FOA-ETA-18-08 Amendment One.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment & Training Administration

Funding Opportunity Announcement

FOA-ETA-18-08

Amendment One

Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

ACTION: Amendment to FOA-ETA-18-08

SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration announced on July 18, 2018 the availability of approximately $150 million in grant funds for the Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), authorized by Section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998. This amendment to the FOA modifies language from Section III.A.1, Section IV.B.4, and Appendix G, and provides information on when the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page will be available.

The document is hereby amended as follows:

SECTION III.A.1 ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

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Lead applicants must identify their institution type in Section 9 of the SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance. A lead applicant that is an IHE must submit documentation as an attachment verifying that it is an institution of higher education accredited by an agency that has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Additionally, a lead applicant that is an IHE must provide the names of IHE consortium members in the abstract. IHE applicants that do not provide both the documentation of their accreditation and the names of consortium members in the abstract will be considered non-responsive.

SECTION IV.B.4 APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Required Attachments

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a. Abstract: You must submit an up to two-page abstract summarizing the proposed project, including, but not limited to, the scope of the project and proposed outcomes. Omission of the abstract will not result in your application being screened out; however, the lack of the required information in the abstract may impact scoring. See Section III.C.1. Application Screening Criteria for a list of items that will result in the screening out of your application. Include the following in the abstract (see Appendix G for suggested template):

1. lead applicant organization’s name;

2. lead applicant entity type;

3. lead applicant city/state;

4. organization names and entity type of required partners;

5. organization names and entity type of optional partners;

6. proposed service areas where apprentices will be initially trained (economic region(s), cities, counties, and states);

7. total funding requested;

8. total matched funds;

9. project title/name;

10. summary of apprenticeship program activities and list of credentials to be awarded;

11. populations(s) to be served;

12. targeted H-1B industry sector;

13. targeted occupations(s) within H-1B industry sector; and

14. public contact information.

15. If applying as an IHE representing a consortium of IHEs, provide the names of IHE consortium members.

SECTION IV.B.4 APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Requested Attachments

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a. Documentation of Partnership Commitment: You will be scored on the documentation showing representation from at least one senior-level representative from each of the required entities, as described in Section III.A.3. Apprenticeship Partnership. This may include signed and dated Letters of Commitment or Memoranda of Understanding between the applicant and all required and optional partner organizations and/or sub-grantees that propose to provide services to support the program model and lead to the identified outcomes.

When submitting in grants.gov, these letters must be uploaded as an attachment to the application package and specifically labeled “Letters of Commitment.” This attachment does impact the scoring of the application.

APPENDIX G: SUGGESTED ABSTRACT FORMAT

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Please feel free to tailor template as needed to fit your information.

SCALING APPRENTICESHIP THROUGH SECTOR‐BASED STRATEGIES

Lead Applicant Organization’s Name:

Lead Applicant Entity Type:

Lead Applicant City/State:

APPRENTICESHIP PARTNERSHIP

Organization Names of Optional Partners: Entity Type Industry Sector

Total Funding Requested:

Total Matched Funds:

Project Title/Name:

Targeted Population(s) to be Served:

Targeted H‐1B Industry Sector(s):

Targeted Occupations within an H‐1B industry sector:

Public Contact Information:

Name, Title:

Address:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

members.

The consortium members are:

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The FAQ page will be available on-line no later than August 31, 2018 at https://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm, under the Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies Funding Opportunity Announcement heading and available for viewing any time after that date. While a review of this FAQ is strongly encouraged to support grant applications, it is not mandatory.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ariam Ferro, Grants Management Specialist, Office of Grants Management, at ferro.ariam@dol.gov

Signed August 22, 2018 in Washington, D.C. by:

Brinda Ruggles Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration