the Web site 

below, no later than 4:00 p.m. (Eastern 

Time), except as identified in the ‘‘Late 

Applications’’ paragraph below. 

Applications sent by e-mail, telegram, or 

facsimile (fax) will not be honored. No 

exceptions to the mailing and delivery 

requirements set forth in this notice will 

be granted. 

Mailed applications must be 

addressed to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Division of Federal 

Assistance, Attention: Eric Luetkenhaus, 

Reference SGA/DFA PY 06–11, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N–

4716, Washington, DC 20210. 

Applicants are advised that mail 

delivery in the Washington area may be 

delayed due to mail decontamination 

procedures. Hand-delivered proposals 

will be received at the above address. 

Applicants may apply online at 

http://www.grants.gov by the deadline 

specified above. Any application 

received after the deadline will not be 

accepted. For applicants submitting 

electronic applications via Grants.gov, 

please note that it may take several days 

to complete the ‘‘Get Started’’ step to 

register with Grants.gov. It is strongly 

recommended that these applicants 

immediately initiate the registration in 

order to avoid unexpected delays that 

could result in the disqualification of 

their application. If submitted 

electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov, applicants should save 

application documents as a .doc or .pdf 

file. 

Late Applications: Any application 

received after the exact date and time 

specified for receipt at the office 

designated in this notice will not be 

considered, unless it is received before 

awards are made, was properly 

addressed, and: (a) Was sent by U.S. 

Postal Service registered or certified 

mail not later than the fifth calendar day 

before the date specified for receipt of 

applications, (e.g., an application 

required to be received by the 20th of 

the month must be post marked by the 

15th of that month) or (b) was sent by 

professional overnight delivery service, 

or successfully submitted on Grants.gov 

to DOL not later than one working day 

prior to the date specified for receipt of 

grant applications. It is highly 

recommended that online submissions 

be completed one working day prior to 

the date specified for receipt of 

applications to ensure that the applicant 

still has the option to submit by 

overnight delivery service in the event 

of any electronic submission problems. 

‘‘Post marked’’ means a printed, 

stamped or otherwise placed impression 

(exclusive of a postage meter machine 

impression) that is readily identifiable, 

without further action, as having been 

supplied or affixed on the date of 

mailing by an employee of the U.S. 

Postal Service. Therefore, applicants 

should request the postal clerk to place 

a legible hand cancellation ‘‘bull’s eye’’

postmark on both the receipt and the 

package. Failure to adhere to the above 

instructions will be a basis for a 

determination of non-responsiveness. 

Evidence of timely submission by a 

professional overnight delivery service 

must be demonstrated by equally 

reliable evidence created by the delivery 

service provider indicating the time and 

place of receipt. 

4. Intergovernmental Review 

This funding opportunity is not 

subject to Executive Order (EO) 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’

5. Funding Restrictions 

Determinations of allowable costs will 

be made in accordance with the 

applicable Federal cost principles, e.g., 

Non-Profit Organizations—OMB 

Circular A–122 (2 CFR 230). Prospective 

grantees should read and become 

familiar with this Circular. Disallowed 

costs are those charges to a grant that 

the grantor agency or its representative 

determines not to be allowed in 

accordance with the applicable Federal 

Cost Principles or other conditions 

contained in the grant. 

Use of Stipends. The provision of 

stipends to training enrollees for the 

purposes of wage replacement or 

supportive services, such as 

transportation costs, for unemployed or 

employed workers, is not an allowable 

cost under this solicitation. 

Purchase of Vehicles. The purchase of 

vehicles is not an allowable cost under 

this solicitation. 

Indirect Costs. As specified in OMB 

Circular Cost Principles, indirect costs 

are those that have been incurred for 

common or joint objectives and cannot 

be readily identified with a particular 

cost objective. In order to utilize grant 

funds for indirect costs incurred, the 

applicant must obtain an Indirect Cost 

Rate Agreement with its Federal 

cognizant agency either before or shortly 

after the grant award. 

Administrative Costs. Under this 

solicitation, ‘‘Small Grassroots 

Organizations Connecting with the OneStop Delivery System’’, an entity that 

receives a grant to carry out a project or 

program may not use more than 10 

percent of the amount of the grant to 

pay administrative costs associated with 

the program or project. Administrative 

costs could be both direct and indirect 

costs, and are defined at 20 CFR 

667.220. Administrative costs do not 

need to be identified separately from 

program costs on the SF 424A Budget 

Information Form. They should be 

discussed in the budget narrative and 

tracked through the grantee’s accounting 

system. To claim any administrative 

costs that are also indirect costs, the 

applicant must obtain an indirect cost 

rate agreement as described above. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

Withdrawal of Applications. 

