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Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 119 - COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › GRANTS › Section 119.21 - Factors in awarding grants

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(a)
Group A.
The following factors will be taken into
					 consideration in the awarding of program aid to a COG:
(1) Whether the proposed use of requested aid
					 by the COG relates to the solution of areawide problems, better provision of
					 services and improvement of local government effectiveness.
(2) Whether the area and population covered
					 by the COG, and the number of municipalities actively participating in the COG
					 provide a logical base for the performance of the proposed function.
(3) Whether the members have evidenced
					 support or intent to support (including financial support) the COG to make it
					 an effective, ongoing instrument for dealing with areawide concerns. This shall
					 include the demonstration of intent exemplified by the undertaking of a joint
					 areawide functional program.
(4)
					 Whether the COG is organized so that there is a minimum of overlap with the
					 organization, activities and sphere of operation of another entity providing
					 areawide services, such as another COG.
(5) Whether the proposed COG program is the
					 most appropriate approach for the members of the COG to achieve their stated
					 objectives.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 119 - COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › GRANTS › Section 119.22 - Grant contract

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Upon approval of an application, a grant contract shall
						be executed between the Department and the applicant for the amount of the
						grant. The contract will stipulate the method of payment of the
						grant.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 119 - COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › GRANTS › Section 119.23 - Grant allocation and limitation

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(a) In general, the Department may contribute
					 up to 50% of the net project or staffing cost.
(b) In proposed projects wherein a study or
					 project of extraordinary regional significance is fully justified, the
					 Department may contribute up to 90% of the net project cost.
(c) The grantee shall be required to provide
					 at least l0% of the proposed project cost, whether for staffing, overhead,
					 undertaking a functional program or studies. The required local share, when
					 contributed directly by the grantee, may come from cash, personnel time,
					 overhead, material, work or equipment. However, in the event and to the extent
					 that the local matching contribution is not provided directly by the grantee,
					 the matching contribution shall be in cash.
(d) The Secretary may adjust the ratios
					 described in subsections (a)-(c) if, in his opinion, the interests of the
					 Commonwealth so dictate.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 119 - COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › GRANTS › Section 119.24 - Auditing of grants

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(a) The
					 Department of Community and Economic Development will audit grants made to
					 COG's in the following manner:
(1) Review of
					 COG project records.
(2) Periodical
					 onsite evaluative inspection by Department personnel.
(3) Other appropriate methods.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 119 - COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › GRANTS › Section 119.25 - Financial record requirements

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The grantee shall be required to establish and maintain
						separate files and records of project transactions. This will include all
						applications, correspondence, grant contract, force account payroll and
						expenditures and paid invoices and cancelled checks. All grant moneys and local
						matching funds shall be deposited in a special project
						account.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.1 - Goals

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The following is a list of program goals:
(1) To build the capacity of the local
				  government in a disadvantaged municipality to improve the local business
				  climate.
(2) To enable the local
				  government in a disadvantaged municipality to facilitate growth in the quantity
				  and quality of employment opportunities.
(3) To increase the capabilities of the local
				  government in a distressed municipality to respond effectively to local
				  business expansion opportunities and constraints.
(4) To assist the local government and the
				  local business community in the formation of public/private partnerships which
				  will develop and sustain increased rates of business investment and job
				  creation in a disadvantaged municipality.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.2 - Objectives

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The following is the list of program objectives:
(1) To enable local governments to formulate
				  a business development strategy that will address local needs for economic
				  growth.
(2) To provide, or arrange
				  the provision of, site identification or expansion facility identification
				  services.
(3) To increase the
				  access of local firms to financing by lending institutions on mutually
				  advantageous terms.
(4) To provide,
				  or to arrange the provision of, expert business development technical or
				  financial assistance, or both, to specific smaller firms in the enterprise zone
				  as identified and requested by each firm's principals.
(5) When requested by principals of firms
				  located in, or committed to location in, the enterprise zone, to do the
				  following:
(i) Arrange assistance in
				  opportunities for export market expansion.
(ii) Arrange assistance in technology
				  transfer applications or new product line technology assessments.
(iii) Improve community infrastructure
				  facilities, such as streets and water and sewer systems, which will meet the
				  stated business development needs of firms with contingent commitments to
				  expand, start up or locate in enterprise zones.
(iv) Enable local governments in
				  disadvantaged communities to increase the number and value of tax ratables in
				  their municipal tax bases.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.3 - Enterprise zone program funding sequence

