Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 680 - ILLINOIS WORKS JOBS PROGRAM ACT › Subpart C - ILLINOIS WORKS PREAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM › Section 680.110 - Administrative Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Grant opportunities and awards will be administered in a
				  manner that complies with all State requirements applicable to each funding
				  opportunity, including, but not limited to, GATA and all applicable State laws.
				  Grant applicants and grant recipients shall review all application materials
				  and grant award documents which will include the specific applicable
				  requirements for the grant opportunity. The Department reserves the right to
				  suspend or terminate a grant agreement or withhold any future year funding for
				  non-compliance with these provisions.
a) Application Process
1) The Department will post one or more NOFO
				on the GATA Grantee Portal seeking applications contingent upon available
				funds. Applicants shall submit their application materials by the deadlines set
				forth by DCEO in the NOFO which will be at least 30 days after posting the
				NOFO.
2) The applicants will be
				required to submit an application package, which will include the following:
A) a description of the how the applicant
				will design, develop, and implement a high-quality preapprenticeship program
				that will increase apprenticeship opportunities for underrepresented
				populations;
B) a description of
				the plan to provide stipends;
C) a
				description of the plan to provide wrap-around services;
D) a description of the plan to provide
				student support services;
E) a
				narrative description of how the applicant will articulate their understanding
				of how race, ethnicity and gender may impact individuals' access to and
				experience within the context of construction and building trade
				apprenticeships;
F) a description
				of the plan for marketing, outreach, wraparound supports, and
				accommodations;
G) a description of
				how the applicant plans to coordinate with local workforce areas and local and
				regional apprenticeship navigators and intermediaries focused on construction
				and building trades, union groups, community colleges, employers, employer
				associations, community-based organizations and secondary schools;
H) A description of the outcome measures,
				including but not limited to:
i) a description
				of the applicant's recruitment, screening, and training efforts;
ii) the number of individuals who apply to,
				participate in, and complete the applicant's program, broken down by race,
				gender, age and veteran status, and
iii) the number of individuals referenced in
				subsection (a)(2)(H)(ii) who are initially accepted and placed into
				apprenticeship programs in the construction and building trades;
I) a description of how applicant
				will coordinate education and learning, necessary support and retention
				services, coaching from other partner institutions;
J) a proposed curriculum;
K) a description of proposed opportunities
				for preapprentices to do construction work at job sites while taking
				instruction or immediately after completing instruction or a description of
				alternative options if on-site instruction is not feasible;
L) a description of the plan for applicants
				to assist students in transitioning to registered apprenticeship programs,
				including connecting them to employers and unions;
M) a description of the plan to refer program
				applicants who do not have the minimum program requirements to educational
				services in their communities, such as free literacy, GED, ESL classes, among
				others; and
N) a description of the
				plan to support and track participants who do not immediately apply to enroll
				in a DOL-registered apprenticeship program.