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not a toll-free number)/e-mail: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Department of Labor—ETA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

202–395–7316/Fax: 202–395–5806 

(these are not toll-free numbers), E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. In order to 

ensure the appropriate consideration, 

comments should reference the OMB 

Control Number (see below). 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: Unemployment 

Compensation for Federal Employees 

Handbook No. 391. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0179. 

Agency Form Numbers: ETA–931; 

ETA–931A; ETA–933; ETA–934; and 

ETA–935. 

Affected Public: State Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 53. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 15,204. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(does not include hour costs): $0. 

Description: Federal law (5 U.S.C. 

8501–8509) provides unemployment 

insurance protection to formerly or 

partially unemployed current Federal 

Civilian employees. The forms in 

Handbook 391 are used in conjunction 

with the provisions of the 

Unemployment Compensation for 

Federal Employees Act Program. For 

additional information, see related 

notice published at Volume 74 FR 

14581 on March 31, 2009. 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–17357 Filed 7–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009; Notice of Availability of 

Funds and Solicitation for Grant 

Applications for the Health Care Sector 

and Other High Growth and Emerging 

Industries 

Announcement Type: Notice of 

Solicitation for Grant Applications. 

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/ 

DFA PY 09–01. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 17.275. 

Key Dates: 

The closing date for receipt of 

applications under this announcement 

is October 5, 2009. Applications must be 

received no later than 4 p.m. Eastern 

Time. A pre-recorded Webinar will be 

on-line (http://www.workforce3one.org) 

and accessible for viewing on August 

12, 2009 by 3 p.m. Eastern Time, and 

will be available for viewing anytime 

after that date. While a review of this 

webinar is encouraged it is not 

mandatory that you view this recording. 

ADDRESSES: Mailed applications must be 

addressed to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment & Training 

Administration, Division of Federal 

Assistance, Attention: Donna Kelly, 

Grant Officer, Reference SGA/DFA PY 

09–01, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Room N4716, Washington, DC 20210. 

For complete ‘‘Application and 

Submission Information,’’ please refer to 

Section IV. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL, or the Department) announces the 

availability of approximately $220 

million in grant funds authorized by the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) for 

projects that provide training and 

placement services to help workers 

pursue careers within the industries 

described in the Background section, 

Part B of this SGA. The purpose of the 

high growth and emerging industries 

grants funded through this SGA is to 

teach workers the necessary skills for, 

and help them pursue careers in, health 

care and other high growth and 

emerging industry sectors. Eligible 

applicants include public entities and 

private nonprofit organizations. 

Additional specific eligibility guidance 

is included in Section III.A, ‘‘Eligible 

Applicants and Required Partnerships.’’ 

ETA intends to fund 45–65 grants 

ranging from approximately $2 to $5 

million. 

Approximately $25 million of the 

total funds available through this 

Solicitation will be reserved for projects 

serving communities impacted by 

automotive-related restructuring, though 

the Department reserves the right to 

change this amount depending on the 

quantity and quality of applications 

submitted under this SGA. See 

Attachment I for a list of communities 

impacted by automotive-related 

restructuring. 

Background 

A. Recovery Act: Competitive Grants for 

Worker Training and Placement in High 

Growth and Emerging Industry Sectors 

On February 17, 2009, President 

Barack Obama signed into law the 

Recovery Act, through which Congress 

intended to preserve and create jobs, 

promote the nation’s economic 

recovery, and assist those most 

impacted by the recession. Among other 

funding directed toward the 

Department, the Recovery Act provides 

$750 million for a program of 

competitive grants for worker training 

and placement in high growth and 

emerging industries. Of the $750 million 

allotted for competitive grants, the 

Recovery Act designates $500 million 

for projects that prepare workers for 

careers in the energy efficiency and 

renewable energy industries described 

in Section 171(e)(1)(B) of the Workforce 

Investment Act (WIA). The Recovery 

Act further provided that in awarding 

grants for the remaining $250 million, 

projects that prepare workers for careers 

in the health care sector would receive 

priority. DOL intends to use a portion of 

the $250 million for providing technical 

assistance for this program of grants. 

DOL also intends to use a portion of 

these resources to promote the creation 

of a virtual tool that helps workers learn 

about and prepare for careers in health 

care. These efforts will help participants 

find and retain employment, while 

leveraging other Recovery Act 

investments intended to create jobs and 

promote economic growth. 

The following sub-sections provide 

background information on the health 

care sector, as well as on the other 

sectors on which applicants could 

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B. Health Care and Other High Growth 

and Emerging Industries 

1. Health Care Sector 

As many industries experience layoffs and job losses, the health care 

industry remains a critical driver in 

regional economies across the nation. In 

March 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) reported that the health 

care sector continued to grow, despite 

steep job losses in nearly all major 

industries. Hospitals, long-term care 

facilities, and other ambulatory care 

settings added 27,000 new jobs in 

February 2009, the same month when 

681,000 jobs were eliminated 

nationwide. 

Health care providers are large 

employers that contribute significantly 

to the strength of regional economies. 

The BLS projects that health care 

employers will generate 3 million new 

wage and salary jobs between 2006 and 

2016, with the education and health 

services sector projected to grow by 18.8 

percent, adding more jobs (nearly 5.5 

million) than any other industry sector. 

Employment growth in the health care 

sector will be driven by significant 

increases in demand for health care and 

assistance because of an aging 

population and longer life expectancies. 

In addition, projected retirements for 

current health care workers will 

necessitate a pipeline of skilled 

individuals ready to enter health care 

occupations. 

The absence of qualified workers in 

this diverse sector threatens the quality 

and availability of medical care, and the 

economic stability and growth potential 

of local communities in rural, urban, 

and suburban areas. Moreover, the 

growing complexity of health care 

delivery, including changing 

technologies and introduction of 

advanced medical devices, will require 

both incumbent workers and new 

entrants to continuously upgrade their 

skills. Although job opportunities exist 

for workers without extensive 

specialized training, most health care 

occupations require training leading to 

a vocational license, certificate, or 

degree. 

ETA will accept proposals targeting 

any of the industry’s sub-sectors, and is 

particularly interested in receiving 

applications that focus on one or more 

of the following health care sub-sectors 

and occupational categories: 

i. Nursing 

Recent trends in the delivery of health 

care services increasingly rely on highly 

skilled nurses working with allied 

health professionals in supporting 

clinical roles. Nursing roles range from 

primary patient care to case 

management and directing complex 

health care systems. 

Shortages of Registered Nurses (RNs), 

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), 

Vocational Nurses, and Certified 

Nursing Assistants (CNAs) threaten the 

provision of quality care. The BLS 

projects that employment for RNs will 

grow faster than any other occupation 

through 2012. In response to the general 

increase in demand for health care 

services, employment of LPNs is 

expected to grow 14 percent, faster than 

the average for all occupations. 

ETA is interested in projects that 

provide training and support career 

progression along the nursing career 

pathway, as well as short-term skills 

certification or credentialing that 

enables incumbent workers to advance 

along a career ladder/lattice in health 

care. These include licenses, 

certificates, and degrees from accredited 

nursing programs that lead to the 

Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) or 

vocational licensure for LPNs, and 

positions as CNAs. ETA is also 

interested in academic strategies that 

help incumbent workers advance from 

an ADN to the bachelor’s degree in 

nursing (BSN) since many RNs with an 

ADN find it beneficial to enter 

bachelor’s programs to prepare for a 

broader scope of nursing practice. 

Applicants that focus on nursing 

could foster transitions along articulated 

career pathways for graduates of 

education and training programs at a 

community college, vocational training 

program, or a Registered Apprenticeship 

program that help them qualify for 

entry-level and mid-level nursing 

positions such as a CNA, LPN, or RN. 

ii. Allied Health 

According to the Association of 

Schools of Allied Health Professions 

(ASAHP), the term allied health is used 

to identify a cluster of health 

professions that covers as many as 100 

occupational titles, exclusive of 

physicians, nurses, and a handful of 

others. Acute workforce shortages and 

projected growth exist for allied health 

occupations, such as medical assistants, 

respiratory therapists, pharmacy 

technicians, diagnostic medical 

sonographers, paramedics, and 

radiological and other technicians. The 

BLS projects that by 2016, medical 

assistant occupations are expected to 

grow 35 percent, paramedic occupations 

are expected to grow by 19 percent, and 

radiological technicians by 15 percent. 

According to the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS), Health 

Resource and Services Administration, 

occupational growth for community 

health workers is also projected as 

communities seek to build effective 

linkages with the health care system to 

provide health education and 

information, advocate for underserved 

individuals to receive appropriate 

services, and build the capacity of the 

community in addressing health issues. 

Particularly in hospitals and in 

medical laboratories away from patient 

care settings, ETA is interested in 

investments that provide talent 

development strategies that support 

recruitment, retention, and career 

pathways in related allied health 

occupations. 

iii. Long-Term Care 

Workers in Long-Term Care settings 

assist older individuals and others with 

disabilities and chronic diseases 

through employment as CNAs, home 

health specialists, and other direct care 

occupations. The demand for long-term 

health care services has begun to 

increase dramatically as regions across 

the country have started to experience 

significant demographic shifts. 

Currently, the American Health Care 

Association estimates that long-term 

care occupations represent 4.5 million 

workers. By 2010, BLS projects that this 

workforce will expand by 800,000 jobs 

for direct care workers alone in longterm care settings. In 2008, the Institute 

of Medicine of the National Academies 

(IOM) determined that between 2005 

and 2030, the number of adults aged 65 

and older is estimated to rise from 

37,000,000 to over 70,000,000, almost 

doubling the overall size of the 

population of older adults in the United 

States. The IOM concluded that the 

health care workforce lacked the 

capacity, in both size and ability, to 

meet the mounting needs of the elderly. 

ETA is interested in projects that 

provide training for and support 

educational paths to careers in longterm care occupations, which include 

CNAs, home health aides, home and 

personal care workers, direct support 

professionals and RNs working in longterm care settings. 

iv. Health Information Technology 

Health Information Technology (HIT) 

refers to the juncture of information 

management, medical practice, and the 

complex business of health care 

delivery. HIT leverages information 

management training and resources to 

improve quality and efficiency 

standards in the health care industry. 

According to HHS, Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology (ONC), 

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coordination of care, as well as prevent 

medical errors through data sharing. 

The transition from traditional, paperbased medical files to electronic health 

records (EHR) technologies will provide 

expanded career pathways in health 

information management and 

technology. HIT jobs will be created in 

hospitals, physicians’ offices, home 

healthcare and outpatient clinics, and 

residential care facilities. Further, 

comprehensive reforms in health law 

and policy will require new and 

updated skill sets for a range of clinical 

occupations (including nursing and 

allied health professionals), medical 

record technicians, coders, health 

information technicians, and other 

health information technology 

professionals including but not limited 

to clinical informaticists. The Health 

Care Information and Management 

Systems Society estimates there are 

approximately 108,400 HIT jobs in 

hospital settings currently and expects 

workforce needs to require an additional 

40,800 HIT occupations by 2012. 

