PKG00253247-instructions.pdf

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR:

Re-Employment Support and Training for the Opioid Related Epidemic, RESTORE Grant Program

ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Initial

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: FOA-WB-19-02

CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE (CFDA) NUMBER: 17.700

KEY DATES: The closing date for receipt of applications under this Announcement is August 23, 2019. We must receive applications no later than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: Address mailed applications to:

The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, Office of Grants Management Attention: Mr. Jimmie Curtis, Grant Officer Reference FOA-WB-19-02 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N4673 Washington, DC 20210

For complete application and submission information, including online application instructions, please refer to Section IV.

The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (“ETA”) is responsible for the grant award process for this Women’s Bureau grant program.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

A. Program Purpose

B. Program Authority

II. AWARD INFORMATION

A. Award Type and Amount

B. Period of Performance

III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

A. Eligible Applicants

B. Cost Sharing or Matching

C. Other Information

1. Application Screening Criteria

2. Number of Applications Applicants May Submit

3. Eligible Participants

IV. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

A. How to Obtain an Application Package

B. Content and Form of Application Submission

1. SF-424, “Application for Federal Assistance”

2. Project Budget

3. Project Narrative

4. Attachments to the Project Narrative

C. Submission Date, Time, Process and Address

1. Hardcopy Submission

2. Electronic Submission through Grants.gov

D. Intergovernmental Review

E. Funding Restrictions

1. Indirect Costs

2. Administrative Costs

3. Salary and Bonus Limitations

4. Intellectual Property Rights

F. Other Submission Requirements

V. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION

A. Criteria

1. Statement of Need

2. Expected Outcomes and Outputs

3. Project Design

4. Third Party Evaluation

5. Organizational, Administrative, and Fiscal Capacity

6. Past Performance – Programmatic Capability

7. Budget and Budget Justification

B. Review and Selection Process

1. Merit Review and Selection Process

2. Risk Review Process

VI. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION

A. Award Notices

B. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

1. Administrative Program Requirements

2. Other Legal Requirements

3. Other Administrative Standards and Provisions

4. Special Program Requirements

C. Reporting

1. Quarterly Financial Reports

2. Quarterly Performance Reports

VII. AGENCY CONTACTS

VIII. OTHER INFORMATION

A. Web-Based Resources

B. Industry Competency Models and Career Clusters

C. WorkforceGPS Resources

D. SkillsCommons Resources

IX. OMB INFORMATION COLLECTION

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The Women’s Bureau (“WB”),), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), announces the availability of approximately $ 2.3 million in grant funds authorized by the 29 U.S.C. § 13 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2019 for the Re-Employment Support and Training for the Opioid Related Epidemic, RESTORE Grant Program (hereafter referred to as the RESTORE grant program).

Under the grants, eligible applicants will directly address the employment needs of women affected by the opioid crisis and combat its impact in some of the hardest hit areas of the country. Applicants will establish and/or build on cooperative relationships among service providers and key stakeholders in order to train and employ women workers who have been adversely affected by the opioid crisis. Applicants may propose to serve women workers in communities impacted by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose. The grants are intended to provide employment training, career services, and supportive services to women who have been directly or indirectly affected by the opioid crisis in order to support positive outcomes for women participants.

To be eligible for funds under this grant program, an applicant must be a state government, an Indian/Native American Tribal government or organization, a state or local workforce development board, or a non-profit organization including a community-based or faith-based organization. In establishing this grant competition, the Department aims to create a support structure that specifically will:

Provide training and other services to women workers affected by the opioid crisis;

Establish a new program or expand an existing program to quickly address the urgent challenges faced by women in the areas of the country hardest hit by the opioid crisis; and

Establish partnerships with key stakeholders, which may include women’s organizations and state and local women’s commissions, as well as agencies and organizations in workforce development, public health and substance abuse, human services and other organizations that provide supportive services.

The Department of Labor Women’s Bureau will fund a grant with a period of performance of 30 months. The grant period of performance for this FOA is 30 months, including an eighteen-month planning and operations period and a twelve-month follow-up period.

Approximately four (4) to eight (8) grants of $250,000 to $500,000 each will be awarded.

Selection of grantees will be determined based on the factors set forth in the evaluation criteria in Section V.A.

The Department is committed to producing strong evidence on the effectiveness of its grant programs, and full participation (by grantee and any sub-awardees) in any evaluation initiated by the Department is a condition of all grant awards.

