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FY 2023 CMVOST - Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Funding Conference

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Agenda

• Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training (CMVOST) Grant Program Overview

• Title VI Compliance Program Information

• Application and Submission information

• Application Review Information

• Project Template (Appendix B)

• Resources

• FY 2023 NOFO Contacts

• Questions

CMVOST Grant Program Overview (Section A.1)

• The CMVOST Grant Program purpose is to train individuals in the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles (as defined in section 31301)

• Discretionary grant program

FY 2023 CMVOST National Priorities (Section A-2)

• FMCSA’s priority is to provide grant funds for tuition expenses for students who meet the definition of “Qualified Students.”

• All applications must support the purpose of the CMVOST grant program, which is

• to train individuals in the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles

• to assist current or former members of the U.S. Armed Forces, including National Guard and Reservists, as well as certain family members, to obtain a CDL

“Qualified Students” include the spouses and children of service members. All such family member students are eligible for training, with or without the service member. Service members will receive priority for funding.

“Members of Underserved Communities” are those that are defined in Federal Executive

Order 13985 and include people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.

“Refugees” are those individuals who have abandoned their country as a result of major wars, persecution, torture, or genocide under Executive Order 14013 (86 FR 8839).

Title VI Program Compliance Plan Award Requirement (Section B)

• FY2023 Title VI Program Assurance and Compliance Plan Requirements

• The FMCSA Title VI Program Federal financial assistance award requirements consist of an annually updated Title VI Program Compliance Plan (Plan) including the FMCSA Title VI Program Assurance (Assurance)

• The technical assistance webinar for the FMCSA Title VI Program Compliance Plan Requirements is available at this link: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/grantswebinars

• The Assurance and Compliance Plan must be submitted to Mr. Lester Finkle, FMCSA National Title VI Program Manager for approval

• To begin this coordination, please contact Mr. Lester Finkle, FMCSA National Title VI Program Manager, at lester.finkle@dot.gov

Title VI Program Assurances and Compliance Plan must be submitted with applications and approved by FMCSA to be eligible for grant award.

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/grantswebinars mailto:lester.finkle@dot.gov

CMVOST Grant Award Information (Section B & C)

• Period of Performance

• Year of award + 2 additional fiscal year

• Period of Performance will end on September 30, 2025.

• All coursework, including classroom and range time, and placement services that are being requested for reimbursement under this application must be completed prior to the period of performance end date.

• Pre-award costs are not eligible for reimbursement.

• Authorized up to $3,200,000

• Final funding amounts are subject to availability of funding appropriated by Congress

• FMCSA anticipates making approximately 16 awards

• Federal funding limit to a total amount of $200,000 per award.

CMVOST Grant Program Eligibility (Section C)

• CMVOST- Eligibility Information

• Educational Institutions accredited by an accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

• Non-Accredited institutions that are approved by the U.S. Department of Labor as:

• An eligible training provider, AND

• That accept Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) grants, AND

• Are approved by the State Approving Agencies (SAA) and Veterans Administration (VA) to accept VA benefits.

• Applicants must be listed on the Training Provider Register and meet the Entry Level Driver Training requirements.

Individuals are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply for

CMVOST grant funding.

CMVOST Grant Program Eligibility (Section C)

• Cost Sharing and Matching Requirements

• NO required match for FY2023 awards

CMVOST Grant Application and Submission Requirements (Section D)

• COMPLETE APPLICATIONS for Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grants are DUE on April 3rd, 2023, by 5:00 p.m. EST.

• Appendix A: Application Package Requirement Checklist

• Appendix B: Project Narrative Guidance and Budget Template

• Appendix C: Accreditation and Certification

Application and Submission information

Application and Submission information (Section D)

• Application Structure

• Must complete ALL forms included in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) at www.grants.gov

• Limited to 25 pages

• Application Package Requirement Checklist - See Appendix A

• Project template is provided, encouraged to be used but not required - See

Appendix B http://www.grants.gov/

• Project Narrative Development

• Introduction: Explain the project purpose, including the specific grant priorities being addressed.