ETA is interested in projects that 

design state-of-the-art training and 

support progression in career pathways 

for the health information workforce 

using a variety of learning strategies for 

individuals who want to specialize in 

the management of health information, 

as well as workers who must use HIT to 

perform the duties of their jobs. 

2. Other High Growth and Emerging 

Industries 

ETA also seeks to promote broadbased economic recovery by supporting 

the workforce and training needs of 

workers and employers in other high 

growth and emerging industries. ETA 

recognizes that in some specific regions 

industries continue to grow, while in 

other regions industries have been 

negatively impacted by the economic 

downturn but are expected to 

experience job growth as the economy 

begins to recover. Further, some 

industries are being transformed by 

technology and innovation, requiring 

new skill sets for workers. Fields like 

information technology, advanced 

manufacturing, wireless and broadband 

deployment, transportation and 

warehousing, and biotechnology may be 

high growth and emerging industries in 

specific regional economies, offering 

jobs and solid career paths left vacant 

due to a lack of qualified workers. For 

example, in advanced manufacturing 

sectors, transformations in business 

processes and technologies are driving 

the need for workers to have 

increasingly complex skills and 

competencies provided through the use 

of effective training approaches, such as 

mobile skills training. 

ETA is soliciting grant applications 

that address current and forecasted 

workforce shortages, and provide 

workers with paths to career enhancing 

opportunities in high growth, high 

demand, and economically vital sectors 

of the American economy. ETA will 

target education and skills development 

resources toward helping workers gain 

skills needed to build successful careers 

in these and other growing industries. 

ETA encourages applicants to define 

local high growth or emerging industries 

in the context of their state or regional 

economy by showing how the industry 

aligns with and fits into their state or 

regional strategy. An industry targeted 

by applicants must meet the following 

criteria to be considered a high growth 

or emerging industry in a local area for 

the purposes of this SGA: (1) It is 

projected to add substantial numbers of 

new jobs to the economy; (2) it is being 

transformed by technology and 

innovation requiring new skill sets for 

workers; or (3) it is a new and emerging 

industry projected to grow. Applicants 

may draw from a variety of resources for 

supporting data that demonstrates that 

an industry is high growth or emerging, 

including: Traditional labor market 

information, such as projections; 

industry data from trade or industry 

associations, labor organizations, or 

direct information from the local 

employers or industry; information on 

the local and regional economy from 

economic development agencies; and 

other transactional data, such as job 

vacancies. Applications must include 

strong supporting evidence and data 

that are current, relevant, and specific to 

the local areas or communities where 

grant-funded training and placement 

activities will be conducted. 

C. Working With Other Recovery Act 

Programs 

The Recovery Act made funds 

available to a number of other Federal 

programs that will impact the creation 

and expansion of health care 

occupations and other high growth and 

emerging industries. DOL is partnering 

with other Federal agencies to support 

the creation of jobs by developing a 

pipeline of skilled workers in the health 

care industry and other high growth and 

emerging industries. Where possible, 

ETA encourages applicants to connect 

their workforce development strategies 

to other Recovery Act funded projects 

that create jobs or impact the skill 

requirements of existing jobs. ETA 

recommends that applicants review 

other parts of the Recovery Act. For 

example, there are specific Recovery Act 

activities related to health care through 

the Department of Education and HHS, 

Health Resource and Services 

Administration. For other high growth 

and emerging industries, it may be 

appropriate to review other Recovery 

Act programs from the Department of 

Energy, Department of Transportation, 

etc. For links to federal agency Recovery 

Act Web sites, please visit http:// 

recovery.gov/?q=content/agencies. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Grants under this SGA will fund 

projects that provide workers with 

training that will prepare them to enter 

and advance in the health care sector, as 

well as other high growth and emerging 

industries, as described in part B of the 

Background section of this SGA. 

Individuals eligible to receive training 

include unemployed workers, 

dislocated workers, and incumbent 

workers including low-wage workers. 

Within these categories, grantees may 

serve a wide range of individuals, such 

as individuals on public assistance, high 

school dropouts, individuals with 

disabilities, veterans, and individuals 

with Limited English Proficiency. A 

portion of the funds under this SGA will 

be reserved (as described in Section II, 

Award Information) for projects serving 

communities impacted by automotiverelated restructuring. 

Successful training programs funded 

through this SGA will prepare 

participants for employment within the 

health care sector or other high growth 

and emerging industries, and will: (1) 

Target skills and competencies 

demanded by the industries described 

in part B of the Background section of 

this SGA; (2) support career pathways, 

such as an articulated career ladder or 

lattice; (3) result in an employer- or 

industry-recognized certificate or degree 

(which can include a license, as well as 

a Registered Apprenticeship certificate 

or degree); (4) combine supportive 

services with training services to help 

participants overcome barriers to 

employment, as necessary; and (5) 

provide training services at times and 

locations that are easily accessible to 

targeted populations. 

To ensure quality training within a 

limited timeframe, applicants are 

strongly encouraged to use existing 

curricula and strategies to deliver 

training. Where appropriate, applicants 

may modify existing curricula. 

Recognizing the long-term needs of 

workers, it is strongly recommended 

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II. Award Information 

A. Award Amount 

Under this SGA, ETA intends to 

award approximately $220 million in 

grant funds. To prioritize health care 

projects, ETA expects to allot 

approximately $125 million of the 

designated funds for projects in the 

health care sector. However, the 

Department reserves the right to change 

this amount depending on the quantity 

and quality of applications submitted 

under this SGA. The remaining balance 

of funds will be allotted for projects in 

other high growth and emerging 

industries. ETA intends to fund 45–65 

grants ranging from approximately $2 to 

$5 million. ETA does not expect to fund 

projects for less than $2 million. 

However, this does not preclude 

funding grants at a lower amount based 

on the type and the number of quality 

submissions. ETA will not fund projects 

for more than $5 million, and 

applications requesting more than $5 

million will be considered nonresponsive. Within the funding ranges 

specified above, applicants are 

encouraged to submit proposals for 

quality projects at whatever funding 

level is appropriate to the project. 

Approximately $25 million of the 

total funds available through this 

Solicitation will be reserved for projects 

serving communities impacted by 

automotive-related restructuring, though 

the Department reserves the right to 

change this amount depending on the 

quantity and quality of applications 

submitted under this SGA. See 

Attachment I for a list of counties 

impacted by automotive-related 

restructuring. The Center for 

Automotive Research identified the 

attached list of 312 U.S. counties that 

either have an automotive assembly 

plant or parts manufacturer employing 

regional residents. Only communities 

that are included on The Center for 

Automotive Research list will qualify 

for this status. 

B. Period of Performance 

The period of grant performance will 

be up to 36 months from the date of 

execution of the grant documents. This 

performance period includes all 

necessary implementation and start-up 

activities; the completion of training 

activities and the award of employer- or 

industry-recognized certificates or 

degrees; and participant follow-up. The 

Department intends that all grantees 

implement the training and placement 

programs funded under this SGA as 

soon as possible. Further, applicants 

should plan to fully expend grant funds 

during the period of performance, while 

ensuring full transparency and 

accountability for all expenditures. 

III. Eligibility Information 

A. Eligible Applicants 

Eligible applicants are public entities 

or private nonprofit entities. Applicants 

must be legal entities and may include 

local Workforce Investment Boards and 

their One Stop Systems, Tribal 

organizations, education and training 

providers, labor organizations, health 

care providers, and faith-based and 

community organizations. The applicant 

must be the fiscal agent for the grant. An 

organization may not submit multiple 

applications in response to this SGA. 

However, an organization that submits 

an application for this SGA is not 

precluded from participating as a 

partner in applications submitted by 

other applicants in response to this 

SGA. 

B. Strategic Partnerships 

To be eligible for funding under this 

SGA, applicants must demonstrate that 

the proposed project will be 

implemented by a robust strategic 

partnership. 

i. Required Partners 

The strategic partnership must 

include at least one entity from each of 

the following three categories: 

• The public workforce investment 

system, such as local Workforce 

Investment Boards and their One Stop 

systems; 

• Public and private employers, such 

as health care providers when 

appropriate, and industry-related 

organizations; and 

• The education and training 

community, which includes the 

continuum of education from secondary 

schools to community and technical 

colleges, four-year colleges and 

universities, apprenticeship programs, 

technical and vocational training 

institutions, and other education and 

training entities. 

By including all of these types of 

organizations in a comprehensive 

partnership, applicants can ensure they 

are maximizing available resources and 

organizational expertise for each project, 

and that individual participants within 

the project have all of the support they 

need to successfully complete training, 

overcome barriers to employment, and 

obtain jobs and advance along career 

ladders. These partners can contribute a 

wide array of knowledge and activities 

to each project, and must work together 

to ensure that they leverage each other’s 

expertise and resources. The role of the 

workforce investment system must 

include identifying and referring 

candidates for training, and may include 

assessing potential participants, 

connecting and placing participants 

with employers that have existing job 

openings, and providing supportive 

services to help participants overcome 

barriers to training or employment. 

Employers and industry-related 

organizations, such as Federally 

Qualified Health Centers and other 

health care employers, should be 

actively engaged in the project and may 

contribute to many aspects of grant 

activities, such as defining the program 

strategy and goals, identifying necessary 

skills and competencies, providing 

resources to support training 

(equipment, instructors, funding, 

internships, or other work-based 

learning activities or situations, etc.), 

and, where appropriate, hiring qualified 

program participants. Education and 

training providers must partner with 

employer and/or industry-related 

organizations to ensure that education 

and training programs address the skills 

required for the targeted industries, lead 

to employer- or industry-recognized 

certificates or degrees, and ensure that 

the training strategies reflect the needs 

of both workers and employers. 

ii. Other Partners 

In addition to the required partners 

listed in Section III.B.i, applicants are 

strongly encouraged to include other 

partners that can provide resources or 

expertise to the project. These 

organizations could include, but are not 

limited to: 

• Nonprofit organizations, such as 

community or faith-based organizations, 

that have direct access to the target 

populations; 

• Labor organizations, including but 

not limited to labor unions and labormanagement organizations that 

represent workers in the health care 

sector or other high growth and 

emerging industries; 

• Organizations implementing 

projects funded by the Recovery Act 

that will create or support jobs in the 

health care sector or other high growth 

and emerging industries; 

• National, State, and local 

foundations, which focus on assisting 

participants served through the project; 

and 

• State and local social service 

agencies that provide supportive 

services to participants served through 

the project. 

C. Cost Sharing 

Cost sharing or matching funds are 

not required as a condition for 

application, but leveraged resources are 


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strongly encouraged and may affect the 

applicant’s score in section V.A.3 of the 

evaluation criteria. 