I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

A. PROGRAM PURPOSE

This Announcement solicits applications for the RESTORE Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to address the employment needs of women who have been directly or indirectly affected by opioid abuse and addiction through coordinated, employment-focused services to train and employ women workers.

Over the course of the last two decades, opioid addiction in the United States has become a crisis of epic proportions. In 2016, the number of drug overdose deaths continued to increase, reaching 63,632. Opioids were involved in 66.4 percent of drug overdose deaths. The rate of drug overdose more than tripled between 1999 and 2016, increasing from 6.1 per 100,000 to

19.8 in 100,000.1 In 2017, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported that 11.4 million Americans misused opioids including 5.2 million women2, and that

2.1 million people including 860,000 women had an opioid use disorder.3

Across the country, women have been particularly hard hit by the rise in prescription and illicit opioid abuse: the death rate among women stemming from prescription pain reliever overdoses increased more than 400 percent between 1999 and 2010, versus a 265 percent increase among men during the same period.4 The Center for Disease Control has documented similar increases in women’s death rates from illicit opioids, with heroin overdose deaths among women tripling in the three-year period from 2010 to 2013.5 In addition, from 2005 to 2015, opioid-related inpatient hospital stays increased 76 percent for women and 55 percent for men, and in 2014, women had higher rates of opioid-related inpatient hospital stays in most states.6 There has been substantial variation across the country, and women have been affected at much higher levels in some states than in other states.7

Research has established a direct correlation between the prevalence of opioid prescriptions and a decrease in labor force participation rates8 and places annual lost workforce productivity in the United States due to opioid abuse at a staggering $20 billion each year.9 Nationwide, women’s labor force participation rates were 56.8 percent including 70.5 percent

1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2018 Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes — United States. Surveillance Special Report. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services. Published August 31, 2018. Accessed March 12, 2019 from https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/pubs/2018- cdc-drug-surveillance-report.pdf.

2 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2017. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) public use files https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHFFR2017/NSDUHFFR2017.pdf.

3 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2017. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) public use files https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHFFR2017/NSDUHFFR2017.pdf.

4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prescription Painkiller Overdoses: A Growing Epidemic, Especially Among Women. Accessed March 12, 2019.

https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/prescriptionpainkilleroverdoses/index.html.

5 American Society of Addiction Medicine, Opioid Addiction, 2016 Facts & Figures.

https://www.asam.org/docs/default-source/advocacy/opioid-addiction-disease-facts-figures.pdf.

6 https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb224-Patient-Characteristics-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-ED- Visits-by-State.pdf.

7 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Trends in Opioid Hospitalizations.

https://www.ahrq.gov/news/opioid-hospitalization-map.html.

8 Alan B. Krueger, Brookings, Where Have All the Workers Gone? An Inquiry into the Decline of the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate, https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1_krueger.pdf.

9 Congressional Research Service: “The Opioid Epidemic and the Labor Force”, November 28, 2017.

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IN10828.html.

https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/pubs/2018-%20cdc-drug-surveillance-report.pdf https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHFFR2017/NSDUHFFR2017.pdf https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHFFR2017/NSDUHFFR2017.pdf https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHFFR2017/NSDUHFFR2017.pdf https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHFFR2017/NSDUHFFR2017.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/prescriptionpainkilleroverdoses/index.html https://www.asam.org/docs/default-source/advocacy/opioid-addiction-disease-facts-figures.pdf https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb224-Patient-Characteristics-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-by-State.pdf https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb224-Patient-Characteristics-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-by-State.pdf https://www.ahrq.gov/news/opioid-hospitalization-map.html https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1_krueger.pdf https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IN10828.html of women with children age 18 and younger.10 Therefore, a decrease in women’s labor force participation due to this crisis could lead to a large loss of wages. The scourge of opioid abuse is playing out in family settings nationwide, where 5 out of 6 custodial parents are women, adding a two-generational dimension and added urgency to the crisis when mothers are involved.11 In addition, children who are removed from their families because of substance abuse are increasingly being placed with grandparents, 57 percent of whom work12 and could benefit from training and other services under this grant.

The RESTORE grants will address these issues through multi-disciplinary partnerships that are able to provide coordinated, employment-focused services to women affected by the opioid crisis. The program’s primary objective is to establish cooperative relationships among service providers and key stakeholders from community-based and nonprofit organizations, state and federal workforce development systems, public health and substance abuse treatment professionals, and other human services and support service entities, in order to train and employ women workers who have been affected by the opioid crisis.

