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93.593 JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS

(JOLI Program)

FEDERAL AGENCY

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

AUTHORIZATION

Family Support Act of 1988, Section 505, Public Law
100-485, (42 U.S.C. 1926) as amended, Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Section 112, Public Law 104-193.

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the JOLI program is to award funds to
organizations that will create new permanent employment opportunities for
individuals receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
benefits and other individuals. Program funds are awarded in four project
designs priority areas: (1) expansion of existing businesses through
technical and financial assistance; (2) self-employment/microenterprise;
(3) new business ventures; (4) non-traditional employment initiatives that
lead to economic self-sufficiency for eligible participants. Priority
areas one, two and three require business plans.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE

Project Grants.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS

Funded projects must: (1) create new employment and/or
business opportunities for TANF recipients and other low-income
individuals; (2) enter into a cooperative agreement with the local TANF
agency involving client referrals to the applicant project and supportive
services for clients, and applicants are encouraged to establish a formal
partnership with the local Child Support Enforcement (CSE) agency
involving referrals of non-custodial parents to the applicant; (3) develop
a comprehensive project design that describes: the work program and
strategy; the participant training design; supportive services and
counseling; technical assistance and financial assistance plan; access to
business capital; and, follow-up participant support services; and, (4)
include an independent, methodologically sound evaluation of the
effectiveness of the activities in crating new jobs and/or business
opportunities. Funds awarded under this program cannot be used for new
construction or the purchase of real property. Grantee's applicable costs
and administrative procedures will be determined in accordance with 45 CFR
Part 74.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Applicant Eligibility

Only nonprofit organizations (including community
development corporations, faith based, charitable, and tribal
organizations) that are tax-exempt under section 501(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, by reason of paragraph (3) or (4) of section 501(c)
of such Code are eligible to apply. Tribal organizations that are
published in the Federal Register and www.grants.gov as a "Federally
Recognized Tribe" are eligible to apply.

Beneficiary Eligibility

Only recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) benefits and any other individual, whose income level does not
exceed 100 percent of the official poverty guidelines, as published by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, can be served under this
program. Emphasis is placed on serving individuals who are TANF
recipients, homeless, unemployed, non-custodial parents, reside in public
housing or receive housing assistance.

Credentials/Documentation

Applicants must include with the application written
evidence of the local TANF agency's willingness to enter a cooperative
agreement. Applicants are strongly encouraged to include with the
application written evidence of a partnership with the local CSE agency.
All non-profit organizations (including community development
corporations, faith based, charitable, and tribal organizations) must
include with the application written proof of tax-exempt status under
501(c) (3) or (4) of Internal Revenue Code 0f 1986. Tribal organizations
that are listed in the Federal Register and www.grants.gov as a "Federally
Recognized Tribe" have non-profit status and are eligible to apply; they
must include with the application written proof of such status.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS

Preapplication Coordination

This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372,
"Intergovernmental Review of Federal Program". If the applicant's State
has selected the program for review, the applicant should consult the
office or the official designated as the Single Point of Contact in his or
her State to obtain more information involving State requirements on the
process to be followed in applying for assistance.

Application Procedure

All information and forms required to prepare a grant are
published in the Federal Register and www.grants.gov website.

Award Procedure

Official notice of approved grant applications is made
through issuance of a Financial Assistance Award. Official notice of an
accepted application proposal is made through award of a grant.

Deadlines

Deadlines for grants are announced in the Federal Register
and www.grants.gov as part of the solicitation of applicants. Closing Date
for the Fiscal Year 2005 will be published in the Federal Register and
www.grants.gov, anticipated in May 2005.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

Generally, solicited grants will be acted upon within 180
days.

Appeals

Appeals are processed in accordance with HHS regulations in
45 CFR Part 16.

Renewals

No-cost extensions are available, if formally applied for
and approved. If an application is recommended for approval for 1 or more
years, the grantee must submit each year a formal request for an extension
accompanied by a progress report which will be evaluated prior to a
recommendation of continuation.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS

Formula and Matching Requirements

There is no requirement for matching Federal funds, however
applicants are encouraged to share in the cost of projects and to mobilize
other resources for project implementation. Cooperative letters of
resource commitment are given special considered in the review of
applications.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Grant awards are approved for up to a 3 year project
period. The maximum grant for the full project and budget period is
$500,000.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

Reports

Required reporting includes: Semi-Annual Programmatic and
Semi-Annual Fiscal reporting and Final program and fiscal reporting, which
is a cumulative report for the total project operational period. All
projects must include an independent, methodologically sound evaluation of
the effectiveness of the activities carried out under the grant. Interim
Project Evaluation reports must be submitted annually and a Final Project
Evaluation report at the end of the project period. Evaluation reporting
includes: project evaluation plan, annual evaluation reports, and a final
cumulative evaluation report.

Audits

In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133
(Revised June 27, 2003), Audits of States, Local Governments and
Non-Profit Organizations, Non-Federal entities that expend $500,000 or
more in a year in Federal awards shall have a single or program-specific
audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provisions of this
part. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in
Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year,
except as noted in section .215(a), but records must be available for
review or audit by appropriate officials of the Federal agency,
pass-through entity, and General Accounting Office (GAO).

Records

Financial and other records of the grant are to be kept 3
years after the termination of the grant or until audited, whichever comes
first.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Account Identification

75-1536-0-1-506.

Obligations

(Grants) FY 05 $5,436,000; FY 06 est $5,382,000; and FY 07
est $0.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

Maximum award is $500,000, Twelve grants were awarded in
Fiscal Year 2004. Ten grant awards are anticipated for Fiscal Year 2005.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Ten grants were awarded in FY 2005 and it is anticipated
that the same number of grants will be awarded in FY 06. JOLI projects are
awarded funds to: create new jobs for TANF recipients and other low-income
individuals that will move them toward economic self-sufficiency through:
self-employment/microenterprise business employment initiatives, new
business ventures, or expansion of existing businesses through technical
and financial assistance, and through non-traditional employment
initiatives for women and minorities in the industries and businesses that
currently represent twenty-five percent or less of that workforce.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE

JOLI Program guidelines are published in the Federal
Register. Estimated publication of the FY 2005 JOLI program announcement
is late April 2005. Other information JOLI Program information is
available at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/index.html; Poverty
Guidelines: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/02poverty.htm; and Grants
generally at: http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet.

INFORMATION CONTACTS

Regional or Local Office

Not applicable.

Headquarters Office

Thomas Campbell, Team Leader, Division of Community
Discretionary Programs, Office of Community Services, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 370
L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: 202/401-5483,
[email-masked].

Web Site Address

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/index.html

RELATED PROGRAMS

93.647, Social Services Research and Demonstration; 93.645,
Child Welfare Services_State Grants; 93.601, Child Support Enforcement
Demonstrations and Special Projects.

EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS

Microenterprise business development, self-employment
business training, specialized job training related to new businesses
and/or a specific business expansion project that is designed to create
full-time permanent jobs for eligible TANF and other low-income
individuals to move them toward economic self-sufficiency, and
non-traditional employment opportunities for women and minorities in the
industries and businesses that currently represent twenty-five percent or
less of that workforce.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS

Selecting factors include: (1) organizational experience in
program area and staff responsibilities; (2) analysis of need; (3) work
program; (4) significant and beneficial impact; (5) third party
evaluation; (6) public-private partnerships; and, (7) budget
appropriateness and reasonableness.

General Services Administration
Office of Chief Acquisition
Officer
Regulatory and Federal Assistance Division (VIR)