• Problem Statement: Describe the issue the project will be addressing. Include baseline data and targeted outcome.

• Performance Objective: Describe the expected project outcome.

• Program Activity Workplan: Describe the quantifiable goal related to the Problem Statement.

• Must have three activity areas:

• Recruiting eligible Students

• Training eligible Students

• Providing eligible Students with post-graduation job placement assistance

• Monitoring Plan: Explain how the project’s progress will be assessed.

• Organizational Capacity: Explain how your organization has the expertise to successfully implement the stated strategies and achieve it’s stated goals.

• Existing training program description

• Existing recruitment and career placement

• Ability to successfully manage a federal financial assistance award.

Application and Submission information

• Budget Narrative vs SF-424/SF-424a

• Ensure your budget narrative matches the SF-424 and SF-424a in your application package by budget category for total project cost, Federal share, and match.

• Round all budget lines/cost to the nearest dollar amount

CMVOST Eligible Costs/Activities

• The applicant’s published tuition rate

• The tuition may include such costs for DOT physicals, required DOT drug testing fees, and skills testing fees, if they are standard published elements that are included in the published tuition rate

• Include a copy of published tuition rate

• Indirect Costs (IDC) based upon the approved IDC rate from a cognizant agency.

• Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC)

• De minimus (10%)

Application Review Information

Application Review Information (Section E)

Merit Evaluation Criteria

• FMCSA subject matter experts will review all eligible applications using the following Merit Evaluation Criteria:

• Technical Merit Criteria;

• Budget Cost Analysis Criteria;

• Program-Specific Criteria;

• Past Performance Criteria;

• Other Review Information

• Racial Equity and Climate Change & Sustainability

Funding Restrictions (Section D-6)

• Indirect Cost Agreement Requirement

• 2 CFR § 200.414(c)

• Current period IDC agreements must be submitted within 90 days of acceptance of the award. If not, IDC will not be reimbursed that fiscal year.

It will be allowed the following fiscal year with a current period IDC agreement.

• Bonus costs are not an allowable expense under FMCSA awards

• 2 CFR part 200, Subpart E; 2 CFR §§ 200.403 – 200.405

Merit Review Rating

FMCSA prioritizes applications using the ratings below based on the applicability of the Merit Criteria and other preferences to the application.

Highly

Responsive Responsive Not

Responsive

PPR & FFR Reporting (Section F-3)

• Recipients will submit Quarterly electronically through GrantSolutions:

• Federal Financial Report (SF-425)

• Performance Progress Reports (SF-PPR)

• Recipients must submit requests for reimbursement electronically through the Delphi eInvoicing System (iSupplier)

Appendix B: Project Narrative Guidance

Project Narrative

Appendix C: Accreditation and Certification

• Submit Appendix C:

Accreditation and Certification

• Included supporting documentation with application

• Training Provider Section

Resources

• NOFO

• Appendix A: Application Package Requirements Checklist

• Appendix B: Project Template

• Appendix C: Accreditation and Certification

• Grants Training (on A&I)

• Funding Conference Webinar Slides

• Discretionary Grant Program Technical Assistance Webinar Series https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/StatePrograms/GrantManagement.aspx https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/grantswebinars

FY 2023 NOFO Contacts

• Financial/Application Concerns

• James Ross

• James.Ross@dot.gov

• Programmatic Concerns

• Francisco Soto

• Francisco.soto@dot.gov

• Wendy Cunningham

• Wendy.Cunningham@dot.gov

• General Information: FMCSA Grants Management Office

• FMCSA_GrantMgmtHelpdesk@dot.gov mailto:James.Ross@dot.gov mailto:Francisco.soto@dot.gov mailto:Wendy.Cunningham@dot.gov

Q&A

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