A diverse group of organizations is required to satisfy the grant’s objectives. Additionally the grant recipient must be or partner with an organization with demonstrated history and experience serving women workers primarily or exclusively. Through the grant, organizations, such as particularly active and engaged state and local women’s commissions, will provide and deploy critical promising practices and insights, targeted outreach, and overall subject matter expertise to support positive outcomes for women affected by the crisis.

The applicant should be well versed in administering programs connected with the public workforce system. In addition, the applicant must demonstrate how it will take a robust response to this urgent epidemic and establish a program that will allow it to quickly address the challenges faced by the most disadvantaged women. Applicants should also have experience serving disadvantaged communities and a history of success in changing women’s lives.

Recognizing that some women impacted by the opioid crisis may have had exposure to the criminal justice system, applicants are encouraged to work with partner organizations experienced in providing services for reentry, such as those funded by member agencies of the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry (FIRC).

Allowable use of funds under the grant may include, but are not limited to, the following activities:

10 U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, Labor Force Participation Rates, 2016 annual averages.

https://www.dol.gov/wb/stats/NEWSTATS/latest/laborforce.htm#two.

11 U.S. Census Bureau. Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2013. January 2016.

https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/P60-255.pdf.

12 Generations United 2018, Raising the Children of the Opioid Epidemic: Solutions and Support for Grandfamilies. https://www.gu.org/app/uploads/2018/09/Grandfamilies-Report-SOGF-Updated.pdf.

https://www.dol.gov/wb/stats/NEWSTATS/latest/laborforce.htm#two https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/P60-255.pdf https://www.gu.org/app/uploads/2018/09/Grandfamilies-Report-SOGF-Updated.pdf

Career Services – Examples of allowable career services include, but are not limited to:

Soft skills, work-readiness skills, life skills, and career skills, including classes that teach and assist with punctuality, personal maintenance skills, negotiation skills, and professional conduct; and, Career planning, job coaching, mentoring, peer coaching, and job referral services.

Classroom, On-the-Job, and Work-Based Training – Classroom, on-the job, and work-based training includes, but is not limited to:

Traditional classroom and/or online training to gain and strengthen skills in order to attain economic and career success; and, On-the-job training, customized training, or work-based training programs, which may include apprenticeship and other programs, to help women gain new skills while working and earning a paycheck, by connecting businesses and workers.

Supportive Services – Grantees may spend no more than 15% for supportive services to ensure the successful participation of women participants in career services and classroom, on-the-job, and work-based training. Examples of supportive services may include allowances for: childcare; housing; transportation to ensure participation in classroom, on-the-job, and work-based training and career services; job-related equipment and gear to the extent it is needed for classroom, on-the-job, and work-based training; and/or job-related training tuition costs.

In offering supportive services, grantees should also provide counseling and resource referral so that participants are aware of other services for which they might also be eligible. These include programs of Federal partners such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), Head Start, and Early Head Start, which are all funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); as well as sources of funding potentially available under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and other statutes administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. Additionally, when connecting with eligible participants interested in career services and classroom, on-the-job, and work-based training, grantees should aim to refer them to providers and employers offering similar supportive services that could bolster the success of the participants.

Funds must not be used to pay the costs of in-patient drug treatment and rehabilitation programs.

Information regarding planned spending on supportive services must be provided in the budget narrative.

B. PROGRAM AUTHORITY

This program is authorized by 29 U.S.C. § 13 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2019.

II. AWARD INFORMATION

A. AWARD TYPE AND AMOUNT

Funding will be provided in the form of a grant.

We expect availability of approximately $2.3 million to fund approximately four (4) to eight (8) grants of between $250,000 and $500,000. You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $500,000. Awards made under this Announcement are subject to the availability of Federal funds. In the event that additional funds become available, we reserve the right to use such funds to select additional grantees from applications submitted in response to this Announcement.

B. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance is thirty (30) months with an anticipated start date of October 1, 2019. The grant period of performance for this FOA is 30 months, including an eighteen-month planning and operations period and a twelve-month follow-up period. Limited funding should be reserved for the twelve-month follow-up period.

III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

A. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

The following organizations are eligible to apply:

• Governments of States and Outlying Areas

• Nonprofit Organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) Status, including Community-

Based and Faith-Based Organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) Status

• Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)

• Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally

Recognized)

• Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations

• State and Local Workforce Development Boards

B. COST SHARING OR MATCHING

This program does not require cost sharing or matching funds. Including such funds is not one of the application screening criteria and applications that include any form of cost sharing or match will not receive additional consideration during the review process. Instead, the agency considers any resources contributed to the project beyond the funds provided by the agency as leveraged resources. Section IV.B.2 provides more information on leveraged resources.

