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 131.13 - Proposal requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
					 regional office of the Department shall be available to assist any applicant
					 with technical assistance and advice for the preparation of a proposal to be
					 submitted under the act.
(b) Every
					 effort will be made by applicant to establish contact with other departments at
					 the regional level which have relevant programs that may be packaged with
					 program. Also, it is imperative that this same effort to package programs be
					 made within the Department. All proposals must be submitted to the regional
					 office for review and evaluation and approved by the Department before a grant
					 will be made.
(c) The proposal
					 shall contain the following specific information:
(1) Legal title and date of incorporation,
					 address, telephone number, legal status, specific contact individuals and a
					 history of the organization of the applicants.
(2) Characteristics, needs, and number of
					 persons to be trained.
(3) Full
					 description of the program.
(4)
					 Purpose of the proposal in detail, including the following:
(i) Services to be established.
(ii) Authority for such services.
(iii) Number of people to be
					 served.
(iv) Selection basis for
					 participants.
(v) Specific program
					 activities.
(vi) Specific referral
					 activities for participants.
(vii)
					 Priorities and procedure in selection of staff.
(5) A description of the type and the extent
					 of the counselling to be used, indicating the role of State employment
					 services, businesses, unions and other public or private agencies in
					 recruiting, testing, counselling and selection through a written letter from
					 those involved.
(6) No manpower
					 training project will be approved without written comment on the project by a
					 responsible organization or agency familiar with community manpower problems
					 and requirements, such as the Chamber of Commerce, Urban Coalition, or
					 unions.
(7) Presentation of a title
					 and description of the occupations for which training is offered and an
					 evidentiary presentation of a local need for the occupation, and justification
					 of such a need.
(8) A description
					 of the method and scope of training including the length of the cycles in weeks
					 and hours of training.
(9) An
					 indication of the role of the applicant agency, businesses, unions and other
					 private or public agencies in the placement of "graduate" trainees.
(10) A description of the provisions for
					 maintaining accurate trainee, program and financial records.
(11) The provision of a statement in writing
					 on efforts made to obtain funding by agencies, local, State, or Federal, that
					 provide the same services, and the amounts of money requested from these
					 sources.
(12) A statement that the
					 proposal is or is not to be an ongoing program and, if not, what efforts are
					 being made to get other support to make this proposal an on-going
					 activity.
(13) The provision of an
					 inventory of existing and past sources of funding with proposal
					 descriptions.