Applications may be withdrawn by 

written notice or telegram (including 

Mailgram) received at any time before 


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an award is made. Applications may be 

withdrawn in person by the applicant or 

by an authorized representative thereof, 

if the representative signs a receipt for 

the proposal. 

Part V. Application Review Information 

1. Evaluation Criteria 

This section identifies and describes 

the criteria that will be used to evaluate 

grant proposals from Grassroots 

Organizations as defined in Section III 

(Eligibility Criteria). Below are the 

required elements of the Technical 

Proposal and the rating criteria that 

reviewers will use to evaluate the 

proposal under this SGA. A. 

Organizational History and Description 

of Community Need (15 points); B. 

Client Services, Partnerships with the 

One-Stop Career Center, and Timeline 

(50 points); C. Description of Outcomes 

and Tracking Methodology (30 points); 

D. Description of Sustainability (5 

Points). 

A. Organizational History and 

Description of Community Need (15 

points) 

1. Briefly, describe the history of how 

your organization has provided social or 

workforce development services to meet 

community needs, and include a brief 

listing of services provided. Please 

describe the community need that this 

grant will address. Please describe what 

populations you will serve. Populations 

can include but are not limited to such 

groups as: ex-offenders, immigrants, 

limited English-speakers, veterans, 

victims of violent crime, single working 

mothers, homeless persons, individuals 

living in specific low-income area and 

individuals with disabilities. (Census 

and other community data can be useful 

for determining the population.) Please 

describe what services your 

organization will provide to address the 

needs of this population using this grant 

funding. Services must include such 

activities as: pre- and post-job 

placement mentoring, intensive case 

management, job retention support, life 

skills training, and employability skills 

training and any other services as 

appropriate. Services must include 

some form of job retention support. 

Scoring of this criterion will be based 

on the following. 

1. Does the applicant demonstrate that 

it has a history of providing social and/ 

or workforce development services to 

meet community needs? Were the target 

populations for this grant described 

adequately? Does the organization fully 

demonstrate that the services they will 

provide such as pre- and post-job 

placement mentoring, intensive case 

management, job retention support, life 

skills training, and employability skills 

training services will address the 

community need and the needs of the 

target population? (15 points) 

B. Client Services, Partnership With the 

One-Stop and Timeline (50 points) 

1. How Your Organization Will Serve 

Clients. The applicant must describe 

how your organization will provide 

services under this grant, including 

post-job placement services. Please 

include a description of the specific 

program, curricula or method you will 

use. Describe the staff/volunteer 

positions that will provide services 

under this grant. 

2. Partnership With the One-Stop 

Career Center. Please describe how you 

plan to coordinate your services with 

the existing job training and 

employment opportunities at the OneStop Career Center to help the target 

population you described above receive 

services, enter employment, be retained 

in employment and see wage increases. 

Please also include if you will be 

connecting your customers with specific 

apprenticeship programs, business 

partners or training opportunities 

offered by or through the One-Stop 

Career Center. If you have not 

previously worked with a One-Stop 

Career Center, please describe actions 

you have taken to develop a relationship 

with a One-Stop Career Center. 

Information on the agreement with the 

Workforce Investment Board/One-Stop 

Career Center operator can be found in 

Part IV (2) of this solicitation. 

3. Timeline. The applicant must 

attach a timeline of major, measurable 

tasks and activities to be undertaken, 

including those tasks that will be 

undertaken to create effective 

partnership with the One-Stop Career 

Center. (The timeline must be limited to 

2 pages and does not count towards the 

8 page limit.) 

Scoring of this criterion will be based 

on the following. 

1. Does the applicant adequately 

describe the methodology for providing 

services such as pre- and post-job 

placement mentoring, and 

employability skills training? Does the 

applicant adequately describe post-job 

placement services? Does a description 

of the methodology demonstrate that the 

organization will be successful in 

helping the target population described? 

