[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11464]
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Part VI
Department of Labor
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Office of the Secretary
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Job Training Partnership Act, Title IV-D, Demonstration Program: Women
in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 10, 1995 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Title IV-D, Demonstration
Program: Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations
AGENCY: Women's Bureau, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant
Applications (SGA 95-02).
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SUMMARY: All information required to submit a proposal is contained in
this announcement. All applicants for grant funds should read this
notice in its entirety. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Women's
Bureau (WB) announces a grant competition for a demonstration program
using Title IV-D funds of the Job Training Partnership Act administered
by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). WB expects to
award between three (3) and four (4) grants to Community-Based
Organizations (CBOs) to provide technical assistance to employers,
labor unions, and other nonunion labor organizations which will
encourage the promotion, recruitment, selection, training, placement
and retention of women in apprenticeship and other nontraditional
occupations in private workplaces.
This notice describes the background, the application process,
statement of work, evaluation criteria, and reporting requirements for
Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA 95-02). WB anticipates that up
to a total amount of $744,000 will be available for the support of all
grants using demonstration funding. The WB will provide the policy
leadership in this project. Improving women's employment opportunities
and other employment related equity and social issues has been the
driving force of the Women's Bureau since its inception in 1920. Within
the Department of Labor, the Director serves as the policy advisor on
women's issues to the Secretary and other DOL agencies charged with
improving the economic and workplace life of American workers.
DATES: One (1) ink-signed original, complete grant application (plus
five (5) copies of the Technical Proposal and two (2) copies of the
Cost Proposal) shall be submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of Procurement Services, Room S-5220, Reference SGA 95-02, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, not later than 4:45
p.m. EST, June 26, 1995. Hand delivered applications must be received
by the Office of Procurement Services by that time.
ADDRESSES: Applications shall be mailed the U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of Procurement Services, Attention: Lisa Harvey, Reference SGA
95-02, Room S-5220, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Harvey, Office of Procurement
Services, Telephone (202) 219-6445. (This is not a toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This announcement consists of five parts:
Part I describes the background and purpose of the demonstration
program and identifies demonstration policy and topics. Part II
describes the application process and provides detailed guidelines for
use in applying for demonstration grants. Part III includes the
Statement of Work for the demonstration projects. Part IV identifies
and defines the evaluation criteria to be used in reviewing and
evaluating applications. Part V describes the deliverables and
reporting requirements.
Part I. Background
Improving women's employment opportunities and other employment
related equity and social issues to promote women in the work force has
been the driving force of the Women's Bureau since its inception in
1920. Within the Department of Labor, the Director serves as the policy
advisor on women's issues to the Secretary and other DOL agencies
charged with improving the economic and workplace life of American
workers.
To support the Department's activities in support of Women in
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Act, the Women's
Bureau would like to update and expand its directory of apprenticeship
and nontraditional occupations training and employment programs serving
women into the ``WANTO Referral Network.'' To list your program with
the Bureau's ``WANTO Referral Network,'' please provide the following
information:
(1) Program Name:
(2) Administrative Agency:
(3) Address:
(4) Contact Person:
(5) Contact Telephone Number:
(6) Brief Description of Services:
(7) Eligibility:
(8) Contact Person for Employment Referrals:
Please send your response to: Women's Bureau, Office of the
Secretary, WANTO Network, Room S-3317, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. (Telephone (202) 219-
6626 x114)
The Women's Bureau has a history of encouraging women to consider
the wide array of apprenticeable and other occupations nontraditional
to women. These jobs include the traditional skilled trades such as
carpenter, plumber, electrician, sheetmetal worker, or welder in the
construction industry, as well as jobs in the electronics industries,
other technical jobs that require computer-based skills to customize,
service, build and repair precision machinery in manufacturing, and
other technical computer-based jobs in the service sector industries
such as health care, finance, telecommunications and transportation. In
fulfilling their responsibilities to promote profitable employment
opportunities for women, the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training and
the Women's Bureau have come together to jointly administer the Women
in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Act and its TA
grant demonstration.
The Women's Bureau co-administers WANTO with the Bureau of
Apprenticeship and Training (BAT), formerly the Apprentice-Training
Service. BAT was established in 1937 as the national administrative
agency in the Department of Labor to carry out the objectives of the
National Apprenticeship Law, guided by the recommendations of the
Federal Committee on Apprenticeship. BAT has the objective to stimulate
and assist industry in the development, expansion, and improvement of
apprenticeship and training programs designed to provide the skilled
workers required by the American economy.