D. Other Eligibility Requirements 

1. Proposed Activities 

The purpose of this SGA is to fund 

projects providing training, education, 

and job placement assistance to prepare 

workers to enter the health care sector 

and other high growth and emerging 

industries described in part B of the 

Background section of this SGA. 

i. Characteristics of Training Activities 

All projects must lead to employment 

for program participants, and must 

incorporate training activities that: 

• Address skills and competencies 

demanded by the industries targeted 

through this SGA and described in part 

B of the Background section; 

• Support participants’ advancement 

along a defined career pathway, such as 

an articulated career ladder and/or 

career lattice, if such a pathway exists 

in the targeted industry or industries; 

• Result in an employer- or industryrecognized certificate or degree during 

the period of performance. Certificates 

or degrees can include a license as well 

as a Registered Apprenticeship 

certificate or degree (see definition in 

Section VI.B.2.ii) that indicates a level 

of mastery and competence in a given 

field or function. The certificate or 

degree awarded to participants should 

be based on the type of training 

provided through the grant and the 

requirements of the targeted occupation, 

and should be selected based on 

consultations with employer and labor 

partners, as appropriate; 

• Take place at times and locations 

that are convenient and easily accessible 

for the targeted populations; 

• Integrate occupational training with 

basic skills training to ensure that 

participants have the foundational skills 

necessary to attain and retain 

employment; and 

• Integrate training activities with 

supportive services to ensure that 

participants have the necessary support 

to overcome barriers to participate in 

training and employment. 

Applicants may propose a wide range 

of activities in implementing projects 

that meet the requirements outlined 

above. When designing the proposed 

activities, DOL encourages applicants to 

use program models with previous 

success in serving the target 

populations, especially those with 

strong program evaluations showing 

positive impacts on participants. 

Promising models include the 

following: 

• Strategies that integrate academic 

instruction with occupational skills 

training in a specific career field have 

shown promising employment and 

earnings outcomes for low-income 

young adults. Applicants who are 

proposing to serve low-income young 

adults and high school dropouts should 

consider program models that strongly 

link opportunities to improve basic 

literacy and mathematics skills and 

obtain a high school diploma or GED 

with work-based learning in the targeted 

industries. 

• Providing on-the-job training with a 

specific employer who agrees to hire 

individuals upon successful completion 

of the training has been an effective way 

for some programs to place 

disadvantaged individuals into 

employment. 

• Registered Apprenticeship, with the 

combination of on-the-job training, 

related technical instruction, a 

mentoring component and incremental 

wage increases, has been highly 

successful in training a range of 

participants including at-risk youth, 

veterans, older workers, and the 

unemployed. 

ii. Allowable Activities 

Proposed projects must provide direct 

training and/or education, placement, 

and related activities that prepare 

individuals for employment in health 

care and other industries. Direct training 

and/or education costs include, but are 

not limited to, the following types of 

costs: faculty/instructors, including 

salaries and fringe benefits; in-house 

training staff; support staff such as lab 

or teaching assistants; classroom space; 

and books, materials, and supplies used 

in the training course, including 

specialized equipment. As with all costs 

charged to the grant, the costs of 

equipment must meet the standards in 

the applicable Federal cost principles, 

including that the costs are reasonable 

and necessary to achieve grant 

outcomes. While grant funds may be 

used to purchase equipment that are 

used for training and education 

activities provided through the 

proposed project, grantees are 

encouraged to utilize leveraged 

resources to support these costs to 

maximize the use of their grant funds. 

Allowable activities under this SGA 

include: 

• Classroom occupational training; 

• On-the-job training activities that 

lead to permanent employment; 

• Development and implementation 

of Registered Apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; 

• Contextualized learning; 

• Internship programs; 

• Customized training; 

• Basic skills training, such as adult 

basic education, English as a Second 

Language (ESL), and job readiness 

training; 

• Initial assessment of skill levels, 

aptitudes, abilities, competencies, and 

supportive service needs; 

• Job search and placement 

assistance, and, where appropriate, 

career counseling; 

• Case management services; 

• Comprehensive retention strategies; 

• Supportive services that will allow 

individuals to participate in the training 

provided through the grant; and 

• Updating curriculum to support 

direct training provided through the 

grant. Some grants funded under this 

SGA may produce tangible products and 

deliverables, such as updates to existing 

curriculum and outreach materials. 

Curriculum development is only 

appropriate if this curriculum is used in 

direct training and/or education 

activities provided through this grant 

and is necessary to achieve the training 

and employment outcomes proposed for 

the grant. (See Section IV.E.4 for 

information regarding intellectual 

property rights.) 

E. Other Grant Specifications 

1. Participants Eligible To Receive 

Training 

This SGA addresses the priorities of 

the Recovery Act by funding projects 

that provide education and training, job 

placement, and supportive services to 

unemployed workers, dislocated 

workers, and incumbent workers which 

include: 

i. Unemployed workers (For the 

purposes of this SGA, ETA defines 

‘‘unemployed individual’’ as an 

individual who is without a job and 

who wants and is available to work); 

ii. Dislocated workers (For the 

purposes of this SGA, this term refers to 

individuals who were terminated or 

laid-off or have received a notice of 

termination or lay-off from employment; 

or were self-employed but are now 

unemployed); 

iii. Incumbent workers who need 

training to secure full-time employment, 

advance in their careers, or retain their 

current occupations. This includes lowwage workers, workers who need to 

upgrade their skills to retain 

employment, and workers who are 

currently working part-time. 

Within these categories, grantees may 

serve a wide range of individuals, such 

as individuals on public assistance, high 

school dropouts, individuals with 

disabilities, veterans, Indians and 

Native Americans, and individuals with 

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2. Veterans Priority 

The Jobs for Veterans Act (Pub. L. 

107–288) requires 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 DOL. The 

regulations implementing priority of 

service for veterans and eligible spouses 

in Department of Labor job training 

programs under the Jobs for Veterans 

Act are found at 20 CFR part 1010. In 

circumstances where a grant recipient 

must choose between two equally 

qualified candidates for training, one of 

whom is a veteran or eligible spouse, 

the Jobs for Veterans Act requires that 

the grant recipient give the veteran 

priority of service by admitting him or 

her into the program. To obtain priority 

of service a veteran must meet the 

program’s eligibility requirements. 

Grantees must comply with DOL 

guidance on veterans’ priority. 

Currently, ETA Training and 

Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 

No. 5–03 (September 16, 2003) provides 

general guidance on the scope of the 

Jobs for Veterans Act and its effect on 

current employment and training 

programs. TEGL No. 5–03, along with 

additional guidance, is available at the 

‘‘Jobs for Veterans Priority of Service’’ 

Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/ 

programs/vets. 

3. Grantee Training 

Grantees are required to participate in 

all ETA training activities related to 

orientation, financial management and 

reporting, performance reporting, 

product dissemination, and other 

technical assistance training as 

appropriate during the life of the grant. 

These trainings may occur via 

conference call, webinar, and in-person 

meetings. Applicants should include 

costs for two staff members to attend 

two trainings that are each two full days 

in Washington, DC during the grant’s 

period of performance. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

A. How To Obtain an Application 

Package 

This SGA contains all of the 

information and links to forms needed 

to apply for grant funding. 

B. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

The proposal will consist of three 

separate and distinct parts: (I) a cost 

proposal; (II) a technical proposal; and 

(III) attachments to the technical 

proposal. Applications that fail to 

adhere to the instructions in this section 

will be considered non-responsive and 

will not be considered. Please note that 

it is the applicant’s responsibility to 

ensure that the funding amount 

requested is consistent across all parts 

and sub-parts of the application. 

Part I. The Cost Proposal. The Cost 

Proposal must include the following 

items: 

• The Standard Form (SF) 424, 

‘‘Application for Federal Assistance’’ 

(available at http://www07.grants.gov/

agencies/forms_repository

_information.jsp and http://

www.doleta.gov/grants/find_

grants.cfm). The SF 424 must clearly 

identify the applicant and must 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. Applicants must supply their 

D–U–N–S® Number on the SF 424. All 

applicants for Federal grant and funding 

opportunities are required to have a D– 

U–N–S® (Data Universal Numbering 

System) Number. See Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Notice 

of Final Policy Issuance, 68 FR 38402, 

Jun. 27, 2003. The D–U–N–S® Number 

is a non-indicative, nine-digit number 

assigned to each business location in the 

D&B database having a unique, separate, 

and distinct operation, and is 

maintained solely by D&B. The D&B D– 

U–N–S® Number is used by industries 

and organizations around the world as 

a global standard for business 

identification and tracking. If you do not 

have a D–U–N–S® Number, you can get 

one for free through the SBS site: 

http://smallbusiness.dnb.com/webapp/

wcs/stores/servlet/Glossary?fLink=

glossary&footerflag=y&storeId=10001&

indicator=7. 

• The SF 424A Budget Information 

Form (available at http://

www07.grants.gov/agencies/forms_

repository_information.jsp and http://

www.doleta.gov/grants/find_

grants.cfm). In preparing the Budget 

Information Form, the applicant must 

provide a concise narrative explanation 

to support the budget request, explained 

in detail below. 

• Budget Narrative: The budget 

narrative must provide a description of 

costs associated with each line item on 

the SF–424A. It should also include a 

description of leveraged resources 

provided to support grant activities. In 

addition, the applicant should address 

precisely how the administrative costs 

support the project goals. The entire 

Federal grant amount requested should 

be included on both the SF 424 and SF 

424A (not just one year). No leveraged 

resources should be shown on the SF 

424 and SF 424A. 

Please note that applications that fail 

to provide an SF 424, SF 424A, a D–U– 

N–S® Number, and a budget narrative 

will be non-responsive. 

• 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 under the Grants.gov, Tips and 

Resources From Grantors, Department of 

Labor section at http://

www07.grants.gov/applicants/tips_

resources_from_grantors.jsp#13 (also 

referred to as Faith Based EEO Survey 

PDF Form). 

Part II. The Technical Proposal. The 

Technical Proposal demonstrates the 

applicant’s capability to implement the 

grant project in accordance with the 

provisions of this solicitation. The 

guidelines for the content of the 

Technical Proposal are provided in Part 

V.A of this SGA. The Technical 

Proposal is limited to 20 double-spaced 

single-sided pages with 12 point text 

font and 1 inch margins. Any materials 

beyond the 20-page limit will not be 

read. Applicants should number the 

Technical Proposal beginning with page 

number 1. Applications that do not 

include Part II, the Technical Proposal, 

will be non-responsive. 

Part III. Attachments to the Technical 

Proposal. In addition to the 20-page 

Technical Proposal, the applicant must 

submit a letter or letters of commitment 

signed by all required partners 

(preferably one letter co-signed by all 

required partners) that describes the 

roles and responsibilities of each 

required partner. Applicants should not 

send letters of commitment separately to 

ETA because these letters will be 

tracked through a different system and 

will not be attached to the application 

for review. ETA does not encourage 

general letters of support submitted by 

organizations or individuals that are not 

partners in the proposed project and 

that do not directly identify the specific 

commitment or roles of the project 

partners. The applicant also must 

provide an Abstract, not to exceed one 

page, summarizing the proposed project, 

including applicant name; targeted 

industry; project title; identification of 

the community or communities to be 

served, including whether the 

community(ies) are located in urban, 

suburban, or rural areas; and the 

funding level requested. The abstract 

must also indicate whether one or more 

of the counties served by the proposed 

project appear on the attached list of 

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as Attachment I of this SGA. The 

applicant must indicate the total 

amount of grant funds that will be used 

for activities in those impacted counties. 