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Enterprise zone program funds are available for enterprise
					 planning zone funding, designated enterprise zone funding and designated
					 enterprise zone refunding. Planning funds are awarded to enable the
					 municipality to prepare a local business development strategy for its proposed
					 enterprise zone. The completed strategy document will provide the basis for
					 application for designation of the enterprise zone by the Secretary. Designated
					 enterprise zone funding and subsequent refunding are available to implement the
					 local business development strategy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.4 - Support from other Commonwealth resources

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(a) The Department will give priority, in
				  rating applications for its other programs, to local governments having
				  designated enterprise zones or local nonprofit organizations applying for funds
				  for use in the municipality. These programs include housing and redevelopment
				  assistance, neighborhood assistance and employment and community
				  conservation.
(b) The Department
				  will encourage other Commonwealth agencies to give similar priority
				  consideration in rating applications for assistance under their
				  programs.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.5 - Planning for an enterprise zone

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(a)
Eligibility to apply for planning funds.
An applicant shall be
				  a financially disadvantaged municipality under the Financially Disadvantaged
				  Municipalities Matching Assistance Act (73 P. S. §§
											398.1-398.9).
(b)
Application procedure:
(1) An eligible municipality can apply
				  directly to the Department or through a redevelopment authority for planning
				  funding for a proposed enterprise zone. The application shall be accompanied by
				  a copy of a resolution by the local governing body authorizing submittal of the
				  application directly to the Department or on behalf of the local governing body
				  by the county redevelopment authority.
(2) In those instances in which the
				  functional area of a proposed zone overlaps municipal boundaries, the
				  Department encourages a joint application from the involved municipalities. An
				  approved joint application would be funded by the Department through a county
				  in which the proposed zone is located, or through a regional agency serving the
				  county. The application shall include a copy of a resolution from each
				  participating local governing body authorizing the method of submittal
				  selected.
(3) If a multi-municipal
				  enterprise planning zone application involves a third-class or larger city with
				  a city redevelopment authority, the application may be submitted by the city
				  government on behalf of the other participating municipalities. Multi-municipal
				  applications involving third-class or larger cities shall include signed
				  resolutions from each participating municipality authorizing the submittal of
				  the application by the city government on behalf of the participating
				  municipalities.
(4) Smaller
				  municipalities preparing an application for funding are encouraged by the
				  Department to utilize the small business development experience and expertise
				  of existing agencies or consultants having a proven track record of assistance
				  to successful small business development projects.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.6 - Planning grant administration

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Successful applicants for enterprise planning funds should
					 immediately obtain the services of an individual knowledgeable in economic
					 development to administer the project, if the arrangement has not been made
					 before the award. If administration has been delegated to an agency with
					 previous successful business development program administrative experience, the
					 delegate agency shall assign one member of that agency's staff to be
					 responsible for project administration and to report to the enterprise zone
					 organization as it may require. The Department's regional office staff is
					 available to assist successful applicants in selecting an
					 administrator.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.7 - Enterprise zone organization

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(a)
				  Successful applicants for enterprise planning zone grants are expected to
				  develop an enterprise zone organization with membership which is representative
				  of the vital interests of the local business community and includes
				  representation from other community interest groups. Since the purpose of the
				  organization is business development, representatives of the local business
				  community should comprise a majority of the voting members of the organization.
				  Owners and managers of local firms should be prominently represented. Other
				  members of this majority segment should include commercial loan officers from
				  local financial institutions and, if possible, a faculty member from the
				  business department and one from the engineering department of a local college
				  or university. Representatives of local unions should be invited to become
				  members of the zone organization to provide additional insights on
				  labor/management relations.
(b) The
				  balance of membership should include, in addition to the chief elected
				  municipal official or designee and a member of council, at least one member
				  from each of the following:
(1) A
				  representative who can speak knowledgeably on behalf of neighborhood
				  organizations or interests.
(2) A
				  member knowledgeable about the training capabilities of local institutions,
				  including vo-tech schools, community colleges and other training and
				  educational institutions.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.8 - Length of planning cycle

