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Notice of Availability of Funds and
Solicitation for Grant Applications
(SGA) for Prisoner Re-entry Initiative
Grants
Announcement Type: Notice for
Solicitation for Grant Applications.
Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/
DFA PY–08–03.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 17.261.
Key Dates: The closing date for receipt
of applications under this
announcement is (OGCM will insert;
approximately 60 days). Applications
must be received no later than 4 p.m.
(Eastern Time). Application and
Submission information is explained in
detail in Section IV of this SGA.
SUMMARY: The President’s Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI) seeks to strengthen
urban communities characterized by
large numbers of returning prisoners
through an employment-centered
program that incorporates mentoring,
job training, and other comprehensive
transitional services. This program is a
joint effort of the Department of Justice
(DOJ) and the Department of Labor
(DOL) designed to reduce recidivism by
helping inmates find work when they
return to their communities, as part of
an effort to build a life in the
community for everyone. This spring,
DOJ awarded PRI grants to 19 State
correctional agencies to provide prerelease services to prisoners returning to
one targeted county within the State.

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Under this solicitation, DOL will be
awarding grants to faith-based and
community organizations (FBCOs) to
provide post-release services primarily
to the prisoners provided pre-release
services under the DOJ grant in urban
communities within the target counties.
This competition is limited to FBCOs
operating within the target county(ies)
identified in each DOJ grant. The
following is the list of target counties
that received a DOJ PRI grant this
spring:
1. Jefferson County, AL
2. Maricopa County, AZ
3. Los Angeles County, CA
4. Denver County, CO
5. Fairfield County, CT
6. New Castle County, DE
7. Cook County, IL
8. Allen County, IN
9. Caddo and Bossier Parishes, LA *
10. Baltimore County, MD
11. Genessee County, MI
12. Greene County, MO
13. Clarke County, NV
14. Mercer County, NJ
15. Erie County, NY
16. Tulsa County, OK
17. Philadelphia County, PA
18. Davidson County, TN
19. Milwaukee, WI
DOL expects that each of the 19
awardees will serve at least 100
returning prisoners during the first year
of this initiative. FBCOs applying for
these grants will identify as part of their
application the need in the community
that they plan to serve; their plan for
serving released prisoners; and their
partnerships with the criminal justice
system, local Workforce Investment
Board, housing authority, and mental
health and substance abuse treatment
providers.
Mailed applications must be
addressed to the U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Division of Federal
Assistance, Attention: Jeannette
Flowers, Reference SGA/DFA PY 08–03,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room
N–4716, Washington, DC 20210.
Telefacsimile (FAX) applications will
not be accepted. Information about
applying online can be found in Section
IV (C) of this document. Applicants are
advised that mail delivery in the
Washington area may be delayed due to
mail decontamination procedures. Hand
delivered proposals will be received at
the above address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

* In this instance, the urban area stretches further
than one county so applicants operating in one or
both counties are permissible.

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I. Funding Opportunity Description
A. Background
Each year approximately 650,000
inmates are released from State and
Federal prisons and return to their
communities and families. Without
help, a majority of ex-prisoners do in
fact return to criminal activity.
According to the U.S. Department of
Justice, almost three out of five
returning inmates will be charged with
new crimes within 3 years of their
release from prison and two out of five
will be re-incarcerated.
Released prisoners face a myriad of
challenges that contribute to a return to
criminal activity, re-arrest, and reincarceration. Joblessness among exprisoners has been broadly linked to
recidivism rates. Statistics demonstrate
that even before incarceration, adult
prisoners demonstrate weak or nonexistent ties to the workforce. Data from
1997 show that nearly one-third of adult
prisoners were unemployed in the
month before their arrest, compared to
seven percent unemployment in the
general population.1 Post-incarceration,
employment rates only get worse—
unemployment among ex-prisoners has
been estimated at between 25 and 40
percent. Likewise, prisoners also
demonstrate low levels of educational
attainment. Nineteen percent of adult
State prisoners are completely illiterate
and 40 percent are functionally
illiterate; 2 over half of State parole
entrants were not high school graduates
and as many as eleven percent had only
an eighth grade education or less.3
Additionally, the high economic cost of
incarceration and the loss of large
numbers of potential workers in some
cities and regions across the U.S.
threatens our nation’s global
competitiveness and in some cities and
regions across America, it represents a
real disincentive for business
investment.
Research has also broadly
documented the substance abuse and
mental health issues of ex-prisoners—
factors that are likely to contribute to
poor education levels, un-employability,
and a return to criminal activity. A
study of parolees from State prisons in
1999 found that 84 percent had been
using an illegal drug or abusing alcohol
at the time of their offense. One-quarter
had been alcohol dependent and onequarter had been IV drug users.
Fourteen percent had a mental illness
and twelve percent were homeless at the
1 Petersilia, 2002. When Prisoners Come Home:
Parole and Prisoner Reentry.
2 Rubinstien, 2001 as quoted in Petersilia, 2002.
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time of their arrest. In some States,
nearly one-quarter of parole revocations
were related to drug-related violations.4
Estimates of mental illness among the
prison population vary. One study
found that sixteen percent of State
prison and local jail inmates had a
mental illness as did seven percent of
Federal prisoners. Among detainees
with a mental disorder, 72 percent also
had a substance abuse disorder.5 In a
survey of prisoners, one-fourth of male
adults and more than one-third of
female adults reported having been
treated at some time for a mental or
emotional problem.6 Only one-third of
adult male detainees and one-fourth of
females who needed services for severe
mental disorders received treatment in
jail.7
In returning to criminal activity, exprisoners contribute to the presence of
violence and crime in already struggling
neighborhoods and reduce their chances
of living healthy and positive lives and
strengthening their families. Research
indicates that parental loss is related to
a host of poor outcomes for children
that include poverty, drug abuse,
educational failure, criminal behavior,
and premature death. Healthy and
consistent relationships between
parents and children strengthen the
community by positively impacting
both parent and child generations. Exoffenders who maintain strong family
and community ties have greater
success in reintegrating into the
community and avoiding incarceration.8
In order to successfully reintegrate
into the community it is essential that
ex-offenders possess the skills and
support necessary to enter and compete
in the workforce. The Prisoner Re-entry
Initiative is designed to draw on the
unique strengths of faith-based and
community-based organizations and to
rely on them as a primary partner for
social service delivery to ex-prisoners
by providing a direct link into the
communities to which the ex-prisoners
are returning. It also seeks to coordinate
the provision of these services with
supervision of these released prisoners
4 Hughes, T.A., Wilson, D.J., and Belk, A.J., 2001,
Trends in State Parole, 1990–2000. Bureau of
Justice Statistics, Special Report, NCJ 184735.
5 Ditton, P.M., 1999, Mental Health and
Treatment of Inmates and Probationers,
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
6 Harlow, C.W., 1998, Profile of Jail Inmates,
1996, Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report,
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice,
NCJ164620.
7 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, 2002, Report to Congress on the
Prevention and Treatment of Co-occurring
Substance Abuse Disorders and Mental Disorders.
8 Hairston, 1991; Muston, 1994; Nelson, 1999.