(15 points) 

2. Does the applicant demonstrate its 

ability to connect its clients with the 

services of the One-Stop Career Center 

and successfully partner with the OneStop? (10 points) Does the applicant 

present evidence of a firm commitment 

from the One-Stop Career Center system 

to create a formal referral partnership 

with the applicant as described above 

(e.g., a signed letter of intent from the 

Local Workforce Investment Board or 

other One-Stop delivery system 

principals)? (10 points) 

3. Does the applicant fully 

demonstrate that the activities and tasks 

presented on the timeline are achievable 

given available resources? (15 points) 

C. Description of Outcomes and 

Tracking Methodology (30 points) 

1. The applicant must identify how 

many participants will be served by the 

grant funds. The applicant must also 

describe the measurable outcomes that 

the program participants will achieve 

over the life of this grant. Measurable 

outcomes must include how many 

participants will be placed in postsecondary education or advanced 

training; number of participants placed 

in a job; average hourly wages at the 

time of job placement; and of the 

participants placed in a job since the 

beginning of the grant, how many were 

continuously employed for 3 and 6 

months (retention). Outcomes can also 

include other goals submitted with the 

grant application or additional goals 

developed for the program. 

2. Describe what mechanisms you 

will develop, in partnership with the 

One-Stop Career Center system, to track 

your success in achieving proposed 

goals and outcomes, (i.e. performance 

measures). Describe any other methods 

you will use for evaluating your 

project’s success. 

Scoring of this criterion will be based 

on the following. 

1. Does the applicant provide tangible 

outcome measures and goals that allow 

both the applicant and DOL to gauge the 

impact of the activities on meeting the 

community need? Do these goals 

include tracking employment outcomes 

and retention outcomes for those 

served? Does the applicant fully 

demonstrate that the number of people 

they plan to serve is reasonable? (15 

points) 

2. Does the applicant fully 

demonstrate that it developed, in 

conjunction with the One-Stop, 

mechanisms to track the goals and 

outcomes of the grant? (15 points) 

D. Description of Sustainability (5 

Points) 

1. Describe how the applicant will 

work with the One-Stop and other 

community partners to ensure a 

sustainable relationship after the 

expiration of the grant. Describe efforts 

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during or after the expiration of the 

grant. 

Scoring of this criterion will be based 

on the following. 

2. Does the applicant demonstrate the 

potential to have a commitment from 

the One-Stop Career Center and other 

community partners to continue their 

relationship after the expiration of the 

grant? Does the applicant fully describe 

a development plan that includes 

diverse funding sources for the future? 

(5 points) 

2. Review and Selection Process 

A technical review panel will make a 

careful evaluation of applications 

against the rating criteria. The ranked 

scores will serve as the primary basis for 

selection of applications for funding, in 

conjunction with other factors such as 

geographic balance, availability of funds 

and what is most advantageous to the 

Government. The grant officer reserves 

the right to award without negotiation. 

The criteria in Part V, Section 1 will 

serve as the basis upon which submitted 

applications will be evaluated. The 

panel results are advisory in nature and 

not binding on the Grant Officer, and 

the Grant Officer may consider any 

information that comes to his or her 

attention. Should a grant be awarded 

without negotiations, the award will be 

based on the applicant’s signature on 

the SF 424, which constitutes a binding 

offer as signed by the applicant 

(including electronic signature via EAuthentication on www.grants.gov). 

Part VI. Award Administrative 

Information 

1. Award Notices 

All award notifications will be posted 

on the ETA homepage at http:// 

www.doleta.gov. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements—Administrative Program 

Requirements 

All grantees will be subject to all 

applicable Federal laws (including 

provisions in appropriations law), 

regulations, and the applicable Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circulars. The applicants selected under 

the SGA will be subject to the following 

administrative standards and 

provisions, if applicable: 

• The Workforce Investment Act of 

1998, U.S.C. 2801 et seq. 

• Workforce Investment Act 

Regulation codified at (20 CFR pts. 660–

671). 

• Exec. Order No. 13198, Agency 

responsibilities with respect to FaithBased and Community Initiatives, 66 FR 

8497 (Jan. 31, 2001). 

• Training and Employment 

Guidance Letter 17–01, Incorporating 

and Utilizing Grassroots, CommunityBased Organizations Including FaithBased Organizations in Workforce 

Investment Activities and Programs 

(2002). 

• Exec. Order No. 13279, Equal 

Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based 

and Community Organizations, 67 FR 

77141 (Dec. 16, 2002). 

• New equal treatment regulations (29 

CFR Part 2, Subpart D) and (ETA 

Training and Employment Guidance 

Letter (TEGL) No. 01–05 (July 6, 2005), 

available at http://wdr.doleta.gov/ 

directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2088). 

• Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 

nondiscrimination and programmatic 

regulations (29 CFR 37.6(f); 20 CFR 

667.266 and 667.275). 

