[Federal Register: September 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 185)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Community-Based Job Training Grants; Solicitation for Grant
Applications (SGA) SGA/DFA-PY 07-01; Amendment Number 1
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration published a
document in the Federal Register of August 8, 2007, announcing the
availability of funds and solicitation for grant applications for
Community-Based Job Training Grants to support workforce training for
high-growth/high-demand industries through the national system of
community and technical colleges. This amendment will make changes to
the August 8 document by removing the requirement that 50% of the grant
funds must be spent on tuition in Section III Eligibility Information
and Other Grant Specifications; updating the data required in the one-
to three-page summary of projected outcomes in Section IV Application
and Submission Information; replacing outcomes associated with the 50%
requirement with new outcomes and clarifying and correcting the total
number of points the section is worth in the Description of Outcomes
section in Section V Application Review Information; and extending the
closing date for the Solicitation to October 31, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Abdullah, Grants Management
Specialist, Telephone (202) 693-3346.
Amendment
In the Federal Register of August 8, 2007, in FR Volume 72, Number
152, the solicitation is hereby amended with the following:
1. On page 44574, extend the closing date of this Solicitation to
October 31, 2007.
2. On page 44581, in the middle column, Section III.C.2. Required
Capacity Building and Training Activities, delete the following text:
In all applications, at least 50 percent of the proposed budget
must be for tuition and related training costs for a substantive
number of students enrolled in the grant training program. Related
training costs include, but are not limited to, books, supplies,
tools, and uniforms. Grantees are strongly encouraged to leverage
other resources to cover the tuition costs for the students trained
with grant funds to expand the number of individuals trained with
the grant. Possible sources of leveraged resources for tuition
include, but are not limited to, Pell Grants, student loans, and
employer tuition reimbursement. Grantees may charge tuition and
related training costs to students enrolled in the training program
whose tuition is not covered by the grant; however, the leveraging
of resources described above is strongly encouraged. Grantees must
track and report performance outcomes on any individuals trained
using grant dollars, either in whole or in part. Where grant dollars
are combined with other leveraged resources to cover tuition for an
individual being trained, that individual must be tracked for
purposes of performance as well.
Added to this section is the following text:
A component of all grants must be direct training costs, which
include, but are not limited to: Faculty costs, including salaries
and fringe benefits; in-house training staff; support staff costs
such as lab or teaching assistants; classroom space, including
laboratories, mock-ups or other facilities used for training
purposes; and books, materials, and supplies used in the training
course, including specialized equipment used in the training course.
Grantees are strongly encouraged to leverage other resources to
cover the tuition costs for the students trained under the grant.
Possible sources of leveraged resources for tuition include, but are
not limited to, Pell Grants; Workforce Investment Act resources,
including Individual Training Accounts; and employer tuition
reimbursement. Applicants must also describe how tuition for
students participating in the program will be covered, including
tuition charged to students, funding made available through the
workforce investment system, business paid training, or other
sources.
For reference, direct training costs are the costs associated
with the actual provision of a training course as opposed to the
capacity building costs associated with the development of training
capabilities or curriculums. Direct training costs do NOT include
costs that support the college in general, such as fees to support
student activities, the library, gym or recreation center, etc.,
which may be covered through some other mechanism, such as student
fees. Indirect training costs may include the applicable share of
the Institution's indirect costs (overhead) and library or other
student activity fees associated with the operation of the
Institution. Both direct and indirect training costs must be
allowable costs under the applicable OMB circular. All direct and
indirect training costs should be linked to a specific course or
curriculum as specified in the proposal or the statement of work.
3. Additional references to the 50% requirement are deleted on:
Page 44583 column 1 (Section IV.A), Page 44586 column 1 (Section V.A.3.
Effective, Innovative Training and Capacity Building Strategies)
4. On page 44583, middle column, Section IV.A, in the one- to
three-page listing of all projected outcomes list, delete:
The number of individuals trained using grant dollars,
including individuals trained as a result of leveraging of resources
(e.g. training is paid in whole or in part through sources other
than the grant or tuition, including Pell Grants, student loans,
employer tuition reimbursement, and Workforce Investment Act
training resources such as customized training, ITAs, or pilot
CAAs);
The number of individuals trained without use of grant
dollars, such as those who pay tuition.
Replace this text with the following bullets:
The number of individuals who will participate in
training activities during the life of the grant. Participation in
training activities includes individuals whose training activity is
supported in whole or in part by direct training costs under the
grant. This projection also includes individuals participating in
the training activity who benefit from the products, services, and
activities funded by the grant for capacity building, but whose
training activity is not funded by the grant.
The number of individuals who will complete training
activities during the life of the grant regardless of the source of
the funds paying for the training activities.
The number of individuals to participate in training
activities during the life of the grant whose participation is
supported by the grant either through direct training costs or
through tuition remission, scholarship, or other direct payment by
the grant.
Applicants should note that they must include projections for
numbers of students to be enrolled in and expected to complete
training during the life of the grant. If awarded a grant,
applicants MUST be able to track and report to ETA their success at
meeting these projections on a quarterly basis regardless of whether
the grant pays for the direct training of these individuals. This
requirement is considered a condition of grant award.
5. Regarding training and capacity building plan outcomes and
students trained using grant dollars:
a. On page 44586, in the right hand column, Part V. A. 4. b.
Training, delete the following text: the number of individuals
trained using grant dollars, including individuals trained as a
result of leveraging of resources (e.g. training is paid in whole or
in part through sources other than the grant or tuition, including
Pell Grants, student loans, employer tuition reimbursement, and
Workforce Investment Act training resources such as customized
training, ITAs, or pilot CAAs); the number of individuals trained
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without use of grant dollars, such as those who pay tuition.
In place of the above deletion, add to Section V.A.4.b.: the
number of individuals participating in training activities under the
grant regardless of the source of the funds paying for the training
activities.
b. On page 44586, in the middle column, Part V. 4. Outcomes,
Benefits, and Impact, there is confusion as to the total number of
points this section is worth because of formatting issues in the
Solicitation. This amendment provides clarification that the total
points available for this section are 30. The Solicitation is hereby
amended to reflect that:
Part V.4. Outcomes, Benefits, and Impact is worth a total of 30
points.
Part V. 4. a. Description of Outcomes is worth a total of 20
points.
4.a.1. (formerly 4.b.) Training: 10 points.
4.a.2. (formerly 4.c) Capacity Building: 10 points.
Part V 4. b (formerly 4.d). Appropriateness of Outcomes is worth
10 points.
c. On page 44586, in the right hand column, Part V. A. 4. c.
Capacity Building, add the following sentence: Please note, in their
projected impact numbers, applicants must include a projection of
the impact that the capacity building activities will have in the
long-term (beyond the life of the grant) on the number of
individuals trained by the college in the program areas enhanced by
the grant.
6. On page 44581, in the right hand column, Section III.C.2.
Required Capacity Building and Training Activities, and on page
44586, in the left hand column, Section V.A.3 Training and Capacity
building Plan, the first bullet: Effective, Innovative Training and
Capacity Building Strategies, add the following text:
Applicants should also describe how their capacity building
activities will ensure there will be demand for the program
developed under the grant. This description should include outreach
and recruitment strategies for new students and trainees and include
roles of the industry, workforce system, and education partners in
the outreach and recruitment strategies.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of September 2007.
Eric Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer, Employment & Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-18826 Filed 9-24-07; 8:45 am]
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