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to ensure they are held accountable for
their behavior upon release.
Community-based partners are well
suited for this work because they can
provide the resources and infrastructure
that are necessary to intervene in the
lives of returnees and interrupt cycles of
crime and incarceration. This grant will
rely heavily on FBCOs to develop
relationships and ensure connections to
rehabilitation services for the formerly
incarcerated.
In addition, FBCOs will be utilized in
this grant because evidence indicates
that faith-based and community
institutions are among the strongest,
most trusted institutions in the urban
neighborhoods to which the majority of
released inmates will return. Local faithbased and community institutions are a
significant presence, with many
resources at their command—including
buildings, volunteers, and a tradition of
outreach and service.9 Churches,
mosques, temples, and community
centers are especially significant in poor
urban areas where FBCOs have
historically had a strong presence. The
additional trust that many FBCOs have
earned outside urban centers is
invaluable, since collaboration and
communication with public, private and
nonprofit providers and policymakers
are essential to helping those in
resource-poor neighborhoods.
Many FBCOs also possess a proven
ability to work collaboratively with
other service providers and justice
agencies for the delivery of social
services. This is an invaluable asset as
the FBCOs that operate in poor urban
neighborhoods are typically small and
have limited financial resources. For
them to effectively ensure connections
to job training and social services, it is
critical that they build collaborations
with other public and private
organizations.
A substantial number of inner-city
faith-based and community
organizations already have re-entry
programs, including 30 Generation 1
PRI Grantees awarded in 2005 and 23
Generation 2 PRI Grantees just awarded
this spring. This set of Generation 3 PRI
Grantees will serve to further expand
the number of such reentry programs in
the country.
B. Objectives
The Prisoner Re-entry Initiative is
designed to strengthen urban
communities through an employmentcentered program that incorporates
mentoring, job training, and other
9 Branch, 2002. Faith and Action: Implementation
of the National Faith-Based Initiative for High-Risk
Youth, Public/Private Ventures.

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comprehensive transitional services.
This program seeks to reduce recidivism
by helping inmates find work when they
return to their communities, keep those
jobs and increase their earnings over
time. In the local areas served through
this initiative, FBCOs will provide
comprehensive and coordinated
services to ex-offenders in the following
four areas:
• Employment: Employment is a
critical stabilizing factor for ex-offenders
and this initiative will stress job
placement, job retention, and increasing
the earnings potential of released
prisoners. FBCOs will offer job training
and job placement services in
coordination with business, local OneStop Centers, educational institutions,
and other employment providers.
Partnering faith-based and community
organizations will provide each program
participant with work-readiness, soft
skills training, mentoring, job placement
or referral for job placement, and followup services to increase job retention.
• Vocational Training and
Educational Services: Educational
attainment is increasingly critical in the
global economy. A vast majority of jobs
now require more than a high school
diploma. FBCOs should conduct
assessments and work with participants
to create individual development plans
to connect participants to continuing
education services (either toward the
attainment of a high school diploma or
GED or toward the attainment of an
Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree), based
on the participant’s needs and interests,
by partnering with adult education
agencies, community colleges and other
education providers. As well, FBCOs
should partner to offer opportunities for
advanced vocational training with the
goal of industry-recognized
certifications, particularly in highgrowth, high-demand fields in the local
economy.
• Mentoring: Mentoring is a key
element of re-entry support. Previous
research and programming have
demonstrated the benefits of mentoring
in reducing recidivism and supporting
returning offenders. FBCOs will provide
post-release mentoring and other
services essential to reintegrating exoffenders in coordination with the
corrections, parole, and probation
structure. Participating adult exoffenders will be matched with
appropriate mentors who will be
primarily responsible for supporting the
returnee in the community and the
workplace. Mentors will offer support,
guidance, and assistance with the many
challenges faced by ex-offenders. For
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relationship over a prolonged period of
time between two or more people where
caring volunteer mentors assist exprisoners in successfully and
permanently reentering their
communities by providing consistent
support as needed, guidance, and
encouragement that impacts PRI
participants in developing positive
social relationships and achieving
program outcomes such as job retention,
family reunification, reduced
recidivism, etc.
• Referral to Necessary Supportive
Services: While funds provided under
this grant must not be used to provide
housing, health care, or alcohol or
substance abuse treatment, DOL expects
that grantees will develop partnerships
with the necessary social services
agencies within their communities so as
to be able to refer released prisoners to
these necessary services. In particular,
grantees should be connecting with the
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
through the local workforce system’s
Local Veterans’ Employment
Representative (LVER) and Disabled
Veterans’ Outreach Program (DVOP) to
serve participants who are veterans.
These partnerships should enable
service providers to increase the number
of successful outcomes at minimal
expense since eligible veterans receive a
plethora of services including housing,
medical, and substance abuse treatment
through a Nationwide network of
services. Further, the DVA has programs
for incarcerated veterans through their
Regional offices that may prove
invaluable during the marketing of said
program since veterans are a known
commodity.
C. Design and Structure of the Initiative
What Is the Overall Structure of This
Initiative?
This spring, DOJ awarded PRI grants
to 19 State criminal justice and other
State agencies to provide pre-release
services to prisoners returning to one
targeted county within the State. Under
this solicitation, DOL will be awarding
grants to faith-based and community
organizations (FBCOs) to provide postrelease services to the prisoners
provided pre-release services under the
DOJ grant in urban communities within
the county(ies) targeted by DOJ. DOL
will make one award in each of the
targeted counties named in the DOJ
awards. This competition is limited to
FBCOs operating within the target
county(ies) identified in each DOJ grant.
The list of these target counties can be
found in the ‘‘Summary’’ at the
beginning of this solicitation. DOL
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during each year of this initiative. As
well, the DOJ grants include a
requirement of a 30 percent sub-award
to a local FBCO in the targeted county.
This sub-award may or may not go to
the FBCO awarded under DOL’s
solicitation.
To apply for these grants, FBCOs must
identify an urban community within the
targeted county(ies) and describe the
need for this Federal support in that
community and their plan for providing
services to released prisoners. They
must also demonstrate that they have
established partnerships with the
criminal justice system, local Workforce
Investment Board, and the local housing
authority. They must also identify their
plan to leverage other Federal, State, or
local resources, as well as private sector
resources, to provide other support
services that are not directly funded
through this initiative such as substance
abuse and mental health treatment.
Given that DOL plans to award grants
to 19 FBCOs in the counties that are the
focus of the recently awarded DOJ
grants, FBCOs in one county will not be
competing against FBCOs in another
county. Rather, DOL expects that more
than one FBCO will be applying for a
grant in each of the target county areas
within the 19 DOJ-awarded States, so
that FBCOs will be competing against
other FBCOs in their same county(ies).
If only one organization applies within
a county, a review panel will assess that
application and a technical acceptability
determination will be made. If
determined to be technically
unacceptable, DOL reserves the right to
not make an award within that county.
Who Will Be the Grant Recipients
Under This Initiative?
The recipients of the DOL grants will
be faith-based and community
organizations that are located in or have
a pre-existing staff presence in an urban
community within the target county(ies)
being served.
How Large a Grant Should I Apply for?
FBCOs should apply for a grant of
$300,000 to cover their first year of
operations. Funds will be awarded
under this initiative through grants for
an initial period of 1 year, with up to
two additional years of funding
depending on the availability of funds
and demonstrated performance. If
funding is available beyond the first 3
years, additional years of performance
may be awarded through a competitive
reevaluation based on satisfactory
performance and/or other factors. The
level of funding for additional years of
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initial award amount depending on the
availability of funds.

