Green Jobs Innovation Fund Grants

 

The Green Jobs Innovation Fund is part of the Department’s vision for ensuring that workers have the necessary skills, knowledge, and abilities to succeed in a knowledge-based economy that includes high growth and emerging green industries. Green industries include the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries as well as sectors that impact our environment such as transportation, green construction, environmental protection, sustainable agriculture, forestry, and recycling and waste reduction. The Green Jobs Innovation Fund will allow ETA to build upon the lessons learned from the green job investments provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Through a competitive grant opportunity, the Department is emphasizing critical steps along green career pathways by: 1) forging linkages between Registered Apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs, and/or 2) integrating the delivery of technical and basic skills training through community-based partnerships. The Fund will help workers receive job training in green industry sectors and occupations and access green career pathways.

Deleted 09/09/2014 (Archived.) 17.279 Agency: Department of Labor
Office: Employment Training Administration Project Grants (Discretionary) Not Applicable. Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Title 1, Section 171, Public Law 105-220, 1 U.S.C 171. See above. The scope of potential trainees is very broad. Specific requirements are published in each Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA). WIA Section 171 authorizes demonstration programs to serve unemployed workers, dislocated workers, and incumbent workers. Within these categories, grantees may serve a wide range of individuals, such as individuals receiving public assistance, high school dropouts, new entrants to the workforce, individuals with disabilities, veterans, Indians and Native Americans, and individuals with Limited English Proficiency. Eligible participants must be at least 16 years of age. If participants are 16-18 years of age, then they must be high school dropouts or out of school youth. Grantees must demonstrate an adequate organizational capacity, both fiscally and programmatically, including a project management structure. Additionally, grantees must provide evidence of the use of data systems to track outcomes in a timely and accurate manner. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. Grants for projects are awarded on a competitive basis, announced in Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGAs) in the Federal Register and also on ETA's Internet Web site at http://www.doleta.gov. To compete for a grant, organizations develop a proposal and budget that demonstrate how the organization will provide services to a targeted population. The SGA provides all of the necessary information for applying for federal assistance. Procedures for each project are specified in the applicable request for proposals. Generally, the procedure is as follows: A technical review panel composed of federal staff and peer reviewers evaluates eligible submitted applications. The panel prepares a report for the ETA Grant Officer identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each application and the cumulative rating. Selections are made based on the best rated proposals, as well as other factors as cited in the SGA. Once selections are made by the Grant Officer, an Award Notification is sent through the appropriate congressional channels for notification. After awardees are notified, the list of awardees is posted on the ETA website at www.doleta.gov. If an application is rejected, a letter is sent to the applicant as notification that they were not selected as a recipient of the grant. Not Applicable. From 90 to 120 days. ETA announces grant recipients once the paneling process is complete, generally 90 to 120 days after the application deadline. Procedures for each project are specified in the applicable Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA). Renewals with funds are not available. However, with significant justification ETA may elect to exercise its option to award no-cost extensions to these grants for an additional period at its own discretion, based on the success of the program and other relevant factors. Criteria for each proposal are specified in the applicable Solicitation for Grant Application. The funds must be used to train workers for careers in green industry sectors and occupations and help them access green career pathways. Specific rules and requirements are published in each Solicitation for Grant Application. Approximately one hundred percent of available funds are used for discretionary activities. Grant opportunities are published in the Federal Register. See Applicant Eligibility Requirements in the Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA). A small portion of the funds will be used to provide technical assistance to Green Job Innovation Fund grantees to support successful performance. No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. Quarterly progress reports are required within 45 days following the end of the quarter. Quarterly financial reports are required within 45 days following the end of the quarter. Final progress reports are required no later than 90 days after all grant funds have been expended, or the period of grant funds availability has expired. Regional Federal Project Officers conduct monitoring using risk assessments, desk monitoring, and on-site reviews. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Recipients are required to maintain books, records, documents, and other evidence of accounting procedures and practices sufficient to reflect properly all direct and indirect costs claimed to have been incurred for the performance of the grant. Records are to be retained for three years from the date of final payment unless the grant officer authorizes earlier disposal. This program has no statutory formula.
This program has no matching requirements.
This program does not have MOE requirements. Most projects last 2 to 3 years. Payments to grantees are usually made by Letter of Credit draw-down procedures. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: by letter of credit. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: by letter of credit. See Regional Agency Offices. See Regional Agency Offices. Contact the nearest Employment and Training Administration regional office listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog. Jennifer W. Troke, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, N-4643, Washington, District of Columbia 20210 Email: green.jobs@dol.gov Phone: (202) 693-3949 Fax: (202) 693-3890 http://www.doleta.gov 16-0174-0-1-504. (Project Grants (Discretionary)) FY 12 $0; FY 13 est $0; and FY 14 est $0 Grants typically range from $5-8 million per award. Provided in the applicable Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA). Not Applicable.