C. OTHER INFORMATION

1. Application Screening Criteria

You should use the checklist below as a guide when preparing your application package to ensure that the application has met all of the screening criteria. Note that this checklist is only an aid for applicants and should not be included in the application package. We urge you to use this checklist to ensure that your application contains all required items. If your application does not meet all of the screening criteria, it will not move forward through the merit review process.

Application Requirement Instructions Complete?

The deadline submission requirements are met Section IV.C

Eligibility Section III.A

If submitted through Grants.gov, the components of the application are saved in any of the specified formats and are not corrupt.

(We will attempt to open the document, but will not take any additional measures in the event of problems with opening.)

Section IV.C.2

Application Federal funds request does not exceed the ceiling amount of $500,000

Section II.A

SAM Registration Section IV.B.1

SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance Section IV.B.1

SF-424 includes a DUNS Number Section IV.B.1

SF-424A, Budget Information Form Section IV.B.2

Budget Narrative Section IV.B.2

Project Narrative Section IV.B.3

Abstract Section IV.B.4

2. Number of Applications Applicants May Submit

We will consider only one application from each organization. If we receive multiple applications from the same organization, we will only consider the most recently received application that met the deadline. If the most recent application is disqualified for any reason, we will not replace it with an earlier application.

3. Eligible Participants

a) Eligible Participants The intent of this FOA is to fund projects that provide services to women who have been directly or indirectly affected by the opioid crisis.

For purposes of this FOA, women have been directly or indirectly affected by the opioid crisis if either of the following are true:

o They voluntarily answer “Yes” to the following question:

Do you, a friend, or any member of your family have a history of opioid use? Your answer to this question is voluntary.

and/or o They work or reside in a community hard-hit by the opioid crisis or can otherwise demonstrate job loss as a result of the opioid crisis, regardless of any personal impact of the crisis on the individual.

Notice/Information about Disability and Medical Information Protections for Grant Participants Although these grant funds are intended to target women affected by the opioid crisis, the grantee must still operate its programs in compliance with nondiscrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity obligations set forth in federal nondiscrimination law, as applicable.

Accordingly, grant recipients should be aware of requirements pertaining to the gathering and confidentiality of medical information and their obligations under Department civil rights regulations pertaining to protections for individuals with disabilities. Additionally, grant recipients must ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as applicable.

i. Inquiring about how an individual has been impacted by the opioid crisis

Grantees may only ask the following question to determine that an applicant or eligible participant has been impacted by the opioid crisis:

Your answer to this question is voluntary. Do you, a friend, or any member of your family have a history of opioid use? Please answer “Yes” or “No.”

ii. Confidentiality of medical information

Under applicable law, grant recipients must maintain the confidentiality of medical information obtained about an individual. Medical information must be kept confidential even if the individual volunteers the medical information without being asked. Information regarding an individual’s disability is included in information that must be kept confidential, but any medical information obtained must be kept confidential (whether or not the individual has a disability).

Example 1: An applicant may disclose that she previously has taken opioids legally with a prescription from her doctor (which is medical information, but may or may not be disability-related). The grant recipient must keep that information in a separate file and limit which staff have access to that information.

Example 2: An individual may self-disclose that s/he has diabetes (which is both medical information and disability-related information). The grant recipient must keep that information in a separate file and limit which staff have access to that information.

iii. Drug use and protections for individuals with disabilities

When making program decisions about individuals, grant recipients should remember that disability is among the statuses protected from discrimination for participants in and applicants for programs supported by these grants. For example, grant recipients will have to make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, and they cannot treat a participant or applicant for services less favorably on the basis of the individual’s disability.

Due to the nature of these grants, some participants or applicants for participation will be individuals with disabilities based on their drug history and some will not. Disability status, and how it may affect the provision of services under this grant, is a case-by-case determination, and given the many causes and complicating factors surrounding the opioid crisis, the circumstances of an individual’s history with opioids could differ significantly.

Disability status for drug addiction usually depends on whether the individual is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs, including the illegal use of some prescription drugs. A recovering addict not currently using drugs illegally may be legally protected as an individual with a disability. The question of “current use” of illegal drugs is made on a case-by-case basis. “Current” means that the illegal drug use occurred “recently enough” to justify the grant recipient’s reasonable belief that drug use is an ongoing problem. Grant recipients may treat an individual less favorably because of current illegal use of drugs but may not make adverse decisions on the basis of an individual’s disability (even if he or she is currently engaged in the illegal use of drugs).