grantees that do not begin providing
services by the end of the first 4 months.

What Is the Target Group To Be Served
Under These Grants?

How Will Success Be Measured Under
These Grants?

Generally, grantees should plan to
serve individuals 18 years old and older
who have been convicted as an adult
and imprisoned pursuant to an Act of
Congress or a State law, and who have
never been convicted of a sex-related
offense other than prostitution who
have been referred to the FBCO from the
DOJ State criminal justice agency
grantee. Additional information on
eligible participants is provided in
Section III(A). It is expected that
participants referred from DOJ grantees’
pre-release programs will have been
assessed for risk based on a validated
tool and that participants recruited
directly from the local community,
beyond those they accept from the DOJ
grantee referrals, would only be eligible
if they did not have a violent presenting
or past offense or any sex-related
offenses.

Grantees will be held to nationally
established performance goals. Four
outcome measures will be used to
measure success in these grants: entered
employment rate, employment retention
rate, average earnings, and recidivism
rate. In addition, grantees will report on
a number of leading indicators that will
serve as predictors of success. Leading
indicators will include: enrollment rate;
percentage of enrollees participating in
mentoring; participation in education,
training, and workforce preparation;
attainment of degrees and certificates;
reduced substance abuse; proportion of
enrollees in stable housing; and
proportion of enrollees complying with
parole conditions. In applying for these
grants, FBCOs agree to use DOL’s Webbased Management Information System
(MIS) and to submit Quarterly
Performance Reports (QPRs) that
contain data on enrollee characteristics,
services provided, placements,
outcomes, and follow-up status.

What Are Allowable Uses of Grant
Funds?
DOL grant funds can be used to
provide a variety of services to returning
prisoners, including workforce
development services, education and
vocational training, job training, on-thejob training, work experience, basic
skills remediation, counseling and case
management, mentoring, and other
reentry services. DOL grant funds may
also be used for up to 3 months of prerelease services, including orientation,
developing post-release plans, building
relationships between project staff and
prisoners, assisting prisoners to obtain
documents necessary for employment
upon release, and other activities
necessary to establishing program
connections with prisoners prior to their
release. These funds can also be used to
provide incentives to participants for
participating in the program and up to
1.5 percent of DOL grant funds may be
used to provide needs-based payments
to participants, though FBCOs must
have a standard and consistent policy in
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Will There Be a Planning Period After
Grant Award?
FBCOs will be allowed up to 4
months of their first year of operations
to put into place their various local
partnerships and to hire additional staff,
if necessary. The probability of
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Will There Be an Evaluation of This
Initiative?
ETA will require that the program or
project participate in an evaluation of
overall performance of Prisoner ReEntry Initiative grants. To measure the
impact of the Prisoner Re-Entry
Initiative programs, ETA will arrange for
or conduct an independent evaluation
of the outcomes and benefits of the
projects. Applicants must agree to fully
participate in the evaluation by making
records on participants, employers and
funding available, and to provide access
to program operating personnel and
participants, as specified by the
evaluator(s) under the direction of ETA,
including after the expiration date of the
grant.
D. Guidelines for Technical Proposal
How Should I Organize My Technical
Proposal?
Organize your technical proposal to
answer the questions below. The criteria
below will be used to evaluate your
proposal. Points will be deducted from
applications that are not fully
responsive to these questions. The
technical questions are as follows:
1. What is the need for the project in
the urban community with the target
county(ies) to be served by the grant?
(10 points)
Identify the urban community within
the county(ies) that you propose to serve
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for this Federal support. Demonstrate
how your community can benefit from
Federal assistance due to being an urban
area heavily impacted by high numbers
of returning prisoners and high rates of
recidivism. Use census tract data from
the 2000 census to show the population
of the community, its poverty rate, and
its unemployment rate. Use local law
enforcement data to show the crime rate
and recidivism rate for the community
and how this compares with the State or
county as a whole. Use data at the
neighborhood level rather than the
county level in addressing the need for
your project.
Applicants will be evaluated based on
their ability to demonstrate the need for
Federal assistance. This will be assessed
by the following elements:
• Number of returning offenders to
the urban community identified;
• Rate of recidivism, relative to the
target county and the state overall; and
• Unemployment and poverty levels
of the community.
2. What Is the Project Design and
Service Strategy? (55 points total)
Describe the project design and
service strategy for each of the following
required program components.
How Do You Plan To Increase the
Employment and Education
Opportunities of Released Prisoners
Who You Will Be Serving? (25 points)
Describe how you will use funds
available under this grant to increase the
employment opportunities of released
prisoners. Describe how you will use
assessments to identify the potential for
increasing educational attainment of
participants, either through the
attainment of a GED or through postsecondary education or vocational
training. Discuss how you will provide
work-readiness training, job placement,
and post-placement support. Often a
condition of release is to find
employment quickly. How will you help
these persons find a job soon after their
release from prison? Describe how you
will work with employers to identify
and create job openings for released
prisoners. Where applicable, applicants
should include letters of commitment
from employers detailing how they will
train and/or hire participants of the
initiative. How will you connect
participants with jobs in high-growth,
high-demand industries, particularly
those most likely to hire ex-offenders.
How will you link with WIRED and
other DOL-funded workforce
development projects in your area? Be
sure to indicate how many directservice staff will be hired with these
grant funds to assist released prisoners
find employment and justify the need.