These additional materials 

(commitment letters and one-page 

abstract) do not count against the 20- 

page limit for the Technical Proposal, 

but may not exceed 13 pages. Any 

additional materials beyond the 13-page 

limit will not be read. 

Applications may be submitted 

electronically on Grants.gov or in hard 

copy by mail or hand delivery. These 

processes are described in further detail 

in Section IV.C. Applicants submitting 

proposals in hardcopy must submit an 

original signed application (including 

the SF 424) and one (1) ‘‘copy-ready’’ 

version free of bindings, staples or 

protruding tabs to ease in the 

reproduction of the proposal by DOL. 

Applicants submitting proposals in 

hardcopy are also required to provide an 

identical electronic copy of the proposal 

on compact disc (CD). 

C. Submission Process, Date, Times, and 

Addresses 

The closing date for receipt of 

applications under this announcement 

is October 5, 2009. Applications must be 

received at the address below no later 

than 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Applications 

sent by e-mail, telegram, or facsimile 

(FAX) will not be accepted. 

Applications that do not meet the 

conditions set forth in this notice will 

not be considered. 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: Donna Kelly, 

Grant Officer, Reference SGA/DFA, PY 

09–01, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Room N4716, 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. 

All overnight mail will be considered to 

be hand-delivered and must be received 

at the designated place by the specified 

closing date and time. 

Applicants may apply online through 

Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov); 

however, due to the expected increase 

in system activity resulting from the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009, applicants are encouraged 

to use an alternate method to submit 

grant applications during this 

heightened period of demand. While not 

mandatory, DOL encourages the 

submission of applications through 

professional overnight delivery service. 

Applications that are submitted 

through Grants.gov must be successfully 

submitted at http://www.grants.gov no 

later than 4 p.m. Eastern Time on 

October 5, 2009, and then subsequently 

validated by Grants.gov. The submission 

and validation process is described in 

more detail below. The process can be 

complicated and time-consuming. 

Applicants are strongly advised to 

initiate the process as soon as possible 

and to plan for time to resolve technical 

problems if necessary. 

The Department strongly recommends 

that before the applicant begins to write 

the proposal, applicants should 

immediately initiate and complete the 

‘‘Get Registered’’ registration steps at 

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_

registered.jsp. These steps may take 

multiple days or weeks to complete, and 

this time should be factored into plans 

for electronic submission in order to 

avoid unexpected delays that could 

result in the rejection of an application. 

The Department strongly recommends 

that applicants use the ‘‘Organization 

Registration Checklist’’ at http://

www.grants.gov/assets/Organization_

Steps_Complete_Registration.pdf to 

ensure the registration process is 

complete. 

Within two business days of 

application submission, Grants.gov will 

send the applicant two email messages 

to provide the status of application 

progress through the system. The first 

email, almost immediate, will confirm 

receipt of the application by Grants.gov. 

The second email will indicate the 

application has either been successfully 

validated or has been rejected due to 

errors. Only applications that have been 

successfully submitted and successfully 

validated will be considered. It is the 

sole responsibility of the applicant to 

ensure a timely submission; therefore, 

sufficient time should be allotted for 

submission (two business days), and, if 

applicable, subsequent time to address 

errors and receive validation upon 

resubmission (an additional two 

business days for each ensuing 

submission). It is important to note that 

if sufficient time is not allotted and a 

rejection notice is received after the due 

date and time, the application will not 

be considered. 

To ensure consideration, the 

components of the application must be 

saved as either .doc, .xls or .pdf files. If 

submitted in any other format, the 

applicant bears the risk that 

compatibility or other issues will 

prevent our ability to consider the 

application. ETA will attempt to open 

the document but will not take any 

additional measures in the event of 

issues with opening. In such cases, the 

non-conforming application will not be 

considered for funding. 

Applicants are strongly advised to 

utilize the plethora of tools and 

documents, including FAQs, that are 

available on the ‘‘Applicant Resources’’ 

page at http://www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/app_help_reso.jsp#faqs. To 

receive updated information about 

critical issues, new tips for users and 

other time sensitive updates as 

information is available, applicants may 

subscribe to ‘‘Grants.gov Updates’’ at 

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

email_subscription_signup.jsp. 

If applicants encounter a problem 

with Grants.gov and do not find an 

answer in any of the other resources, 

call 1–800–518–4726 to speak to a 

Customer Support Representative or email ‘‘support@grants.gov’’. 

Late Applications: For applications 

submitted on Grants.gov, only 

applications that have been successfully 

submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the closing date and 

then successfully validated will be 

considered. Applicants take a 

significant risk by waiting to the last day 

to submit via Grants.gov. 

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, it was 

properly addressed, and it was: (a) Sent 

by U.S. Postal Service mail, postmarked 

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 postmarked by the 

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

professional overnight delivery service 

to the addressee not later than one 

working day prior to the date specified 

for receipt of applications. 

‘‘Postmarked’’ 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 

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D. Intergovernmental Review 

This funding opportunity is not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

E. Funding Restrictions 

Determinations of allowable costs will 

be made in accordance with the 

applicable Federal cost principles. 

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. 

Successful and unsuccessful 

applicants will not be entitled to 

reimbursement of pre-award costs. 

1. 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 final cost 

objective. In order to use 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 

grant award. 

2. Administrative Costs 

Under this SGA, 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 direct or 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. However, they must 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 from its Federal 

cognizant agency. 

3. Salary and Bonus Limitations 

Under Public Law 109–234 and 

Public Law 111–8, Section 111, none of 

the funds appropriated in Public Law 

111–5 or prior Acts under the heading 

‘‘Employment and Training’’ that are 

available for expenditure on or after 

June 15, 2006, shall be used by a 

recipient or sub-recipient of such funds 

to pay the salary and bonuses of an 

individual, either as direct costs or 

indirect costs, at a rate in excess of 

Executive Level II. These limitations 

also apply to grants funded under this 

SGA. The salary and bonus limitation 

does not apply to vendors providing 

goods and services as defined in OMB 

Circular A–133. See Training and 

Employment Guidance Letter number 

5–06 for further clarification: http:// 

wdr.doleta.gov/directives/ 

corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2262. 

4. Intellectual Property Rights 

The Federal Government reserves a 

paid-up, nonexclusive and irrevocable 

license to reproduce, publish or 

otherwise use, and to authorize others to 

use for Federal purposes: (i) the 

copyright in all products developed 

under the grant, including a subgrant or 

contract under the grant or subgrant; 

and (ii) any rights of copyright to which 

the grantee, subgrantee or a contractor 

purchases ownership under an award 

(including but not limited to curricula, 

training models, technical assistance 

products, and any related materials). 

Such uses include, but are not limited 

to, the right to modify and distribute 

such products worldwide by any means, 

electronically or otherwise. Federal 

funds may not be used to pay any 

royalty or licensing fee associated with 

such copyrighted material, although 

they may be used to pay costs for 

obtaining a copy which are limited to 

the developer/seller costs of copying 

and shipping. If revenues are generated 

through selling products developed 

with grant funds, including intellectual 

property, these revenues are program 

income. Program income is added to the 

grant and must be expended for 

allowable grant activities. 

If applicable, grantees must include 

the following language on all products 

developed in whole or in part with grant 

funds: 

‘‘This workforce solution was funded by a 

grant awarded by the U.S. Department of 

Labor’s Employment and Training 

Administration. The solution was created by 

the grantee and does not necessarily reflect 

the official position of the U.S. Department 

of Labor. The Department of Labor makes no 

guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any 

kind, express or implied, with respect to 

such information, including any information 

on linked sites and including, but not limited 

to, accuracy of the information or its 

completeness, timeliness, usefulness, 

adequacy, continued availability, or 

ownership. This solution is copyrighted by 

the institution that created it. Internal use by 

an organization and/or personal use by an 

individual for non-commercial purposes is 

permissible. All other uses require the prior 

authorization of the copyright owner.’’ 

F. Use of Funds for Supportive Services 

Supportive services for adults and 

dislocated workers are defined at WIA 

sections 101(46) and 134(e)(2) and (3). 

They include services such as 

transportation, child care, dependent 

care, and housing that are necessary to 

enable an individual to participate in 

activities funded through this grant. 

Further, supportive services can include 

needs-related payments (NRPs) that are 

necessary to enable individuals to 

participate in training activities funded 

through this grant. Accordingly, 

grantees may only use grant funds to 

provide supportive services to 

individuals who are participating in 

activities provided through the grant (or 

in the case of NRPs, participating in 

training), who are unable to obtain such 

services through other programs, and 

when such services are necessary to 

enable individuals to participate in 

activities. Grantees should ensure that 

their use of grant funds on supportive 

services is consistent with their 

established written policy regarding the 

provision of supportive services. 

Grantees may use no more than 10% of 

their grant funds on these services. 

However, to support the employment 

and training needs of the targeted 

populations, ETA encourages grantees 

to leverage other sources of funding for 

supportive services, including WIA 

Adult formula funds provided under the 

Recovery Act. Further, ETA encourages 

grantees to leverage earnings from parttime and full-time employment and 

unemployment compensation that will 

enable individuals to participate in 

training, in addition to utilizing grant 

funds for needs-related payments. 

G. Other Submission Requirements 

Withdrawal of Applications: 

Applications may be withdrawn by 

written notice to the Grant Officer at any 

time before an award is made. 

V. Application Review Information 

A. Evaluation Criteria 

This section identifies and describes 

the criteria that will be used to evaluate 

the grant proposals. These criteria and 

point values are: 

Criterion Points 

1. Statement of Need ................... 15 

2. Project Management and Organizational Capacity .................... 15 

3. Strategy and Project Work Plan 50 

4. Outcomes and Deliverables ..... 15 

5. Suitability for Evaluation ........... 5 

1. Statement of Need (15 points) 

An applicant must fully demonstrate 

a clear and specific need for the Federal 

investment in the proposed activities. 

An applicant must submit data and 

provide evidence for proposed projects 

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employed. Points for this section will be 

awarded based on a comprehensive 

demonstration of each of the following 

factors: 

i. Overview of Current Economy and 

Workforce (15 points) 

The applicant clearly and fully 

demonstrates the need for training and 

employment in the local area by 

describing the overall economy and 

workforce needs. Given the rapidly 

changing economic conditions that 

many States and regions are currently 

facing, applicants should use the most 

current and relevant sources of labor 

market data available. Points for this 

subsection will be awarded based on the 

following factors: 

• The applicant fully describes the 

specific community(ies) that the project 

will serve, and demonstrates the 

workforce needs in the community, 

including the unemployment rate(s), 

poverty rate(s), the needs of diverse 

populations within the community, a 

discussion of any significant layoffs or 

industry restructuring in specific 

industries, as well as estimates of the 

number of individuals in the 

community who are: (a) unemployed 

workers; (b) dislocated workers; and (c) 

incumbent workers including low-wage 

workers. 

