ETA-TEGL-22-20.pdf

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

ADVISORY SYSTEM

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Washington, D.C. 20210

CLASSIFICATION

WIOA

CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL

OWI DINAP

DATE

May 20, 2021

RESCISSIONS

None

EXPIRATION DATE

Continuing

ADVISORY:

TO:

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 22-20

ALL SECTION 166 INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN GRANTEES

FROM: SUZAN G. LEVINE

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT: Program Year (PY) 2021 Funding Allotments and Instructions for the Indian and Native

American (INA) Programs

1. Purpose. To provide INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental

Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2021 for the Workforce Innovation and

Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 166 programs, and to notify grantees of the required submission of

Standard Form (SF) 424 – Application for Federal Assistance, SF 424A – Budget Information (Non-

Construction Programs), and Budget Narrative.

2. Action Requested. Grantees must follow the requirements in this guidance to receive PY 2021 funding. Applications and all documents must be submitted through the Grants.gov website at www.grants.gov. We will not accept applications through the mail, email, or fax. For federally recognized tribes that participate in Public Law 102-477, the Employment and Training

Administration (ETA) will transfer PY 2021 WIOA funds to the Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Indian Services, Division of Workforce Development. These tribes are not required to submit the documents requested in this TEGL but should instead follow

DOI’s requirements for receiving funds.

3. Summary and Background.

a. Summary - This document provides grantees with guidance and information including:

INA grantee funding amounts for PY 2021;

How to submit an application through Grants.gov for PY 2021 funding;

Process for requesting an increase in the administrative cost limit.

b. Background - On December 27, 2020, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act;

2021 (H.R. 133). This Act provides $55,500,000 for INA programs under Section 166 of the

WIOA. Of this amount, one percent ($555,000) will be set-aside for technical assistance pursuant to 20 CFR 684.270(e) of the WIOA regulations. Therefore, the total amount available for the INA

CSP is $54,945,000. This amount will be allocated to INA grantees using the formula at 20 CFR

684.270(b).

The Act also provides $921,130,000 for grants to states for WIOA Youth activities and 1½ percent of this amount is reserved for the INA youth program, SYSP. Accordingly, $13,778,655 is available for PY 2021 and will be allotted to INA grantees to provide supplemental services to low-income Native American youth on or near Indian reservations and in Oklahoma, Alaska, and

Hawaii.1 ETA will allocate funds to INA grantees using the formula in the WIOA regulations at

20 CFR 684.440.

4. Submission Requirements. Grantees must use the funding allotment amounts in Attachment I of this

TEGL when submitting the SF 424, 424A and Budget Narrative. Grantees that have an indirect cost rate must also submit a copy of their negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (NICRA) or cost allocation plan (if applicable). Grantees receiving both CSP and SYSP funds must submit a separate

SF 424, 424A and Budget Narrative for each set of funds. In addition, grantees that would like to request an administrative cost limit above 15 percent but not more than 20 percent must submit such a request with the application. See section 5 below for additional information on submitting a request for an increase in the administrative cost limit. Grantees that have made significant program design changes or significant changes in WIOA program activities must also submit a revised four-year strategic plan.

Grantees must submit the SF 424, 424A, and Budget Narrative (and a NICRA or Cost Allocation Plan if applicable) within 30 days from the issue date of this TEGL.

a. Request for an Administrative Cost Rate Above 15 Percent. The grant terms and conditions limit administrative costs for INA grants to 15 percent. However, ETA will approve administrative cost rates in excess of 15 percent, but no more than 20 percent, when the grantee submits acceptable justification. Grantee must describe the conditions that exist within its organizations that require an administrative cost rate above 15 percent. Examples of the conditions that ETA will consider are:

The amount and nature of on-going direct and indirect administrative costs.

Local economic conditions such as the cost to rent space, paying salaries that are competitive with other employers in the local area in order to attract qualified and experienced employees, providing salary increases and other pay incentives to retain good employees.

The amount and nature of any uncontrollable increases in its existing essential administrative costs that are unusual one-time expenses, including significant increases to basic administrative cost components such as rent or staff salaries. (Supporting documentation is required.)

How the grantee already supplements the funds it receives from ETA for administrative expenditures with funds from other sources in order to meet its necessary administrative costs.

Administrative costs are defined in the WIOA regulations at 20 CFR 683.215.

b. Grants.gov Submission Process. Grantees must submit the documents described in section 4 above through Grants.gov. Grantees must also submit any requests for an administrative cost rate increase described in section 5 above through www.grants.gov. In order to submit documents through Grants.gov, you, or someone in your organization, must be registered as an Authorized

1 $2,553,000 of the WIOA Youth appropriation is reserved for set-asides authorized by the Act, therefore, the INA

Youth program will receive 1.5 percent of $918,577,000.