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How Will You Coordinate With Other
Agencies To Obtain Housing Services to
Released Prisoners? (10 points)
Funds awarded under this initiative
must not be used to provide housing
services for participants, but grantees
are expected to coordinate with agencies
that provide such services. Discuss
partnerships in place to provide both
transitional housing and permanent
housing to released prisoners.
Applicants should include letters of
commitment detailing the partnerships
in place, expected roles of partners and
how these partners will coordinate
efforts to assist this initiative. Discuss
options for assisting released prisoners
who need to put a deposit on an
apartment. Please note that McKinney
Vento Supportive Housing Program
(SHP) transitional and permanent
housing funded through the Continuum
of Care application process cannot be
used for ex-offenders.
How Will You Provide Mentoring for
the Released Prisoners Who You Will Be
Serving? (10 points)
Mentoring is a key part of this
initiative and we expect that you will be
able to offer mentors to each of the
released prisoners who desires these
services. Discuss your plans for
providing mentors to released prisoners.
Describe any experience that you have
in operating mentoring programs or how
you will develop this capacity. Describe
how the mentoring component will be
administered and staffed. Describe how
you will involve other local faith-based
and community organizations in
recruiting mentors for this project.
Describe what training you will provide
to mentors. Discuss who you will recruit
to serve as mentors (i.e., former
prisoners that have successfully
reintegrated back into society).
How Will You Coordinate Alcohol
and Drug Treatment and Other Health
and Supportive Services to Released
Prisoners Who Require Such
Assistance? (10 points)
Provide examples of local
partnerships that you have developed or
will develop to secure treatment and
support services for released prisoners.
Because grant funds cannot be used to
provide alcohol and drug treatment,
give examples of other resources that are
available to provide such services. Also
give examples of local partnerships you
have developed or will develop to
provide physical and mental health
services and provide letters of
commitment detailing the partners’
roles, where applicable. Many released
prisoners will be under court orders to
pay child support and/or restitution.
How will you assist these individuals in
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will you partner with agencies that
serve ex-offenders, including SAMHSA,
Veterans Affairs, etc.? Describe how
your program will connect with
workforce system programs to provide
services to eligible veterans, such as
Local Veterans’ Employment
Representatives (LVERs), Disabled
Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP)
specialists, and in particular, the
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Veterans’ Integrated Service Network
(VISN) including the Incarcerated
Veteran Re-Entry Specialist that is
assigned to VISN in the area being
served and the programs provided to
incarcerated veterans through the VISN.
For this criterion, applicants will be
evaluated on how comprehensive and
collaborative their program design is.
Particular elements to be evaluated
include:
• Partnerships with expected
partners, including State criminal
justice agencies, probation and parole,
Workforce Investment Boards, housing
partners, and other service providers
(including alcohol and drug treatment
and mental health services);
• Design of program elements,
including employment and education
placements, job training, connections to
employers (particularly in high-growth,
high-demand fields), and mentoring;
and
• Description of asset mapping or
similar strategies to locate and connect
to existing resources in the area to
provide support services.
3. How Have You Coordinated in the
Past and How Do You Plan To
Coordinate With State Criminal Justice
Agencies, Probation, and Parole in the
Operation of Your Program? (20 points)
Describe your plans for working with
State criminal justice agencies,
probation and parole in operating your
program. Describe your plans for
obtaining referrals from State criminal
justice agencies (the majority of
participants served by these grants
should be direct referrals from the DOJ
PRI grant) and in gaining permission to
enter prisons for introductory meetings
with prisoners soon to be released into
your community. Describe how you
plan to coordinate with parole and
probation in providing post-release
services for former prisoners.
Applicants should provide letters of
commitment detailing the roles of each
partner and how participants will be
referred if possible. Describe past
experience and/or contracts in which
you worked with the criminal justice
agency in your State. Describe how you
will partner collaboratively with the
State criminal justice agency to meet the
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including receiving referrals and ongoing updates regarding participant
recidivism from the criminal justice
agency.
Applicants will be evaluated based on
the following criteria:
• The existence of previously
established relationships with criminal
justice agencies and probation and
parole; and
• The strategy for obtaining an ongoing method of referrals for soon-to-bereleased offenders.
4. What is the quality and experience
of your organization to operate this
initiative? (15 points)
Describe your organization and its
qualifications for serving as the local
FBCO in this initiative. How long has
your organization been in existence in
the area you plan to serve? What
services and programs has it previously
provided in the urban area to be served
by the grant? Discuss the experience of
the organization in operating re-entry
and employment programs, including
the results of those programs (in terms
of individual service outcomes).
Describe the qualifications of key staff
persons of your organization who may
work on this project, and their specific
experience relating to this project. Also
describe previous experience of the
organization in operating grants from
either Federal or non-Federal sources.
Describe the fiscal controls in place in
your organization. What is your
organization’s current annual budget?
Also describe how you would expect to
continue serving ex-offenders once the
Federal grant funds have been
expended. What is your organization’s
sustainability plan?
Applicants will be evaluated on the
strength of their organizational
experience. Particular criteria include:
• Length of time applicant has been
operating in the identified urban area
within the target county(ies);
• Previous experience of the
applicant in serving ex-offenders with
re-entry and employment services;
• Experience of key staff in relation to
developing employment and education
programming for re-entry populations;
and
• The applicant’s sustainability plan
for continuing to serve this population.
II. Award Information
What type of assistance instrument will
be awarded under this initiative?
Funds will be awarded under this
initiative through grants for an initial
period of 1 year, with up to two
additional option years depending on
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available beyond the first 3 years,
additional years of performance may be
awarded through a competitive
reevaluation based on satisfactory
performance and/or other factors.
What is the expected number of awards?
DOL expects to award grants for 19
projects.
What is the total amount expected to be
awarded through this announcement?
DOL expects to award a total of $5.7
million in initial grants through this
announcement.
What is the expected amount of
individual awards?
DOL expects that initial awards will
be approximately $300,000.
III. Eligibility Information and Other
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Am I an eligible applicant for these
grants?
You are eligible to apply for the DOL
grants if you are a faith-based or
community organization and are located
within or have a pre-existing staff
presence in an urban community within
the target county(ies) identified in the
SUMMARY at the beginning of this
solicitation.
Who is eligible to be served under these
grants?
Individuals 18 years old and older
who have been convicted as an adult
and imprisoned pursuant to an Act of
Congress or a State law, and who have
never been convicted of a sex-related
offense other than prostitution can be
served with these grants. The majority
of participants served by these grants
should be direct referrals from the DOJ
PRI grant. However, individuals who
have been recruited from the
community may also be served. Such
recruits must be enrolled in the program
within 180 days after their release from
prison or a halfway house, except that
up to 10 percent of individuals served
can be enrolled over 180 days after their
prison release. Services may be
provided to individuals who have been
released from prison and are residing in
a halfway house. Participants referred
from the DOJ grantees’ pre-release
programs will have been given a risk
assessment but if the DOL grantee
chooses to enroll additional participants
from the community, these returning
offenders should not have a violent
presenting or past offense. The Grant
Officer will consider the use of waivers
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waivers would require the use of a
validated risk assessment tool.
This program is subject to the
provisions of the ‘‘Jobs for Veterans
Act,’’ Public Law 107–288, which
provides 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 the Department of Labor. Please
note that, to obtain priority of service,
a veteran must meet the program’s
eligibility requirements. ETA Training
and Employment Guidance Letter
(TEGL) No. 5–03 (September 16, 2003)
provides general guidance on the scope
of the veterans priority statute and its
effect on current employment and
training programs, and additional
guidance is available at the ‘‘Jobs for
Veterans Priority of Services Web site’’
(http://www.doleta.gov/programs/
VETS/).
B. Cost Sharing or Matching
Is cost sharing or matching required for
these grants?
No, cost sharing or matching is not
required, although leveraging of
resources is strongly encouraged in
order to maximize the impact of the
project in the identified county.
Applicants should describe what
resources, new and existing, may
support the goals of the project. While
the failure to offer leveraged resources
as a part of an application will not
preclude consideration of the
application, it will place the applicant
at a competitive disadvantage over
applicants that do so to the extent that
an applicant’s ability to arrange for the
provision of separately funded housing,
alcohol and drug treatment and other
health and social services will be
factored into the evaluation of the
application. Leveraging of existing
resources and committed partners are an
integral part of the PRI program model
and are necessary for a successful
reentry program.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
A. Address To Request Application
Package
This SGA includes all information
and links to forms needed to apply for
grant funding.
B. Content and Form of Application
Submission
What are the content and form of
application submission?
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II. Applications that fail to adhere to the
instructions in this section will be
considered non-responsive and may not
be given further consideration.
Applicants who wish to apply do not
need to submit a Letter of Intent. The
completed application package is all
that is required.
Part I of the proposal is the Cost
Proposal and must include the
following three items:
• The Standard Form (SF) 424,
‘‘Application for Federal Assistance’’
(available at http://www.doleta.gov/
grants/find_grants.cfm). The SF 424
must clearly identify the applicant and
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 will be
considered the Authorized
Representative of the applicant. In block
14 of the SF 424, the applicant must
specify the single county(ies) in which
they plan to serve. This designated
county (or two in the instance of
Louisiana) must be on the list of target
counties that received a DOJ PRI grant
this spring. The list can be found in the
SUMMARY at the beginning of this
solicitation. DOL will deem nonresponsive any application that fails to
designate the target county in which
they will be operating.
• All applicants for Federal grant and
funding opportunities are required to
have a Data Universal Numbering
System (DUNS) number provided by
Dun and Bradstreet. See Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Notice
of Final Policy Issuance, 68 FR 38402,
June 27, 2003. Applicants must supply
their DUNS number on the SF 424. The
DUNS number is a nine-digit
identification number that uniquely
identifies business entities. Obtaining a
DUNS number is easy and there is no
charge. To obtain a DUNS number,
access this Web site, http://
www.dunandbradstreet.com, or call 1–
866–705–5711.
• The SF 424A Budget Information
Form (available at http://
www.doleta.gov/grants/
find_grants.cfm). In preparing the
Budget Information Form, the applicant
must provide a concise narrative
explanation to support the request. In
addition, there should be a detailed
back-up budget that includes the
number of staff to be hired, delineated
by position titles.
Please note that applicants that fail to
provide the SF 424, SF 424A, and the
budget narrative will be removed from
consideration prior to the technical
review process. If the proposal calls for
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or includes other leveraged resources,
these funds should not be listed on the
SF 424 or SF 424A Budget Information
Form, but should be described in the
budget narrative.
Applicants are also encouraged, but
not required, to submit OMB Survey N.
1890–0014: Survey on Ensuring Equal
Opportunity for Applicants, which can
be found at http://www07.grants.gov/
agencies/
forms_repository_information.jsp.
Part II of the application is the
Technical Proposal, which demonstrates
the applicant’s capabilities to plan and
implement the Prisoner Re-entry
Initiative in accordance with the
provisions of this solicitation. The
Technical Proposal is limited to twenty
(20) double-spaced, single-sided, 8.5
inch x 11 inch pages with 12 point text
font and one-inch margins. Applicants
should number the Technical Proposal
beginning with page number one. Any
pages over the 20 page limit will not be
reviewed. The guidelines for the content
of the Technical Proposal are provided
in Section I (D) of this SGA.
In addition, the applicant must
provide letters of support from the
criminal justice agencies which will
release the prisoners and supervise their
release in the community and the local
Workforce Investment Board; a Time
Line outlining project activities; and a
two-page Executive Summary. These
additional materials do not count
against the 20-page limit for the
Technical proposal, but may not exceed
fifteen (15) pages. Any supplemental
materials over this page limit will not be
read.
Applications may be submitted
electronically on www.grants.gov or in
hard-copy via U.S. mail, professional
overnight delivery service, or hand
delivery. These processes are described
in further detail in Section IV (C).
Applicants submitting proposals in
hard-copy must submit an original
signed application (including the SF
424) and one (1) ‘‘copy-ready’’ version
free of bindings, staples or protruding
tabs to ease in the reproduction of the
proposal by DOL. Applicants submitting
proposals in hard copy are also
requested, though not required, to
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C. Submission Dates, Times, and
Addresses
What is the closing date for
applications?
The closing date for receipt of
applications under this announcement
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than 4 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Applications sent by e-mail, telegram, or
facsimile will not be accepted.
Applications that do not meet the
conditions set forth in this notice will
not be honored. No exceptions to the
mailing and delivery requirements set
forth in this notice will be granted.
To what address should I send my
application?
To apply by mail, please submit one
(1) blue-ink signed, typewritten original
of the application and two (2) signed
photocopies in one package to the U.S.
Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Division of