• The applicant provides strong 

evidence of job seeker need for training 

by identifying one or more of the 

populations listed above (unemployed 

workers; dislocated workers; and/or 

incumbent workers) that the project will 

target, providing a general description of 

the current level of skills and 

educational attainment of those 

populations, and identifying the specific 

training needs of those populations. 

• The applicant fully identifies other 

barriers to employment faced by the 

targeted populations, such as lack of 

child care or access to transportation. 

Applicants may draw from a variety 

of resources for supporting data, which 

include but are not limited to: 

traditional labor market information, 

such as projections; industry data; data 

from trade associations or direct 

information from the regional industry; 

and information on the regional 

economy and other transactional data, 

such as job vacancies, that are available. 

2. Project Management and 

Organizational Capacity (15 points) 

An applicant must fully describe the 

capacity of the applicant and its 

required partners to effectively staff the 

proposed initiative. The application 

must also fully describe the applicant’s 

fiscal, administrative, and performance 

management capacity to implement the 

key components of this project, and the 

track record of the applicant and its 

required partners in implementing 

projects of similar focus, size, and 

scope. 

Scoring under this criterion will be 

based on the extent to which applicants 

provide evidence of the following: 

i. Staff Capacity (5 points) 

An applicant must provide strong 

evidence that the applicant and its 

required partners have the staff capacity 

to implement the proposed initiative. 

Discussion should include: 

• The proposed staffing pattern for 

the project, including program 

management and administrative staff 

and program staff, which demonstrates 

that the role(s) and time commitment of 

the proposed staff are sufficient to 

ensure proper direction, management, 

implementation, and timely completion 

of each project. 

• The applicant must demonstrate 

that the qualifications and level of 

experience of the proposed project 

manager are sufficient to ensure proper 

management of the project, where such 

a project manager has been identified. 

Where no project manager is identified, 

applicants should discuss the minimum 

qualifications and level of experience 

that will be required of the position. 

ii. Fiscal, Administrative, and 

Performance Management Capacity (5 

points) 

The application must provide strong 

evidence that the applicant and its 

required partners have the fiscal, 

administrative, and performance 

management capacity to effectively 

administer this grant. Discussion should 

include: 

• A full description of the applicant’s 

capacity, including its systems, 

processes, and administrative controls 

that will enable it to comply with 

Federal rules and regulations related to 

the grant’s fiscal and administrative 

requirements. 

• A full description of the applicant’s 

capacity, including its systems and 

processes that will support the grant’s 

performance management requirements 

through effective tracking of 

performance outcomes. Applicants must 

include an explanation of the 

applicant’s processes to collect and 

manage data in a way that allows for 

accurate and timely reporting of 

performance outcomes. Applicants may 

cite relationships with the public 

workforce system, as appropriate, to 

assist with performance reporting, and 

should describe access to specific data 

management software and/or resources 

for performance reporting. 

iii. Applicant’s Experience (5 points) 

The applicant must demonstrate its 

experience leading or participating 

significantly in a comprehensive 

partnership, and the demonstrated 

experience of the applicant and its 

partners in implementing and operating 

training, education, and job placement 

initiatives of similar focus, size and 

scope. The discussion must include: 

• Specific examples of the applicant’s 

experience in leading or participating 

significantly in a partnership that 

included a wide range of stakeholders, 

including a description of the 

programmatic goals of the project, and 

a demonstration of the results achieved 

by that project. 

• Specific examples of the applicant’s 

track record administering Federal, 

State, and/or other grants, including the 

programmatic goals and results from 

these projects; and 

• A description of the experience of 

the applicant and its required partners 

in Federal, State, and/or other projects 

providing education, training, and 

placement services to the specific 

populations noted in Section III.D. 

(unemployed workers; dislocated 

workers; incumbent workers including 

low-wage workers), including the 

programmatic goals and results of the 

projects. 

3. Strategy and Project Work Plan (50 

points) 

The applicant must provide a 

complete, very clear explanation of its 

proposed strategy and its 

implementation plans. The applicant 

must describe the proposed workforce 

development strategy in full; explain 

how the proposed training addresses the 

applicant’s statement of need; and 

demonstrate how the proposed project 

will expeditiously and effectively 

deliver training. ETA is interested in 

applicants describing any evidencebased research that they considered in 

designing the strategy. The applicant 

must present a comprehensive work 

plan for the project, following the 

format provided later in this section. 

Points for this criterion will be awarded 

for the following factors: 

i. Addressing Conditions Described in 

the Statement of Need, and Targeted 

Industries and Occupations (10 points) 

• The applicant summarizes the 

proposed strategy. 

• The applicant explains how the 

proposed project comprehensively 

addresses the needs and challenges of 

the targeted populations laid out in the 

Statement of Need. 

• The applicant provides a complete 

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and occupations within those industries 

that the proposed project will focus on, 

including: the specific industry(ies) 

targeted by the project, and an 

explanation of how the targeted 

industry(ies) meet the requirements 

identified in part B of the Background 

section of this SGA; the specific 

occupation in the targeted industries for 

which participants will be trained, 

including the work performed by that 

occupation and its major tasks; and the 

specific knowledge, skills, and/or 

abilities required by the occupation. 

• The applicant fully describes the 

employment needs of the targeted 

industries and occupations in the 

designated community, including: total 

current and projected employment in 

the industry; total current and projected 

employment in the targeted 

occupations; and the current hiring 

needs of specific employers and how job 

seekers served through the project will 

be placed in those jobs. 

ii. Roles and Level of Commitment of 

Project Partners (15 points) 

Scoring on this section will be based 

on the extent to which the applicant 

fully demonstrates the breadth and 

depth of their partners’ commitment to 

the proposed project, by addressing the 

following factors: 

• The applicant fully describes the 

specific roles of each of the project 

partners in the community, including 

training, supportive services, expertise, 

and/or other activities that partners will 

contribute to the project. 

• The applicant demonstrates a strong 

partnership by providing a letter or 

letters of commitment signed by all 

required partners (preferably one letter 

co-signed by all required partners) that 

describes the roles, responsibilities, and 

resources committed by each partner. 

(See Section IV.B for instructions on 

submitting letters of commitment). 

• The applicant clearly and fully 

describes any funds and other resources 

that will be leveraged to support grant 

activities and how these funds and other 

resources will be used to contribute to 

the proposed outcomes for the project, 

including any leveraged resources 

related to the provision of supportive 

services for program participants. This 

includes funds and other resources 

leveraged from businesses, labor 

organizations, education and training 

providers, and/or Federal, state, and 

local government programs. Applicants 

will be scored based on the extent to 

which they fully demonstrate the 

resources provided, including the 

type(s) of leveraged resources provided, 

the strength of commitment to provide 

these resources (such as in commitment 

letters), the breadth and depth of the 

resources provided, and how well these 

resources support the proposed grant 

activities. 

iii. Proposed Recruitment, Training, 

Placement, and Retention Strategies (10 

points) 

• Recruitment: The applicant must 

provide a comprehensive outreach and 

recruitment strategy that is inclusive of 

diverse populations as defined in the 

statement of need, and that defines a 

clear process for finding and referring 

workers to the training programs. The 

applicant must clearly identify the 

populations that will be targeted by the 

project, and explain how the proposed 

strategy will enable the project to 

effectively recruit those populations. 

• Training: DOL encourages 

applicants to base their training 

strategies on program models that have 

shown promising outcomes for serving 

the populations targeted through this 

SGA. The applicant must provide a 

detailed explanation of the proposed 

training activities that describes how the 

project will comprehensively address 

the training needs of the targeted 

populations, including a discussion of 

how the design of the training activities 

will account for the current skill and 

education level, age, language barriers, 

or level of work experience of the 

targeted populations. The applicant 

must also describe how the project will 

address barriers to employment by 

combining training services with 

supportive services, such as child care 

or transportation, as appropriate for 

each targeted population. The applicant 

must demonstrate that the project will 

place participants on a career pathway; 

that training will focus on the specific 

industries and occupations it has 

proposed to target and focuses on skills 

and competencies demanded by the 

selected industries and occupations; 

that the project will integrate basic skills 

training where appropriate; and that the 

training will lead to an appropriate 

employer- or industry-recognized 

certificate or degree (which can include 

a license, as well as a Registered 

Apprenticeship certificate or degree) 

and to employment, and take place at 

times and locations that are convenient 

and easily accessible for the target 

populations. 

• Placement: The applicant must 

provide a clear strategy for placing 

individuals into employment. The 

applicant must describe the methods for 

engaging employers, identifying specific 

job needs, and referring participants to 

employers. Wherever possible, the 

applicant should identify specific 

employers that indicate plans to hire 

project participants that complete 

training. This strategy includes moving 

incumbent workers along career 

pathways. 

• Retention: The applicant must 

provide a clear strategy for job retention. 

This should include strategies for 

engaging employers, as well as for 

identifying the barriers to retention that 

participants face after placement and for 

providing them with supportive services 

to address these barriers. 

iv. Project Work Plan (15 points) 

An applicant must provide a 

comprehensive project work plan. 

Factors considered in evaluating the 

project work plan will include: (1) The 

presentation of a coherent plan that 

demonstrates the applicant’s complete 

understanding of all the activities, 

responsibilities, and costs required to 

implement each phase of the project and 

achieve projected outcomes; (2) the 

demonstrated feasibility and 

reasonableness of the timeline for 

accomplishing all necessary 

implementation activities, including the 

ability to expeditiously begin training; 

and (3) the extent to which the budget 

aligns with the proposed work plan and 

is justified with respect to the adequacy 

and reasonableness of resources 

requested. Applicants must present this 

work plan in a table that includes the 

following categories: 

• Project Phase: Lay out the timeline 

in five phases—Startup, Recruitment, 

Training, Placement, and Retention. 

• Activities: Identify the major 

activities required to implement each 

phase of the project. For each activity, 

include the following information: (a) 

Start Date; (b) End Date; (c) Project 

partner(s) that will be primarily 

responsible for performing each activity; 

(d) Key tasks associated with each 

activity; (e) At key project milestones, 

list the target dates and associated 

outcomes projected for recruitment, 

training, placement, and retention 

activities; and (f) As accurately as 

possible, list the sub-total budget dollar 

amount associated with each activity. 

4. Outcomes and Deliverables (15 

points) 

An applicant must demonstrate a 

results-oriented approach to managing 

and operating its project by providing 

projections for all applicable outcome 

categories relevant to measuring the 

success or impact of the project, 

describing the products and deliverables 

that will be produced as a result of the 

grant activities, and fully demonstrating 

the appropriateness and feasibility of 

achieving these results. The applicant 

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which will be used as goals for the 

grant. The applicant must 

comprehensively address each of the 

areas outlined below. 

i. Projected Performance Outcomes (7 

points) 

The applicant must provide 

projections and track outcomes for each 

of the following outcome categories for 

all participants served with grant funds: 

• Total participants served; 

• Total number of participants 

beginning education/training activities; 

• Total number of participants 

completing education/training 

activities; 

• Total number of participants that 

complete education/training activities 

that receive a degree/certificate; 

• Total number of participants that 

complete education/training activities 

that are placed into unsubsidized 

employment; 

• Total number of participants that 

complete education/training activities 

that are placed into training-related 

unsubsidized employment; and 

• Total number of participants placed 

in unsubsidized employment who retain 

an employed status in the first and 

second quarters following initial 

placement. 