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To accommodate grantees encountering unusual problems in
					 the completion of the local business development strategy during the first year
					 of planning, the Department will consider a request to extend the duration of
					 the first year planning grant. The initial grant is the extent of financial
					 assistance available under the enterprise zone program for completion of the
					 strategy, unless exceptional circumstances occur which require limited
					 additional resources to complete the business strategy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.9 - Local business development strategy document

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(a) The end product of the planning process
				  is the strategy document resulting from the business interview cycle. The
				  strategy document should contain a list of individual items of assistance to be
				  undertaken at the request of the principals of individual firms in the proposed
				  zone. The list should include technical assistance which may range from small
				  business development services to technical assistance on municipal land
				  controls, building codes, municipal infrastructure maintenance and services.
				  The list may also include financial assistance to secure conventional financing
				  and financial assistance for required infrastructure installation. Each item of
				  assistance should include a contingent commitment by the prospective business
				  beneficiary in terms of the approximate amount of business investment and jobs
				  that will be created, by the anticipated month and year.
(b) The strategy document should describe
				  5-year objectives which address the substantive improvements which the
				  applicant expects to achieve in the proposed zone-the applicant's view of what
				  the proposed zone can and should become in 5 years. These objectives should
				  refer to, and be justified by, findings from the business survey. Annual
				  reassessment of the target estimates listed in this subsection will be included
				  in applications for refunding in subsequent years. The objectives should set
				  quantified 5-year target estimates for the following:
(1) Amount of new/expansion business
				  investment.
(2) Number of new
				  jobs.
(3) Amount of nonenterprise
				  zone program public investment.
(4)
				  Dollar value increase in taxable business property.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.11 - Application for refunding 3rd through 5th year

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(a)
Eligibility to apply.
Applicants who previously received zone designation and second-year funding may
				  apply for refunding at the end of the grant period. The basis for the
				  application is an annual review and updating of the local business development
				  strategy.
(b)
Type of
				  grant.
Basic grants are available for administrative support and seed
				  money for modestly sized projects.
(c)
Application contents.
The application should contain the following:
(1) A status report of the overall strategy
				  5-year objectives including the quantified objectives and the current
				  status-quantified-of achieving each objective.
(2) A description and analysis of outstanding
				  business development successes during the current year, and the degree to which
				  they confirm the effectiveness of the current strategy and priorities for the
				  coming year, or the degree to which they suggest changes for enhanced
				  effectiveness for the coming year.
(3) A description and analysis of
				  instructively unsuccessful projects related to pursuit of the present strategy
				  and priorities which suggest changes for enhanced effectiveness during the
				  coming year. This information is vital for the Department's periodic assessment
				  of the effectiveness of Departmental policies. It is not the Department's view
				  that an unsuccessful project is a sign of an ineffective agency. It has often
				  been noted that the most successful agencies are the least inhibited in
				  discussing their unsuccessful projects.
(4) A brief description of each project
				  successfully or unsuccessfully concluded during the current year. For
				  designated enterprise zones experiencing a pattern of frustration in their
				  business development projects, the Department will attempt, in consultation
				  with the applicant, to arrange expert technical assistance to reduce problems
				  mutually identified to manageable proportions within present or achievable
				  agency capabilities.
(5) Updated
				  project sheets for projects active but not completed during the current year,
				  which are to be continued during the coming year. These projects should be
				  identified as "Continuing" at the top of the front page of each project
				  sheet.
(6) Project sheets for new
				  projects to be undertaken during the coming year.
(7) A line-item budget for the anticipated
				  grant.
(8) A detailed and legible
				  map of enterprise zone boundaries, approximate total acreage or square miles,
				  and the most recent population, unemployment and percentage of poverty figures
				  for the designated enterprise zone.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.12 - Application for refunding 6th year and beyond