Federal Assistance, Attention: Jeannette
Flowers, Reference SGA/DFA PY–08–
03, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Room N–4716, Washington, DC 20210.
Information about applying online
through http://www.grants.gov can be
found in the next paragraph of this
section. Applicants are advised that
mail delivery in the Washington area is
delayed due to mail decontamination
procedures. Hand delivered proposals
will be received at the above address.
Applicants may apply online through
grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov). It is
strongly recommended that applicants
applying online for the first time via
grants.gov immediately initiate and
complete the ‘‘Get Registered’’
registration steps at http://
www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp. These steps may take
multiple days or weeks to complete, and
this time should be factored into plans
for electronic application submission in
order to avoid unexpected delays that
could result in the rejection of an
application. It is highly recommended
that online submissions be completed at
least 3 working days prior to the date
specified for the receipt of applications
to ensure that the applicant still has the
option to submit by overnight delivery
service in the event of any electronic
submission problems. If submitting
electronically through grants.gov, the
components of the application must be
saved as either .doc, .xls or .pdf files.
Late Applications: Any application
received after the exact date and time
specified for receipt at the office
designated in this notice will not be
considered, unless it is received before
awards are made, was properly
addressed, and: (a) Was sent by U.S.
Postal Service registered or certified
mail not later than the fifth calendar day
before the date specified for receipt of
applications (e.g., an application
required to be received by the 20th of
the month must be post marked by the
15th of that month) or (b) was sent by
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or submitted on grants.gov to the
addressee not later than one working
day prior to the date specified for
receipt of applications. An application
submitted through grants.gov will not be
considered ‘‘received’’ by the
Department of Labor unless it is:
electronically submitted on grants.gov
prior to the deadline; ‘‘validated’’ by
grants.gov; and forwarded by grants.gov
to the Department of Labor. It is highly
recommended that online submissions
be completed three working days prior
to the date specified for receipt of
applications to ensure that the applicant
still has the option to submit by
professional overnight delivery service
in the event of any electronic
submission problems. Applicants take a
significant risk by waiting until the last
day to submit by grants.gov.
‘‘Postmarked’’ means a printed, stamped
or otherwise placed impression that is
readily identifiable, without further
action, as having been supplied or
affixed on the date of mailing by an
employee of the U.S. Postal Service.
Therefore, applicants should request the
postal clerk to place a legible hand
cancellation ‘‘bull’s eye’’ postmark on
both the receipt and the package.
Failure to adhere to the above
instructions will be a basis for a
determination of non-responsiveness.
Evidence of timely submission by a
professional overnight delivery service
must be demonstrated by equally
reliable evidence created by the delivery
service provider indicating the time and
place of receipt.
D. Intergovernmental Review
Is an Intergovernmental Review
required?
This funding opportunity is not
subject to Executive Order (EO) 12372,
‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.’’
E. Cost Principles
All proposal costs must be necessary
and reasonable in accordance with
Federal guidelines. Determinations of
allowable costs will be made in
accordance with the applicable Federal
cost principles, e.g., 29 CFR 95.27; NonProfit Organizations—OMB Circular A–
122. Disallowed costs are those charges
to a grant that the grantor agency or its
representative determines not to be
allowed in accordance with the
applicable Federal Cost Principles or
other conditions contained in the grant.
Applicants will not be entitled to
reimbursement of pre-award costs.
DOL grant funds must not be used to
provide substance abuse treatment.
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available to persons enrolled in the
program using resources available
through partnerships with other
agencies. DOL grant funds must not be
used to provide housing assistance to
participants. It is expected that grantees
will leverage existing community
resources and provide referrals to
housing assistance through community
organizations and local agencies. DOL
grant funds must not be used to provide
assistance to participants to cover the
cost of healthcare. It is expected that
grantees will utilize existing resources
in the community and refer participants
to these providers. DOL grant funds
cannot be used to pay for food to
participants except as a needs-based
payment through which the participant
can purchase food or by providing food
baskets or vouchers for food and
household items as a supportive service
to enrollees. In the instance of these
needs-based payments, it is expected
that the grantee will have a detailed
policy in place regarding the
allowability and frequency of such
provisions and such payments should
not exceed more than 1.5 percent of the
grant program’s total operating budget.
Indirect Costs. As specified in OMB
Circular Cost Principles, indirect costs
are those that have been incurred for
common or joint objectives and cannot
be readily identified with a particular
cost objective. In order to utilize grant
funds for indirect costs incurred, the
applicant must obtain an Indirect Cost
Rate Agreement with its Federal
Cognizant Agency either before or
shortly after the grant award.
Administrative Costs. Under the PRI,
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 both
direct and indirect costs and are defined
at 20 CFR 667.220. Administrative costs
do not need to be identified separately
from program costs on the SF 424A
Budget Information Form. They should
be discussed in the budget narrative and
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.
Salary and bonus limitations. In
compliance with Pub. L. 109–234 and
Pub. L. 110–5, none of the funds
appropriated in Pub. L. 109–149, Pub. L.
110–5, or prior Acts under the heading
‘‘Employment and Training’’ that are
available for expenditure on or after
June 15, 2006, shall be used by a
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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, except as provided
for under section 101 of Public Law
109–149. This limitation shall not apply
to vendors providing goods and services
as defined in OMB Circular A–133. See
Training and Employment Guidance
Letter number 5–06 for further
clarification: http://wdr.doleta.gov/
directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2262.
Legal Rules Pertaining to Inherently
Religious Activities by Organizations
that Receive Federal Financial
Assistance. The government is generally
prohibited from providing direct
financial assistance for inherently
religious activities (please see 29 CFR
Part 2, Subpart D). These grants may not
be used for religious instruction,
worship, prayer, proselytizing or other
inherently religious activities except as
provided in those regulations.
Therefore, organizations must take steps
to separate, in time or location, their
inherently religious activities from the
services funded under this program.
Neutral, non-religious criteria that
neither favor nor disfavors religion will
be employed in the selection of grant
recipients and must be employed by
grantees in the selection of subrecipients.
A faith or community-based
organization receiving ETA funds
retains its independence from federal,
state, and local governments, and may
continue to carry out its mission,
including the definition, practice, and
expression of its religious beliefs. For
example, a faith or community-based
organization may use space in its
facilities to provide secular programs or
services funded with federal funds
without removing religious art, icons,
scriptures, or other religious symbols. In
addition, a faith or community-based
organization that receives federal funds
retains its authority over its internal
governance, and it may retain religious
terms in its organization’s name, select
its board members on a religious basis,
and include religious references in its
organization’s mission statements and
other governing documents in
accordance with all program
requirements, statutes, and other
applicable requirements governing the
conduct of ETA funded activities.
Faith and community-based
organizations may also reference ETA
Training and Employment Guidance
Letter (TEGL) No. 01–05 (July 6, 2005),
available at http://wdr.doleta.gov/
directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2088.
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regulations through the DOL’s new
online training course at Workforce3one
(http://www.workforce3one.org). The
course can be found by typing the key
words—equal treatment—in the search
box on the upper right hand corner of
the page. If you are previously registered
on this site, you can find the course
directly at http://
www.workforce3one.org/public/_
shared/detail.cfm?id=5566&simple=
false.
ETA Intellectual Property Rights.
Applicants should note that grantees
must agree to provide ETA a paid-up,
nonexclusive and irrevocable license to
reproduce, publish, or otherwise use for
federal purposes all products developed
or for which ownership was purchased
under an award, including but not
limited to curricula, training models,
technical assistance products, and any
related materials, and to authorize them
to do so. Such uses include, but are not
limited to, the right to modify and
distribute such products worldwide by
any means, electronically or otherwise.
Additional Requirements. Federal
funds may not be used to pay any
royalty or licensing fee associated with
such copyrighted material, although
they may be used to pay costs for
obtaining a copy which are limited to
the developer/seller costs of copying
and shipping. If revenues are generated
through selling products developed
with grant funds, including intellectual
property, these revenues are program
income. Program income is added to the
grant and must be expended for
allowable grant activities.
F. Withdrawal of Applications
Applications may be withdrawn by
written notice at any time before an
award is made. Applications may be
withdrawn in person by the applicant or
by an authorized representative thereof,
if the representative’s identity is made
known and the representative signs a
receipt for the proposal.
V. Application Review Information
A. Evaluation Criteria
What will be the criteria for award?
Panelists will rate proposals based on
the following criteria, which are
explained in detail in Section I(D) of
this SGA. These criteria and point
values are:
1. What is the need for the project in
the county to be served by the grant? (10
points)
2. What Is the Project Design and
Service Strategy? (55 points)
3. How have you coordinated in the
past and how do you plan to coordinate
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probation, and parole in the operation of
your program? (20 points)
4. What is the quality and experience
of your organization to operate this
initiative? (15 points)
B. Review and Selection Process
How will applications be reviewed and
selected?
Applications for the Prisoner Re-entry
Initiative Grants will be accepted after
the publication of this announcement
until the closing date. A technical
review panel will make a careful
evaluation of applications against the
criteria set forth in Section V(A) of this
Solicitation. These criteria are based on
the policy goals, priorities, and
emphases set forth in this SGA. Up to
100 points may be awarded to an
application, based on the required
information described in detail in
Section I(D) of this Solicitation. The
ranked scores will serve as the primary
basis for selection of applications for
funding. If only one organization
applies within a county, a review panel
will assess that application and a
technical acceptability determination
will be made. If determined to be
technically unacceptable, DOL reserves
the right to not make an award within
that county. Final selections will be
based on what is most advantageous to
the Government, and are contingent
upon availability of funds. The panel
results are advisory in nature and not
binding on the Grant Officer, who may
consider any information that comes to
his attention. DOL may elect to award
the grant(s) with or without prior
discussions with the applicants. Should
a grant be awarded without discussions,
the award will be based on the
applicant’s signature on the SF 424,
which constitutes a binding offer.
VI. Award Administration Information
A. Award Notices
All award notifications will be posted
on the ETA homepage (http://
www.doleta.gov). Applicants selected
for award will be contacted directly
before the grant’s execution. Applicants
not selected for award will be notified
by mail.
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1. Administrative Program
Requirements
All grantees will be subject to all
applicable Federal laws, regulations,
and the applicable OMB Circulars. The
grant(s) awarded under this SGA will be
subject to the following administrative
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a. Non-Profit Organizations—OMB
Circulars A–122 (Cost Principles) and
29 CFR Part 95 (Administrative
Requirements).
b. Educational Institutions—OMB
Circulars A–21 (Cost Principles) and 29
CFR Part 95 (Administrative
Requirements).
c. State and Local Governments—
OMB Circulars A–87 (Cost Principles)
and 29 CFR Part 97 (Administrative
Requirements).
d. Profit Making Commercial Firms—
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)—
48 CFR Part 31 (Cost Principles), and 29
CFR Part 95 (Administrative
Requirements).
e. All entities must comply with 29
CFR Parts 93 and 98, and, where
applicable, 29 CFR Parts 96 and 99.
f. 29 CFR Part 2, subpart D—Equal
Treatment in Department of Labor
Programs for Religious Organizations,
Protection of Religious Liberty of
Department of Labor Social Service
Providers and Beneficiaries.
g. 29 CFR Part 31—Nondiscrimination
in Federally Assisted Programs of the
Department of Labor—Effectuation of
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
h. 29 CFR Part 32—
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of
Handicap in Programs and Activities
Receiving or Benefiting from Federal
Financial Assistance.
i. 29 CFR Part 33—Enforcement of
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of
Handicap in Programs or Activities
Conducted by the Department of Labor.
j. 29 CFR Part 35—Nondiscrimination
on the Basis of Age in Programs or
Activities Receiving Federal Financial
Assistance from the Department of
Labor.
k. 29 CFR Part 36–Nondiscrimination
on the Basis of Sex in Education
Programs or Activities Receiving
Federal Financial Assistance.
The following administrative
standards and provisions may be
applicable:
a. Workforce Investment Act—20
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part
667. (General Fiscal and Administrative
Rules);
b. 29 CFR Part 30—Equal
Employment Opportunity in
Apprenticeship and Training; and
c. 29 CFR Part 37—Implementation of
the Nondiscrimination and Equal
Opportunity Provisions of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
In accordance with Section 18 of the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–65) (2 U.S.C. 1611) non-profit
entities incorporated under Internal
Revenue Service Code Section 501(c)(4)
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eligible to receive Federal funds and
grants.
Note: Except as specifically provided in
this Notice, DOL/ETA’s acceptance of a
proposal and an award of Federal funds to
sponsor any program(s) does not provide a
waiver of any grant requirements and/or
procedures. For example, OMB Circulars
require that an entity’s procurement
procedures must ensure that all procurement
transactions are conducted, as much as
practical, to provide open and free
competition. If a proposal identifies a
specific entity to provide services, the DOL/
ETA’s award does not provide the
justification or basis to sole source the
procurement, i.e., avoid competition, unless
the activity is regarded as the primary work
of an official partner to the application.

