TEGL_22-20.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION WIOA CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OWI DINAP DATE May 20 2021RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE Continuing ADVISORY TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 22-20 ALL SECTION 166 INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN GRANTEES FROM SUZAN G. LEVINE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Program Year PY 2021 Funding Allotments and Instructions for the Indian and Native American INA Programs 1. Purpose. To provide INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program CSP and Supplemental Youth Services Program SYSP funding allotments for PY 2021 for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Section 166 programs and to notify grantees of the required submission of Standard Form SF 424 Application for Federal Assistance SF 424A Budget Information Non- Construction Programs and Budget Narrative. 2. Action Requested. Grantees must follow the requirements in this guidance to receive PY 2021funding. Applications and all documents must be submitted through the Grants.gov website at www.grants.gov. We will not accept applications through the mail email or fax. For federally recognized tribes that participate in Public Law 102-477 the Employment and Training Administration ETA will transfer PY 2021 WIOA funds to the Department of the Interior DOI Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Indian Services Division of Workforce Development. These tribes are not required to submit the documents requested in this TEGL but should instead follow DOI s requirements for receiving funds. 3. Summary and Background.a.Summary - This document provides grantees with guidance and information including INA grantee funding amounts for PY 2021 How to submit an application through Grants.gov for PY 2021 funding Process for requesting an increase in the administrative cost limit. b. Background - On December 27 2020 the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 H.R. 133 . This Act provides 55 500 000 for INA programs under Section 166 of the WIOA. Of this amount one percent 555 000 will be set-aside for technical assistance pursuant to 20 CFR 684.270 e of the WIOA regulations. Therefore the total amount available for the INA CSP is 54 945 000. This amount will be allocated to INA grantees using the formula at 20 CFR 684.270 b . 2 The Act also provides 921 130 000 for grants to states for WIOA Youth activities and 1 percent of this amount is reserved for the INA youth program SYSP. Accordingly 13 778 655 is available for PY 2021 and will be allotted to INA grantees to provide supplemental services to low-income Native American youth on or near Indian reservations and in Oklahoma Alaska and Hawaii.1 ETA will allocate funds to INA grantees using the formula in the WIOA regulations at 20 CFR 684.440. 4. Submission Requirements. Grantees must use the funding allotment amounts in Attachment I of this TEGL when submitting the SF 424 424A and Budget Narrative. Grantees that have an indirect cost rate must also submit a copy of their negotiated indirect cost rate agreement NICRA or cost allocation plan if applicable . Grantees receiving both CSP and SYSP funds must submit a separate SF 424 424A and Budget Narrative for each set of funds. In addition grantees that would like to request an administrative cost limit above 15 percent but not more than 20 percent must submit such a request with the application. See section 5 below for additional information on submitting a request for an increase in the administrative cost limit. Grantees that have made significant program design changes or significant changes in WIOA program activities must also submit a revised four-year strategic plan. Grantees must submit the SF 424 424A and Budget Narrative and a NICRA or Cost Allocation Plan if applicable within 30 days from the issue date of this TEGL. a. Request for an Administrative Cost Rate Above 15 Percent. The grant terms and conditions limit administrative costs for INA grants to 15 percent. However ETA will approve administrative cost rates in excess of 15 percent but no more than 20 percent when the grantee submits acceptable justification. Grantee must describe the conditions that exist within its organizations that require an administrative cost rate above 15 percent. Examples of the conditions that ETA will consider are The amount and nature of on-going direct and indirect administrative costs. Local economic conditions such as the cost to rent space paying salaries that are competitive with other employers in the local area in order to attract qualified and experienced employees providing salary increases and other pay incentives to retain good employees. The amount and nature of any uncontrollable increases in its existing essential administrative costs that are unusual one-time expenses including significant increases to basic