The legislative mandate of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training--``to promote the furtherance of labor standards of
apprenticeship * * * to extend the application of such standards by
encouraging the inclusion thereof in contracts of apprenticeship, to
bring together employers and labor for the formulation of programs of
apprenticeship, to cooperate with State agencies in the formulation of
standards of apprenticeship.'' With the WANTO technical assistance
grants, BAT and the WB seek to broaden the horizons of women in
apprenticeship and other nontraditional occupations in promoting a
skilled work force.
Related Solicitation. This Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA
95-02), Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations is
complimentary to Diversity in Apprenticeship (SGA/DAA 95-004) now
seeking applicants by the Bureau of [[Page 25109]] Apprenticeship and
Training, Employment and Training Administration. All information
required to submit a proposal is provided in the March 17, 1995,
Federal Register (Vol. 60, No. 52), as amended. Applications for
Diversity in Apprenticeship are due in the U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, by COB May 1, 1995. For further
information on SGA/DAA 95-004, contact Charlotte Adams, Division of
Acquisition and Assistance, Telephone (202) 219-8702 (this is not a
toll-free number).
Definitions. Nontraditional Occupations are those where women
account for less than 25 percent of the persons employed in a single
occupational group. Generally speaking, Apprenticeship includes a
formal paid training-work agreement where labor and management work
together to promote learning on the job; to support the ``hands on''
learning, there must be related theoretical instruction (often
classroom). After completing the program standards successfully--
usually 3 to 5 years--the apprentice is awarded a certificate of
completion by either the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training or the
State Apprenticeship Committee Agency.
A. Authorities
The technical assistance grants were first authorized under the
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Act,
Public Law 102-530, approved October 27, 1992. Under an ``Intra-Agency
Agreement,'' the Bureau of Apprenticeship, ETA transferred to the
Women's Bureau $744,000 to fund the second year of WANTO under Part IV-
D of the Job Training Partnership Act which authorizes the use of funds
for pilot demonstration projects and are administered by ETA. The WB
has responsibility for implementing the Solicitation for Grant
Applications (SGA) process for the Technical Assistance (TA) grants to
Community-Based Organizations (CBOs).
B. Purpose of the Demonstration
The purpose of the WANTO Act is to competitively award TA grants to
CBOs with documented experience in the areas of recruiting, selection,
training, placing, retaining, and promotion of women in apprenticeship
and nontraditional occupations. CBOs will provide TA to employers,
labor unions and other nonunion labor organizations who have requested
TA from the Department of Labor to promote the employment of women in
apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations (NTOs) in their
workplaces. By providing TA to job creators--employers, unions and
other nonunion labor organizations--the Department of Labor (DOL)
anticipates increased employment and expanded job opportunities, with
good pay and benefits, for women in apprenticeship and nontraditional
occupations. Such WANTO activities promote the goal of the Department
to build and enhance a skilled work force in a high performance
workplace of new and better jobs.
Part II. Application Process
A. Eligible Applicants
1. Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) are eligible applicants to
receive technical assistance grants. The term ``community-based
organization'' as defined in section 4(5) of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C 1501(5)), means private nonprofit
organizations which are representative of communities or significant
segments of communities and which provide job training services. For
this solicitation the significant segment of communities are the
private nonprofit organizations which are representative of
organizations that have demonstrated experience administering programs
that recruit, select, train, place, and retain women for apprenticeship
training and other nontraditional occupations (NTOs).
2. Employers, Labor Unions, and Other Nonunion Labor Organizations
are eligible to receive technical assistance provided by community-
based organizations receiving WANTO grants. To be selected to receive
technical assistance, employers, and others must submit a technical
assistance request either directly (1) to the Department of Labor,
Office of Procurement Services or (2) to the CBO you have agreed to
partner in preparing the response to SGA 95-02. The CBO must then take
full responsibility for a timely and complete application. Also see G.
Technical Assistance Requests, below.
B. Contents
To be considered responsive to the Solicitation for Grant
Applications (SGA), each application must consist of and follow the
order of the sections listed in Part III of this solicitation. The
applicant must also include information which the applicant believes
will address the selection criteria identified in Part IV. Technical
proposals shall not exceed 20 single sided, double spaced, 10 to 12
pitch typed pages (not including attachments). Any proposals that do
not conform to these standards shall be deemed non-responsive to this
SGA and will not be evaluated.