C. Special Program Requirements
Evaluation. DOL will require that the
program or project participate in an
evaluation of overall performance of
Prisoner Re-entry Grants. To measure
the impact of the Prisoner Re-entry
Grants, ETA may arrange for or conduct
an independent evaluation of the
outcomes and benefits of the projects.
Grantees must agree to make records on
participants, employers and funding
available, and to provide access to
program operating personnel and
participants, as specified by the
evaluator(s) under the direction of ETA,
including after the expiration date of the
grant.
D. Reporting
The grantee is required to provide the
reports and documents listed below:
Quarterly Financial Reports. A
Quarterly Financial Status Report (ETA–
9130) is required until such time as all
funds have been expended or the grant
period has expired. Quarterly reports
are due 45 days after the end of each
calendar year quarter, including the last
calendar quarter of the grant period.
Grantees must use ETA’s On-Line
Electronic Reporting System.
Quarterly Performance Reports.
FBCOs will be required to submit
updated performance data on
enrollment, services provided,
placements, outcomes, and follow-up
status. A government-procured MIS
system will be provided to all grantees.
Grantees will be required to have
industry-standard computer hardware
and high-speed Internet access in order
to use the MIS system. Grant funds may
be used with the prior approval of the
Grant Officer to upgrade computer
hardware and Internet access to enable
projects to use the MIS system.
Quarterly Narrative Reports. The
grantee must submit a quarterly
narrative report to the designated
Federal Project Officer within 30 days

