[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38001-38014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18209]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA 01-06); Customized 
Employment Grants

AGENCY: Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Notice of applicability of funds and Solicitation for Grant 
Applications (SGA).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department), Office 
of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) announces the availability of 
$3.5 million to award up to seven competitive grants for strategic 
planning and implementation activities designed to improve the 
employment and career advancement of people with disabilities through 
enhanced availability and provision of customized employment services 
through the new One-Stop delivery system established under the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (Public Law 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 
2801 et seq.).

    This Customized Employment Grant program will provide funds to 
selected Local Workforce Investment Boards (Local Boards), which will 
be the lead entity in a consortium/partnership of public and private 
entities, to build the capacity in local One-Stop Centers to provide 
customized employment services to those persons with disabilities who 
may not now be regularly targeted for services by the One-Stop Center 
system. Grants funded under this program will also provide a vehicle 
for Local Boards to systemically review their policy and practices in 
terms of service to persons with disabilities, and to incorporate new 
and innovative practices, as appropriate.

    Grants are for a one-year period and may be renewed for a period of 
up to four additional years at varying funding levels (see Section V) 
depending upon the availability of funds and the efficacy of the 
project activities. All forms necessary to prepare an application are 
included in this SGA.

DATES: One (1) ink-signed original, complete grant application plus 
three (3) copies of the Technical Proposal and three (3) copies of the 
Cost Proposal must be submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, 
Procurement Services Center, Attention Grant Officer, Reference SGA 01-
06, Room N-5416, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, 
not later than 4:45 p.m. EST, August 20, 2001. Hand-delivered 
applications must be received by the Procurement Services Center by 
that time.

ADDRESSES: Grant applications must be hand delivered or mailed to U.S. 
Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, Attention: Grant 
Officer, Reference SGA 01-06, Room N-5416, 200 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20210. Applicants must verify delivery to this 
office directly through their delivery service and as soon as possible.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Applications will not be mailed. The 
Federal Register may be obtained from your nearest government office or 
library. Questions about this solicitation may be sent to Cassandra 
Willis, at the following Internet address: [email protected].

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Late Proposals

    The grant application package must be received at the designated 
place by the date and time specified or it will not be considered. Any 
application received at the Procurement Services Center after 4:45 p.m. 
EST, August 20, 2001, will not be considered unless it is received 
before the award is made and:
    1. It was sent by registered or certified mail not later than the 
fifth calendar day before August 20, 2001;
    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 address indicated; or
    3. It was sent by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail Next Day 
Service-Post Office to Addressee, not later than 5 p.m. at the place of 
mailing two (2) working days, excluding weekends and Federal holidays, 
before August 20, 2001.
    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 place 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 should request 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 date of mailing of a 
late application sent by U.S. Postal Service Express 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 should 
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 Procurement 
Services Center on the application wrapper or other documentary 
evidence or receipt maintained by that office. Applications sent by 
telegram or facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Authority

    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001, Public Law 106-554, 114 STAT 
2763A-10, 29 U.S.C. 557(b).

II. Background

    The President's New Freedom Initiative is designed to increase the 
number of people with disabilities who enter, reenter, and remain in 
the workforce. It is dedicated to increasing investment in and access 
to assistive technologies, a quality education, and increasing the 
integration of Americans with disabilities into the workforce and 
community life.
    The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) provides the 
infrastructure for streamlining services and securing employment 
through the One-Stop delivery system. WIA requires multiple programs 
and agencies (including state Vocational Rehabilitation agencies) to: 
(a) Form partnerships in this effort; (b) share expertise and 
coordinate resources; and, provide services to assist people in gaining 
and retaining employment. The One-Stop Career Centers which comprise 
this system are in a position to expand employment opportunities for 
people with disabilities, thus ensuring that the intent of the New 
Freedom Initiative is accomplished.
    Under WIA, collaboration with multiple required partners \1\ is 
intended to create a coordinated and streamlined system for the 
customer seeking employment. It is essential to involve additional 
states or local programs as partners with the One-Stop Center to enable 
many people with disabilities to have an increased opportunity for and 
choice in employment. These additional programs include, but are not 
limited to, state programs for Mental Retardation, Medicaid, Mental 
Health and Transportation; State Councils for Developmental 
Disabilities; state assistive technology programs, Small Business 
Development Centers and secondary education programs. While not 
required partners under WIA, these programs have expertise and/or 
resources that can contribute to expanding the employment and business 
opportunities for people with disabilities. In addition, community 
colleges, University Centers for Excellence in Developmental 
Disabilities, business incubators, lending institutions, foundations, 
faith-based organizations, and other state or local programs may also 
be critical partners. These agencies and programs may not be informed 
about the potential for coordinating resources and expertise with Local 
Boards and One-Stop Centers in order to increase employment, choice and 
wages for people with disabilities.
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    \1\ Some of the required partners are adult education and 
literacy activities under Title II of WIA; post-secondary vocational 
education activities under the Carl Perkins Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et 
seq.); vocational rehabilitation programs authorized under title V 
of the Workforce Investment Act; welfare-to-work programs; veterans 
employment and training activities, community services block grant 
employment and training activities; U.S. Department of Housing and 
Urban Development employment and training activities, and activities 
authorized under Title V of the Older Americans Act (WIA sec. 
121(b), 29 USCA 2841(b), 20 CFR 662.200).
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    In addition, One-Stop Centers may elect to become employment 
networks under the Ticket-to-Work Program (42 U.S.C. 1320b-19), thus 
making it more likely that they will require expertise in customized 
employment strategies in order to successfully facilitate employment 
for people with disabilities who are recipients of Supplemental 
Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). 
Ticket-to-Work is providing increased employment opportunities for 
people with disabilities who receive SSI and/or SSDI benefits by 
addressing some of the major barriers encountered by these individuals 
as they attempt to gain or regain employment. Approximately eight 
million people with disabilities receive SSI and/or SSDI benefits. 
According to the U.S. General Accounting Office, less than one percent 
of these individuals leave the rolls each year as a result of paid 
employment. Of those who do leave, about one-third return within three 
years. The Ticket-to-Work program provides a variety of work 
incentives, including, greater choices of needed employment services, 
the continuation of Medicare eligibility for SSDI recipients and, at 
state option, health coverage under the Medicaid program to certain 
workers with disabilities, either by permitting them to purchase 
Medicaid coverage or by extending Medicaid eligibility to them without 
charge. As a result, there is unprecedented opportunity for these 
individuals to enter, or return to the workforce. Increasing numbers of 
individuals with disabilities will be approaching their local One-Stop 
Centers for assistance.
    Many strategies exist for securing integrated, competitive 
employment for people with disabilities, including people who 
previously might have been considered ``nonfeasible'' for employment, 
and people who have been segregated in institutions, nursing homes, and 
day activity programs. Many

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exemplary practices and promising strategies have emerged through 
decades of research and demonstration projects, and through other 
public and private activities promoting increased choice and self-
determination for people with disabilities. These include approaches 
such as supported employment; supported entrepreneurship; 
individualized job development; job carving and restructuring; use of 
personal agents (including individuals with disabilities and family 
members); development of micro-boards, micro-enterprises, cooperatives 
and small businesses; and use of personal budgets and other forms of 
individualized funding that provide choice and control to the person 
and promote self-determination. These and other innovations hold the 
promise of dramatically increasing both employment and wages for people 
with disabilities, in part by increasing their choices for integrated, 
competitive employment, business ownership, micro-enterprise 
development, entrepreneurship, and other employment options that were 
previously seldom available.
    The Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with 
Disabilities, which includes membership from eighteen Federal agencies, 
has conducted multiple activities relating to increasing employment for 
people with disabilities, including people who are SSI and/or SSDI 
beneficiaries, people who are in nursing homes, institutions, facility-
based employment, day activity programs and other segregated settings 
where they are either not working or are earning less than minimum 
wage. A major result of these activities was the identification of the 
need for a sustained and coordinated initiative to build professional 
competency within One-Stop Centers and their partners, including 
providers and employers, about the use of customized employment 
strategies. Other findings include the need to: (1) Effectively expand 
the availability of personal agents, job development expertise, and 
other strategies for achieving customized employment for people with 
disabilities; (2) increase the number of eligible training providers 
who can provide customized employment assistance; (3) provide 
information, technical assistance, training and strategic planning that 
focuses on integrating customized employment strategies into the 
workforce investment system; (4) coordinate all necessary employment 
and related supports from WIA partners and other essential programs 
that are not required partners under WIA; and, (5) research and 
demonstrate alternative methods of determining effective performance by 
the workforce investment system in terms of service to people with 
disabilities.
    In response to these findings ODEP will pursue a two-pronged 
approach:
    1. Awarding these strategic planning and implementation grants for 
customized employment to develop and/or expand the capacity of local 
workforce systems to provide meaningful and effective opportunity 
through One-Stops for all persons with disabilities; and
    2. Establishing a national technical assistance and training 
initiative to help increase the capacity of the workforce investment 
system to serve people with disabilities.
    The combination of these activities will substantially contribute 
to achieving the goals of the President's New Freedom Initiative.
    This SGA is designed to address the first of these activities. 
Establishing the supporting national technical assistance initiative is 
being implemented under a separate solicitation, and is expected to be 
in operation in time to assist the planning and implementation 
activities of grants funded under this solicitation.
    The U.S. Department of Labor also offers Work Incentive Grants 
designed to enhance service delivery throughout the National One-Stop 
delivery system for people with disabilities. Recognizing that the One-
Stop system generally has limited capacity to serve people with 
disabilities in the comprehensive nature envisioned under the WIA, the 
Work Incentive Grant program has multiple goals which include but are 
not limited to:
    1. Establishing the capacity for coordinated, seamless service 
delivery to this client group for the many programs and services which 
typically impact their entry or retention in the workforce;
    2. Increasing the availability of assistive technology in One-Stop
    Centers;
    3. Ensuring the availability of trained One-Stop staff to serve 
people with disabilities;
    4. Assuring outreach and marketing of One-Stop services to the 
disability community; and
    5. Establishing or expanding linkages with public and private 
providers of this client group.
    Twenty-three Work Incentive Grants were awarded in FY 2000 and 
another Solicitation for Grant Applications will be announced in the 
summer of 2001 as a continuing and on-going process of building the 
One-Stop infrastructure to most effectively meet the needs of customers 
with disabilities. The Work Incentive Grants are complementary yet 
distinct from the Customized Employment demonstration grants offered in 
this SGA. The Work Incentive Grants support systemic change through 
capacity building of the One-Stop infrastructure, whereas these 
Customized Employment Grants will serve as models of comprehensive 
service delivery which extends beyond WIA programs and services for 
individuals with disabilities who are the most disenfranchised under 
current service delivery systems.
    This SGA is designed to develop comprehensive models of direct 
service delivery in the context of a One-Stop setting for individuals 
with disabilities with the greatest barriers to employment, many of 
whom have never been employed, are limited to subsidized employment, or 
may be considered unable to be employed. The CustomizedEmployment 
grants will involve cutting edge approaches such as use of customized 
employment strategies and active involvement of essential programs of 
both mandated and non-mandated partners of the workforce system.

III. Purpose

    The purpose of this initiative is to maximize the capacity of, and 
outcomes from, One-Stop Centers and their partners to effectively serve 
people with disabilities through customized employment strategies, and 
to integrate those strategies into the policy and practice of the One-
Stop and its partners in order to increase employment, choice and wages 
for people with disabilities.
    For purposes of this solicitation the Department has chosen to 
specifically target the development and provision of customized 
employment to those people with disabilities identified in this 
section. However, the Department expects that once capacity for using 
customized employment strategies is developed or enhanced, the One-Stop 
Centers and their partners can expand use of these strategies to other 
groups of people with (and without) disabilities.
    For purposes of this solicitation, the target groups are people 
with disabilities who are either unemployed or under-employed and are:
    1. Receiving Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or Social 
Security Disability Insurance (SSDI); or
    2. Participating in day programs (such as day habilitation, day 
activity or day health programs) or participating in facility-based or 
community employment and earning less than minimum wage; or

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    3. Participating in segregated employment and choosing to move to 
integrated, competitive employment; or
    4. Awaiting employment services and supports following a move from 
a residential facility, or as part of a plan to move into a community 
under the Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. by Zimring, 527 
U.S. 581(1999); or
    5. Transitioning from, or preparing to transition from, secondary 
school under a transition plan under part B of the Individuals with 
Disabilities EducationAct, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), and 
who, without access to customized employment strategies, would likely 
be referred to one of the environments identified in (2), (3)or (4) 
above, but who prefers integrated, competitive employment or self-
employment.
    For purposes of this solicitation, customized employment means 
individualizing the employment relationship between employees and 
employers in ways that meet the needs of both. It is based on an 
individualized determination of the strengths, needs, and interests of 
the person with a disability, and is also designed to meet the specific 
needs of the employer. It may include employment developed through job 
carving, self-employment or entrepreneurial initiatives, or other job 
development or restructuring strategies that result in job 
responsibilities being customized and individually negotiated to fit 
the needs of individuals with a disability. Customized employment 
assumes the provision of reasonable accommodations and supports 
necessary for the individual to perform the functions of a job that is 
individually negotiated and developed.

IV. Statement of Work

    Eligible applicants for these grants are Local Workforce Investment 
Boards (LocalBoards) under the Workforce Investment Act. The Local 
Board may enter into numerous partnerships with other public and 
private entities, consistent with the proposed activities of the grant.
    Grantees must implement training and staff development activities 
and demonstration projects designed to develop organizational capacity 
to serve people with disabilities in One-Stop Centers. These projects 
must develop professional competency in customized employment 
strategies and serve targeted people with disabilities. Workforce 
investment system partners and other non-required but essential 
programs must be included in this effort. Grantees must integrate 
customized employment strategies with the existing services available 
through the One-Stop Center and its partners, including through 
demonstrating alternative methods of measuring performance within the 
Once-Stop environment. The result of these efforts will be an increase 
in employment, choice and wages for people with disabilities through 
the use of customized employment, and the systemic evaluation and 
modification, as appropriate, of policies and practices to ensure that 
customized employment strategies are systemically included in the 
services available through the One-Stop Center.
    Grantees must demonstrate collaborative activities across relevant 
stakeholder groups, including both required and non-required One-Stop 
partners, persons with disabilities, their parents and other family 
members, advocates, employers, community rehabilitation agencies, and 
others as appropriate.\2\ Grantees must:
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    \2\ These partners may become a subgroup or an advisory group of 
the Local Board. They may be specifically charged with coordinating 
funding, resources and expertise in order to increase customized 
employment for people with disabilities in the community.
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    1. Develop professional competency and capacity for implementing a 
variety of innovative and promising practices through customized 
employment;
    2. Mobilize needed services and supports;
    3. Implement systems change demonstrations; and,
    4. Implement other initiatives to ensure that these innovations and 
promising practices become part of the menu of services available 
through the workforce investment system.
    Grantees must develop employment opportunities in a variety of jobs 
or industries and at a variety of levels, including self-employment and 
entrepreneurship, based on the strengths, needs and desires of the 
individual with a disability. They must organize services and supports 
in ways that provide informed choice and promote self-determination. In 
addition, grantees must establish employer involvement; track and 
respond to customer service and satisfaction for both persons with 
disabilities and employers; and provide services, including follow-up 
services to ensure job retention and career development.
    It is expected that each grantee will become a ``model'' for both 
the state and the Nation in terms of demonstrating effective linkages 
and strategies through the One-StopCenter system. These models will 
demonstrate successful strategies for customized employment for people 
with disabilities which result in increased employment and wages. Each 
grantee must also review policy and practice as it relates to people 
with disabilities, including researching alternative methods for 
performance accountability that are relevant to the characteristics of 
this population.
    Grantees must pursue the following objectives:
    1. Develop and implement strategic planning and implementation 
activities across the One-Stop required partner programs as identified 
in the Workforce Investment Act, (WIA sec. 121(b), 29 USCA, 
2841(b)(such as Vocational Rehabilitation and others as appropriate) as 
well as other essential programs (such as Medicaid, Medicare, Mental 
Health,Transportation, Small Business Development Centers, State 
Councils on Developmental Disabilities, community colleges, benefits 
counseling and assistance programs, lending and financial 
institutions), whose expertise, services, and/or funds could contribute 
to employment services and supports needed by people with disabilities 
in order to secure customized employment.
    2. Develop local and statewide policy initiatives to ensure that 
customized employment and multiple innovative strategies and promising 
practices become part of the menu of services available to people with 
disabilities including investigating alternative methods for 
performance accountability that consider the characteristics of the 
population.
    3. Develop and document the increased capacity of the One-Stop 
system, including WIA required partners, community providers of 
employment services, and other essential programs, to provide 
customized employment for persons with disabilities. Such capacity 
includes enhancing collaboration between required WIA partners and 
building new collaborative initiatives with other essential programs.
    4. Develop and document the capacity of the One-Stop system to 
increase the wages of people with disabilities who are currently 
working at less than minimum wage through the use of customized 
employment strategies.
    5. Develop an increased understanding by One-Stop Centers' staff 
about health care, work incentives, benefits planning, ``tickets'' and 
other provisions under the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives 
ImprovementAct of 1999 (42 USC 1320b-19 et seq.); and document 
increased use of these programs by the One-Stop Center and its partner 
programs to secure customized employment for recipients of SSI and/or 
SSDI who are entering the workforce or returning to work.

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    6. Demonstrate and document the increasing use of resources from a 
number of system partners and other essential programs, including 
providing individual budgets (e.g., individual training accounts/
contractual services; tickets; vouchers; and other sources of 
individualized funding or personal funding accounts) for persons with 
disabilities to obtain customized employment.
    7. Develop and leverage linkages with other state and local 
initiatives that provide services and supports for people with 
disabilities (including, but not limited to, state systems change 
efforts which promote systems improvement and comprehensive 
coordination; initiatives involving health care; benefits planning and 
assistance; housing; transportation; education; supported employment; 
small business development; technology-related assistance; initiatives 
of private foundations; and faith-based programs and others as 
appropriate).
    8. Educate relevant stakeholders, including state and local 
policymakers and systems personnel, about needed changes in policy and 
practice in order to increase customized employment and wages for 
people with disabilities. Organize education activities to enable 
customized employment and personalized supports to become available and 
used in local communities, including (as appropriate) activities 
necessary to secure adoption of the Medicaid buy-in in the state.
    9. Collaborate with the national technical assistance cooperative 
agreement funded by the ODEP to provide assistance and training on 
increasing employment for adults with disabilities.
    10. Identify and pursue other activities, as appropriate, to 
achieving the goals of these grants.
    Funds must be used in a flexible manner, as determined appropriate 
by input from stakeholders and identified needs, so long as 
requirements for outcome and evaluation data and other requirements of 
Federal statutes, regulations, administrative requirements and OMB 
circulars and the requirements delineated in this SGA are met. 
Activities may include, the following possibilities:
    1. Necessary staffing across agencies to implement grantee 
activities and otherwise demonstrate effective partnerships and 
interactions necessary to effectively leverage resources and expertise 
from partnering systems and programs.
    2. Outreach to relevant stakeholders.
    3. Strategic planning.
    4. Demonstration activities which provide methods to increase the 
employment of people with disabilities that are designed for systemic 
inclusion (including but not limited to demonstrating the use of 
individual training accounts or contractual services, tickets, and 
individual budgeting initiatives; economic stimulus activities 
including low-interest loans for person-centered micro-boards focused 
on increasing economic prosperity for specific individuals with 
disabilities; entrepreneurial employment initiatives that are consumer-
owned or operated; demonstrations of innovation and cutting-edge 
strategies providing personal control, choice and customized assistance 
resulting in employment, including business ownership, micro-enterprise 
development or development of cooperatives for persons with 
disabilities; and other supports needed by specific individuals with 
disabilities to increase choice and wages in employment).
    5. Other activities necessary to address needs and achieve goals 
identified through strategic planning and implementation, including 
collection of necessary data and evaluation.
    6. Collaboration with the education system, parents and families to 
ensure transition of young people with disabilities from school to 
customized employment or training, and documentation of the outcomes of 
such efforts.
    7. Training and education activities (including training regarding 
Medicaid buy-in provisions and other policy implications for increasing 
employment through state activities) designed to further the goal of 
increasing customized employment for persons with disabilities. These 
training activities include the education of One-Stop and partner 
personnel; state systems personnel and policymakers; developing and 
disseminating educational information and materials; and otherwise 
promoting policy and practice to increase the wide spread community-
based use of customized employment strategies and personalized 
supports.
    8. Researching and demonstrating alternative methods of measuring 
WIA performance outcomes that consider the various characteristics of 
people with disabilities and developing demonstrations of performance 
measures that document new methods for measuring program effectiveness; 
and coordinating the availability of and access to assistive technology
    9. Establishing connections to and collaborating with other 
entities, including employers, lending and financial institutions, 
foundations, faith-based organizations, institutions of higher 
education, consumer and family organizations, small business 
development centers and others, as appropriate, to further customized 
employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in local 
communities.
    10. Educating the media and the general public about successful 
strategies for and the benefits of securing employment for people with 
disabilities. This will assist in obtaining long-term support for 
continuation of grantee activities following completion of funding.
    11. Increasing the availability of personal agents and job 
development personnel offering customized services through customer-
controlled approaches that result in customized employment (including 
demonstrating effectiveness of paying family members and/or other 
individuals with disabilities to serve as personal agents when selected 
by the individual with a disability to assist in negotiating and 
implementing employment plans and services.)
    12. Assisting community providers of segregated employment services 
to develop integrated, competitive options for individuals with 
disabilities, including implementation of conversion and other 
organizational change initiatives conducted with segregated provider 
programs that wish to change their services to integrated employment.
    Upon the award of a grant, grantees must begin a strategic planning 
and implementation process that will address multiple components of 
needed change. Planning, implementation and ongoing evaluation for 
continuous improvement are expected to be implemented from year one in 
recognition that dynamic planning will occur and evolve over time. By 
the end of year five, it is expected that a more long-term strategic 
plan will be in place for expanding the availability and provision of 
customized employment, and for systemically revising policy and 
practices consistent with this goal. All grantees must provide a 
detailed management plan for project goals, objectives and activities.
    All grantees must collect and provide to the DOL information on the 
individuals with disabilities served under this grant and who secure 
employment through use of customized strategies (including information 
on types of jobs, wages and benefits secured by specific individuals 
with disabilities, and other areas addressed

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through the linkages and networks facilitated by grant activities).
    All grantees must agree to cooperate with an independent evaluation 
to be conducted by the Department of Labor. DOL will arrange for and 
conduct this independent evaluation of the outcomes, impacts, and 
accomplishments of each funded grant. Grantees must agree to make 
available records on all parts of grant activity, including participant 
employment and wage data, and to provide access to personnel, as 
specified by the evaluator(s), under the direction of the Department. 
This independent evaluation is separate from the ongoing evaluation for 
continuous improvement required of the grantee for grant 
implementation.

V. Funding Availability

    The Department of Labor anticipates awarding up to seven grants 
with a range of between $400,000 and $750,000 each. These awards will 
be for a one-year period and may be renewed annually for up to four 
additional years for a total of five years depending upon the 
availability of funds and the efficacy of the grant activities, 
established through independent reviews conducted by the Department of 
Labor or its designee. Proposals must include budgetary information for 
a five-year period. The funding for Years Four and Five will be at 
successively lower levels, with funding during Year Four at 80 percent 
of third-year funds and during Year Five at 60 percent. Grantees are 
expected to use this grant as seed money to develop other public and 
private resources in order to ensure sustainability of grant activities 
following completion of the funding period.
    Funds must not be used for modifying buildings or equipment for 
physical or communication accessibility, although the strategic 
planning should address how resources will be leveraged for such 
purposes from other sources, as appropriate.

VI. Eligible Applicants

    Eligible applicants for these grants are restricted to Local 
Workforce InvestmentBoards (Local Boards) as established under the 
Workforce Investment Act (WIA sec.117,29 USCA 2832.) The Local Board 
may coordinate numerous partnerships with other public and private 
entities, consistent with proposed activities of the grant and 
applicable administrative requirements.
    The U.S. Department of Labor encourages Local Boards to join with 
otherState/local entities and public/private non-profit organizations. 
Such entities and organizations could include state programs for 
Vocational Rehabilitation, Mental Health,Medicaid, Mental Retardation, 
Housing and/or Transportation; State Councils on Developmental 
Disabilities; Protection and Advocacy Programs; University Centers for 
Excellence in Developmental Disabilities; institutions of higher 
education; Centers for Independent Living (CIL's); disability advocacy 
and provider organizations; organizations of parents; federally-funded 
disability grant entities; Small Business Development Centers; 
cooperatives and micro-enterprises; lending and financial institutions; 
training programs; media and marketing agencies; employers; 
foundations; community and faith-based programs; and other 
organizations or programs which provide or support services and/or 
advocacy for people with disabilities. Letters of support and 
commitment from these programs must be included in the Appendix of the 
proposal.
    Indian and Native American Tribal entities, or consortia of Tribes, 
may apply for these grants. These grants could involve coordination of 
services and enhancement to a One-Stop system approach for people with 
disabilities in a specific Indian community or covering multiple Tribal 
entities which may cut across multiple States and/or workforce 
investment areas. Grants to Indian and Native American tribal grantees 
are treated differently because of sovereignty and self-governance 
established under the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act allowing for the government to government relationship 
between the Federal and Tribal Governments.
    Please Note That Eligible Applicants Must Not be Classified Under 
the Internal Revenue Code as 501 (c)(4) Entity. See 26 U.S.C.506(c)(4). 
According to Section 18 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, an 
organization, as described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, that engages in lobbying activities will not be eligible 
for the receipt of federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan.

VII. Application Contents

    There are three required Parts and an Appendix of the application. 
Requirements for each Part are provided in this application package, as 
are all required forms.
    Part I--Project Financial Plan (Budget).
    Part II--Executive Summary.
    Part III--Project Narrative.
    Appendices--Letters of Commitment/Support, Resumes, etc.
    General Requirements--Three copies and an original of the proposal 
must be submitted, one of which must contain an original signature. 
Proposals must be submitted by the applicant only. Page limits do not 
apply to the Project Financial Plan or the Appendices (assurances, 
resumes, bibliography or references as appropriate, and letters of 
support.) A font size of at least twelve (12) point is required 
throughout.

Part I--Project Financial Plan (Budget)

    To be considered, applications must include a detailed financial 
plan which identifies by line item the budget plan designed to achieve 
the goals of this grant. TheProject Financial Plan must contain the SF-
424, Application for Federal Assistance,(Appendix A) and an SF-424A 
Budget Information Sheet (Appendix B).
    The Project Financial Plan (Budget) must include on a separate page 
a detailed cost analysis of each line item. Justification for 
administrative costs must be provided.Approval of a budget by DOL is 
not the same as the approval of actual costs. The individual signing 
the SF-424 on behalf of the applicant must represent and be able to 
bind the responsible financial and administrative entity for a grant 
should that application result in an award.

Part II--Executive Summary

    The application must contain an Executive Summary limited to no 
more than two (2) single-spaced, single-sided pages. Each application 
must provide a grant synopsis which identifies the following:
    1. The applicant;
    2. The consortium partners; the organizations or systems they 
represent; and their role in grant implementation;
    3 . Data on people with disabilities in the area, including, to the 
extent it is available, information about the target group for this 
solicitation and other data relevant to the proposed grant;
    4. The geographic service area of the Local Board;
    5. The planned period of performance (projected annually through a 
five year cycle, assuming grant renewals awards);
    6. The actions already taken by the One-Stop system in the local 
area to address the needs of people with disabilities, including 
activities related to increasing availability of customized employment 
and leveraging resources and expertise across non-required partners of 
the One-Stop Centers;
    7. A brief statement of the goals of the proposal and how they will 
be achieved; and,

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    8. Assurances of commitment in support of this proposal from the 
fiscal agent and all partner agencies.

Part III--Project Narrative

    The Grant Narrative should provide complete information on how the 
applicant will address the requirements of this SGA and is limited to 
no more than 75 double-spaced, single-sided, numbered pages (not 
including Appendices).
    Each application must provide, in response to the objectives of 
this SGA, a comprehensive strategy and implementation plan for 
developing capacity and providing customized employment through the One 
Stop system.
    Appendix--Letters of Support and/or Commitment, Resumes

VIII. Evaluation Criteria/Selection

A. Evaluation Criteria

    The Project Narrative should address the following evaluation 
element:
1. Statement of Need (10 Points)
    Applicants must include in their proposed plan the following items.
    a. The current employment circumstances facing people with 
disabilities in the area to be served, including barriers, 
facilitators, and resources, systems and activities that could be 
leveraged to address needed changes.
    b. The number of persons with disabilities in the area who fit the 
other requirements of the defined target group of persons with 
disabilities who may be served under this grant.
    c. Related issues that need to be addressed in order to develop 
and/or enhance capacity of the One-Stop system to use customized 
employment strategies to increase employment, choice and wages for 
persons with disabilities, including the contribution the proposed 
grant will make to influence systemic changes in the local workforce 
system.
2. Comprehensive Strategy for Strategic Planning and Implementation to 
Build Capacity for Customized Employment (25 points)
    Applicants must include in their proposed plan the following items:
    a. The technical plan to implement the purpose and objectives of 
thisSGA to enhance the capacity of the workforce investment system to 
increase employment, choice and wages for persons with disabilities 
through the use of customized employment strategies and to ensure that 
such strategies are systemically included in the policy and practice of 
the One-Stop Center(s);
    b. The provision of necessary programmatic and physical access, 
including assistive technology, and compliance with section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. 794(d), [as amended by the FY 2001 
appropriation for military construction, Pub. L. No. 106-246(July 13, 
2000)] in order to ensure access to persons with disabilities;
    c. The plan for developing, implementing and expanding the 
availability and use of customized employment strategies throughout the 
WIA system of required partners and non-required programs;
    d. The plan for how the expertise of the State Vocational 
Rehabilitation program will be used;
    e. The plan to involve appropriate private entities, including but 
not limited to community-based organizations and faith-based 
organizations, as appropriate;
    f. The plan for reaching people with disabilities and their 
families, including their involvement in grant design and 
implementation;
    g. The plan for gaining support and assistance of area employers;
    h. The plan for meeting the needs of individuals with disabilities 
from diverse cultures and/or ethnic groups;
    i. The plan for expanding the use of customized employment 
strategies over time to:
    1. All groups of persons with disabilities targeted under this 
solicitation; and
    2. Other groups of individuals with disabilities (such as 
individuals who are receiving TANF benefits) following completion of 
the grant;
    j. The plan for leveraging resources over time in order to ensure 
grant sustainability upon completion of funding, including the plan for 
implementing grant activities during years four and five at 80% and 60% 
funding, respectively; and
    k. The plan for responding to the measures by which program success 
will be evaluated.
3. Collaboration and Coordination (15 Points)
    Applicants must include in their proposed plan the following items:
    a. Demonstrations of support and commitment from key organizations 
and individuals who advocate through or on behalf of persons with 
disabilities to participate in this effort;
    b. Demonstrations of support and commitment from One-Stop partners 
and non-required but essential programs;
    c. Demonstrations of support from area employers and employer 
organizations and evidence of their interest in participating in this 
effort.
    d. Demonstrations of support from persons with disabilities and 
their families for implementation of the proposed activities; and,
    e. A commitment to cooperate with ODEP's planned technical 
assistance initiative in a joint effort to develop capacity and 
disseminate promising practices so that the national workforce system 
can profit from this experience.
4. Quality of Grant Personnel (15 Points)
    Applicants must include in their proposed plan the following items:
    a. The names and qualifications of staff and related technical 
experts and consultants to support the objectives of this project for 
grantee and key sub-contractors and consultants. A resume of key staff 
and consultants must be included in the Appendix and must clearly 
indicate qualifications of each individual for designated role in 
project implementation.
    b. The extent to which the applicant encourages applications for 
employment from persons who are members of groups that have 
traditionally been under-represented based on race, color, national 
origin, gender, age or disability.
5. Management Plan (10 Points)
    Applicants must include in their proposed plan the following items:
    a. The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives of 
the proposed grant on time and within budget, including clearly defined 
responsibilities, time lines, and milestones for accomplishing grant 
activities;
    b. The adequacy of procedures for ensuring feedback and continuous 
improvement in the operation of the proposed grant;
    c. The extent to which the time commitments of key grant personnel 
are appropriate and adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed 
grant;
    d. How the applicant will insure that customized employment 
strategies become a part of the menu of services available in the local 
community.
6. Evaluation and Continuous Improvement (15 Points)
    Applicants must include in their proposed plan the following items:
    a. All grantees must agree to participate in the independent 
evaluation outlined in Section IV of this SGA.
    b. In addition, all grantees must implement ongoing evaluation of 
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effectiveness of implementation efforts for continuous improvement of 
the grant. In determining the quality of the evaluation for continuous 
improvement, the Department considers the following:
    1. The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough, 
feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives and outcomes of the 
proposed grant;
    2. The extent to which the methods of evaluation and continuous 
improvement are appropriate to the context within which the grant 
operates;
    3. The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use of 
objective performance measures that are clearly related to the intended 
outcomes of the grant and will produce quantitative and qualitative 
data to the extent possible (including data on wages, wage changes, 
benefits, types of jobs, customer satisfaction, resources leveraged 
from partner programs, systemic changes implemented to sustain grant 
over time); and
    4. The extent to which the evaluation will provide guidance about 
effective strategies suitable for replication in other settings.
7. Adequacy of Resources and Budget (10 Points)
    Applicants must include in their proposed plan the following items:
    a. The adequacy of support for grant implementation, including 
facilities, equipment, supplies, and other resources;
    b. The extent to which the budget is adequate to support the 
proposed grant.

B. Selection Criteria

    Acceptance of a proposal and an award of federal funds to sponsor 
any program(s) does not provide a waiver of any grant requirement and/
or procedures. Grantees must comply with all applicable Federal 
statutes, regulations, administrative requirements andOMB Circulars. 
For example, the OMB circulars require, and an entity's procurement 
procedures must require that all procurement transactions must be 
conducted, as practical, to provide open and free competition. If a 
proposal identifies a specific entity to provide the services, the DOL/
ODEP's award does not provide the justification or basis to sole-source 
the procurement, i.e., avoid competition.
    A panel will objectively rate each complete application against the 
criteria described in this SGA. The panel recommendations to the Grant 
Officer are advisory in nature. The Grant Officer may elect to award 
grants either with or without discussion with the applicant. In 
situations where no discussion occurs, an award will be based on the 
signed SF 424 form (see Appendix A), which constitutes a binding offer. 
The GrantOfficer may consider the availability of funds and any 
information that is available and will make final award decisions based 
on what is most advantageous to the Government, considering factors 
such as:
    1. Findings of the grant technical evaluation panel;
    2. Geographic distribution of the competitive applications; and,
    3. The Project's Financial Plan.

IX. Reporting

    The Department of Labor is responsible for ensuring the effective 
implementation of each competitive grant project in accordance with the 
provisions of this announcement, the grant agreement and other 
applicable administrative requirements. Applicants should assume that 
Department staff or their designees will conduct at least one on-site 
project review. In addition, all grantees will be expected to provide 
information on individuals with disabilities securing employment 
through use of customized strategies (including information on types of 
jobs, wages and benefits secured by specific individuals with 
disabilities, and other areas addressed through the linkages and 
networks facilitated by project activities).
    Grantees will be required to submit periodic financial and 
participation reports under the Customized Employment grant program. 
Specifically the following reports will be required:
    1. Monthly progress reports, during initial start-up and 
implementation of the project (approximately six months), and quarterly 
reports thereafter. It is estimated that the monthly report will take 
five hours to prepare during the first six months of the grant. The 
quarterly report is estimated to take ten hours during the remainder of 
the grant. The final report is estimated to take 20 hours. The 
Department will work with the grantee to identify the requirements of 
the various reports, which will, among other things, include measures 
of ongoing analysis for continuous improvement and customer 
satisfaction.
    2. Standard Form 269, Financial Status Report Form, on a quarterly 
basis;
    3. Final Project Report, including an assessment of project 
performance and outcomes achieved. This report will be submitted in 
hard copy and on electronic disk using a format and instructions which 
will be provided by the Department. A draft of the final report is due 
to the Department 45 days before the termination of the grant.
    DOL will arrange for and conduct an independent evaluation of the 
outcomes, impacts, and accomplishments of each funded project. Grantees 
must agree to make available records on all parts of project activity, 
including participant employment and wage data, and to provide access 
to personnel, as specified by the evaluator(s), under the direction of 
the Department. This independent evaluation is separate from the 
ongoing evaluation for continuous improvement required of the grantee 
for project implementation.

X. Administration Provisions

A. Administrative Standards and Provisions

    The grant awarded under this SGA shall be subject to the following:

29 CFR Part 95--Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, etc.
29 CFR Part 96--Federal Standards for Audit of Federally Funded Grants, 
Contracts, and Agreements
29 CFR Part 97--Uniform Administrative Requirement for Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments

B. Allowable Cost

    Determinations of allowable costs shall be made in accordance with 
the following applicable Federal cost principles:

State and Local Government--OMB Circular A-87
Nonprofit Organizations--OMB Circular A-122
Profit-making Commercial Firms--48 CFR Part 31

    Profit will not be considered an allowable cost in any case.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of July, 2001.
Daniel P. Murphy,
Grant Officer.
Appendix A. Application for Federal Assistance, Form SF 424
Appendix B. Budget Information Sheet, Form SF 424A
Appendix C. Assurances and Certifications Signature Page

Instructions for the SF-424

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 45 minutes per response, including time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering 
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
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reducing this burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, 
Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0043), Washington, DC 20503.
    Please do not return your completed form to the Office of 
Management and Budget. Send it to the address provided by the 
sponsoring agency.
    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) and 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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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SF-424A

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 180 minutes per response, including time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering 
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0044), 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Please do not return your completed form to the Office of 
Management and Budget. Send it to the address provided by the 
sponsoring agency.

General Instructions

    This form is designed so that application can be made for funds 
from one or more grant programs. In preparing the budget, adhere to 
any existing Federal grantor agency guidelines which prescribe how 
and weather budgeted amounts should be separately shown for 
different functions or activities within the program. For some 
programs, grantor agencies may require budgets to be separately 
shown by function or activity. For other programs, grantor agencies 
may require a breakdown by function or activity. Sections A, B, C, 
and D should include budget estimates for the whole project except 
when applying for assistance which requires Federal authorization in 
annual or other funding period increments. In the latter case, 
Sections A, B, C, and D should provide the budget for the first 
budget period (usually a year) and Section E should present the need 
for Federal assistance in the subsequent budget periods. All 
applications should contain a breakdown by the object class 
categories shown in Lines a-k of Section B.

Section A. Budget Summary Lines 1-4 Columns (a) and (b)

    For applications pertaining to a single Federal grant program 
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog number) and not requiring a 
functional or activity breakdown, enter on Line 1 under Column (a) 
the Catalog program title and the Catalog number in Column (b).
    For applications pertaining to a single program requiring budget 
amounts by multiple functions or activities, enter the name of each 
activity or function on each line in Column (a), and enter the 
Catalog number in Column (b). For applications pertaining to 
multiple programs where none of the programs require a breakdown by 
function or activity, enter the Catalog program title on each line 
in Column (a) and the respective Catalog number on each line in 
Column (b).
    For applications pertaining to multiple programs where one or 
more programs require a breakdown by function or activity, prepare a 
separate sheet for each program requiring the breakdown. Additional 
sheets should be used when one form does not provide adequate space 
for all breakdown of data required. However, when more than one 
sheet is used, the first page should provide the summary totals by 
programs.

Lines 1-4, Columns (c) through (g)

    For new applications, leave Column (c) and (d) blank. For each 
line entry in Columns (a) and (b), enter in Columns (e), (f), and 
(g) the appropriate amounts of funds needed to support the project 
for the first funding period (usually a year).
    For continuing grant program applications, submit these forms 
before the end of each funding period as required by the grantor 
agency. Enter in Columns (c) and (d) the estimated amounts of funds 
which will remain unobligated at the end of the grant funding period 
only if the Federal grantor agency instructions provide for this. 
Otherwise, leave these columns blank. Enter in Columns (e) and (f) 
the amounts of funds needed for the upcoming period. The amount(s) 
in Column (g) should be the sum of amounts in Columns (e) and (f).
    For supplemental grants and changes to existing grants, do not 
use Columns (c) and (d). Enter in Column (e) the amount of the 
increase or decrease of Federal funds and enter in Column (f) the 
amount of the increase or decrease of non-Federal funds. In Column 
(g) enter the new total budgeted amount (Federal and non-Federal) 
which includes the total previous authorized budgeted amounts plus 
or minus, as appropriate, the amounts shown in Columns (e) and (f). 
The amount(s) in Column (g) should not equal the sum of amounts in 
Columns (e) and (f).
    Line 5--Show the totals for all columns used.

Section B. Budget Categories

    In the column headings (1) through (4), enter the titles of the 
same programs, functions, and activities shown on Lines 1-4, Column 
(a), Section A. When additional sheets are prepared for Section A, 
provide similar column headings on each sheet. For each program, 
function or activity, fill in the total requirements for funds (both 
Federal and non-Federal) by object class categories.
    Line 6a-i--Show the totals of Lines 6a to 6h in each column.
    Line 6j--Show the amount of indirect cost.
    Line 6k--Enter the total of amounts on Lines 6i and 6j. For all 
applications for new grants and continuation grants the total amount 
in column (5), Line 6k, should be the same as the total amount shown 
in Section A, Column (g), Line 5. For supplemental grants and 
changes to grants, the total amount of the increase or decrease as 
shown in Columns (1)-(4), Line 6k should be the same as the sum of 
the amounts in Section A, Columns (e) and (f) on Line 5.
    Line 7--Enter the estimated amount of income, if any, expected 
to be generated from this project. Do not add or subtract this 
amount from the total project amount. Show under the program 
narrative statement the nature and source of income. The estimated 
amount of program income may be considered by the Federal grantor 
agency in determining the total amount of the grant.

Section C. Non-Federal Resources

    Lines 8-11--Enter amounts of non-Federal resources that will be 
used on the grant. If in-kind contributions are included, provide a 
brief explanation on a separate sheet.
    Column (a)--Enter the program titles identical to Column (a), 
Section A. A breakdown by function or activity is not necessary.
    Column (b)--Enter the contribution to be made by the applicant.
    Column (c)--Enter the amount of the State's cash and in-kind 
contribution if the applicant is not a State or State agency. 
Applicants which are a State or State agencies should leave this 
column blank.
    Column (d)--Enter the amount of cash and in-kind contributions 
to be made from all other sources.
    Column (e)--Enter totals of Columns (b), (c), and (d).
    Line 12--Enter the total for each of Columns (b)-(e). The amount 
in Column (e) should be equal to the amount on Line 5, Column (f), 
Section A.

Section D. Forecasted Cash Needs

    Line 13--Enter the amount of cash needed by quarter from the 
grantor agency during the first year.
    Line 14--Enter the amount of cash from all other sources needed 
by quarter during the first year.
    Line 15--Enter the totals of amounts on Lines 13 and 14.

Section E. Budget Estimates of Federal Funds Needed for Balance of the 
Project

    Lines 16-19--Enter in Column (a) the same grant program titles 
shown in Column (a), Section A. A breakdown by function or activity 
is not necessary. For new applications and continuation grant 
applications, enter in the proper columns amounts of Federal funds 
which will be needed to complete the program or project over the 
succeeding funding periods (usually in years). This section need not 
be completed for revisions (amendments, changes, or supplements) to 
funds for the current year of existing grants.
    If more than four lines are needed to list the program titles, 
submit additional schedules as necessary.
    Line 20--Enter the total for each of the Columns (b)-(e). When 
additional schedules are prepared for this Section, annotate 
accordingly and show the overall totals on this line.

Section F. Other Budget Information

    Line 21--Use this space to explain amounts for individual direct 
object class cost categories that may appear to be out of the 
ordinary or to explain the details as required by the Federal 
grantor agency.
    Line 22--Enter the type of indirect rate (provisional, 
predetermined, final or fixed) that will be in effect during the 
funding period, the estimated amount of the base to which the rate 
is applied, and the total indirect expense.
    Line 23--Provide any other explanations or comments deemed 
necessary.
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