• Non-Profit Organizations—Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB 

Circulars A–122 (Cost Principles) and 

29 CFR Part 95 (Administrative 

Requirements). 

• All entities must comply with 29 

CFR Parts 93 and 98, and where 

applicable, 29 CFR Parts 96 and 99. 

• In accordance with Section 18 of 

the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–65 (2 U.S.C. 1611) nonprofit entities incorporated under 

Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(4) 

that engage in lobbying activities will 

not be eligible for the receipt of Federal 

funds and grants. 

• 29 CFR Part 2, subpart D—Equal 

Treatment in Department of Labor 

Programs for Religious Organizations; 

Protection of Religious Liberty of 

Department of Labor Social Service 

Providers and Beneficiaries. 

• 29 CFR part 30—Equal Employment 

Opportunity in Apprenticeship and 

Training. 

• 29 CFR part 31—Nondiscrimination 

in Federally Assisted Programs of the 

Department of Labor—Effectuation of 

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

• 29 CFR part 32—Nondiscrimination 

on the Basis of Handicap in Programs 

and Activities Receiving or Benefiting 

from Federal Financial Assistance. 

• 29 CFR part 33—Enforcement of 

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of 

Handicap in Programs or Activities 

Conducted by the Department of Labor. 

• 29 CFR part 35—Nondiscrimination 

on the Basis of Age in Programs or 

Activities Receiving Federal Financial 

Assistance from the Department of 

Labor. 

• 29 CFR part 36—Nondiscrimination 

on the Basis of Sex in Education 

Programs or Activities Receiving 

Federal Financial Assistance. 

• 29 CFR part 37—Implementation of 

the Nondiscrimination and Equal 

Opportunity Provisions of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

(WIA). 

Note: Except as specifically provided in 

this notice, ETA’s acceptance of a proposal 

and award of Federal funds to sponsor any 

program(s) does not provide a waiver of any 

grant requirement and/or procedure. For 

example, the OMB Circulars require that an 

entity’s procurement procedures must ensure 

that all procurement transactions are 

conducted, as much as practical, to provide 

open and free competition. If a proposal 

identifies a specific entity to provide 

services, the ETA’s award does not provide 

the justifications or basis to sole-source the 

procurement, i.e., avoid open and free 

competition, unless the activity is regarded 

as the primary work of an official partner to 

the application. 

Evaluation Requirements 

DOL may require that the program or 

project participate in an evaluation of 

overall ‘‘Small Grassroots Organizations 

Connecting with the One-Stop Delivery 

System’’ performance. To measure the 

impact of grants funded under this SGA, 

DOL may arrange for or conduct an 

independent evaluation of the outcomes 

and benefits of the projects. Grantees 

must agree to make records on 

participants, employers, and funding 

available and to provide access to 

program operating personnel and to 

participants, as specified by the 

evaluator(s) under the direction of ETA, 

including after the expiration date of the 

grant. 

Reporting Requirements 

As a condition of participation in the 

‘‘Small Grassroots Organizations 

Connecting with the One-Stop Delivery 

System’’ project, successful applicants 

will be required to submit performance 

information as well as Quarterly 

Financial Reports, Progress Reports and 

Final Reports. 

Performance Requirements 

‘‘Small Grassroots Organization 

Connecting with the One-Stop Delivery 

System’’ grantees are required to report 

outcomes for the DOL common 

performance measures, which measure 

entry into employment, retention in 

employment, and earnings. Additional 

information on ETA’s common 

measures policy can be found in 

Training Employment Guidance Letter 

No. 17–05, Common Measures Policy 

for the Employment and Training 

Administration’s (ETA) Performance 

Accountability System and Related 

Performance Issues. 

Quarterly Financial Reports 

A Quarterly Financial Status Report 

(SF 269) is required until such time as 


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all funds have been expended or the 

grant period has expired. Quarterly 

financial reports are due 30 days after 

the end of each calendar year quarter. 

Grantees must use ETA’s Online 

Electronic Reporting System. 

Quarterly Progress Reports 

The grantee must submit a quarterly 

data and narrative progress report to the 

designated Federal Project Officer 

within 30 days after the end of each 

calendar year quarter. Copies are to be 

submitted electronically providing a 

detailed account of activities 

undertaken during that quarter. The 

Department may require additional data 

elements to be collected and reported on 

either a regular basis or special request 

basis. Grantees must agree to meet the 

Department’s reporting requirements. 