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(a)
Eligibility to apply.
The Department will inform each municipality having a designated enterprise
				  zone whether it is eligible to apply for refunding for a 6th year and beyond.
				  Eligibility to apply for a 6th year of funding will be determined by the
				  Department based upon its examination, during the 5th year of funding for a
				  zone, of the degree to which the 5-year objectives have been achieved, either
				  as originally stated or as most recently accepted in amended form by the
				  Department.
(1) Factors considered during the
				  examination will include the following:
(i)
				  The overall pattern of development occurring within the zone as compared to the
				  dominant pattern of development sought in the 5-year objectives.
(ii) The number of new jobs
				  created.
(iii) The amount of
				  new/additional business investment.
(iv) Current strategy objectives.
(v) Business development.
(vi) New job creation prospects.
(vii) The increase in available financial
				  resources for implementation developed over the 5-year period.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.13 - Competitive grants

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In addition to basic grant funding, additional support is
					 available through competitive grants for implementation of the local business
					 development strategy or new opportunities that would have a significant impact
					 on the designated enterprise zone. The competitive grant is reserved for
					 projects of larger scale and greater impact requiring commensurately larger
					 resources to facilitate higher levels of new job generation or job retention,
					 or both, and business investment and for which other contingent investment
					 commitments are in place. Priority will be given to applicants for competitive
					 grants that demonstrate a direct benefit to the applicant in its award of these
					 funds to a business through assumption of an equity position or other assets of
					 the business.
(1)
Eligibility
				  to apply.
Designated enterprise zones are eligible to apply for
				  competitive grants beginning with 2nd-year basic grant funding and annually
				  through zone termination.
(2)
Eligible uses of funds.
It is the intent of the Department to
				  utilize the competitive grant component of the enterprise zone program as a
				  catalyst for targets of opportunity that will retain or create employment
				  within the designated enterprise zone. Eligible activities include the
				  following:
(i) Stabilization of existing
				  export business or industry so that the firms will become competitive as a
				  result of the requested funds.
(ii)
				  Expansion of existing export businesses' or industries' facilities or
				  operations or production capabilities.
(iii) Modernization of the methods used by
				  export firms without displacing current employes.
(iv) Attraction of new export firms to the
				  enterprise zone as a direct result of funds requested under the competitive
				  grants component of the enterprise zone program.
(v) New technology ventures approved for
				  funding support through the Ben Franklin Partnership are eligible for use of
				  competitive grant funds.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 121 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AREA INITIATIVE-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 121.14 - Termination of zones

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(a)
Termination at the request of the municipality.
Designated
				  zones which develop and sustain increased rates of business investment and job
				  creation in a shorter period of time than originally expected will be
				  encouraged to enter the final 2 phase-down years of reduced funding promptly.
				  These successful grantees are encouraged to submit applications for enterprise
				  planning zone grants within the same municipalities, or in the case of
				  multi-municipal zones, within a nearby distressed municipality. Successful
				  applicants for new planning funds would proceed through the enterprise planning
				  zone cycle of activities described in this chapter.
(b)
Termination by action of the
				  Department.
If, as a result of an annual review, the Department
				  determines there is no evidence of progress in implementing the local business
				  development strategy or in achieving goals of the strategy, or no evidence of
				  the capacity of the grantee to manage the program, the Department will take
				  action to terminate the zone.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 123 - COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 123.1 - Introduction

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(a) The CRP
				  provides grants for community revitalization and improvement projects
				  throughout this Commonwealth. CRP funds may be used for projects consistent
				  with Act 38A of 2008. Eligible projects are defined in §
										123.3(b)
				  (relating to eligibility).
(b)
				  Assistance from the CRP is in the form of grants from the Commonwealth to
				  eligible applicants for projects which, in the judgment of the Department,
				  comply with Act 38A of 2008, are in accordance with the program guidelines in
				  this chapter and meet the requirements of the Department's Single Application
				  for Assistance.
(c) Applications
				  under CRP may also be considered by the Department for other programs
				  administered by the Department.
(d)
				  Care in preparation of the application will assist the Department in the
				  approval process.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 123 - COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 123.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Application
-The Department's Single
					 Application for Assistance.
CRP
-The Community Revitalization
					 Program.
Department
-The Department of Community and
					 Economic Development of the Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 123 - COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 123.3 - Eligibility

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(a)
Eligible applicants
. The following are eligible for CRP
				  grants:
(1) Local governments, including, but
				  not limited to, counties, cities, boroughs, townships and home rule
				  municipalities.
(2) Municipal and
				  redevelopment authorities and agencies.
(3) Industrial development authorities and
				  agencies.
(4) Nonprofit
				  organizations incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth.
(5) Community organizations engaged in
				  activities consistent with the program guidelines as determined by the
				  Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 123 - COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 123.4 - Program requirements and instructions

