Reference. Training and Employment Information Notice (TEIN) No. 35-93. Background. The Internal Revenue Service is asking service providers to assist them in informing potentially eligible individuals about the EIC and the Advanced Earned Income Credit (AEIC). The attached TEIN stipulates the criteria under which individuals are eligible for the EIC and the AEIC. Action. You should insure that participants in your programs receive the EIC and AEIC information, as appropriate. Questions. Contact your DINAP Federal Representative.

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Reference: None Background: The challenge grants are designed to encourage original and resourceful training ideas to improve the capacity of frontline staff across the employment and training community. Workable ideas will be publicized and replicated throughout the system as part of the larger capacity-building strategy. Further Information: The SGA for Capacity-Building Challenge Grants was sent to Governors on March 18; proposals must be submitted by April 29. The competition for the grants is limited to Governors, i.e., all applications must be submitted through a Governor's office. The Governor has the authority to decide how the grant applications are to be developed within each State and may assign the responsibility for the grant within the State at his or her discretion. While recognizing the Governor's ultimate decisionmaking authority concerning this SGA, we would like to emphasize that, from the Federal standpoint, participation from the entire State-wide employment and training community is allowable and encouraged. Any appropriate State agency--Employment Service, Job Training Partnership Act programs, welfare agency work programs, State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees, State training institutions, education agencies, etc.--could be a potential collaborator in the development of grant proposals. In addition, broadly based national organizations, e.g., International Association of Personnel in Employment Security, Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, National Governors' Association, National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, or community-based organizations, e.g., National Council of La Raza, Opportunities Industrialization Centers, could assist, if the Governor wishes, in developing proposals in concert with a State. Further, consortia of state organizations as well as multi- State configurations, are not precluded from participation, subject to the discretion of the Governor. Governors may also subcontract portions of the grant to local organizations within the State, e.g., Service Delivery Areas, Substate Grantees, community colleges, etc. The names of organizations cited above should be considered illustrative, not exhaustive. The Federal guidelines pertaining to this SGA do not preclude any potential eligible collaborator. Number of Applications per State: States may submit multiple applications in response to the SGA. However, it should be understood that we do not anticipate funding more than one grant in any State. Matching Funds: The SGA section on the Application Process (PART III, 1.) reads as follows: "Each grant must be matched by an amount equal to thirty percent (30%) of the applied-for amount." It should be noted that higher percentages of matching funds are encouraged. Matching funds that exceed the minimum requirements in terms of percentage of total budget and ratio of cash to in-kind will be given greater weight in the rating process. (PART V - RATING CRITERIA FOR AWARD; 2. Demonstrated Capacity)

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References. Farmworker Bulletin 87-16, "Revised Application of Selective Service Registration Requirements in Section 504 of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) for Individuals 26 years of Age or Older," April 8, 1987. Background. In the implementation of the JTPA, Section 604 Selective Service registration prerequisite for participation in JTPA training, the Department previously recommended to grantees that they confirm registration status of applicants and direct other registration questions by mail to the Selective Service System (SSS). The SSS, in turn, has been responding to these inquiries in the form of advisory opinion letters. On April 9, 1993, the SSS implemented a policy change in the language used in advisory opinion procedures. According to the SSS, the change reflects the agency's view that the decision for determining the nature of a man's failure to register with the SSS rests with the Federal entity dispersing the benefits, rights or training, not the SSS. As a result, the language of the advisory letters has been revised to reflect only that data which is contained in SSS records. Advisory opinion letters have been redesignated as Registration Status Information letters. Examples of the new format are contained in Attachment B. Policy. Section 604 of the Act requires the Department to insure that each male participating in any program under the Act or receiving any assistance or benefit, has not violated section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453) by not presenting and submitting to registration as required pursuant to such section. Action Required. Grantees shall request proof of SSS registration from all male applicants 18 or older. Queries to the SSS may be made by grantees on behalf of applicants who cannot document their registration. -- [NOTE: Grantees may initiate program services on a provisional basis while awaiting the SSS response. However, grantees will be liable for any disallowed costs which may result from services provided to participants later found ineligible.] The SSS will respond with a Registration Status Information letter indicating the individual's favorable or unfavorable status. Upon receipt of the letter, grantees will provide or continue appropriate services for those applicants who have complied with SSS registration. Grantees will deny or suspend (and recoup costs of) services to those applicants who failed to comply with their SSS registration obligation. Inquiries. Contact the Federal Representative assigned to your grant.

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