A potential or enrolled participant in a grant-funded program also may have another disability—separate from his or her drug history— that entitles them to legal protections.

Example 1: A grant recipient discovers that a blind participant who uses a service dog is currently engaging in the illegal use of opioids. The grant recipient may terminate the individual’s participation in the program because of the current illegal use of drugs, but the grant recipient may not prohibit the individual from using his service dog because he is illegally using drugs.

Example 2: An individual is a recovering addict who is addicted to (but not currently using) opioids. The grant recipient must reasonably accommodate this disability by, for example, changing the program activity schedule to allow the participant to attend a Narcotics Anonymous meeting during the program day. However, if the grant recipient discovers that the individual has resumed using illegal drugs, the grant recipient may terminate the individual’s participation on the basis of that current illegal drug use.

b) Veterans’ Priority for Participants 38 U.S.C. 4215 requires grantees to provide priority of service to veterans and spouses of certain veterans for the receipt of employment, training, and placement services in any job training program directly funded, in whole or in part, by DOL. The regulations implementing this priority of service are at 20 CFR Part 1010. In circumstances where a grant recipient must choose between two qualified candidates for a service, one of whom is a veteran or eligible spouse, the veterans’ priority of service provisions require that the grant recipient give the veteran or eligible spouse priority of service by first providing him or her that service. To obtain priority of service, a veteran or spouse must meet the program’s eligibility requirements. Grantees must comply with DOL guidance on veterans’ priority. ETA’s Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 10-09 (issued November 10, 2009) provides guidance on implementing priority of service for veterans and eligible spouses in all qualified job training programs funded in whole or in part by DOL. TEGL No. 10-09 is available at https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2816.

IV. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

A. HOW TO OBTAIN AN APPLICATION PACKAGE

This FOA, found at www.Grants.gov and https://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm, contains all of the information and links to forms needed to apply for grant funding.

B. CONTENT AND FORM OF APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Applications submitted in response to this FOA must consist of four separate and distinct parts:

1. the SF-424 “Application for Federal Assistance;”

2. Project Budget, composed of the SF-424A and Budget Narrative;

3. Project Narrative; and

4. Attachments to the Project Narrative.

http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2816 http://www.grants.gov/ http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm

You must ensure that the funding amount requested is consistent across all parts and sub-parts of the application.

1. SF-424, “Application for Federal Assistance” You must complete the SF-424, “Application for Federal Assistance” (available at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-family.html#sortby=1.

In the address field, fill out the nine-digit (plus hyphen) zip code. Nine-digit zip codes can be looked up on the USPS website at https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action.

The SF-424 must clearly identify the applicant and must be signed by an individual with authority to enter into a grant agreement. Upon confirmation of an award, the individual signing the SF-424 on behalf of the applicant is considered the Authorized Representative of the applicant. As stated in block 21 of the SF-424 form, the signature of the Authorized Representative on the SF-424 certifies that the organization is in compliance with the Assurances and Certifications form SF-424B (available at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-family.html#sortby=1).

You do not need to submit the SF-424B with the application.

Requirement for DUNS Number All applicants for Federal grant and funding opportunities must have a DUNS number, and must supply their DUNS Number on the SF-424. The DUNS Number is a nine-digit identification number that uniquely identifies business entities. If you do not have a DUNS Number, you can get one for free through the D&B website:

https://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do.

Grant recipients authorized to make subawards must meet these requirements related to DUNS Numbers:

• Grant recipients must notify potential subawardees that no entity may receive a subaward from you unless the entity has provided its DUNS number to you.

• Grant recipients may not make a subaward to an entity unless the entity has provided its DUNS number to you.

(See, Appendix A to 2 CFR section 25.)

Requirement for Registration with SAM Applicants must register with the System for Award Management (SAM) before submitting an application. Find instructions for registering with SAM at https://www.sam.gov.

A recipient must maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application under consideration. To remain registered in the SAM database after the initial registration, the applicant is required to review and update the registration at least every 12 months from the date of initial registration or subsequently update its https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-family.html#sortby=1 https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-family.html#sortby=1 https://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do https://www.sam.gov/ information in the SAM database to ensure it is current, accurate, and complete. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicant is the entity that meets the eligibility criteria and has the legal authority to apply and to receive the award. If an applicant has not fully complied with these requirements by the time the Grant Officer is ready to make a Federal award, the Grant Officer may determine that the applicant is not qualified to receive a Federal award and use that determination as a basis for making a Federal award to another applicant.

