5101:9-6-53 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) national emergency grant (NEG) allocation.

 

 

 

5101:9-6-53                 National emergency grant (NEG) allocation.

 

 

 

(A)   The NEG allocation is intended to temporarily expand employment-related services for dislocated workers at the state and local levels by providing time-limited funding assistance in response to significant dislocation events including economic globalization, business fluctuations and disasters in accordance with Section 173 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).

 

(B)    When a workforce investment area receives an NEG allocation, the JFS 01889 "National Emergency Grant Expenditure Certification Sheet" and the JFS 01992 "WIA Fund Certification Sheet" shall be completed and submitted to ODJFS on a monthly basis in order to meet reporting requirements as established by the United States department of labor. The JFS 01889 includes more specific cost categories for NEG expenditures. Total expenditures on the JFS 01889 must coincide with total NEG expenditures reported on the JFS 01992. The JFS 01889 should be attached to the JFS 01992 and The JFS 01992 must be submitted by the twentieth of the month following the expenditure month.

 

(C)  Allowable services include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

(1)    Participant wages paid to participants enrolled in an approved NEG disaster grant;

 

(2)   Participant fringe benefits paid on behalf of participants enrolled in an approved NEG disaster grant;

 

(3)   Core and intensive services including:

 

(a)    Cost of staff, facilities, equipment, supplies and other costs associated with providing basic services to NEG participants;

 

(b)   Activities such as:

 

(i)   Eligibility determination;

 

(ii)   Outreach;

 

(iii)   Intake;

 

(iv)      Initial  assessment  of  skills,  aptitudes,  abilities  and  supportive services needs;

 

 

 

 

(v)   Job search;

(vi)   Placement assistance; and,

(vii)   Access to information;

(c)   Comprehensive and specialized assessment of skill levels;

(d)  Development of individual employment plans;

(e)   Counseling;

(f)  Career planning; and,

(g)   Short term pre-vocational services;

(4)      Training services including cost of staff, facilities, equipment, supplies, individual training accounts (ITA), on the job training contracts (OJT) and other costs associated with providing training services to WIA participants;

(5)     Supportive services necessary for an individual to participate in the NEG program, including:

(a)   Transportation;

(b)   Child care; and,

(c)   Dependent care;

(6)    Needs related payments (NRP) in accordance with Section 134(e)(3) of the WIA if specifically approved by the grant;

(7)     NRP program management and oversight including administrative activities performed by a contractor or sub-grantee of the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) in the operation of a NEG. NRP program administration including costs for administrative activities in accordance with 20 C.F.R. 667.220, which would include direct and indirect costs for the following:

(a)     Accounting, budgeting, financial and cash management, procurement, purchasing, personnel management, payroll, audit, management information systems, oversight and monitoring functions;

(b)   General legal services; and,

(c)   Cost of goods, services and travel for the activities identified in paragraph (C)(3) of this rule; and,

(8)       Other  costs  associated  with  operating  the  project  that  do  not  include administrative costs and have been authorized by the grant.

Effective:                                                     10/15/2006

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

09/26/2006

Date

Promulgated Under:                           111.15

Statutory Authority:                           5101.02

Rule Amplifies:                                  5101.02

Prior Effective Dates:                         6/5/05