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after the end of each quarter. Two
copies are to be submitted providing a
detailed account of activities
undertaken during that quarter. DOL
may require additional data elements to
be collected and reported on either a
regular basis or special request basis.
Grantees must agree to meet DOL
reporting requirements. The quarterly
progress report should be in narrative
form and should include:
1. In-depth information on
accomplishments, including project
success stories, upcoming grant
activities, and promising approaches
and processes.
2. Progress toward performance
outcomes, including updates on
product, curricula, and training
development.
Quarterly financial reports, quarterly
performance reports, and quarterly
narrative reports will all be provided
electronically.
Final Report. A final report must be
submitted no later than 60 days after the
expiration date of the grant. This report
must summarize project activities,
employment outcomes, and related
results of the training project, and
should thoroughly document capacity
building and training approaches. The
final report should also include copies
of all deliverables, e.g., curricula and
competency models. Three copies of the
final report must be submitted to ETA,
and grantees must agree to use a
designated format specified by DOL for
preparing the final report. A Closeout
Financial Status Report is due 90 days
after the end of the grant period.
Record Retention. Applicants should
be aware of Federal guidelines on record
retention, which require grantees to
maintain all records pertaining to grant
activities for a period of not less than 3
years from the time of final grant
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VII. Agency Contacts
For further information regarding this
SGA, please contact Jeannette Flowers,
Grants Management Specialist, Division
of Federal Assistance, at (202) 693–
3332. (Please note this is not a toll-free
number.) Applicants should fax all
technical questions to (202) 693–2705
and must specifically address the fax to
the attention of Jeannette Flowers and
should include SGA/DFA PY 08–03, a
contact name, fax and phone number,
and e-mail address. This announcement
is being made available on the ETA Web
site at http://www.doleta.gov/sga/
sga.cfm, at http://www.grants.gov, as
well as the Federal Register.