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The following requirements apply to CRP:
(1) Project applications shall be submitted
				  using the Department's Electronic Single Application for Assistance by means of
				  www.newpa.com/find-and-apply-for-funding/funding-and-program-finder/index.aspx
				  or www.NewPa. com. Paper applications are no longer acceptable. Electronic
				  applications will be accepted throughout the fiscal year up to the March 21,
				  2011, submission deadline, subject to §
										123.5 (relating to application
				  submission and approval procedure).
(2) The Department reserves the right to
				  request additional information, explanation, clarification or revision of
				  funding requests.
(3) Incomplete
				  applications may be rejected. An applicant shall follow the detailed
				  instructions for completing the Department's Single Application for Assistance.
				  The narrative must include:
(i) A description
				  of the applicant, including a general purpose or mission statement.
(ii) Identification of the need for CRP
				  assistance and the applicant's project goals.
(iii) Identification of the measurable
				  outcomes, including jobs created or retained, number of people trained, land or
				  buildings acquired or renovated, and the like.
(iv) A project schedule with key milestones
				  and dates.
(v) Documentation to
				  support projected budget costs. A detailed scope of services must be submitted
				  with the application for any consulting, legal or accounting fees included in
				  the project budget.
(vi)
				  Documentation of matching dollars, such as commitment letters, receipts, and
				  the like.
(vii) A religious
				  disclaimer assuring that the grant funds will not be used for religious
				  purposes.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 123 - COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 123.5 - Application submission and approval procedure

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(a) The application is available at the
				  Department's web site
				  www.newpa.com/find-and-apply-for-funding/funding-and-program-finder/index.aspx.
				  Applications will be accepted throughout the fiscal year up to the March 21,
				  2011, submission deadline. Applications will be subject to §
										123.7 (relating to limitations and
				  penalties).
(b) CRP grant awards
				  will be made in four funding rounds.
(c) Grant applications not funded in a
				  particular round will be rolled over to the next round in the same fiscal
				  year.
(d) Application deadlines and
				  tentative announcement dates for each round are as follows:
Funding Round
Application Deadline Date
Target
								Announcement Date
Round 1
September 19, 2008
November 2008
Round 2
December 19, 2008
February 2009
Round 3
May 31, 2010
June 2010
Round 4
March 21, 2011
May 2011
Targeted grant announcement dates are subject to change
					 without notice at the discretion of the Department.
(e) Any CRP funds remaining after the fourth
				  round may be awarded by the Department up to the lapsing date of funds for the
				  2008-2009 fiscal year appropriation.
(f) Letters will not be sent to applicants
				  after each funding round advising applicants that they have not been
				  funded.
(g) Applicants that do not
				  receive funding during any of the four rounds will be notified to reapply
				  during the following fiscal year. Unsuccessful applicants shall submit a new
				  application to be considered for funding the following fiscal year.
(h) Information on the status of submitted
				  grant applications may be obtained from the Department's Customer Service
				  Center. An "assignment of account manager" letter constitutes confirmation of
				  receipt of the application.
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
												123.4 (relating to program
						requirements and instructions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 123 - COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 123.6 - Procedures

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(a) CRP grant award
				  notifications will be issued by letter. The applicant will thereafter receive a
				  contract and a payment requisition form to be signed and returned to the
				  Department for execution.
(b) The
				  applicant will maintain full and accurate records with respect to the project.
				  The Department will have complete access to these records including invoices
				  for goods and services and other relevant data and records, as well as the
				  right to inspect all project work. The applicant will promptly furnish all
				  data, reports, contracts, documents and other information requested by the
				  Department.
(c) Approved grants in
				  the amount of $100,000 or more require the grantee to provide an audit of the
				  grant prepared by an independent certified public accountant as defined under
				  Pennsylvania law. See The C.P.A. Law (63 P. S. §§
											9.1-9.16b) and 49 Pa. Code Chapter 11
				  (relating to State Board of Accounting). The Single Audit performed for Federal
				  audit purposes (A133) will not be accepted.
(d) Grants under $100,000 require the grantee
				  to submit a closeout report with appropriate supporting documentation
				  identifying expenditures of State funds consistent with the approved contract
				  budget.
(e) Funds will be directly
				  deposited into grantees' bank accounts by means of an Automating Clearing House
				  transfer of funds in accordance with the provisions of the contract between the
				  grantee and the Department.
(f)
				  Applications from organizations that are not compliant with audit or closeout
				  report requirements for other contracts received by them from the Department
				  are ineligible to receive additional financial assistance until the audit or
				  closeout report requirements are met.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 123 - COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 123.7 - Limitations and penalties

