FOA-ETA-20-05 - Amendment Three.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Funding Opportunity Announcement

FOA-ETA-20-05

Amendment Three

Young Adult Reentry Partnership (YARP)

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

ACTION: Amendment to FOA-ETA-20-05

SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration announced on March 16, 2020, the availability of funds and Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Young Adult Reentry

Partnership grants to be awarded through a competitive process. This amendment revises language in the FOA.

The document is hereby amended as follows:

SECTION IV.B.3.b) Performance Strategies

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REO-Specific Measure and Goals

As described above, ETA is setting a program goal for REO grantees for the Credential

Attainment WIOA indicator. The goal for this indictor is 60 percent.

Grantees are also expected to track, report, and meet the recidivism rate: The percentage of participants who were in or returning from an adult or juvenile correctional facility prior to enrolling in the program and have been convicted of a new criminal offense committed within 12 months of their release from the correctional facility. Grantees have until the end of the grant period of performance to achieve this measure. The goal for this measure is lower than the recidivism rate in the state in which the grantee is operating.

SECTION IV.B.3.c) Project Design

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(ii) Approaches and Methods: Applicants must outline the documented strategy that will be used to address and overcome barriers. Outline the approaches and methods that will be used to implement the program and explain their integration into the program model, as well as the milestones showing the achievement of major tasks and outcomes within the 42-month grant period. Justify the proposed approaches and state the reason for their selection rather than other approaches. Describe how such methods will lead to the stated outcomes. While budgeting for this work, note that up to 5 percent of grant funds may be used to provide emergency assistance for housing, substance abuse treatment, and mental health treatment for participants. However, grantees must submit a written policy on the use of these funds as a condition of award. Up to 1.5 percent may be used for needs-related payments. (4 points)

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(viii) Applicants must propose methods that the project will use to address the stated outcomes and clearly outline a plan of action that describes the scope and detail of how the project will accomplish the proposed work and include timelines for completion of work. (2 points)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Samantha Stowers, Grants Management

Specialist, Office of Grants Management, at FOA-ETA-20-05@dol.gov.

Signed April 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C. by:

Melissa Abdullah

Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration mailto:FOA-ETA-20-05@dol.gov