foa-eta-16-01 amendment one.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment & Training Administration

Funding Opportunity Announcement

[FOA-ETA-16-01]

Amendment One

Tech Hire Partnership Grants

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

ACTION: Amendment to FOA-ETA-16-01

SUMMARY: On November 17, 2014, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announced the availability of approximately $100 million in grant funds authorized by Section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (ACWIA), as amended (codified at 29 USC 3224a), for the TechHire Partnership Grants Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). This amendment to the FOA removes language from Section IV.E and announces the Prospective Applicant Webinar.

The document is hereby amended as follows:

Section IV.E. Funding Restrictions

Removed Text:

2. Administrative Costs Under this FOA, an entity that receives a grant to carry out a project or program may not use more than 10 percent of the amount of the grant to pay administrative costs associated with the program or project. Administrative costs could be direct or indirect costs. Administrative costs do not need to be identified separately from program costs on the SF-424A Budget Information Form. However, they must be tracked through the grantee’s accounting system. To claim any administrative costs that are also indirect costs, the applicant must obtain an Indirect Cost Rate Agreement from its Federal Cognizant Agency, as specified above.

3. Salary and Bonus Limitations [The following information applies to programs funded under ETA’s appropriation. Work with Grant Officer to determine applicability.] None of the funds appropriated under the heading “Employment and Training” in the appropriation statute(s) may be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation does not apply to contractors providing goods and services as defined in the Audit Requirements of the OMB Uniform Guidance (see 2 CFR 200 Subpart F). Where States are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local government employees, and the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs involved including Employment and Training Administration programs. See Public Law 113-76, Division H, Title I, section 105, and Training and Employment Guidance Letter number 05-06 for further clarification:

http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2262.

Prospective Applicant Webinar

A pre-recorded Prospective Applicant webinar is now available for viewing. For further details, please visit https://www.doleta.gov/TechHire/applicant_Information.cfm. While review of the webinar is encouraged, it is not mandatory.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Aiyana Pucci, Grants Management Specialist, Office of Grants Management, at pucci.aiyana@dol.gov.

Signed December 18, 2015 in Washington, DC by:

Melissa Abdullah Grant Officer, Employment & Training Administration