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(a) When a
				  project is funded, the grantee shall place the grant funds in an interest
				  bearing account. Interest earned on the invested grant funds must be returned
				  to the Department.
(b) An applicant
				  may not make or authorize any substantial change to an approved project without
				  first obtaining the Department's consent in writing.
(c) If the full amount of the grant is not
				  required for the project, the unused portion shall be returned to the
				  Department.
(d) Failure to comply
				  with the guidelines contained in this chapter may result in penalties,
				  including repayment of funds with interest.
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
												123.5 (relating to application
						submission and approval procedure).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 123 - COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 123.8 - Contact information

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(a)
				  Inquiries should be directed to:
Pennsylvania Department of Community and
Economic Development
Customer Service Center
Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North Street, Fourth Floor
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0225, (866) 466-3972
e-mail: ra-dcedcs@state.pa.us.
(b) Applicants receiving a funding notice
				  from the Department should direct inquiries to the account manager identified
				  in the notice. The applicant should have the assigned application number
				  available when contacting the account manager.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart A - Strategic Planning and Operation › Chapter 123 - COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 123.9 - Vendor registration

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(a) An
				  applicant shall be registered with the Commonwealth's Vendor Registration
				  System before a grant may be approved. The system tracks information regarding
				  vendors that do business with or receive grant funds from the Commonwealth and
				  assigns a vendor number to the organization. In the event the application is
				  funded, the organization shall be registered in this system before a contract
				  can be issued.
(b) After submission
				  of an application by means of the Department's Electronic Single Application
				  for Assistance, applicant will receive correspondence indicating its vendor
				  registration status. The applicant should review this correspondence and follow
				  the specified instructions.
(c)
				  Questions regarding vendor registration status, should be referred to the
				  Central Vendor Management Unit at the address and phone number in this section.
				  Applicants should have their nine digit Federal Identification Number available
				  when contacting the Central Vendor Management Unit.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Central Vendor Management Unit
Bureau of Financial Management
6th Floor, Verizon Tower,
Strawberry Square
303 Walnut Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1830
(866) 775-2868
(d) Applicants who are not registered with
				  the Commonwealth's Vendor Registration System should register at
				  www.vendorregistration.state.pa.us. Applicants should click on the
				  Nonprocurement Registration Form link and follow the instructions
				  provided.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 131.1 - Purpose of the act

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The purpose of the act is to enable the Community
						Empowerment Office and Department to perform the following:
(1) Authorize the establishment or support of
					 programs to utilize all available manpower services.
(2) Provide the necessary services, programs,
					 incentives, and opportunities to create full employment in the regular
					 economy.
(3) Develop useful skills
					 through training, on-the-job supervision, and special work projects in order to
					 create for individuals and their families financial independence, useful roles
					 in the community, dignity and self-esteem.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 131.2 - Purpose of the program

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(a) The
					 purpose of the program is to help solve the critical problems of unemployment
					 and under-employment through a comprehensive training or supportive
					 program.
(b) Priority will be given
					 to applicants who meet the following requirements:
(1) Help generate additional Federal dollars
					 and a proportionate local share.
(2) Show a social dimension, particularly in
					 training of ex-addicts, ex-offenders and recovered alcoholics.
(3) Through funding under the program, would
					 help produce additional low-cost housing units in rural and urban areas
					 including the associated supportive services involved.
(4) Are submitted by nonprofit, tax exempt
					 agencies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 131.3 - Aims

