Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 2650 - EMPLOYER TRAINING INVESTMENT PROGRAM › Subpart D - MULTI-COMPANY AND MEMBERSHIP TRAINING PROJECT APPLICANTS › Section 2650.330 - Application Evaluation

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The Department shall screen all applications to determine if
				  all requirements of the application package have been addressed. Complete
				  applications shall be reviewed and evaluated comparatively by Department staff.
				  This review and evaluation process will be completed within 75 working days
				  after receipt of all required information. Department staff shall conduct a
				  technical and programmatic evaluation of each application.
a) Technical/Programmatic Evaluation
				Component - Each application shall be reviewed to assure compliance with
				technical program requirements as detailed in Section
				2650.30.
b) Application Evaluation - Those
				applications determined eligible for funding based on the evaluation process
				described in subsection (a) shall be evaluated according to the following
				criteria:
1) Project readiness (e.g., time
				schedule for project initiation);
2) The number of participating companies and
				the number of employees of those participating companies who will receive
				training;
3) The cost effectiveness
				of the training (e.g., cost per trainee or cost per business);
4) New capital investment by participating
				companies;
5) How closely the
				training is related to the nature of the business process and the
				transferability of the skills obtained from the training;
6) Other significant benefits or impact
				(e.g., project is for high technology, quality and/or productivity improvements
				or export oriented, job retention or improving business
				competitiveness);
7) Level of
				performance by applicant organization and/or participating employers under
				previous Employer Training Investment Program grant awards;
8) Evaluation measures utilized to determine
				the effectiveness of the training (e.g., the identification of quantifiable
				training outcome measures);
9)
				Extent to which the project demonstrates that it is employer driven;
10) In making grant awards to original
				equipment manufacturers (OEM) for supplier training programs, the Director
				shall take into consideration the extent to which applications: demonstrate
				advanced consultation between organized labor and management; specify
				procedures that provide equitable access to training for existing supplier
				firms; and demonstrate that the proposed training will not result in the
				transfer of work from the OEM to supplier firms that, in turn, results in the
				displacement of the OEM's existing labor force. Notwithstanding these
				considerations, the Department may make grant awards if both labor and
				management support the award. The Department shall make grant awards to OEMs
				for supplier training only when those awards will not negatively impact the
				labor-management relationship. Further, the Department shall retain the
				responsibility to review and approve the final curricula and list of supplier
				firms to receive training under all grant awards; and
11) Extent to which the applicant has
				demonstrated the impact of the training on the regional economy.