administrative cost components such as rent or staff salaries. Supporting documentation is required. How the grantee already supplements the funds it receives from ETA for administrative expenditures with funds from other sources in order to meet its necessary administrative costs. Administrative costs are defined in the WIOA regulations at 20 CFR 683.215. b. Grants.gov Submission Process. Grantees must submit the documents described in section 4 above through Grants.gov. Grantees must also submit any requests for an administrative cost rate increase described in section 5 above through www.grants.gov. In order to submit documents through Grants.gov you or someone in your organization must be registered as an Authorized 1 2 553 000 of the WIOA Youth appropriation is reserved for set-asides authorized by the Act therefore the INA Youth program will receive 1.5 percent of 918 577 000. 3 Organization Representative AOR with Grants.gov . You can request that the AOR for your organization submit the required documents on your behal f or you may register as an AOR and submit the documents. To learn how to register with Grants.gov and become an AOR for your organization go to https www.grants.gov web gran ts applicants registration.htm l or call the Grants.gov help line at 1-800 -518 -4726 Follow the steps below to submit the required documents for PY 2021 funding through Grants.gov. Step 1 Go to www.grants.gov St ep 2 Click on LOGIN in the upper right hand cor ner of the screen and log into G rants.gov with your user name and password . Note you must register with grants.gov in order to get a user name and password and you must be assigned the Authorized Organizati on Representative AOR by your organization s BIZ Point of Contact. See https www.grants.gov web grants applicants registration authorize -roles.html for add itional information on how to become an AOR. Step 3 Once you are logged into G rants.gov s elect the APPLICANTS tab on the Grants.gov homepage and then select Apply Now from the pull down menu . Step 4 In the Funding Opportunity Number field enter PY 21-NA -Sec166 -Funding in the Funding Opportunity Number field . Skip the Opportunity Package ID and go down to the Application Filing Name field and enter an application filing name and then click on Create Workspace . Note the Applicant Filing Name can be any n ame you wish to use and it will become the name for your Workspace. If you receive both CSP and SYSP funds create a separate workspace in order to submit two separate applications. For example you may want to name the Workspace for your CSP application PY 2021 WIOA Adult Application and the Workspace for your SYSP application PY 2021 WIOA Youth Application . Step 5 Click on the links in the Application Package Forms and complete all the required forms. Submitting the SF -424 through Grants.gov const itutes an electronically signed SF -424 Application for Federal Assistance. Item 18 on the SF -424 must reflect the exact amount of the allotment in Attachment s I. Additionally Item 11 of the SF -424 must include Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Nu mber CFDA 17.265. The submission process can be time -consuming and therefore ETA strongly encourages grantees to initiate the process as soon as possible in order to allow time to resolve unanticipated technical problems. Submission requirements stipulate that all applicants for Federal grant and funding opportunities must have a Data Universal Numbering System D -U-N-S number and must supply their D -U- N-S number on the SF -424. We strongly encourage grantees to be consistent in using the same D-U-N-S and Employer Identification Number EIN that was used in the PY 2020 grant application. If you do not know the D -U-N-S and EIN you used for PY 2020 please contact your Federal Project Officer to get the D -U-N-S and EIN. Please be aware that yo u c annot submit an application to G rants.gov if your organization does not have an active registration in the System for Award Management SAM . Grantees can find out if 4 they have an active SAM registration by going to www.sam.gov and clicking on the Search Records tab. Then e nter your or ganizations D -U-N-S and click on the SEARCH button. For assistance with SAM registration please call the SAM federal help desk at 866 606 -8220. 5. Inquir ies. Please direct questio ns to the designated Federal Project Officer below. Duane Hall 972 850 -4637 Maria Mendoza 202 693 -3695 Hall.Duane dol.gov Mendoza .Maria.C dol.gov Guy Suetopka 415 625 -7988 Jennifer Whitmore 415 625 -7970 Suetopka.Guy dol.gov Whitmore.Jennifer dol.gov Carl Duncan 202 693 -3384 Chelsea Fish 202 693 -3736 Duncan.Carl.L dol.gov Fish.Chelsea.E dol.gov 6. References . Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 H.R. 1 33 located at https www.congress.gov 116 bills hr133 BILLS -116hr133enr.pdf Se ction 166 of the WIOA Pub.L. 113 -128 located at https www.dol.gov sites dolgov files ETA dinap pdfs WIOA Subtitle D Sec 166.pdf WIOA regulations Department of Labor Only Final Rule located at https www.gpo.gov fdsys pkg FR -2016 -08 -19 pdf 2016 -15975.pdf 7. Attachment . Attachment I PY 2021 INA A dult and Youth Allocations I-1 ATTACHMENT I U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Section 166 Adult and Youth Funding for Native Americans PY 2021 Funding Allotments Total Adult Youth Appropriation Amount 55 500 000 13 778 655 Less 1 from Adult Funding for Technical Assistance and Training 555 000 0 Total Adult and Youth Allocations 54 945 000 13 778 655 Type ST Grantee Name Adult Youth AL Inter-Tribal Council of Alabama 293 250 5 073 AL Poarch Band of Creek Indians 94 014 0 477 AK Aleutian-Pribilof Islands Association 28 488 12 014 477 AK Association of Village Council Presidents 408 758 164 458 477 AK Bristol Bay Native Association 117 765 48 056 477 AK Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes 192 468 68 079 477 AK Chugachmiut 27 757 5 873 477 AK Cook Inlet Tribal Council Inc 440 725 146 303 477 AK Copper River Native Association 18 648 9 344 477 AK Kawerak Incorporated 153 312 60 069 AK Kenaitze Indian Tribe 44 049 22 693 477 AK Kodiak Area Native Association 28 947 9 344 477 AK Maniilaq Association 114 828 52 061 477 AK Metlakatla Indian Community 18 570 5 340 477 AK Orutsararmuit Native Council 52 601 16 019 477 AK Tanana Chiefs Conference 288 620 113 465 AZ American Indian Association of Tucson 344 250 0 AZ Colorado River Indian Tribes 63 032 32 037 AZ Gila River Indian Community 519 603 210 911 AZ Hopi Tribal Council 221 277 117 470 AZ Hualapai Tribe 33 156 20 023 AZ Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona Inc. 81 180 38 178 AZ Navajo Nation 6 205 922 3 062 220 AZ Pascua Yaqui Tribe 102 306 54 730 AZ Phoenix Indian Center Inc. 1 452 419 0 AZ Quechan Indian Tribe 34 205 17 354 AZ Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 86 185 52 061 AZ San Carlos Apache Community College 392 401 221 591 477 AZ Tohono O Odham Nation 377 351 222 926 AZ White Mountain Apache Tribe 462 234 265 641 AR American Indian Center of Arkansas Inc. 324 445 0 CA California Indian Manpower Consortium Inc. 3 391 728 111 062 CA Northern California Indian Development Council Inc. 304 784 61 671 CA Southern California American Indian Resource Center Inc. 732 588 0 I-2 CA Tule River Tribal Council 124 805 8 010 CA United American Indian Involvement 1 672 321 0 CA United Indian Nations Inc. 449 182 0 CO Denver Indian Center Inc. 632 742 0 CO Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 87 865 22 693 FL Florida Governor s Council on Indian Affairs Inc. 1 162 629 0 FL Miccosukee Tribe of Indians 121 059 5 606 HI Alu Like Inc. 1 340 037 1 866 165 477 ID Nez Perce Tribe 69 815 15 484 477 ID Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Inc 181 357 57 400 IN American Indian Center of Indiana Inc. 239 400 0 KS United Tribes of Kansas and Southeast Nebraska Inc. 203 082 10 413 LA Inter-Tribal Council of Louisiana Inc. 492 366 4 005 ME Penobscot Indian Nation 190 797 25 096 477 MA Mashpee-Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council Inc. 58 711 0 477 MI Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa Chippewa Indians 31 374 0 MI Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Inc. 94 134 29 367 MI Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians 138 996 0 MI Michigan Indian Employment and Training Services Inc. 302 443 0 MI North American Indian Association of Detroit Inc. 139 346 0 MI Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians 166 993 19 489 MI Southeastern Michigan Indians. Inc. 74 551 0 MN American Indian Opportunities Inc. 260 448 0 MN Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council 19 912 9 078 MN Fond Du Lac Reservation 194 285 18 154 MN Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe 44 686 53 128 477 MN Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians 53 943 23 761 MN Minneapolis American Indian Center 345 707 0 MN Northwest Indian OIC 105 164 0 477 MN Red Lake Nation 217 154 84 098 477 MN White Earth Reservation Tribal Council 117 909 54 730 MS Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 293 697 67 812 MO American Indian Council 722 045 9 344 477 MT Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 267 235 137 493 477 MT Blackfeet Tribal Business Council 281 325 126 813 MT Business Committee of the Chippewa Cree Tribe 138 125 38 712 477 MT Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes 276 499 138 828 477 MT Fort Belknap Community Council 119 418 50 726 MT Little Big Horn College 161 001 87 835 MT Montana United Indian Association 335 662 0 MT Northern Cheyenne Tribe 209 279 98 781 NE Omaha Tribe of Nebraska 77 543 46 721 NE Ponca Tribe of Nebraska 279 011 0 477 NE Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 43 812 21 358 NV Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada 276 981 48 856 NV Las Vegas Indian Center Inc. 186 938 0 477 NV Reno