2. Project Budget

You must complete the SF-424A Budget Information Form (available at:

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-family.html#sortby=1). In preparing the Budget Information Form, you must provide a concise narrative explanation to support the budget request, explained in detail below.

Budget Narrative: The Budget Narrative must provide a description of costs associated with each line item on the SF-424A. The Budget Narrative should also include a section describing any leveraged resources provided (as applicable) to support grant activities. Leveraged resources are all resources, both cash and in-kind, in excess of this award. Valuation of leveraged resources follows the same requirements as match. Applicants are encouraged to leverage resources to increase stakeholder investment in the project and broaden the impact of the project itself.

Each category should include the total cost for the period of performance. Use the following guidance for preparing the Budget Narrative.

Personnel: List all staff positions by title (both current and proposed) including the roles and responsibilities. For each position give the annual salary, the percentage of time devoted to the project and the amount of each position’s salary funded by the grant.

Fringe Benefits: Provide a breakdown of the amounts and percentages that comprise fringe benefit costs such as health insurance, FICA, retirement, etc.

Travel: For grantee staff only, specify the purpose, number of staff traveling, mileage, per diem, estimated number of in-state and out-of-state trips, and other costs for each type of travel.

Equipment: Identify each item of equipment you expect to purchase which has an estimated acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit (or if your capitalization level is less than $5,000, use your capitalization level) and a useful lifetime of more than one year (see 2 CFR 200.33 for the definition of Equipment). List the item, quantity, and the unit cost per item.

Items with a unit cost of less than $5,000 are supplies, not “equipment”. In general, we do not permit the purchase of equipment during the last funded year of the grant.

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-family.html#sortby=1

Supplies: Identify categories of supplies (e.g. office supplies) in the detailed budget and list the item, quantity, and the unit cost per item. Supplies include all tangible personal property other than “equipment” (see 2 CFR 200.94 for the definition of Supplies).

Contractual: Under the Contractual line item, delineate contracts and subawards separately. Contracts are defined according to 2 CFR 200.22 as a legal instrument by which a non-Federal entity purchases property or services needed to carry out the project or program under a Federal award. A subaward, defined by 2 CFR 200.92, means an award provided by a pass-through entity to a subrecipient for the subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal award received by the pass-through entity. It does not include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a Federal program.

For each proposed contract and subaward, specify the purpose and activities to be provided, and the estimated cost.

Construction: Construction costs are not allowed and this line must be left as zero.

Minor alterations to adjust an existing space for grant activities (such as a classroom alteration) may be allowable. We do not consider this as construction and you must show the costs on other appropriate lines such as Contractual.

Other: Provide clear and specific detail, including costs, for each item so that we are able to determine whether the costs are necessary, reasonable and allocable. List any item, such as stipends or incentives, not covered elsewhere here.

Indirect Costs: If you include an amount for indirect costs (through a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement or De Minimis) on the SF-424A budget form, then include one of the following:

a) If you have a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA), provide an explanation of how the indirect costs are calculated. This explanation should include which portion of each line item, along with the associated costs, are included in your cost allocation base. Also, provide a current version of the NICRA.

or

b) If you intend to claim indirect costs using the 10 percent de minimis rate, please confirm that your organization meets the requirements as described in 2 CFR 200.414(f). Clearly state that your organization has never received a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA), and your organization is not one described in Appendix VII of 2 CFR 200, paragraph (D)(1)(b).

Applicants choosing to claim indirect costs using the de minimis rate must use Modified Total Direct Costs (see 2 CFR 200.68 below for definition) as their cost allocation base. Provide an explanation of which portion of each line item, along with the associated costs, are included in your cost allocation base. Note that there are various items not included in the calculation of Modified Total Direct Costs. See below the definitions to assist you in your calculation.

2 CFR 200.68 Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC) means all direct salaries and wages, applicable fringe benefits, materials and supplies, services, travel, and up to the first $25,000 of each subaward (regardless of the period of performance of the subawards under the award). MTDC excludes equipment, capital expenditures, charges for patient care, rental costs, tuition remission, scholarships and fellowships, participant support costs and the portion of each subaward in excess of $25,000. Other items may only be excluded when necessary to avoid a serious inequity in the distribution of indirect costs, and with the approval of the cognizant agency for indirect costs.

The definition of MTDC in 2 CFR 200.68 no longer allows for any sub-contracts to be included in the calculation. You will also note that participant support costs are not included in modified total direct cost. Participant support costs are defined below.