An applicant will need to be prepared 

to collect participant-level data on 

individuals who receive training and 

other services provided through the 

grant. These data should be the basis for 

reporting against the outcomes listed 

above, and may be required for 

reporting on other employment-related 

outcomes in the future. ETA will 

provide appropriate technical assistance 

to the grantees in collecting these data, 

including the development of a 

participant tracking system for the 

grantees. In some cases, the data 

requested below may require 

appropriate partnerships with state and 

local workforce investment system 

entities. 

An applicant must be prepared to 

collect and report participant-level data 

from the following categories: 

• Demographic and socioeconomic 

characteristics 

• Employment history 

• Services provided 

• Outcomes achieved 

An applicant must describe their 

capacity to collect both participant-level 

data and aggregate outcomes. 

ii. Appropriateness and Feasibility, 

Degrees or Certificates Resulting From 

Training, and Deliverables (8 points) 

• The applicant must fully 

demonstrate the appropriateness and 

feasibility of its projections of the 

project outcomes by addressing three 

factors: (1) the extent to which the 

expected project outcomes are realistic 

and consistent with the objectives of the 

project and the needs of the community; 

(2) the ability of the applicant to achieve 

the stated outcomes and report results 

within the timeframe of the grant; and 

(3) the appropriateness of the outcomes 

with respect to the requested level of 

funding. 

• Project activities must lead to an 

employer- or industry-recognized 

certificate or degree (which can include 

a license, as well as a Registered 

Apprenticeship certificate or degree), 

and must identify the degree or 

certificate that participants will earn as 

a result of the proposed training, and 

the employer-, industry-, or Statedefined standards associated with the 

degree or certificate. If the degree or 

certificate targeted by the training 

project is performance-based, applicants 

should either: (a) Demonstrate employer 

engagement in the curriculum 

development process, or (b) demonstrate 

that the degree or certificate will 

translate into concrete job opportunities 

with an employer. 

• If applicable, the applicant must 

provide a comprehensive list of 

expected deliverables consistent with 

the project work plan that includes a 

brief description of the deliverable (such 

as updated curriculum and outreach 

materials), the anticipated completion 

date, and an estimated timeframe and 

method for electronic delivery to ETA. 

Electronic delivery may include email 

for smaller documents, DVDs or other 

electronic media for transmission of 

larger files. 

5. Suitability for Evaluation (5 points) 

Under this Solicitation, DOL seeks to 

support programs that will provide 

training that improves participants’ 

employment outcomes. The Department 

is committed to evaluating program 

results to assess whether programs meet 

this goal and which models are most 

effective, providing a basis for future 

program improvements and funding 

decisions. DOL intends to select some 

portion of grantees to participate in a 

rigorous evaluation. This section asks 

for evidence that applicants will be able 

to participate productively in an 

evaluation. To receive points under this 

section, applicants must describe their 

plans for meeting the following criteria. 

Specifically, the project must: 

• Explain a recruitment plan that 

could yield a large number of qualified 

applicants for the program, and 

potentially more applicants than the 

number of participant slots available; 

• Be able to collect participant-level 

information on individuals who apply 

to participate in the program; 

• Have project retention strategies to 

minimize client attrition and help 

researchers track those who leave the 

program before completion; 

• Work collaboratively with an 

outside evaluator selected by DOL; 

• Be willing to work with academics 

who are independent researchers 

qualified to conduct rigorous research; 

and 

• Provide additional information 

about why funding this proposal will 

enhance knowledge about effective 

programs in a way that has the potential 

to benefit individuals and communities 

not directly served by the program. 

B. Review and Selection Process 

Applications for grants under this 

solicitation will be accepted after the 

publication of this announcement and 

until the closing date. A technical 

review panel will carefully evaluate 

applications against the selection 

criteria. These criteria are based on the 

policy goals, priorities, and emphases 

set forth in this SGA. Up to 100 points 

may be awarded to an application, 

depending on the quality of the 

responses to the required information 

described in Section V.A. The ranked 

scores will serve as the primary basis for 

selection of applications for funding, in 

conjunction with other factors such as 

urban, rural, and geographic balance; 

representation among health care and 

other high growth and emerging 

industries targeted through this SGA; 

representation among communities 

impacted by automotive industry 

restructuring; the availability of funds; 

and which proposals are most 

advantageous to the government. The 

panel results are advisory in nature and 

not binding on the Grant Officer. The 

Grant Officer may consider any 

information that comes to his/her 

attention. The government may elect to 

award the grant(s) with or without 

discussions with the applicant. Should 

a grant be awarded without discussions, 

the award will be based on the 

applicant’s signature on the SF 424, 

which constitutes a binding offer by the 

applicant including electronic signature 

via E-Authentication on http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

All award notifications will be posted 

on the ETA Homepage (http:// 

www.doleta.gov). Applicants selected 

for award will be contacted directly 

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selected applicants will be notified by 

mail. Selection of an organization as a 

grantee does not constitute approval of 

the grant application as submitted. 

Before the actual grant is awarded, ETA 

may enter into negotiations about such 

items as program components, staffing 

and funding levels, and administrative 

systems in place to support grant 

implementation. If the negotiations do 

not result in a mutually acceptable 

submission, the Grant Officer reserves 

the right to terminate the negotiation 

and decline to fund the application. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

1. Administrative Program 

Requirements 

All grantees will be subject to all 

applicable Federal laws, regulations, 

and the applicable OMB Circulars. The 

grant(s) awarded under this SGA will be 

subject to the following administrative 

standards and provisions: 

i. Non-Profit Organizations—OMB 

Circulars A–122 (Cost Principles) and 

29 CFR part 95 (Administrative 

Requirements). 

ii. Educational Institutions—OMB 

Circulars A–21 (Cost Principles) and 29 

CFR part 95 (Administrative 

Requirements). 

iii. State and Local Governments— 

OMB Circulars A–87 (Cost Principles) 

and 29 CFR part 97 (Administrative 

Requirements). 

iv. Profit Making Commercial Firms— 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)— 

48 CFR part 31 (Cost Principles), and 29 

CFR part 95 (Administrative 

Requirements). 

v. All entities must comply with 29 

CFR parts 93 (New Restrictions on 

Lobbying) and 98 (Governmentwide 

Debarment and Suspension), and, where 

applicable, 29 CFR parts 96 and 99 

(Audit Requirements). 

vi. 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. 

vii. 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. 

viii. 29 CFR part 32— 

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of 

Handicap in Programs and Activities 

Receiving or Benefiting from Federal 

Financial Assistance. 

ix. 29 CFR part 33—Enforcement of 

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of 

Handicap in Programs or Activities 

Conducted by the Department of Labor. 

x. 29 CFR part 35—Nondiscrimination 

on the Basis of Age in Programs or 

Activities Receiving Federal Financial 

Assistance from the Department of 

Labor. 

xi. 29 CFR part 36— 

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex 

in Education Programs or Activities 

Receiving Federal Financial Assistance. 

The following administrative 

standards and provisions may be 

applicable: 

i. The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 

No. 111–5, 123 Stat. 115, Division A, 

Title VIII (February 17, 2009). 

ii. The Workforce Investment Act of 

1998, Public Law No. 105–220, 112 Stat. 

939 (codified as amended at 29 U.S.C. 

2801 et seq.) and 20 CFR part 667 

(General Fiscal and Administrative 

Rules). 

iii. 29 CFR part 29 and 30— 

Apprenticeship and Equal Employment 

Opportunity in Apprenticeship and 

Training; and 

iv. 29 CFR part 37—Implementation 

of the Nondiscrimination and Equal 

Opportunity Provisions of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The 

Department notes that the Religious 

Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 

U.S.C. sec. 2000bb, applies to all 

Federal law and its implementation. If 

your organization is a faith-based 

organization that makes hiring decisions 

on the basis of religious belief, it may be 

entitled to receive Federal financial 

assistance under Title I of the Workforce 

Investment Act and maintain that hiring 

practice even though Section 188 of the 

Workforce Investment Act contains a 

general ban on religious discrimination 

in employment. If you are awarded a 

grant, you will be provided with 

information on how to request such an 

exemption. 

vi. Under WIA Section 181(a)(4), 

health and safety standards established 

under Federal and State law otherwise 

applicable to working conditions of 

employees are equally applicable to 

working conditions of participants 

engaged in training and other activities. 

Applicants that are awarded grants 

through this SGA are reminded that 

these health and safety standards apply 

to participants in these grants. 

In accordance with Section 18 of the 

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–65) (2 U.S.C. 1611) non-profit 

entities incorporated under Internal 

Revenue Service Code section 501(c)(4) 

that engage in lobbying activities are not 

eligible to receive Federal funds and 

grants. 

Except as specifically provided in this 

SGA, DOL’s acceptance of a proposal 

and an award of Federal funds to 

sponsor any programs(s) does not 

provide a waiver of any grant 

requirements and/or procedures. 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 

DOL’s award does not provide the 

justification or basis to sole source the 

procurement, i.e., avoid competition, 

unless the activity is regarded as the 

primary work of an official partner to 

the application. 

2. Special Program Requirements 

i. Evaluation 

To measure the impact of grants 

funded under this SGA, ETA intends to 

fund one or more independent 

evaluations, which could include a 

random assignment evaluation. By 

accepting funding, grantees must agree 

to participate in such an evaluation, 

should their site(s) be selected to 

participate. Grantees must agree to make 

records on participants, employers, and 

funding available and to provide access 

to program personnel and participants, 

as specified by the evaluator(s) under 

the direction of ETA, including after the 

expiration date of the grant. 

ii. Definition of Certificates 

A certificate is awarded in recognition 

of an individual’s attainment of 

measurable technical or occupational 

skills necessary to gain employment or 

advance within an occupation. These 

technical or occupational skills are 

based on standards developed or 

endorsed by employers. Certificates 

awarded by workforce investment 

boards are not included in this 

definition. Work readiness certificates 

are also not included in this definition. 