1. Technical Proposal
Each proposal shall include (a) a two (2) page abstract which
summarizes the proposal and (b) a full description of the CBO's program
for technical assistance, including information required in Part III
and IV. No cost data or reference to price shall be included in the
technical proposal.
2. Cost Proposal
The cost (business) proposal must be separate from the technical
proposal. The transmittal letter and the grant assurance and
certification form shall be attached to the business proposal, which
shall consist of the following:
a. Standard Form 424 ``Application for Federal Assistance,''
(Appendix C) signed by an official from the applicant organization who
is authorized to enter the organization into a grant agreement with the
Department of Labor. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number
(CFDA) is 17.700;
b. Standard Budget Form 424A ``Budget Information Form,'' (Appendix
D); and
c. Budget Narrative: Provide a narrative explanation of the budget
which describes all proposed costs and indicates how they are related
to the operation of the project. Provide this information separately
for the amount of requested Federal funding and the amount of proposed
Non-Federal contribution. In those applications which propose to fund
staff positions, the budget narrative must provide information which
describes the number of proposed positions by title and by the amount
of staff time and salary charged to Federal and Non-Federal funding
resources. The Budget Narrative provides the detailed description of
the costs reflected on the SF 424A.
C. Funding Levels
The Department has set aside up to $744,000 to be disbursed through
WANTO grants. The Women's Bureau expects to make three (3) or four (4)
awards to Community-Based Organizations (CBOs).
The Bureau expects awards to range from approximately $150,000 to
$250,000, depending upon Department agreement on technical assistance
services provisions, with no award in excess of $250,000.
D. Length of Grant and Grant Awards
The initial performance period for the grants awarded under this
SGA shall be for eighteen (18) months of program
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months as a no cost extension to complete final reports. Each applicant
shall reflect in their application the intention to begin operation no
later than September 1995.
E. Submission
One (1) ink-signed original, complete grant application (plus five
(5) copies of the Technical Proposal and two (2) copies of the Cost
Proposal must be submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of
Procurement Services, Room S-5220, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20210, not later than 4:45 pm EST, June 26, 1995. Hand
delivered applications must be received by the Office of Procurement
Services by that time.
Any application received at the Office of Procurement Services
after 4:45 pm EST will not be considered unless it is received before
award is made and:
1. It was sent by registered or certified mail not later than June
21, 1995.
2. It is determined by the Government that the late receipt was due
solely to mishandling by the Government after receipt at the U.S.
Department of Labor at the above address; or
3. It was sent by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail Next Day
Service-Post Office to Addressee, not later than 5:00 pm June 22, 1995.
The only acceptable evidence to establish the date of mailing of a
late application sent by registered or certified mail is the U.S.
Postal Service postmark on the envelope or wrapper and on the original
receipt from the U.S. Postal Service. If the postmark is not legible,
an application received after the above closing time and date shall be
processed as if mailed late. ``Postmark'' means a printed, stamped or
otherwise placed impression (not a postage meter machine impression)
that is readily identifiable without further action as having been
applied and affixed by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service on the
date of mailing. Therefore, applicants shall request that the postal
clerk place a legible hand cancellation bull's-eye postmark on both the
receipt and the wrapper or envelope.
The only acceptable evidence to establish the date of mailing of a
late application sent by U.S. Postal Service Mail Next Day Service-Post
Office to Addressee is the date entered by the post office receiving
clerk on the ``Express Mail Next Day Service-Post Office to Addressee''
label and the postmark on the envelope or wrapper and on the original
receipt from the U.S. Postal Service. ``Postmark'' has the same meaning
as defined above. Therefore, applicants shall request that the postal
clerk place a legible hand cancellation bull's-eye postmark on both the
receipt and the envelope or wrapper.
The only acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at
the U.S. Department of Labor is the date/time stamp of the Office of
Procurement Services on the application wrapper or other documentary
evidence of receipt maintained by that office. Applications sent by
telegram or facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted.
Part III. Statement of Work--Key Features
A. Introduction
The Women's Bureau (Washington, D.C.) announces the Solicitation
for Grant Applications (SGA) for competitive grant awards first funded
under the technical assistance program authorized by the Women in
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Act and is now
funded under the JTPA Title IV-D, demonstration program administered by
the Employment and Training Administration. With grant funding of
$744,000 for Fiscal Year 1995, the Department expects to make three (3)
or four (4) awards to CBOs that will provide direct technical
assistance to change the workplaces of job creators--employers, labor
unions and other nonunion labor organizations--to make them more
supportive to the needs of women in apprenticeship and nontraditional
occupations (NTO).