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VIII. Additional Resources and Other
Information
Resources for the Applicant
DOL maintains a number of webbased resources that may be of
assistance to applicants.
• The Workforce 3 One Web site,
http://www.workforce3one.org, is a
valuable resource for information about
demand-driven projects of the
workforce investment system,
educators, employers, and economic
development representatives.
• America’s Service Locator (http://
www.servicelocator.org) provides a
directory of the nation’s One-Stop
Career Centers.
• Career Voyages (http://
www.careervoyages.gov), a Web site
targeted at youth, parents, counselors,
and career changers, provides
information about career opportunities
in high-growth/high-demand industries.
• Applicants are encouraged to
review ‘‘Help with Solicitation for Grant
Applications’’ (http://www.doleta.gov).
• For a basic understanding of the
grants process and basic responsibilities
of receiving Federal grant support,
please see ‘‘Guidance for Faith-Based
and Community Organizations on
Partnering with the Federal
Government’’ (http://
www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/
guidance/index.html).
Other Information
OMB Information Collection No.
1225–0086.
Expires September 30, 2009
According to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are
required to respond to a collection of
information unless such collection
displays a valid OMB control number.
Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to
average 20 hours per response,
including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information.
Send comments regarding the burden
estimated or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to
the OMB Desk Officer for ETA, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503. PLEASE DO
NOT RETURN THE COMPLETED
APPLICATION TO THE OMB. SEND IT
TO THE SPONSORING AGENCY AS
SPECIFIED IN THIS SOLICITATION.
This information is being collected for
the purpose of awarding a grant. The
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‘‘Solicitation for Grant Applications’’
will be used by the Department of Labor
to ensure that grants are awarded to the
applicant best suited to perform the
functions of the grant. Submission of
this information is required for the
applicant to be considered for award of
this grant. Unless otherwise specifically
noted in this announcement,
information submitted in the
respondent’s application is not
considered to be confidential.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of
August 2008.
James Stockton,
Employment and Training Administration,
Grant Officer.
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BILLING CODE 4510–30–P

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
Notice of Meeting
The next meeting of the U.S.
Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled
for 18 September 2008, at 10 a.m. in the
Commission’s offices at the National
Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary
Square, 401 F Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20001–2728. Items of discussion
may include buildings, parks and
memorials.
Draft agendas and additional
information regarding the Commission
are available on our Web site: http://
www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the
agenda and requests to submit written
or oral statements should be addressed
to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S.
Commission of Fine Arts, at the above
address, or call 202–504–2200.
Individuals requiring sign language
interpretation for the hearing impaired
should contact the Secretary at least 10
days before the meeting date.
Dated in Washington, DC, August 28, 2008.
Thomas Luebke,
AIA, Secretary.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Appointments to Performance Review
Boards for Senior Executive Service
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Appointment to Performance
Review Boards for Senior Executive
Service.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has announced the

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