Organization Representative (AOR) with Grants.gov. You can request that the AOR for your organization submit the required documents on your behalf or you may register as an AOR and submit the documents. To learn how to register with Grants.gov and become an AOR for your organization go to: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/registration.html or call the

Grants.gov help line at: 1-800-518-4726

Follow the steps below to submit the required documents for PY 2021 funding through

Grants.gov.

Step 1: Go to www.grants.gov

Step 2: Click on LOGIN in the upper right hand corner of the screen and log into Grants.gov with your user name and password. Note: you must register with grants.gov in order to get a user name and password and you must be assigned the Authorized Organization

Representative (AOR) by your organization’s BIZ Point of Contact. See https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/registration/authorize-roles.html for additional information on how to become an AOR.

Step 3: Once you are logged into Grants.gov, select the APPLICANTS tab on the Grants.gov homepage and then select Apply Now from the pull down menu.

Step 4: In the Funding Opportunity Number field, enter PY21-NA-Sec166-Funding in the

Funding Opportunity Number field. Skip the Opportunity Package ID and go down to the

Application Filing Name field and enter an application filing name and then click on

Create Workspace. Note: the Applicant Filing Name can be any name you wish to use and it will become the name for your Workspace. If you receive both CSP and SYSP funds, create a separate workspace in order to submit two separate applications. For example, you may want to name the Workspace for your CSP application “PY 2021 WIOA Adult

Application” and the Workspace for your SYSP application “PY 2021 WIOA Youth

Application”.

Step 5: Click on the links in the Application Package Forms and complete all the required forms.

Submitting the SF-424 through Grants.gov constitutes an electronically signed SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance. Item #18 on the SF-424 must reflect the exact amount of the allotment in Attachments I. Additionally, Item #11 of the SF-424 must include Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA) # 17.265.

The submission process can be time-consuming and therefore ETA strongly encourages grantees to initiate the process as soon as possible in order to allow time to resolve unanticipated technical problems.

Submission requirements stipulate that all applicants for Federal grant and funding opportunities must have a Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S®) number, and must supply their D-U-

N-S® number on the SF-424. We strongly encourage grantees to be consistent in using the same

D-U-N-S and Employer Identification Number (EIN) that was used in the PY 2020 grant application. If you do not know the D-U-N-S and EIN you used for PY 2020, please contact your

Federal Project Officer to get the D-U-N-S and EIN.

Please be aware that you cannot submit an application to Grants.gov if your organization does not have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). Grantees can find out if they have an active SAM registration by going to: www.sam.gov and clicking on the Search

Records tab. Then enter your organizations D-U-N-S and click on the SEARCH button. For assistance with SAM registration, please call the SAM federal help desk at: (866) 606-8220.

5. Inquiries. Please direct questions to the designated Federal Project Officer below.

Duane Hall (972) 850-4637 Maria Mendoza (202) 693-3695

Hall.Duane@dol.gov Mendoza.Maria.C@dol.gov

Guy Suetopka (415) 625-7988 Jennifer Whitmore (415) 625-7970

Suetopka.Guy@dol.gov Whitmore.Jennifer@dol.gov

Carl Duncan (202) 693-3384 Chelsea Fish (202) 693-3736

Duncan.Carl.L@dol.gov Fish.Chelsea.E@dol.gov

6. References.

• Consolidated Appropriations Act; 2021 (H.R. 133), located at:

https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr133/BILLS-116hr133enr.pdf

• Section 166 of the WIOA (Pub.L. 113-128), located at:

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/dinap/pdfs/WIOA_Subtitle_D_Sec_166.pdf

• WIOA regulations; Department of Labor Only, Final Rule, located at:

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-19/pdf/2016-15975.pdf

7. Attachment. Attachment I: PY 2021 INA Adult and Youth Allocations

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ATTACHMENT I

U.S. Department of Labor

Employment and Training Administration

WIOA Section 166 Adult and Youth Funding for Native Americans

PY 2021 Funding Allotments

Total Adult & Youth Appropriation Amount $55,500,000 $13,778,655

Less 1% from Adult Funding for Technical Assistance and Training $555,000 $0

Total Adult and Youth Allocations $54,945,000 $13,778,655

Type ST Grantee Name Adult Youth

AL Inter-Tribal Council of Alabama $293,250 $5,073

AL Poarch Band of Creek Indians $94,014 $0

477 AK Aleutian-Pribilof Islands Association $28,488 $12,014

477 AK Association of Village Council Presidents $408,758 $164,458

477 AK Bristol Bay Native Association $117,765 $48,056

477 AK Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes $192,468 $68,079

477 AK Chugachmiut $27,757 $5,873

477 AK Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc $440,725 $146,303

477 AK Copper River Native Association $18,648 $9,344

477 AK Kawerak Incorporated $153,312 $60,069

AK Kenaitze Indian Tribe $44,049 $22,693

477 AK Kodiak Area Native Association $28,947 $9,344

477 AK Maniilaq Association $114,828 $52,061

477 AK Metlakatla Indian Community $18,570 $5,340

477 AK Orutsararmuit Native Council $52,601 $16,019

477 AK Tanana Chiefs Conference $288,620 $113,465

AZ American Indian Association of Tucson $344,250 $0

AZ Colorado River Indian Tribes $63,032 $32,037

AZ Gila River Indian Community $519,603 $210,911

AZ Hopi Tribal Council $221,277 $117,470

AZ Hualapai Tribe $33,156 $20,023

AZ Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. $81,180 $38,178

AZ Navajo Nation $6,205,922 $3,062,220

AZ Pascua Yaqui Tribe $102,306 $54,730

AZ Phoenix Indian Center, Inc. $1,452,419 $0

AZ Quechan Indian Tribe $34,205 $17,354

AZ Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community $86,185 $52,061

AZ San Carlos Apache Community College $392,401 $221,591

477 AZ Tohono O'Odham Nation $377,351 $222,926

AZ White Mountain Apache Tribe $462,234 $265,641

AR American Indian Center of Arkansas, Inc. $324,445 $0

CA California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc. $3,391,728 $111,062

CA Northern California Indian Development Council, Inc. $304,784 $61,671

CA Southern California American Indian Resource Center, Inc. $732,588 $0

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CA Tule River Tribal Council $124,805 $8,010

CA United American Indian Involvement $1,672,321 $0

CA United Indian Nations, Inc. $449,182 $0

CO Denver Indian Center Inc. $632,742 $0

CO Ute Mountain Ute Tribe $87,865 $22,693

FL Florida Governor's Council on Indian Affairs, Inc. $1,162,629 $0

FL Miccosukee Tribe of Indians $121,059 $5,606

HI Alu Like, Inc. $1,340,037 $1,866,165

477 ID Nez Perce Tribe $69,815 $15,484

477 ID Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Inc $181,357 $57,400

IN American Indian Center of Indiana, Inc. $239,400 $0

KS United Tribes of Kansas and Southeast Nebraska, Inc. $203,082 $10,413

LA Inter-Tribal Council of Louisiana, Inc. $492,366 $4,005

ME Penobscot Indian Nation $190,797 $25,096

477 MA Mashpee-Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc. $58,711 $0

477 MI Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians $31,374 $0

MI Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. $94,134 $29,367

MI Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians $138,996 $0

MI Michigan Indian Employment and Training Services, Inc. $302,443 $0

MI North American Indian Association of Detroit, Inc. $139,346 $0

MI Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians $166,993 $19,489

MI Southeastern Michigan Indians. Inc. $74,551 $0

MN American Indian Opportunities, Inc. $260,448 $0

MN Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council $19,912 $9,078

MN Fond Du Lac Reservation $194,285 $18,154

MN Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe $44,686 $53,128

477 MN Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians $53,943 $23,761

MN Minneapolis American Indian Center $345,707 $0

MN Northwest Indian OIC $105,164 $0

477 MN Red Lake Nation $217,154 $84,098

477 MN White Earth Reservation Tribal Council $117,909 $54,730

MS Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians $293,697 $67,812

MO American Indian Council $722,045 $9,344

477 MT Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes $267,235 $137,493

477 MT Blackfeet Tribal Business Council $281,325 $126,813

MT Business Committee of the Chippewa Cree Tribe $138,125 $38,712

477 MT Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes $276,499 $138,828

477 MT Fort Belknap Community Council $119,418 $50,726

MT Little Big Horn College $161,001 $87,835

MT Montana United Indian Association $335,662 $0

MT Northern Cheyenne Tribe $209,279 $98,781

NE Omaha Tribe of Nebraska $77,543 $46,721

NE Ponca Tribe of Nebraska $279,011 $0

477 NE Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska $43,812 $21,358

NV Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada $276,981 $48,856

NV Las Vegas Indian Center, Inc. $186,938 $0

477 NV Reno Sparks Indian Colony $16,626 $9,344

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477 NV Shoshone-Paiute Tribes $119,453 $14,684

