ETA-TEGL-25-20_Amendment 1_Attachment A Fillable.pdf

ATTACHMENT A

Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Recovery

(CAREER) National Dislocated Worker Grant

Project Synopsis

This synopsis must be completed and submitted along with other required application materials as described in Section 4.g of the CAREER DWG TEGL. If more space is required than the synopsis provides, please attach additional pages with that information clearly identified. ETA will not review any information in excess of five additional pages.

Applications that do not include all the required information in this synopsis will be considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Instructions: Please complete all of the following elements in this table.

Applicant Organization

Name

Applicant Organization Type Select the appropriate type of eligible applicant.

☐ State or Outlying Area Workforce Agency (or consortium of states or outlying areas)

☐ Local Workforce Development Board (WDB) or consortium of WDBs

☐ An entity eligible for funding through the Indian and Native American program in WIOA Section 166(c)

☐ Entities determined eligible by the Governor of the state involved

(These entities must provide a letter from the Governor with application submission, as well as a letter from at least one WDB, as required in section 4.b.iii of the TEGL)

☐ Entities demonstrating to the Secretary the capability to implement this grant (These entities must submit additional documentation supporting their eligibility, as well as additional letters of support/partnership, as required in section 4.b.ii of the TEGL.)

Number of Participants

Projected to be Served

Participant Eligibility

Applicant acknowledges that the only eligible participants are dislocated workers as described in Section 4.b.iii of the TEGL.

☐ Yes

☐ No

Priority Participant

Population(s)

Describe those populations

☐ Individuals from historically-marginalized communities or groups

Why chosen:

of eligible dislocated workers you intend to serve, and why such groups were chosen. ☐ Individuals have been unemployed for an extended period of time or who have exhausted UI or other Pandemic Unemployment Insurance programs

Why chosen:

☐ Other eligible dislocated workers

Why chosen:

Project Service Area

Describe the geographic areas to be served by the proposed grant. If all activities will be carried out statewide, indicate here. If some activities will be statewide and others in geographic regions, please include both options and list communities included.

☐ Statewide

☐ Counties/Communities (list):

Rationale for Project

Service Area Provide a brief (approximately

250 words) description of why the service area(s) for this proposed project were chosen, including how providing services in these areas will help address the goal of the

CAREER DWG.

Consent to Submitting

Performance Data

Commitment to ensuring ability to submit performance data through WIPS as required in Section 4.g of the

TEGL.

☐ Yes

☐ No

Performance Reporting

As described in section 4.j. of the TEGL, applicants must indicate the performance outcomes they intend to achieve in their proposed project.

Planned Employment Rate (2nd Quarter after Exit) (e.g. 75%):

Planned Employment Rate (4th Quarter after Exit) (e.g. 75%):

Planned Median Earnings (per quarter earnings rate, after 2nd quarter after employment):

Planned Credential Rate:

Planned Measurable Skill Gains Rate:

Performance Outcomes

Are the planned performance outcomes for the activities in this project the same as the applicable negotiated goals established for state or local formula Dislocated Worker

Programs?

Applicants who do not intend to use the state or local negotiated goals for the above measures must explain what goals they will use and why those goals will be used in lieu of the negotiated goals.

☐ Yes

☐ No, please explain why

Partnership with Public Workforce System Entities Instructions: To ensure proper participant eligibility determinations as well as delivery of appropriate career, training, and supportive services, at least one local Workforce Development Board (WDB) or American Job

Center (AJC), located in the area(s) proposed to be covered by the grant, must be a partner in the grant.

Applicants must complete the table below and include at least one required partner, as described in Section

4.d.iv of the TEGL.

Required Partner

Name

Entity Type (Local

Workforce Development

Board; AJC)

Geographic Area

Covered by Partner

Partnership Letter

Included? (Y/N)

Ex. Coastal Workforce

Board

Local Board 6-county area including

A, B, C, D, E and F counties

Y

Strategic Partners (Optional) Instructions: Per section 4.c.ii.B of the TEGL, applicants may propose to organize and maintain strategic partnerships, as well as contractual arrangements where appropriate, with community organizations or other entities to develop targeted efforts aimed at identifying and enrolling eligible participants from priority communities. These partnerships may help ensure grant success but are not required to be included in the application.

Partner Name Partner Type

(Employer/industry, education, economic development, community organization, etc)

Partner Role(s) In

Proposed Project

Geographic Area

Covered by Partner

Ex. Community Health

Association

Community organization Outreach to potential participants

City of Alexandria;

Fairfax County

Project Summary Instructions: Per section 4.d.i, applicants must briefly describe their vision for how their proposed project will achieve the goal of the CAREER DWG, including which of the required and allowable activities they intend to carry out.

Grant Activities

Instructions: Applicants must Brief Description of Activities (Approximately 250 words or fewer for identify which of the required and allowable activities they intend to employ under the grant to achieve the goal of the program.

each element)

The goal of the CAREER DWG is to help reemploy dislocated workers most affected by the economic and employment fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular those from historically-marginalized communities or groups, and those who have been unemployed for an extended period of time or who have exhausted UI or other Pandemic Unemployment Insurance programs.

A. Required Grant Activities

Applicants for CAREER DWG funds must commit to providing at least one of the following activities.

☐ Provide career and training activities for participants, including staff-assisted career services and appropriate supportive services, focused on reemployment. See section

4.c.i.A for more information.

☐ Research, purchase, build, or expand virtual technology applications or platforms for job search, career guidance, training, or other activities to expand the capacity of the workforce system to serve larger numbers of dislocated workers and job seekers, to ensure accessibility to services beyond the physical American

Job Centers, and to ensure that service delivery will not be interrupted due to emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. See section 4.c.i.B for examples and additional information.

B. Allowable Grant Activities

Applicants may carry out other activities to support the project design and in order to achieve the goal of the

CAREER DWG program. Please select any of the options below that will be included in the proposed project, and provide a brief description of how these activities enable the success of the project. For additional information on these allowable activities see section 4.c.ii of the TEGL.

☐ Creating and executing focused outreach campaigns designed to reach priority populations and other potentially-eligible participants to ensure they are able to enroll in grant-funded activities.

☐ Organizing and maintaining strategic partnerships, including contractual arrangements, with community organizations or other entities to identify and enroll eligible participants from target communities

☐ Carrying out other allowable activities that are intended to achieve the goal of the CAREER DWG

C. Achieving the CAREER DWG Goal

The applicant must demonstrate that its project will help move its workforce toward high-quality family sustaining-wage employment opportunities and address the economic and workforce challenges caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To address these challenges, applicants must briefly (in approximately 250 words or less) identify and describe how the strategies or approaches described above will help to achieve the goal of the CAREER DWG as described in section 4.a of the TEGL.