A certificate is awarded in recognition 

of an individual’s attainment of 

technical or occupational skills by: 

• A state educational agency or a state 

agency responsible for administering 

vocational and technical education 

within a state; 

• An institution of higher education 

described in Section 102 of the Higher 

Education Act (20 USC 1002) that is 

qualified to participate in the student 

financial assistance programs 

authorized by Title IV of that Act. This 

includes community colleges, 

proprietary schools, and all other 

institutions of higher education that are 

eligible to participate in Federal student 

financial aid programs; 

• A professional, industry, or 

employer organization (e.g., National 


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Institute for Automotive Service 

Excellence certification, National 

Institute for Metalworking Skills, Inc., 

Machining Level I credential) or a 

product manufacturer or developer (e.g., 

Microsoft Certified Database 

Administrator, Certified Novell 

Engineer, Sun Certified Java 

Programmer) using a valid and reliable 

assessment of an individual’s 

knowledge, skills, and abilities; 

• A Registered Apprenticeship 

program; 

• A public regulatory agency, upon 

an individual’s fulfillment of 

educational, work experience, or skill 

requirements that are legally necessary 

for an individual to use an occupational 

or professional title or to practice an 

occupation or profession (e.g., FAA 

aviation mechanic certification, state 

certified asbestos inspector); 

• A program that has been approved 

by the Department of Veterans Affairs to 

offer education benefits to veterans and 

other eligible persons; 

• Job Corps centers that issue 

certificates; or 

• Institutions of higher education 

which are formally controlled, or have 

been formally sanctioned, or chartered, 

by the governing body of an Indian tribe 

or tribes. 

iii. Definitions of Populations and Other 

Key Terms 

• Veterans: For the purposes of this 

solicitation, ETA follows the WIA 

definition of veteran under 29 U.S.C. 

§ 2801(49)(A), which defines the term 

‘‘veteran’’ as ‘‘an individual who served 

in the active military, naval, or air 

service, and who was discharged or 

released from such service under 

conditions other than dishonorable.’’ 

Active military service includes fulltime duty (other than full-time duty for 

training purposes) in Reserve 

components ordered to active duty, or 

in National Guard units called to 

Federal Service by the President. 

3. American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–5) Provisions 

Prospective applicants are advised 

that, if they receive an award, they must 

comply with all requirements of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 [Pub. L. 111–5]. Applicants 

are advised to review the Act and 

implementing OMB guidance in the 

development of their proposals. 

Requirements include, but are not 

limited to: 

• Adherence to all grant clauses and 

conditions as they relate to Recovery 

Act activity. 

• Prohibition on expenditure of funds 

for activities at any casino or other 

gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, 

golf course or swimming pool. 

• Compliance with the requirements 

to obtain a D–U–N–S® Number and 

register with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR). ETA will issue 

additional guidance related to this 

requirement shortly. 

• Submission of required reports in 

accordance with Section 1512 of the 

Recovery Act. These reports will be due 

quarterly within 10 days of the end of 

the reporting period and are in addition 

to the ETA required reports addressed 

in Section VI.C of this SGA. ETA will 

issue additional guidance related to 

these reports and their submission 

requirements shortly. 

Implementing OMB guidance may be 

found at http://www.recovery.gov. 

C. Reporting 

Quarterly financial reports, quarterly 

progress reports, and MIS data will be 

submitted by the grantee electronically. 

The grantee is required to provide the 

reports and documents listed below: 

1. Quarterly Financial Reports 

A Quarterly Financial Status Report 

(ETA 9130) is required until such time 

as all funds have been expended or the 

grant period has expired. Quarterly 

reports are due 45 days after the end of 

each calendar year quarter. Grantees 

must use DOL’s On-Line Electronic 

Reporting System and information and 

instructions will be provided to 

grantees. 

2. Quarterly Performance Reports 

The grantee must submit a quarterly 

progress report within 45 days after the 

end of each calendar year quarter. In 

order to submit these quarterly reports, 

the grantee will be expected to track 

participant-level data on the individuals 

who are involved in training and other 

services provided through the grant and 

report on participant status in a variety 

of fields and outcome categories, as well 

as provide narrative information on the 

status of the grant. The last quarterly 

progress report that grantees submit will 

serve as the grant’s Final Performance 

Report. This report should provide both 

quarterly and cumulative information 

on the grant’s activities. It must 

summarize project activities, 

employment outcomes and other 

deliverables, and related results of the 

project, and should thoroughly 

document the training or labor market 

information approaches utilized by the 

grantee. DOL will provide grantees with 

formal guidance about the data and 

other information that is required to be 

collected and reported on either a 

regular basis or special request basis. 

Grantees must agree to meet DOL 

reporting requirements. 

3. Record Retention 

Applicants must be prepared to 

follow Federal guidelines on record 

retention, which require grantees to 

maintain all records pertaining to grant 

activities for a period of not less than 

three years from the time of final grant 

close-out. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For further information regarding this 

SGA, please contact Ariam Ferro, Grants 

Management Specialist, Division of 

Federal Assistance, at (202) 693–3968 

(This is not a toll-free number). 

Applicants should e-mail all technical 

questions to Ferro.Ariam@dol.gov and 

must specifically reference SGA/DFA 

PY 09–01, and along with question(s), 

include a contact name, fax and phone 

number. This announcement is being 

made available on the ETA Web site at 

http://www.doleta.gov/grants and at 

http://www.grants.gov. 

VIII. Additional Resources of Interest to 

Applicants 

A. Other Web-Based Resources 

DOL maintains a number of webbased resources that may be of 

assistance to applicants. For example, 

America’s Service Locator (http:// 

www.servicelocator.org) provides a 

directory of our nation’s One Stop 

Career Centers. 

B. Industry Competency Models 

ETA supports an Industry 

Competency Model Initiative to promote 

an understanding of the skill sets and 

competencies that are essential to an 

educated and skilled workforce. A 

competency model is a collection of 

competencies that, taken together, 

define successful performance in a 

particular work setting. Competency 

models serve as a starting point for the 

design and implementation of workforce 

and talent development programs. To 

learn about the industry-validated 

models visit the Competency Model 

Clearinghouse (CMC) at http:// 

www.careeronestop.org/ 

CompetencyModel. The CMC site also 

provides tools to build or customize 

industry models, as well as tools to 

build career ladders and career lattices. 

C. Promising Training Approaches 

ETA encourages applicants to 

research promising training approaches 

in order to inform their proposals. The 

following list of Web sites provides a 

starting place for this research, but by 

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• ETA’s home site (http:// 

www.doleta.gov) and the ETA Research 

Publication Database (http:// 

wdr.doleta.gov/research/keyword.cfm) 

• ETA’s knowledge sharing site 

(http://www.workforce3one.org), 

including the ‘‘workforce solutions’’ 

section that contains over 6,000 

additional resources applicants may 

find valuable in developing workforce 

strategies and solutions 

• The National Governors Association 

Center for Best Practices (http:// 

www.nga.org) 

• The National Association of State 

Workforce Agencies (http:// 

www.workforceatm.org) 

• The National Association of 

Workforce Boards (http:// 

www.nawb.org) 

IX. Other Information 

OMB Information Collection No. 1225– 

0086 

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 OMB Desk Officer for ETA, 

Department of Labor, in the Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503. PLEASE DO 

NOT RETURN THE COMPLETED 

APPLICATION TO THE OMB. SEND IT 

TO THE SPONSORING AGENCY AS 

SPECIFIED IN THIS SOLICITATION. 

This information is being collected for 

the purpose of awarding a grant. The 

information collected through this SGA 

will be used by DOL 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. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

July, 2009. 

Donna Kelly, 

Grant Officer, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

ATTACHMENT I—COUNTIES IMPACTED

BY AUTOMOTIVE-RELATED RESTRUCTURING

FIPS County name State 

1013 .... Butler ................................ AL. 

1021 .... Chilton .............................. AL. 

1083 .... Limestone ......................... AL. 

1085 .... Lowndes ........................... AL. 

1089 .... Madison ............................ AL. 

1095 .... Marshall ............................ AL. 

1101 .... Montgomery ..................... AL. 

1121 .... Talladega ......................... AL. 

1125 .... Tuscaloosa ....................... AL. 

5023 .... Cleburne ........................... AR. 

5041 .... Desha ............................... AR. 

5055 .... Greene ............................. AR. 

5083 .... Logan ............................... AR. 

6001 .... Alameda ........................... CA. 

6037 .... Los Angeles ..................... CA. 

10003 .. New Castle ....................... DE. 

13089 .. DeKalb ............................. GA. 

13121 .. Fulton ............................... GA. 

13139 .. Hall ................................... GA. 

13143 .. Haralson ........................... GA. 

13167 .. Johnson ............................ GA. 

13285 .. Troup ................................ GA. 

19029 .. Cass ................................. IA. 

19037 .. Chickasaw ........................ IA. 

19071 .. Fremont ............................ IA. 

19089 .. Howard ............................. IA. 

19095 .. Iowa .................................. IA. 

19115 .. Louisa ............................... IA. 

19149 .. Plymouth .......................... IA. 

19157 .. Poweshiek ........................ IA. 

19175 .. Union ................................ IA. 

19197 .. Wright ............................... IA. 

17007 .. Boone ............................... IL. 

17025 .. Clay .................................. IL. 

17031 .. Cook ................................. IL. 

17047 .. Edwards ........................... IL. 

17067 .. Hancock ........................... IL. 

17121 .. Marion .............................. IL. 

17113 .. McLean ............................ IL. 

17155 .. Putnam ............................. IL. 

17187 .. Warren ............................. IL. 

17189 .. Washington ...................... IL. 

17191 .. Wayne .............................. IL. 

18001 .. Adams .............................. IN. 

18003 .. Allen ................................. IN. 

18005 .. Bartholomew .................... IN. 

18009 .. Blackford .......................... IN. 

18015 .. Carroll ............................... IN. 

18017 .. Cass ................................. IN. 

18025 .. Crawford ........................... IN. 

18033 .. De Kalb ............................ IN. 

18031 .. Decatur ............................. IN. 

18035 .. Delaware .......................... IN. 

18037 .. Dubois .............................. IN. 

18039 .. Elkhart .............................. IN. 

18041 .. Fayette ............................. IN. 

18045 .. Fountain ........................... IN. 

18047 .. Franklin ............................ IN. 

18051 .. Gibson .............................. IN. 

18053 .. Grant ................................ IN. 

18059 .. Hancock ........................... IN. 

18061 .. Harrison ............................ IN. 

18065 .. Henry ................................ IN. 

ATTACHMENT I—COUNTIES IMPACTED

BY AUTOMOTIVE-RELATED RESTRUCTURING—Continued 

FIPS County name State 

18067 .. Howard ............................. IN. 

18071 .. Jackson ............................ IN. 

18075 .. Jay .................................... IN. 

18077 .. Jefferson .......................... IN. 

18081 .. Johnson ............................ IN. 

18087 .. LaGrange ......................... IN. 

18093 .. Lawrence .......................... IN. 

18097 .. Marion .............................. IN. 

18103 .. Miami ................................ IN. 

18107 .. Montgomery ..................... IN. 

18113 .. Noble ................................ IN. 

18123 .. Perry ................................. IN. 

18133 .. Putnam ............................. IN. 

18135 .. Randolph .......................... IN. 

18143 .. Scott ................................. IN. 

18147 .. Spencer ............................ IN. 

18141 .. St. Joseph ........................ IN. 

18149 .. Starke ............................... IN. 

18151 .. Steuben ............................ IN. 

18153 .. Sullivan ............................. IN. 

18157 .. Tippecanoe ...................... IN. 