2 CFR 200.75 Participant Support Cost means direct costs for items such as stipends or subsistence allowances, travel allowances, and registration fees paid to or on behalf of participants or trainees (but not employees) in connection with conferences, or training projects.

The proposed budget must ensure that adequate funding is set aside to support the required twelve-month follow-up period.

See Section IV.B.4. and Section IV.E.1 for more information. Additionally, the following link contains information regarding the negotiation of Indirect Cost Rates at DOL: https://www.dol.gov/oasam/boc/dcd/index.htm.

Note that the SF-424, SF-424A, and Budget Narrative must include the entire Federal grant amount requested (not just one year).

Do not show leveraged resources on the SF-424 and SF-424A. You should describe leveraged resources in the Budget Narrative.

Applicants should list the same requested Federal grant amount on the SF-424, SF- 424A, and Budget Narrative. If minor inconsistencies are found between the budget amounts specified on the SF-424, SF-424A, and the Budget Narrative, ETA will consider the SF-424 the official funding amount requested. However, if the amount specified on the SF-424 would render the application nonresponsive, the Grant Officer will use his or her discretion to determine whether the intended funding request (and match if applicable) is within the responsive range.

3. Project Narrative

A. Preparing the Project Narrative

The Project Narrative must demonstrate your capability to implement the grant project in accordance with the provisions of this Announcement. It provides a comprehensive framework and description of all aspects of the proposed project. It must be succinct, self-explanatory, and well organized so that reviewers can understand the proposed project.

http://www.dol.gov/oasam/boc/dcd/index.htm

The Project Narrative is limited to 15 double-spaced single-sided 8.5 x 11 inch pages with Times New Roman 12 point text font and 1 inch margins. You must number the Project Narrative beginning with page number 1.

We will not read or consider any materials beyond the specified page limit in the application review process.

The following instructions provide all of the information needed to complete the Project Narrative. Carefully read and consider each section, and include all required information in your Project Narrative. The agency will evaluate the Project Narrative using the evaluation criteria identified in Section V.A. You must use the same section headers identified below for each section of the Project Narrative:

(1) Statement of Need Describe in both quantitative and qualitative terms the need for assistance, including the nature and scope of the problem, and the consequences of not addressing the need. In particular, be sure to describe:

The impact of the opioid crisis on women in your state or locality;

and

How the activities you propose to deliver will address the economic and workforce consequences for women who have been impacted directly or indirectly by the crisis through employment training, career services, and supportive services.

(2) Geographic and Demographic Impact Describe in both quantitative and qualitative terms the geographic area and the disadvantaged and vulnerable populations you propose to reach.

Describe how the proposal will target women in the areas of the country that are hardest hit by the opioid crisis. Incorporate demographic data and participant/beneficiary information whenever possible. In particular, describe:

The number and/or percentage of women in your state, county, or locality impacted, either directly or indirectly by the opioid crisis; and

The unique characteristics of the disadvantaged communities, low-income, and other diverse characteristics of your targeted population and how you propose to address them.

Your ability to reach and positively impact the service population.

Describe briefly why the proposed service area is among the hardest hit by the opioid crisis in the country.

• Whether the project proposes to serve at least one census tract located in an Opportunity Zone as designated by the US Department of Treasury. A list of current Opportunity Zones and further information can be found at the following link:

https://www.cdfifund.gov/Pages/Opportunity-Zones.aspx.

Please be aware the IRS list provides the full 11-digit census tract https://www.cdfifund.gov/Pages/Opportunity-Zones.aspx number. Use the example below to identify the census tract number your project will be serving:

(3) Expected Outcomes and Outputs Clearly identify the anticipated outcome(s) and output(s) that will result from the project. Outcomes are the measurable results of the project.

Identify the positive benefits or measurable outputs and outcomes that occur as a result of project activities or services provided. In particular, be sure to address:

Number of women who will be placed into training;

Number of women who will access supportive services or career services as defined in Section I.A.;

Percentage of women employed in the 2nd quarter after exit from the program Percentage of women employed in the 4th quarter after exit from the program Median earnings of women employed in the 2nd quarter after exit from the program Whether and to what extent best practices or services developed under this grant can or will be sustained beyond the grant period;

Any systemic change anticipated to result from the grant activities.

