foa-eta-15-04 amendment one.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment & Training Administration

Funding Opportunity Announcement

FOA-ETA-15-04

Amendment One

Face Forward 3-Intermediary and Community Grants

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

ACTION: Amendment to FOA-ETA-15-04

SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration announced on March 9, 2015, the availability of funds and Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Face Forward 3-Intermediary and Community grants to be awarded through a competitive process. This amendment to the FOA revises section references and adds new language to section IV.B.4.

The document is hereby amended as follows:

Section IV.B.4 Requested Attachments

Old Text:

Requested Attachments

The following attachments are requested, but their omission will not cause the application to be screened out. If the omission of the attachment will impact scoring, such an impact will be noted in the description of the attachment.

b. The Auditor’s Report for the most recently completed independent audit, completed within three (3) years of the application due date.

c. Memoranda of Understanding and/or Letters of Commitment from required program partners as discussed in Section IV.B.4.

d. Indirect Cost Rate Agreement: If you are requesting indirect costs based on a Negotiated Indirect

Cost Rate Agreement approved by your Federal Cognizant Agency, then attach the most recently approved Agreement. (For more information, see Section IV.B.2. and Section IV.E.1.) This attachment does not impact scoring of the application.

e. Documentation from the Internal Revenue Service that verifies the applicant’s non-profit 501(c)(3) status. All applicants applying as a non-profit must submit this verification even if the applicant is a current DOL grantee and documentation is assumed to be on file.

f. Memoranda of Understanding and/or Letter of Commitment of additional program partners, if applicable, as discussed in Section IV.4.B.3 (for applicants applying for community grants.)

g. HUD Form 50153 signed by an authorized representative of the lead organization of a HUD or

USDA designated Promise Zone supporting the application (Community Grants Applicants only if applicable).

h. (For New Applicants Only) A performance chart that specifies the performance goals, report timeliness, and spending rate analysis information for a previous grant. In the chart, applicants must also provide the project grant number along with the name, title, organization, e-mail address, and telephone number of an individual from the previous grantor entity or agency who has oversight for the program.

New Text: (new language in bold)

Requested Attachments

The following attachments are requested, but their omission will not cause the application to be screened out. If the omission of the attachment will impact scoring, such an impact will be noted in the description of the attachment.

b. The Auditor’s Report for the most recently completed independent audit, completed within three (3) years of the application due date. This attachment does impact scoring of the application.

c. Memoranda of Understanding and/or Letters of Commitment from required program partners as discussed in Section IV.B.3 (for applicants applying for community grants.) This attachment does impact scoring of the application.

d. Indirect Cost Rate Agreement: If you are requesting indirect costs based on a Negotiated Indirect

Cost Rate Agreement approved by your Federal Cognizant Agency, then attach the most recently approved Agreement. (For more information, see Section IV.B.2. and Section IV.E.1.) This attachment does not impact scoring of the application.

e. Documentation from the Internal Revenue Service that verifies the applicant’s non-profit 501(c)(3) status. All applicants applying as a non-profit must submit this verification even if the applicant is a current DOL grantee and documentation is assumed to be on file. This attachment does not impact scoring of the application.

f. Memoranda of Understanding and/or Letter of Commitment of additional program partners, if applicable, as discussed in Section IV.B.3 (for applicants applying for community grants.) This attachment does impact scoring of the application.

g. HUD Form 50153 signed by an authorized representative of the lead organization of a HUD or

USDA designated Promise Zone supporting the application (Community Grants Applicants only if applicable). This attachment does impact scoring of the application.

h. (For New Applicants Only) A performance chart that specifies the performance goals, report timeliness, and spending rate analysis information for a previous grant. In the chart, applicants must also provide the project grant number along with the name, title, organization, e-mail address, and telephone number of an individual from the previous grantor entity or agency who has oversight for the program. This attachment does impact scoring of the application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Denise Roach, Grants Management Specialist, Office of Grants Management, at (202) 693-3820 or roach.denise@dol.gov.

Signed April 16, 2015 in Washington, D.C. by:

Melissa Abdullah

Grant Officer, Employment & Training Administration mailto:roach.denise@dol.gov