18159 .. Tipton ............................... IN. 

18175 .. Washington ...................... IN. 

18179 .. Wells ................................ IN. 

18183 .. Whitley ............................. IN. 

20001 .. Allen ................................. KS. 

20209 .. Wyandotte ........................ KS. 

21003 .. Allen ................................. KY. 

21009 .. Barren .............................. KY. 

21017 .. Bourbon ............................ KY. 

21023 .. Bracken ............................ KY. 

21031 .. Butler ................................ KY. 

21033 .. Caldwell ............................ KY. 

21041 .. Carroll ............................... KY. 

21043 .. Carter ............................... KY. 

21055 .. Crittenden ......................... KY. 

21057 .. Cumberland ...................... KY. 

21069 .. Fleming ............................ KY. 

21073 .. Franklin ............................ KY. 

21075 .. Fulton ............................... KY. 

21077 .. Gallatin ............................. KY. 

21081 .. Grant ................................ KY. 

21093 .. Hardin ............................... KY. 

21099 .. Hart .................................. KY. 

21101 .. Henderson ........................ KY. 

21103 .. Henry ................................ KY. 

21107 .. Hopkins ............................ KY. 

21111 .. Jefferson .......................... KY. 

21113 .. Jessamine ........................ KY. 

21121 .. Knox ................................. KY. 

21123 .. Larue ................................ KY. 

21137 .. Lincoln .............................. KY. 

21151 .. Madison ............................ KY. 

21155 .. Marion .............................. KY. 

21167 .. Mercer .............................. KY. 

21169 .. Metcalfe ............................ KY. 

21173 .. Montgomery ..................... KY. 

21179 .. Nelson .............................. KY. 

21183 .. Ohio .................................. KY. 

21191 .. Pendleton ......................... KY. 

21199 .. Pulaski .............................. KY. 

21207 .. Russell ............................. KY. 

21209 .. Scott ................................. KY. 

21211 .. Shelby .............................. KY. 

21213 .. Simpson ........................... KY. 

21221 .. Trigg ................................. KY. 

21227 .. Warren ............................. KY. 

21229 .. Washington ...................... KY. 

22017 .. Caddo ............................... LA. 

24510 .. Baltimore (city) ................. MD. 


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ATTACHMENT I—COUNTIES IMPACTED

BY AUTOMOTIVE-RELATED RESTRUCTURING—Continued 

FIPS County name State 

24043 .. Washington ...................... MD. 

26009 .. Antrim ............................... MI. 

26017 .. Bay ................................... MI. 

26025 .. Calhoun ............................ MI. 

26045 .. Eaton ................................ MI. 

26049 .. Genesee ........................... MI. 

26059 .. Hillsdale ............................ MI. 

26063 .. Huron ............................... MI. 

26065 .. Ingham ............................. MI. 

26067 .. Ionia ................................. MI. 

26069 .. Iosco ................................. MI. 

26075 .. Jackson ............................ MI. 

26079 .. Kalkaska ........................... MI. 

26081 .. Kent .................................. MI. 

26087 .. Lapeer .............................. MI. 

26091 .. Lenawee ........................... MI. 

26093 .. Livingston ......................... MI. 

26099 .. Macomb ........................... MI. 

26107 .. Mecosta ............................ MI. 

26111 .. Midland ............................. MI. 

26113 .. Missaukee ........................ MI. 

26115 .. Monroe ............................. MI. 

26125 .. Oakland ............................ MI. 

26127 .. Oceana ............................. MI. 

26133 .. Osceola ............................ MI. 

26135 .. Oscoda ............................. MI. 

26139 .. Ottawa .............................. MI. 

26143 .. Roscommon ..................... MI. 

26145 .. Saginaw ........................... MI. 

26147 .. St. Clair ............................ MI. 

26149 .. St. Joseph ........................ MI. 

26157 .. Tuscola ............................. MI. 

26159 .. Van Buren ........................ MI. 

26161 .. Washtenaw ...................... MI. 

26163 .. Wayne .............................. MI. 

26165 .. Wexford ............................ MI. 

27029 .. Clearwater ........................ MN. 

27123 .. Ramsey ............................ MN. 

29047 .. Clay .................................. MO. 

29061 .. Daviess ............................ MO. 

29079 .. Grundy ............................. MO. 

29105 .. Laclede ............................. MO. 

29113 .. Lincoln .............................. MO. 

29147 .. Nodaway .......................... MO. 

29175 .. Randolph .......................... MO. 

29183 .. St. Charles ....................... MO. 

29189 .. St. Louis ........................... MO. 

29229 .. Wright ............................... MO. 

28009 .. Benton .............................. MS. 

28011 .. Bolivar .............................. MS. 

28051 .. Holmes ............................. MS. 

28089 .. Madison ............................ MS. 

28119 .. Quitman ............................ MS. 

28129 .. Smith ................................ MS. 

28145 .. Union ................................ MS. 

28161 .. Yalobusha ........................ MS. 

37063 .. Durham ............................ NC. 

37071 .. Gaston .............................. NC. 

37089 .. Henderson ........................ NC. 

37145 .. Person .............................. NC. 

37165 .. Scotland ........................... NC. 

38051 .. McIntosh ........................... ND. 

31019 .. Buffalo .............................. NE. 

31047 .. Dawson ............................ NE. 

31051 .. Dixon ................................ NE. 

31141 .. Platte ................................ NE. 

31159 .. Seward ............................. NE. 

34023 .. Middlesex ......................... NJ. 

34039 .. Union ................................ NJ. 

36029 .. Erie ................................... NY. 

ATTACHMENT I—COUNTIES IMPACTED

BY AUTOMOTIVE-RELATED RESTRUCTURING—Continued 

FIPS County name State 

36063 .. Niagara ............................. NY. 

36067 .. Onondaga ........................ NY. 

36089 .. St. Lawrence .................... NY. 

39001 .. Adams .............................. OH. 

39003 .. Allen ................................. OH. 

39011 .. Auglaize ........................... OH. 

39019 .. Carroll ............................... OH. 

39021 .. Champaign ....................... OH. 

39025 .. Clermont ........................... OH. 

39027 .. Clinton .............................. OH. 

39033 .. Crawford ........................... OH. 

39035 .. Cuyahoga ......................... OH. 

39039 .. Defiance ........................... OH. 

39043 .. Erie ................................... OH. 

39051 .. Fulton ............................... OH. 

39061 .. Hamilton ........................... OH. 

39063 .. Hancock ........................... OH. 

39065 .. Hardin ............................... OH. 

39069 .. Henry ................................ OH. 

39071 .. Highland ........................... OH. 

39077 .. Huron ............................... OH. 

39079 .. Jackson ............................ OH. 

39083 .. Knox ................................. OH. 

39091 .. Logan ............................... OH. 

39093 .. Lorain ............................... OH. 

39095 .. Lucas ................................ OH. 

39097 .. Madison ............................ OH. 

39113 .. Montgomery ..................... OH. 

39117 .. Morrow ............................. OH. 

39121 .. Noble ................................ OH. 

39125 .. Paulding ........................... OH. 

39131 .. Pike .................................. OH. 

39135 .. Preble ............................... OH. 

39137 .. Putnam ............................. OH. 

39139 .. Richland ........................... OH. 

39141 .. Ross ................................. OH. 

39143 .. Sandusky ......................... OH. 

39147 .. Seneca ............................. OH. 

39149 .. Shelby .............................. OH. 

39153 .. Summit ............................. OH. 

39155 .. Trumbull ........................... OH. 

39159 .. Union ................................ OH. 

39161 .. Van Wert .......................... OH. 

39169 .. Wayne .............................. OH. 

39171 .. Williams ............................ OH. 

39173 .. Wood ................................ OH. 

39175 .. Wyandot ........................... OH. 

40095 .. Marshall ............................ OK. 

40109 .. Oklahoma ......................... OK. 

42003 .. Allegheny ......................... PA. 

42117 .. Tioga ................................ PA. 

45007 .. Anderson .......................... SC. 

45019 .. Charleston ........................ SC. 

45021 .. Cherokee .......................... SC. 

45035 .. Dorchester ........................ SC. 

45067 .. Marion .............................. SC. 

45083 .. Spartanburg ..................... SC. 

47001 .. Anderson .......................... TN. 

47003 .. Bedford ............................. TN. 

47007 .. Bledsoe ............................ TN. 

47009 .. Blount ............................... TN. 

47015 .. Cannon ............................. TN. 

47031 .. Coffee ............................... TN. 

47041 .. DeKalb ............................. TN. 

47045 .. Dyer .................................. TN. 

47051 .. Franklin ............................ TN. 

47053 .. Gibson .............................. TN. 

47055 .. Giles ................................. TN. 

47061 .. Grundy ............................. TN. 

47063 .. Hamblen ........................... TN. 

ATTACHMENT I—COUNTIES IMPACTED

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FIPS County name State 

47065 .. Hamilton ........................... TN. 

47069 .. Hardeman ........................ TN. 

47073 .. Hawkins ............................ TN. 

47077 .. Henderson ........................ TN. 

47079 .. Henry ................................ TN. 

47087 .. Jackson ............................ TN. 

47097 .. Lauderdale ....................... TN. 

47099 .. Lawrence .......................... TN. 

47105 .. Loudon ............................. TN. 

47113 .. Madison ............................ TN. 

47117 .. Marshall ............................ TN. 

47119 .. Maury ............................... TN. 

47107 .. McMinn ............................. TN. 

47109 .. McNairy ............................ TN. 

47121 .. Meigs ................................ TN. 

47123 .. Monroe ............................. TN. 

47131 .. Obion ................................ TN. 

47133 .. Overton ............................ TN. 

47135 .. Perry ................................. TN. 

47141 .. Putnam ............................. TN. 

47143 .. Rhea ................................. TN. 

47147 .. Robertson ......................... TN. 

47149 .. Rutherford ........................ TN. 

47151 .. Scott ................................. TN. 

47159 .. Smith ................................ TN. 

47177 .. Warren ............................. TN. 

47185 .. White ................................ TN. 

48029 .. Bexar ................................ TX. 

48439 .. Tarrant .............................. TX. 

49003 .. Box Elder ......................... UT. 

51023 .. Botetourt ........................... VA. 

51710 .. Norfolk (city) ..................... VA. 

51155 .. Pulaski .............................. VA. 

51173 .. Smyth ............................... VA. 

51177 .. Spotsylvania ..................... VA. 

55059 .. Kenosha ........................... WI. 

55075 .. Marinette .......................... WI. 

55105 .. Rock ................................. WI. 

54079 .. Putnam ............................. WV. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Renewal of the Native 

American Employment and Training 

Council (NAETC) Charter 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal of the Native 

American Employment and Training 

Council (NAETC) Charter. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

renewal of the Workforce Investment 

Act (WIA), Section 166 Indian and 

Native American program Charter that is 

necessary and in the public interest. 

Accordingly, the U.S. Department of 

Labor (DOL), the Employment and 

Training Administration has renewed 

the NAETC Charter for two years and 


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