NM Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc. $87,216 $49,391

NM Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council $71,803 $27,232

NM Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc. $149,910 $93,175

NM Jicarilla Apache Tribe $60,438 $28,032

NM Mescalero Apache Tribe $85,776 $61,404

NM National Indian Youth Council $1,566,349 $0

477 NM Ohkay Owingeh $26,097 $13,349

NM Pueblo of Acoma $133,252 $30,702

NM Pueblo of Isleta $39,048 $11,746

477 NM Pueblo of Laguna $85,348 $37,377

477 NM Pueblo of Taos $39,845 $18,688

477 NM Pueblo of Zuni $278,973 $129,483

NM Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. $88,164 $30,702

NM Santo Domingo Tribe $98,028 $45,386

NY Native American Community Services of Erie & Niagara Counties, Inc. $359,230 $0

477 NY Seneca Nation of Indians $232,851 $32,037

477 NY St. Regis Mohawk Tribe $136,106 $22,693

NC Cumberland County Association for Indian People, Inc. $63,619 $0

NC Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians $114,012 $57,400

NC Guilford Native American Association $76,679 $0

NC Lumbee Regional Development Association, Inc. $1,166,828 $0

NC North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs $350,759 $0

477 ND Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe $152,835 $74,754

477 ND Standing Rock Sioux Tribe $221,257 $124,144

477 ND Three Affiliated Tribes $184,800 $56,065

ND Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians $301,258 $128,148

ND United Tribes Technical College $235,795 $0

OH North America Indian Cultural Center, Inc. $516,715 $0

OK Absentee Shawnee Tribe $22,923 $13,081

477 OK Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma $1,327,575 $674,382

477 OK Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma $158,972 $104,121

477 OK Chickasaw Nation $363,400 $202,635

477 OK Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma $583,697 $291,005

477 OK Citizen Potawatomi Nation $427,199 $290,738

OK Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma $155,250 $72,084

477 OK Creek Nation of Oklahoma $730,070 $355,079

OK Inter-Tribal Council of Northeast Oklahoma $75,257 $26,964

OK Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma $227,114 $157,783

477 OK Osage Nation $98,513 $52,061

OK Otoe-Missouria Tribe $33,253 $16,819

477 OK Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma $31,678 $14,684

OK Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma $83,035 $55,798

OK Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma $63,378 $28,032

OK United Urban Indian Council, Inc. $369,794 $198,897

477 OK Wyandotte Nation $110,625 $0

477 OR Confed. Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation $27,730 $14,684

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477 OR Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians $444,491 $1,068

OR Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs $130,110 $41,382

OR Organization of the Forgotten American, Inc. $301,366 $0

PA Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, Inc. $950,897 $0

RI Rhode Island Indian Council, Inc. $1,769,677 $9,078

SC South Carolina Indian Development Council, Inc. $249,706 $2,670

477 SD Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe $228,121 $141,498

SD Lower Brule Sioux Tribe $57,362 $20,023

SD Oglala Sioux Tribe $675,944 $415,148

477 SD Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Nation) $1,071,754 $257,633

477 SD Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate $126,944 $58,734

SD Yankton Sioux Tribe $110,259 $53,395

TN Native American Indian Association, Inc. $235,934 $0

TX Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribal Council $895,974 $1,068

TX Dallas Inter-Tribal Center $395,278 $0

TX Ysleta del Sur Pueblo $663,391 $17,354

UT Indian Training & Education Center $363,372 $5,873

UT Ute Indian Tribe $120,838 $60,069

VT Maquam Bay of Missisquoi, Inc. $82,646 $0

VA Mattaponi Pamunkey Monacan Consortium $256,714 $0

WA American Indian Community Center $412,106 $18,154

WA Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakama Nation $206,451 $109,194

477 WA Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation $186,778 $49,391

477 WA Lummi Indian Business Council $114,113 $26,697

477 WA Makah Tribal Council $34,964 $13,349

477 WA South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency $628,914 $96,111

477 WA Spokane Reservation $40,895 $24,028

WA Suquamish Indian Tribe $149,093 $2,670

477 WA The Tulalip Tribes $45,302 $21,358

WA United Indians of All Tribes Foundation $291,744 $0

477 WI Ho-Chunk Nation $179,296 $4,805

WI Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board $174,278 $59,803

WI Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Inc. $43,131 $12,014

477 WI Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin $100,672 $49,391

WI Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin $168,215 $16,019

WI Spotted Eagle, Inc. $222,272 $0

477 WI Stockbridge-Munsee Community $56,817 $3,738

477 WY Eastern Shoshone Tribe $132,206 $35,775

477 WY Northern Arapaho Business Council $224,792 $80,360

Total Grantees = 167 $54,945,000 $13,778,655