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The aim of the Department, in accordance with the
						provisions of the act, is the following:
(1) Organize, initiate, develop and carry out
					 or assist in the development of manpower programs for the employment of
					 individuals.
(2) Adopt, and assist
					 in the adoption of, practical methods of vocational training and guidance, or
					 related programs of training and guidance.
(3) Establish, or assist in the establishment
					 of, programs for the improvement of employment potential of
					 individuals.
(4) Rehabilitate, or
					 assist in the rehabilitation of, disadvantaged persons, unemployed persons or
					 under-employed persons.
(5) Employ
					 such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the
					 act.
(6) Exercise its powers to
					 include, but not be limited to, the execution of the programs listed under
					 section 4 of the act (43 P. S. §
												690.4).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › APPLICATION › Section 131.11 - Responsibility-grantor

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The responsibility for the administration of the act
						rests solely with the Department, however, the responsibility for the
						development, administration and internal evaluation of the programs lies with
						the applicant receiving a grant from the Department. The field representative
						of the Department, Office of Community Services, shall be responsible for
						monitoring the program as it progresses, and shall make evaluation visits and
						reports to the administrator.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › APPLICATION › Section 131.12 - Eligibility

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The Department will contract with, cooperate with, enter
						into agreement with, make grants to, receive contributions or grants from any
						agency of the Federal Government, State or any county or municipality,
						authority, private and public corporations, organizations, association,
						individual or other persons in the furtherance of the powers contained in the
						act.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › APPLICATION › Section 131.14 - Submission of proposals

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The proposed budget will be submitted on a form provided
						by the Department. Allowable administrative costs for any contractor applying
						for Program funds shall not exceed 10% of the total Program allocation being
						requested. Considered under administrative costs are project administration,
						recruitment, counselling services, supervision, job development, placement and
						any fringe benefits for staff or consulting services.
(1) Recruitment shall not be considered for
					 funding under this program. Rather, it should be done through either local,
					 private tax-exempt organizations, or organized neighborhood groups who are
					 identified as working with eligible applicants. The local Bureau of Employment
					 Security office should also be considered in the recruitment process.
(2) If remedial education is needed, effort
					 shall be made to utilize programs of the Public School System or funding under
					 the Manpower Development and Training Act (42 U.S.C.A. §
												2571 et seq.) or 2508.3 funds for the Program
					 for Industrial Training (24 P. S. §
												24-2508.3) through the school district. If
					 this is not possible, reasons should be given by the District itself in the
					 proposal.
(3) Counselling services
					 include the appraisal of the trainees' interests, aptitude, abilities, personal
					 characteristics. This also includes assisting the trainee through not only the
					 scheduled counselling but the extra sessions which are most important as he
					 tries to relate to the requirements and opportunities of this new field of
					 work.
(4) Job development refers to
					 the process of developing new training-related positions where no known
					 openings exist.
(5) Referral and
					 placement include processes whereby a trainee is assisted and placed into
					 meaningful employment upon completion of the training period with the sponsor
					 or elsewhere in the area's community.
(6) Follow up is the method by which the
					 progress of a trainee is measured and assistance is provided him as required
					 after placement.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › COST CATEGORIES › Section 131.21 - Personnel: salaries, wages, overtime, hospitalization and insurance, other fringe benefits and payroll taxes

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These positions shall be completely itemized including
						the individual's name and resume.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › COST CATEGORIES › Section 131.22 - Consultants and contract services: accounting, legal and stipends

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Trainees may receive stipends only. Wages and fringe
						benefits may not be paid to a trainee. A stipend may be paid to a trainee if he
						is involved in a "pure" training program. Under this type of program, the
						trainee cannot produce any item which may be sold for a profit. In addition,
						Federal and State employment taxes would not apply to stipends paid trainees.
						If there is any question on this matter, the regional office should be
						contacted.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › COST CATEGORIES › Section 131.23 - Travel: per diem, transportation, maintenance of vehicles rentals or owned

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Transportation costs will only be considered when no
						other agency can provide funds for this, when there are no stipends being paid,
						and when the work site, during the course of the training program, changes to
						merit consideration of such expenses.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart B - Community Empowerment › Chapter 131 - MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM › COST CATEGORIES › Section 131.24 - Space costs and rentals: rent, renovation and utilities

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(a) Renovations of a building either owned or
					 rented by the contractor will not be allowed under the program.
(b) Rent shall only be considered where it
					 pertains to nonpublic space not owned by the grantee.