FOA-ETA-16-01 Amendment Two.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment & Training Administration

Funding Opportunity Announcement

[FOA-ETA-16-01]

Amendment Two

TechHire Partnership Grants

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

ACTION: Amendment to FOA-ETA-16-01

SUMMARY: On November 17, 2015, 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).

The document is hereby amended as follows:

Updated Section IV.B Project Narrative This is an amendment to the FOA which provides instructions for what is included in the Project Narrative and therefore subject to the page limit.

Old Text:

The Project Narrative is limited to 25 double-spaced single-sided 8.5 x 11 inch pages with Times New Roman 12 point text font and 1 inch margins.

New Text (new language in bold):

The Project Narrative is limited to 25 double-spaced single-sided 8.5 x 11 inch pages with Times New Roman 12 point text font and 1 inch margins. The Project Narrative should include all items to address the scoring criteria except for the Budget Narrative and those items specified as Attachments in Section IV.B.4. The Budget Narrative and Attachments do not count against the Project Narrative page limit.

Updated Section III.F (3), Figure 2. Requirement for Eligible Participants This is an amendment to the FOA to clarify participant age requirements for applicants that propose to target category type (1) out-of-secondary school youth and young adults between the ages of 17 and 29 with barriers to employment and training.

For projects targeting this population, at least 75 percent of participants served by the project must be youth and young adults between the ages of 17 and 29 with barriers to employment and training. The remaining 25% of participants served are not required to be youth and young adults between the ages of 17 and 29 with barriers to employment and training. The remaining 25 percent may be unemployed, dislocated, underemployed, and incumbent workers, particularly incumbent workers in lower-skill, lower-wage, and front-line jobs in need of upskilling.

Updated Appendix D: Suggested Project Work Plan Format This is an amendment to the FOA to clarify instructions for the Work Plan.

The Work Plan should reflect the entire period of performance.

Frequently Asked Questions Page A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page can be found at the following website:

https://www.doleta.gov/TechHire/applicant_Information.cfm. Please check this website for future FAQ updates.

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

Signed February 24, 2016 in Washington, DC by:

Eric D. Luetkenhaus Grant Officer, Employment & Training Administration