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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ETA |
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| Program Design and Administrative Procedures |
20 CFR 633.304 - Section 402 cost allocation.
- Section Number: 633.304
- Section Name: Section 402 cost allocation.
(a) General. Allowable costs for section 402 programs shall be
charged against the following four cost categories: Administration;
training; training-related supportive services; and nontraining-related
supportive services.
(1) Costs are allocable to a particular cost category to the extent
that benefits are received by such category.
(2) All grantees are required to plan, control, and report
expenditures against the aforementioned cost categories.
(3) All grantees are responsible for ensuring that subgrantees and
contractors plan, control, and report expenditures against the
aforementioned cost categories.
(b) Limitation on certain costs. (1) Costs for administration of the
grant shall not exceed 20 percent of the total amount of the grant.
(2) Costs for nontraining-related supportive services shall not
exceed 15 percent of the total amount of the grant.
(3) Costs for training shall be no less than 50 percent of the total
amount of the grant.
(c) Classification of costs by category. All grant costs shall be
charged to the
four cost categories listed above. Within each category costs shall be
assigned and accounted for as follows:
(1) Administration. Administration costs consist of all direct and
indirect costs associated with the management of the program.
Administrative costs shall be limited to those necessary to effectively
operate the program. These costs include but are not limited to: the
salaries and fringe benefits of personnel engaged in executive, fiscal,
data collection, personnel, legal, audit, procurement, data processing,
communications, maintenance, and similar functions; and related
materials, supplies, equipment, office-space costs, and staff training.
(i) Also included are salaries and fringe benefits of direct program
administrative positions such as supervisors, program analysts, labor
market analysts, and project directors. Additionally, all costs of
clerical personnel, materials, supplies, equipment, space, utilities,
and travel that are identifiable with these program-administration
positions are charged to administration.
(ii) Allowances and reimbursement costs for governing boards and
advisory councils shall be prorated wherever applicable as
administrative costs among all the grants, from whatever source,
administered by the grantee.
(2) Training. (i) Instruction and related costs consist of goods and
services which affect those program participants who are in either a
work environment, or classroom setting (including classroom training in
conjunction with Vocational Exploration or Job Readiness or tryout
employment) and shall be charged to training, i.e., salaries, fringe
benefits, space, utility, travel and equipment. Training costs include,
but are not limited to, the following: The costs associated with on-the-
job training services; employer outreach necessary to obtain job
listings or job-training opportunities, salaries; fringe benefits;
equipment and supplies of personnel engaged in providing training,
including remedial education; job-related counseling for participants;
employability assessment and job development; tuition fees, books and
other teaching aids; equipment and materials used in providing training
to participants, classroom space and utility costs; job search
assistance, labor market orientation, and job referral costs. In
addition:
(ii) Wages and fringe benefits for participants in work experience,
tryout employment, classroom training, shall be charged to training.
Cost-of-living increases are considered wages.
(iii) Allowances shall be charged to training.
(iv) Any single cost which is properly chargeable to training and to
one or more other categories shall be prorated among training and other
appropriate cost categories.
(3) Training-related supportive services. Costs of services which
are necessary to enable an eligible individual to participate in
training or subsidized employment under section 402 and to obtain
subsequent unsubsidized employment shall be charged to training-related
supportive services. Such supportive services may include but are not
limited to transportation, health care, special services and materials
for the handicapped, child care, meals, temporary shelter, financial
counseling, and other reasonable expenses required for participation in
the program and may be provided in-kind or through cash assistance.
Training-related supportive services costs and related costs shall be
charged to this cost category.
(4) Nontraining-related supportive services. ``Services only'' are
the costs of the goods and services provided to participants who are not
engaged in work experience, tryout employment or training activities,
including but not limited to such goods and services as: transportation,
health care, temporary shelter, meals and other nutritional assistance,
legal or paralegal assistance and emergency assistance.
(d) Cost categories assignable to program activities. (1) Classroom
training. Cost categories are: Training and training-related supportive
services.
(2) On-the-job training. Cost categories are: Training and training-
related supportive services.
(3) Work Experience: Cost categories are: Training and training-
related supportive services.
(4) Tryout employment: Cost categories are: Training and training-
related supportive services.
(5) Training assistance: Cost categories are: Training and training-
related supportive services.
(6) Services only (no referral to employment): Cost category is:
Nontraining-related supportive services.
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