Sparks Indian Colony 16 626 9 344 I-3 477 NV Shoshone-Paiute Tribes 119 453 14 684 NM Alamo Navajo School Board Inc. 87 216 49 391 NM Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council 71 803 27 232 NM Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos Inc. 149 910 93 175 NM Jicarilla Apache Tribe 60 438 28 032 NM Mescalero Apache Tribe 85 776 61 404 NM National Indian Youth Council 1 566 349 0 477 NM Ohkay Owingeh 26 097 13 349 NM Pueblo of Acoma 133 252 30 702 NM Pueblo of Isleta 39 048 11 746 477 NM Pueblo of Laguna 85 348 37 377 477 NM Pueblo of Taos 39 845 18 688 477 NM Pueblo of Zuni 278 973 129 483 NM Ramah Navajo School Board Inc. 88 164 30 702 NM Santo Domingo Tribe 98 028 45 386 NY Native American Community Services of Erie Niagara Counties Inc. 359 230 0 477 NY Seneca Nation of Indians 232 851 32 037 477 NY St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 136 106 22 693 NC Cumberland County Association for Indian People Inc. 63 619 0 NC Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 114 012 57 400 NC Guilford Native American Association 76 679 0 NC Lumbee Regional Development Association Inc. 1 166 828 0 NC North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs 350 759 0 477 ND Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe 152 835 74 754 477 ND Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 221 257 124 144 477 ND Three Affiliated Tribes 184 800 56 065 ND Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians 301 258 128 148 ND United Tribes Technical College 235 795 0 OH North America Indian Cultural Center Inc. 516 715 0 OK Absentee Shawnee Tribe 22 923 13 081 477 OK Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma 1 327 575 674 382 477 OK Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma 158 972 104 121 477 OK Chickasaw Nation 363 400 202 635 477 OK Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 583 697 291 005 477 OK Citizen Potawatomi Nation 427 199 290 738 OK Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma 155 250 72 084 477 OK Creek Nation of Oklahoma 730 070 355 079 OK Inter-Tribal Council of Northeast Oklahoma 75 257 26 964 OK Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma 227 114 157 783 477 OK Osage Nation 98 513 52 061 OK Otoe-Missouria Tribe 33 253 16 819 477 OK Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma 31 678 14 684 OK Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma 83 035 55 798 OK Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma 63 378 28 032 OK United Urban Indian Council Inc. 369 794 198 897 477 OK Wyandotte Nation 110 625 0 477 OR Confed. Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation 27 730 14 684 I-4 477 OR Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 444 491 1 068 OR Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs 130 110 41 382 OR Organization of the Forgotten American Inc. 301 366 0 PA Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center Inc. 950 897 0 RI Rhode Island Indian Council Inc. 1 769 677 9 078 SC South Carolina Indian Development Council Inc. 249 706 2 670 477 SD Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 228 121 141 498 SD Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 57 362 20 023 SD Oglala Sioux Tribe 675 944 415 148 477 SD Rosebud Sioux Tribe Sicangu Nation 1 071 754 257 633 477 SD Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate 126 944 58 734 SD Yankton Sioux Tribe 110 259 53 395 TN Native American Indian Association Inc. 235 934 0 TX Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribal Council 895 974 1 068 TX Dallas Inter-Tribal Center 395 278 0 TX Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 663 391 17 354 UT Indian Training Education Center 363 372 5 873 UT Ute Indian Tribe 120 838 60 069 VT Maquam Bay of Missisquoi Inc. 82 646 0 VA Mattaponi Pamunkey Monacan Consortium 256 714 0 WA American Indian Community Center 412 106 18 154 WA Confederated Tribes Bands of the Yakama Nation 206 451 109 194 477 WA Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 186 778 49 391 477 WA Lummi Indian Business Council 114 113 26 697 477 WA Makah Tribal Council 34 964 13 349 477 WA South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency 628 914 96 111 477 WA Spokane Reservation 40 895 24 028 WA Suquamish Indian Tribe 149 093 2 670 477 WA The Tulalip Tribes 45 302 21 358 WA United Indians of All Tribes Foundation 291 744 0 477 WI Ho-Chunk Nation 179 296 4 805 WI Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board 174 278 59 803 WI Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Inc. 43 131 12 014 477 WI Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin 100 672 49 391 WI Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin 168 215 16 019 WI Spotted Eagle Inc. 222 272 0 477 WI Stockbridge-Munsee Community 56 817 3 738 477 WY Eastern Shoshone Tribe 132 206 35 775 477 WY Northern Arapaho Business Council 224 792 80 360 Total Grantees 167 54 945 000 13 778 655