1. CBOs may solicit employers, labor unions and other nonunion
labor organizations' representatives who request technical assistance
in preparing their workplace to promote women in apprenticeship and
nontraditional occupations (NTOs).
2. At the same time, the Department will continue to build an
inventory of workplace requests from employers, labor unions and
nonunion labor organizations sent directly to the Office of Procurement
Services, Room S-5220, Reference SGA 95-02, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, Attention: Lisa
Harvey.
3. Technical assistance requests from both CBOs and employers,
labor unions and nonunion organizations should be in writing. A
technical assistance request should include information on the
demographics and needs of the firm. A sample of the information
required is attached to this SGA. The attached form can be duplicated
in any legible manner.
4. The Department will award only one grant per CBO--with or
without multiple service providers or sub-contractors. The total amount
of each grant will depend upon the total amount of direct technical
assistance to be provided. Applicants should provide estimated cost
(hourly or fixed rates) for specific technical assistance services they
are prepared to perform in the cost proposal.
5. Since the thrust of this SGA is technical assistance to
employers, etc. to attain workplace change, this is an employer-driven
program. Allowable grant expenditures do not include CBO capacity
building services, unless they are directly related to the provision of
technical assistance to improve job creators' workplaces--employers,
labor unions and nonunion labor organizations.
B. Program Requirements
The Department, through this competition, is seeking Community-
Based Organization grantees with a record of accomplishment, with
overall organizational experience and facilities, and with staff who
can demonstrate the necessary technical knowledge that can ensure
successful completion of provision of technical assistance to
employers, union and nonunion labor organizations, including research
and evaluation methodology in support of promoting women in
apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations in job creators'
workplaces. Grant applicants will have to demonstrate that they fulfill
these criteria, and that they have reasonable prospects for
establishing cooperative working arrangements with employers, union and
nonunion labor organizations.
In the grant application process, Community-Based Organization
grant applicants are not required to provide specific program design
for providing technical assistance. They are required to present
evidence of their experience, qualifications, technical knowledge of
programs to assist job creators to recruit, select, train, place and
retain women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations.
1. Provide Technical Assistance
Community-Based Organization (CBO) Eligibility: Definition. The
term ``community-based organization'' as defined in section 4(5) of the
Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501(5)), means private
nonprofit organizations which are representative of communities or
significant segments of communities and which provide job training
services.
a. For this solicitation the significant segment of communities are
organizations that have demonstrated experience administering programs
that [[Page 25111]] train and place women for apprenticeable
occupations or other nontraditional occupations, including CBOs that
have also had policy and publication experience in the area.
b. Community-Based Organizations, for this competition, do not
include for profit or public entities such as, the Job Training
Partnership System, hospitals, educational institutions--schools,
colleges and universities.
2. Community-Based Organizations: Scope of Work. The Women's Bureau
is seeking Community-Based Organizations with a record of
accomplishment in the areas related to increasing the employment of
women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations.
a. CBOs will provide Technical Assistance (TA) to employers, labor
unions, and nonunion labor organizations to assist them in preparing
their workplaces to support and promote women in apprenticeship
training and nontraditional occupations.
b. TA will include a variety of activities to recruit, train,
select, retain, and promote women in apprenticeable occupations and
other nontraditional occupations to promote workplace change for women,
increasing self-sufficiency for them and their families.
c. In addition to performing TA, CBOs will be required to conduct
workplace feasibility study/examination to produce a ``plan of action''
and to describe/analyze project activity in a manual or ``how-to'' at a
professional level.
3. Scope of CBO Technical Assistance Activities--Key Features
CBOs' technical assistance tasks include, but are not limited to,
the following activities:
a. With TA request, develop outreach and orientation sessions and
services to recruit women into the employers' apprenticeable
occupations and nontraditional occupations;
b. With TA request, develop preapprenticeable occupations or
nontraditional skills training to prepare women for apprenticeable
occupations or nontraditional occupations curriculum or employer
supported training;
c. With TA request, provide ongoing orientations for employers,
unions, and workers on creating a successful environment for women in
apprenticeable occupations or nontraditional occupations;
d. With TA request, establish support groups to facilitate
nontraditional occupation Networks for women on or off the job site to
improve job retention;
e. With TA request, establish a local computerized data base
referral network to maintain a current list of tradeswomen who are
available for work and employers and local labor unions who have
available job openings or apprenticeship opportunities;
f. With TA request, develop intervention strategies to address
workplace issues related to gender;
g. With TA request, provide liaison structure between tradeswomen
and employers and tradeswomen and labor unions to address workplace
issues related to gender;
h. With TA request, conduct exit interviews with tradeswomen to
evaluate their on-the-job experience and to assess the effectiveness of
the program; and
i. With TA request, develop front-end feasibility (``plan of
action'') and assessment tools to evaluate the effectiveness of the
program to be used by the customers; i.e., employers, labor unions and
other organizations.
4. Capabilities and Qualifications of CBO and Staff Applicant CBOs
are asked to provide information on organizational capacity, and
experience; and the qualifications of the principal investigator(s) and
staff who will provide both the ``hands on'' services and related
technical written products that describe the project activities in a
professional manner in the management and staff loading plans. In
addition, applicant CBOs shall provide responses to items a-e and their
subparts listed below:
a. Briefly describe and provide resumes documenting the
qualifications of your organization's principal investigator (or
technical assistance provider) and related staff (human resources) who
will provide technical assistance (also include staff responsible for
supporting research, analysis and writing manual and/or ``how-to''
publication(s)).
Provide complete resumes in staff loading section that describes
the qualifications of persons to provide technical assistance in the
area of women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations; include
both education and work experience.
Provide work references, to support principal investigator and
support staff qualifications to provide technical assistance in the
area of women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations.
Briefly describe physical resource facilities that support your
organization's human resources delivery of the technical assistance--
book and video library, conference rooms, computer hardware and
software, etc.
b. Briefly describe your organization's demonstrated experience in
preparing women to gain employment in apprenticeable occupations or
other nontraditional occupations;
Briefly describe your organization's current services.
Describe your organization's hourly or fixed costs for a range of
technical assistance services provided by your organization.
Describe your organization's current funding levels and sources of
funds.
Describe your organization's experience and success in the
provision of services to women in preparing them for gainful employment
in apprenticeable and other nontraditional occupations.
Describe what your organization would consider as its most
outstanding success over the last two years?
Provide customer references that specifically support your
organization's experience and qualifications to provide technical
assistance in the area of women in apprenticeship and nontraditional
occupations.
c. Briefly describe your organization's experience in delivering
technical assistance.
Briefly describe the geographic location of your organization's
technical assistance services and any experience in policy and/or
written technical publications, including ``how-to.''
Include (in the appendix) copies of publications, such as, policy
papers/studies, manuals or ``how-tos'' and feasibility studies related
to women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations that your
organization has developed.
Briefly describe target groups of women your organization has
provided recruitment, training, placement, retention and promotion
services; for what types of occupations and industries.
Briefly describe your organization's relationship with the Bureau
of Apprenticeship and Training or the State Apprenticeship Committee.
d. Demonstrate experience working with the business community to
prepare business to place women in apprenticeable occupations or other
nontraditional occupations;
Briefly describe your organization's relationship and experience
with employers and labor unions who offer apprenticeable and
nontraditional occupations.
Briefly describe the type(s) of technical assistance to employers
you have provided previously by your organization. What were the
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Provide business references to support your work with the business
community to prepare business to place women in apprenticeship and
nontraditional occupations.
Briefly list the employer and labor unions for which your
organization has provided technical assistance.
e. List the tradeswomen or women in nontraditional occupations as
active members of the organization, as either employed staff or board
members.
List name, trade, and organizational position of tradeswomen and
other women in nontraditional occupations on staff or on your
organization's Board of Directors.
Include the dates when tradeswomen served as active paid or unpaid
positions in your organization.
In addition all applications must also include a management and
staff loading plan. The management plan is to include a project
organization chart and accompanying narrative which differentiates
between elements of the Applicant's staff and subcontractors or
consultants who will be retained.
The staff loading plan must identify all key tasks and the person-
days required to complete each task. Labor estimates for each task must
be broken down by individuals assigned to the task, including
subcontractors and consultants. All key tasks must be charted to show
time required to perform them by months or weeks.
5. Use of Funds
The Technical Proposal of CBO applicants shall describe both known
and anticipated expenditures that may arise in the conduct of providing
technical assistance to and on employers, union and nonunion labor
organization relevant to workplace change for women in apprenticeship
and nontraditional occupations. The Department is also interested in
hearing about any leverage activities anticipated with WANTO funds.
a. List activities on which grant funds will be expended.
b. List any leverage of funds activities taken or anticipated with
this grant--any partnerships, linkages or coordination of activities,
combining of streams of funding, etc.
c. List activities on which grants funds will be expended by
subgrantees (if applicable).
6. Continuation of Activities
The Technical Proposal of CBO applicants shall describe any
anticipated strategies proposed by them to encourage and promote the
continuation or expansion of grant activities beyond the grant's period
of program performance.
a. Briefly describe your organization's approach to employers or
unions/nonunion organizations to continue support for women in the
workplace after they are recruited, trained and placed in
apprenticeship and other nontraditional occupations and after the
completion of this project.
b. Briefly describe how your organization will approach employers
or unions/nonunion organizations to incorporate technical assistance
into ongoing recruiting, training and promotion of women in
apprenticeships and other nontraditional occupations after the
completion of this project.
G. Technical Assistance Requests
1. The Department is seeking employers, labor unions and other
nonunion organizations who want to receive technical assistance from
the community-based organizations with grants to provide such
assistance. Requesting employers and union and nonunion labor
organizations should submit technical assistance requests to the
Department of Labor, Attention: Lisa Harvey, Office of Procurement
Services, Room S-5220, Reference SGA 95-02, 200 Constitution Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.
2. A sample copy of a request for information is attached to this
SGA, although no special form is required as long as the information
indicated is provided. The information requested for technical
assistance includes inquiries 1-8, listed below as (a)-(h), along with
your name, title, organization, address, phone, FAX, employer or labor
(union/nonunion) affiliation, firm/organizations' industry and product:
a. Briefly describe your (firm/organization's experience in
recruiting, training and retraining women for apprenticeship and other
nontraditional occupations.
b. Briefly describe your (firm/organization's) current or
anticipated need(s) for technical assistance (i.e., problem recruiting,
training, and/or retraining women in apprenticeship and other
nontraditional jobs.
c. Provide a description of the types of apprenticeship or
nontraditional occupations your firm or organization want to train and
place women, including women already in your workplace and working at
other jobs, including pay and benefits.
d. How many jobs, also new employment opportunities, will be
created in your workplace, and for what occupations or apprenticeships,
over the next two to five years?
e. Briefly discuss the type of women your firm or organizations
wishes to target or attract.
f. Assurance that there are or will be suitable and appropriate
positions available--in your workplace or outside economy--in
apprenticeable occupations programs or nontraditional occupations
targeted.
g. Commitment that reasonable effort will be made to place
qualified women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations.
h. Briefly describe your plans for the development and maintenance
of a relationship with the State level of the Bureau of Apprenticeship
and Training.
3. Applicants who prefer to submit the completed technical
assistance forms with their grant proposal shall include them within a
separate section entitled ``Section G.'' This section shall be attached
to the end of the Technical Proposal.
Part IV. Evaluation Criteria and Selection
Applicants are advised that selection for grant award is to be made
after careful evaluation of technical applications by a panel. Each
panelist will evaluate applications against the various criteria on the
basis of 100 points. The scores will then serve as the primary basis to
select applications for potential award. Clarification may be requested
of grant applicants if the situation so warrants. Please see Part III.,
Section B. for additional information on the elements against which
proposal will be reviewed.
1. Technical Criteria: Points
a. Capabilities and Qualifications of CBO and Staff...... 60
b. Use of Funds.......................................... 20
c. Continuation of Activities............................ 20
2. Cost Criteria:
Proposals will be scored, based on their costs in
relation to other proposals submitted in response to
this SGA................................................
3. Total Score:
Technical quality of proposals will be weighted three (3)
times the estimated price in ranking proposals, for
purposes of selections for award........................
Proposals received will be evaluated by a review panel based on the
criteria immediately following. The panel's recommendations will be
advisory, and final awards will be made based on the best interests of
the Government, including but not limited to such factors as technical
quality, geographic balance.
The Department wishes to make it clear that it is not simply the
best- [[Page 25113]] written proposals that will be chosen, but rather
those which demonstrate the greatest experience and commitment to
assisting business to successfully recruit, train, and retain women in
apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations and to expand
the employment and self-sufficiency options of women.
During the technical panel evaluation of all proposals and
requests, the Department will bring together CBO qualifications and
capabilities with employers/labor unions and other nonunion labor
organizations requests to develop final grant activities. In addition,
the Department will also consider geographic coverage and occupational/
industrial impact in the final TA grant awards, as well as broadening
coverage of different CBO service providers.
Part V
A. Deliverables
(This section is provided only so that grantees may more accurately
estimate the staffing budgetary requirements when preparing their
proposal. Applicants are to exclude from their cost proposal the cost
of any requested travel to Washington, D.C.)
1. No later than four (4) weeks after award, the grantee shall meet
with the Women's Bureau and the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
to discuss technical assistance activities, timelines, and technical
assistance outcomes assessment for comment and final approval. At that
time the grantee final technical assistance requests and CBOs will be
matched. The CBO and the Department will discuss and make decisions on
the following program activities:
a. The number of employers and union/nonunion labor unions to be
served.
b. The methodology to be used to change management and employee
attitudes about women in non- traditional occupations.
c. The types of systemic change anticipated by technical assistance
strategies anticipated to be incorporated into employer on-going
recruitment, hiring, training and promotion of women in apprenticeship
and apprenticeable nontraditional occupations.
d. The occupational, industrial and geographical impact
anticipated.
e. The supportive services to be provided to employers and women
after successful placement into apprenticeship or apprenticeable
nontraditional occupations.
f. The plan for the development and maintenance of a relationship
with the State level of the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training.
The Women's Bureau and the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
will provide input orally and in writing, if necessary, within ten (10)
working days after the meeting.
3. No later than twelve (12) weeks after award, the grantee shall
begin the program of technical assistance to employers and labor unions
to recruit, promote and retain women in apprenticeable occupations and
other nontraditional training for women, characterized by employment
growth and above average earnings.
4. No later than sixteen (16) weeks after award, the first
quarterly progress report of work done under this grant will be due.
Thereafter, quarterly reports will be due ten (10) working days after
the end of each of the three remaining quarters.
Quarterly progress reports should include:
a. A description of overall progress on work performed during the
reporting period, including (1) number and profiles of employers, union
and nonunion labor organizations provided technical assistance during
the period; (2) systemic workplace and policy changes--actual or in
process; (3) public presentations; (4) media articles or appearances;
(5) publications disseminated and (6) publications developed.
b. An indication of any current problems which may impede
performance and the proposed corrective action.
c. A discussion of work to be performed during the next reporting
period.
Between scheduled reporting dates the grantee shall also
immediately inform the Grant Officer's Technical Representative of
significant developments affecting the grantee's ability to accomplish
the work.
5. No later than fifty-two (52) weeks after award, the grantee
shall submit, one (1) camera ready copy and one (1) diskette (IBM
compatible; WordPerfect 5.1), an integrated draft report of the process
and results of the technical assistance activities during the year. The
Women's Bureau and the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training will
provide written comments on the draft report within twenty (20) working
days if substantive problems are identified. The grantee's response to
these comments shall be incorporated into the final report.
6. No later than sixty-four (64) weeks after award, the grantee
shall submit one (1) camera ready copy and one (1) diskette (IBM
compatible, WordPerfect 5.1) of the final report. The report shall
cover findings, final performance data, outcome results and assessment,
and employer or labor union plans for follow-up of participants. Copies
of technical assistance curricula shall be included, as well as any
plans for replication and dissemination of information. An Executive
Summary of the findings and recommendations, if any, shall either be
included in the report or accompany the report.
Signed at Washington, D.C. on May 3, 1995.
Lawrence J. Kuss,
Grants Officer.
Appendices
Appendix A--Application for Technical Assistance
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WA-NTO)
WOMEN'S BUREAU
BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING
The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking employers and labor
unions who want and would benefit from receiving Technical
Assistance (TA) in their outreach and recruitment training and
retention of women in apprenticeship and apprenticeable
nontraditional occupations. The object of the technical assistance
is both to promote the self-sufficiency of women and to promote a
skilled and stable workforce for employers and labor unions.
TA will be provided by community-based organizations (CBOs) with
experience and DOL grants to provide such TA. The U.S. Department
will match employer or labor unions with CBOs or CBOs can submit
employers and/or labor unions with their response to the SGA. All
Technical Assistance Requests should be received at the address
below by September 8, 1995.
Please complete this application and mail it to: Office of
Procurement Services, Room S-5220, Reference SGA--95-02, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210, Attention: Lisa Harvey.
1. Name and Title of Applicant:
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2. Name of Organization:
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3. Industry and Product:
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4. Check Affiliation:
Employer:
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Labor Union & related:
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5. Address:
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6. Telephone:
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7. Fax:
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8. Briefly describe your (firm/organization's experience in
recruiting, [[Page 25114]] training and retraining women for
apprenticeship and other nontraditional occupations.
9. Briefly describe your (firm/organization's) current or
anticipated need(s) for technical assistance (i.e., problem
recruiting, training, and/or retraining women in apprenticeship and
other nontraditional jobs.
10. Provide a description of the types of apprenticeship or
nontraditional occupations your firm or organization want to train
and place women, including women already in your workplace and
working at other jobs, including pay and benefits.
11. How many jobs, also new employment opportunities, will be
created in your workplace, and for what occupations or
apprenticeships, over the next two to five years?
12. Briefly discuss the type of women your firm or organizations
wishes to target or attract.
13. Assurance that there are or will be suitable and appropriate
positions available--in your workplace or outside economy--in
apprenticeable occupations programs or nontraditional occupations
targeted.
14. Commitment that reasonable effort will be made to place
qualified women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations.
15. Briefly describe your plans for the development and
maintenance of a relationship with the State level of the Bureau of
Apprenticeship and Training.
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Signature
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Date
Appendix B--Assurances and Certifications Signature Page
The Department of Labor will not award a grant or agreement
where the grantee/recipient has failed to accept the ASSURANCES AND
CERTIFICATIONS contained in this section. By signing and returning
this signature page, the grantee/recipient is providing the
certifications set forth below:
A. Assurances--Non-Construction Programs
B. Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary
Exclusion--Lower Tier Transaction
C. Certifications Regarding Lobbying: Debarment, Suspension,
Drug-Free Workplace
D. Certification of Release of Information
E. Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Requirements of JTPA
Applicant Name:
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Date: ________
If there is any reason why one of the assurances or
certifications listed cannot be signed, please explain. Applicant
need only submit and return this signature page with the grant
application. All other instructions shall be kept on file by the
applicant.
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Signature of Authorized Certifying Official
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Applicant Organization
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Title
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Date Submitted
Please Note: This signature page and any pertinent attachments
which may be required by these assurances and certifications shall
be attached to the applicant's Cost Proposal.
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Instructions for the SF 424
This is a standard form used by applicants as a required
facesheet for preapplications and applications submitted for Federal
assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies to obtain applicant
certification that States which have established a review and
comment procedure in response to Executive Order 12372 and have
selected the program to be included in their process, have been
given an opportunity to review the applicant's submission.
Item and Entry
1. Self-explanatory.
2. Date application submitted to Federal agency (or State if
applicable) & applicant's control number (if applicable).
3. State use only (if applicable).
4. If this application is to continue or revise an existing
award, enter present Federal identifier number. If for a new
project, leave blank.
5. Legal name of applicant, name of primary organizational unit
which will undertake the assistance activity, complete address of
the applicant, and name and telephone number of the person to
contact on matters related to this application.
6. Enter Employer Identification Number (EIN) as assigned by the
Internal Revenue Service.
7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space provided.
8. Check appropriate box and enter appropriate letter(s) in the
space(s) provided:
--``New'' means a new assistance award.
--``Continuation'' means an extension for an additional funding/
budget period for a project with a projected completion date.
--``Revision'' means any change in the Federal Government's
financial obligation or contingent liability from an existing
obligation.
9. Name of Federal agency from which assistance is being
requested with this application.
10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and
title of the program under which assistance is requested.
11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the project. If more than
one program is involved, you should append an explanation on a
separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g., construction or real property
projects), attach a map showing project location. For
preapplications, use a separate sheet to provide a summary
description of this project.
12. List only the largest political entities affected (e.g.,
State, counties, cities).
13. Self-explanatory.
14. List the applicant's Congressional District and any
District(s) affected by the program or project.
15. Amount requested or to be contributed during the first
funding/budget period by each contributor. Value of in-kind
contributions should be included on appropriate lines as applicable.
If the action will result in a dollar change to an existing award,
indicate only the amount of the change. For decreases, enclose the
amounts in parentheses. If both basic and supplemental amounts are
included, show breakdown on an attached sheet. For multiple program
funding, use totals and show breakdown using same categories as item
15.
16. Applicants should contact the State Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) for Federal Executive Order 12372 to determine whether the
application is subject to the State intergovernmental review
process.
17. This question applies to the applicant organization, not the
person who signs as the authorized representative. Categories of
debt include delinquent audit disallowances, loans and taxes.
18. To be signed by the authorized representative of the
applicant. A copy of the governing body's authorization for you to
sign this application as official representative must be on file in
the applicant's office. (Certain Federal agencies may require that
this authorization be submitted as part of the application.)
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