Reports must include the following 

information for the grassroots grantees. 

• The number of participants served 

per quarter (new/intake and total). 

• The number of One-Stop Career 

Center clients referred to the grantee. 

• Number of grantee participants 

referred to the One-Stop. 

• The total number of volunteer hours 

committed to the grant program. 

• Number of participants placed in 

post-secondary education or advanced 

training. 

• Number of participants placed in a 

job. 

• Average hourly wages at the time of 

job placement. 

• Of the participants placed in a job 

since the beginning of the grant, how 

many were continuously employed for 3 

months. 

• Of the participants placed in a job 

since the beginning of the grant, how 

many were continuously employed for 6 

months. 

• Other goals submitted with the 

grant application or additional goals 

developed for the program. 

• Demographic information. 

Final Report 

A draft final report must be submitted 

no later than 60 days prior to the 

expiration date of the grant. This report 

must summarize project activities, 

employment outcomes, and related 

results of the project, and should 

thoroughly document the project 

solution approach. After responding to 

ETA’s questions and comments on the 

draft report, three copies of the final 

report must be submitted no later than 

the grant expiration date. Grantees must 

agree to use a designated format 

specified by the Department to prepare 

the final report. 

Part VII. Agency Contacts 

Any technical questions regarding 

this SGA should be faxed to Linda 

Forman at DOL, Fax number (202) 693–

2705 (not a toll-free number). You must 

specifically address your fax to the 

attention of Linda Forman and should 

include the following: SGA/DFA PY 06–

11, a contact name, fax, and telephone 

number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Forman, at (202) 693–3416 (not a 

toll-free number). This announcement is 

also being made available on http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Part VIII. Other Information 

OMB Information Collection No. 1205–

0458 

Expires September 30, 2009 

According to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless such collection 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 20 hours per response, 

including time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the collection of information. 

Send comments regarding the burden 

estimated or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including 

suggestions for reducing this burden, to 

the U.S. Department of Labor, attention: 

OMB Desk Officer for ETA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503. PLEASE DO 

NOT RETURN YOUR COMPLETED 

APPLICATION TO THE OMB. SEND IT 

TO THE ADDRESS PROVIDED IN PART 

IV (3) OF THIS SOLICITATION. This 

information is being collected for the 

purpose of awarding a grant. The 

information collected through this 

‘‘Solicitation for Grant Applications’’

will be used by the Department of Labor 

to ensure that grants are awarded to the 

applicant best suited to perform the 

functions of the grant. Submission of 

this information is required in order for 

the applicant to be considered for award 

of this grant. Unless otherwise 

specifically noted in this 

announcement, information submitted 

in the respondent’s application is not 

considered to be confidential. 

Resources 

DOL maintains a number of Webbased resources that may be of 

assistance to applicants. The Web page 

for the Department’s Center for FaithBased & Community Initiatives (http:// 

www.dol.gov/cfbci) is a valuable source 

of background on this initiative. 

America’s Service Locator 

(www.servicelocator.org) provides a 

directory of our nation’s One-Stop 

Career Centers. ETA maintains a Web 

page http://www.servicelocator.org/ 

wibcontacts), which contains contact 

information for the state and local 

Workforce Investment Boards. 

Applicants are encouraged to review 

‘‘Understanding the Department of 

Labor Solicitation for Grant 

Applications and How to Write an 

Effective Proposal’’, which can be found 

at (http://www/dol.gov/cfbci/ 

sgabrochure.htm). Applicants may also 

wish to review the current two-year 

Workforce Investment Act plan for the 

state in which they are located. Access 

to these plans may be found at http:// 

www.doleta.gov.gov/usworkforce/WIA/ 

planstatus.cfm. For a basic 

understanding of the grants process and 

basic responsibilities of receiving 

Federal grant support, please see 

‘‘Guidance for Faith-Based and 

Community Organizations on Partnering 

with the Federal Government’’, found at 

(www.fbci.gov). 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of 

March 2007. 

Eric D. Luetkenhaus, 

Grant Officer, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–6306 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0026] 

Asbestos in General Industry; 

Extension of the Office of Management 

and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of 

Information Collection (Paperwork) 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend OMB approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in its Asbestos in General 

Industry Standard (29 CFR 1910.1001). 

The Standard protects employees from 

the adverse health effects that may 

result from occupational exposure to 

Asbestos in General Industry, including 

asbestosis, an emphysema-like 

condition; lung cancer; mesothelioma; 

and gastrointestinal cancer. 


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