These outcomes must be tracked during the follow-up period of the grant. The Women’s Bureau encourages applicants to use administrative data to measure employment and earnings outcomes and will provide technical assistance, in conjunction with the Employment and Training Administration, to facilitate that process

(4) Project Design Propose methods and activities that the project will use to address the primary objectives of the grant. Outline a plan of action that describes the scope and detail of how the project will accomplish the proposed work and include timelines for completion of work. Account for all functions or activities identified in the application. Cite factors that might accelerate or decelerate the work and state the reason for taking the proposed approach rather than other approaches. Identify any potential barriers and describe how the project will be able to overcome those barriers. Be sure to:

Describe the full nature and scope of each type of activity you propose to provide, including the method and frequency of delivery. Describe the employment training, career services, and supportive services you will provide to women who have been directly or indirectly impacted by the opioid crisis;

Describe how your service delivery model is informed by the evidence base on workforce development, opioid interventions, and women-focused interventions;

Demonstrate your experience administering programs connected with the public workforce system;

Describe how you translate your experience and history of serving disadvantaged communities into providing services to women workers impacted by the opioid crisis and support positive outcomes for women participants;

Describe how the project design will identify and successfully improve the lives and employment of women affected by the opioid crisis and deliver measurable positive outcomes by undertaking the proposed activities;

Describe the diverse group of partner agencies and organizations that you will coordinate with in order to reach and assist participants, and the roles that each partner agency or organization will play. Explain and document whether the grant recipient or a partner organization has demonstrated history and first-hand experience serving women workers primarily or exclusively. Identify whether the group will include State Governmental organizations, workforce intermediary organization, grassroots and other organizations, and what expertise, experience, and the capabilities each will bring to producing measurable positive outcomes for women workers.

Attach Letters of Commitment or Memoranda of Understanding between the applicant and each identified partners.

(5) Performance Evaluation Describe the measures, methods, techniques, and tools that will be used to evaluate the project and determine whether or not the project achieved its anticipated outcomes and to what extent those outcomes can be attributed to the project.

Include details on whether and how project participants will participate in evaluation activities. Describe how the data will be used to inform program delivery and document the “lessons learned,” both positive and negative, from the project that will be useful to people interested in replicating the project, if it proves successful. All applicants that receive awards will need to collect stories from women about whether and how the grant activities have improved their lives.

(6) Organizational, Administrative, and Fiscal Capacity Provide information on:

o How the applicant will manage and staff the project;

o The applicant’s current mission, structure, and relevant experience.

o Describe how staff, organizational structure, and management contribute to the ability of the applicant to conduct the project and its requirements and meet program expectations.

o Include information about any other organization(s) that will have a significant role in implementing the project and any previous experience implementing projects of similar design or magnitude.

o Describe:

- How you will meet the requirement of experience and history serving women workers, either with your own staff or with a partner organization;

- Your experience administering programs connected with the public workforce system;

- How your organizational structure and history will allow you to take a robust response to the opioid crisis.

- The diverse group of organizations that will work together towards the grant’s goals.

o Describe the applicant’s fiscal and administrative controls in place to manage Federal funds. Include the applicant’s capability to sustain some or all project activities after Federal financial assistance has ended.

o The applicant should also highlight the limited funding and staffing for the twelve-month follow-up period.

(7) Past Performance – Programmatic Capability

If you have received federally and/or non-federally funded assistance agreements (assistance agreements include Federal grants and cooperative agreements but not Federal contracts) similar in size, scope, and relevance to the proposed project that have been completed within the last five years of the closing date of this Announcement, please submit a list of no more than three such agreements and include a grantor contact name and telephone number for each. For each agreement, provide a short summary of two significant performance goals and the outcomes of those goals in order to demonstrate if and how the applicant successfully completed and managed each agreement. The outcomes must clearly demonstrate in numerical form if, in fact, the goals were met or exceeded. In evaluating applicants under these factors in Section V, we will consider the information you provided and may also consider relevant information from other sources, including information from our files and from current/prior grantors (e.g., to verify and/or supplement the information you provided).

If you have not received any federally and/or non-federally funded assistance agreements or have received fewer than three agreements, then you must describe and document past accomplishments achieved operating a comparable program.

Explain how your experience operating a comparable program prepared you to undertake the complexities of operating the proposed project. Describe how long the comparable program has been in operation, and include a grantor or third party contact name and telephone number for each program, as applicable.

(8) Budget and Budget Justification

Please see Section IV.B.2. for information on requirements related to the budget and budget justification.

4. Attachments to the Project Narrative

In addition to the Project Narrative, you must submit attachments. All attachments must be clearly labeled. We will only exclude those attachments listed below from the page limit. The Budget and Budget Justification do not count against the page limit requirements for the Project Narrative

You must not include additional materials such as résumés or general letters of support. You must submit your application in one package because documents received separately will be tracked separately and will…