1. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT-
FUNDED NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS
(for National Farmworker Jobs Program Grantees)
August 17, 2009, 2:00-3:15 p.m. EST

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6. Featured Speakers Presenters
Kevin Culp, Workforce Analyst, Division of Adult Services
Yolanda Logan, Team Lead, Division of Worker Dislocation and Special Response
Kim Powell, Workforce Development Specialist, Division of Worker Dislocation and Special Response
Moderator
Greg Hitchcock, Program Manager, Division of Worker Dislocation and Special Response

7. Office of National Response Employment and Training Administration
Moderator
Greg Hitchcock
Program Manager
Office of National Response
Employment and Training Administration

8. (for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Grantees)
KEY POINT I
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)- Funded National Emergency Grants
(for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Grantees)

9. Agenda RECOVERY ACT–FUNDED NEGS
Eligibility of National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees
Types of ARRA-funded NEGs
Application Process
Policy Emphasis
Reporting Requirements

10. Presenter Kevin Culp Workforce Analyst Division of Adult Services
Office of Workforce Investment
Employment and Training Administration

11. NFJP Grantees Eligibility
“Dislocated Worker” defined as (a) an individual who has been terminated or laid off or has received a notice of termination or layoff; (b) the preceding + as a result of plant closure or substantial layoff; (c) was self employed but is now unemployed as a result of general economic conditions or natural disaster; OR (d) is a displaced homemaker.

12. NFJP Grantees Eligibility
General Clause (a):
Eligible for or exhausted entitlement to UC; OR
Not eligible for UC due to insufficient earnings or performed services for employer not covered under state UC law; AND
Unlikely to return to a previous industry or occupation.
Further defined at WIA Title 1 Section 101(9)

13. NFJP Grantees
Eligibility
ETA Guidance – TEGL 19-08

14. NFJP Grantees Eligibility Examples
Outsourcing: Associated Press May 27, 2008:
Some US farms outsourced to Mexico
Freeze
San Joaquin Valley, CA
Flood
Midwest 2008
From DOL’s National Agricultural Worker Survey:
39% of workers reported that they would be covered by unemployment insurance (UI) if they lost their job.  54% reported not being covered by UI and eight percent did not know.

15. Office of National Response Employment and Training Administration
Presenter
Yolanda Logan
Team Leader
Office of National Response
Employment and Training Administration
Kevin Culp:
My colleague, Yolanda Logan, will discuss ARRA-funded NEGs in greater detail.
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16. ARRA-Funded National Emergency Grants
Overview of ARRA-Funded NEGs
Eligibility
Disbursement Guidelines
Life of Funds
Application Process

17. Overview of ARRA-Funded NEGs

18. Overview of ARRA Funded NEGs
Regular
Dual Enrollment
Health Coverage Tax Credit
Regional Economic Impact (New)
Dislocated Worker Formula Funds Replenishment (New)

19. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Subpoint 2
Eligibility

20. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Eligibility
Applicants
Currently eligible applicants, including state workforce agencies and local WIBs
Consortia of local boards
Consortia of states
Indian and Native American Program grantees
National Farmworker Jobs Program grantees
Participants
Must be dislocated workers

21. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Subpoint 3
Disbursement Guidelines

22. ARRA-Funded NEGs Disbursement Guidelines
% of Funds That Must
Type of Funds Be Drawn Down
WIA Appropriated PY
DW Formula Funds
WIA Recovery Act PY

23. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Subpoint 4
Life of Funds

24. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Life of Funds
Issued In: May Be Spent by Grantee by:
PY /30/2012

25. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Subpoint 5
Regular &
Dual Enrollment
NEGs

26. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Regular NEGs
Eligible Events
Plant closures
Layoffs of 50 or more workers at a single company
Layoffs at multiple companies, where at least one layoff impacts 50 or more workers
Community-impact layoffs
Industry-wide layoffs

27. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Dual Enrollment NEGs
Wrap-Around Services
Type of Service
Allowed
Allowed in Limited Circumstances
Support Services 
Career Counseling
Case Management

28. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Application Procedures

29. II. ARRA-Funded NEGs Application Procedures
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30. Presenter Kimberly Powell Workforce Development Specialist
Office of National Response
Employment and Training Administration

31. KEY POINT III
ARRA
POLICY EMPHASIS

32. III. POLICY EMPHASIS Roadmap
Supportive Services
Green Jobs
Connections to Other ARRA Investments

33. III. POLICY EMPHASIS Subpoint 1
Supportive Services

34. III. POLICY EMPHASIS Supportive Services
Child and dependent care
Transportation
Needs-related payments

35. III. POLICY EMPHASIS Subpoint 2
Green Jobs

36. III. POLICY EMPHASIS Green Jobs
Training Opportunities

37. III. POLICY EMPHASIS Subpoint 3
Connections to Other
ARRA Investments

38. III. POLICY EMPHASIS Connections to Other ARRA Investments
ARRA-Funded Construction/
Restoration:
Schools
Veterans Affairs hospitals/medical facilities
Public facilities and parks
Department of Defense facilities
Highways and public, air, and rail
transportation infrastructure

39. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
KEY POINT IV
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

40. IV. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Existing NEG Reports
Additional ARRA Reports

41. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Existing Reports

42. Individual exiter data Financial accountability
Current Reporting Requirements
Fiscal
WIA Quarterly
WIASRD
QPR
Project-level data
State-level data
Individual exiter data
Project-level data
Financial accountability
Common measures
Common measures
Grant management
Form 9130
Form 9090
Record Layout
Form 9104 42 42

43. ARRA-SPECIFIC REPORTS
Supplemental and Recipient Reports

44. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Monthly Reports
Supplemental Reports (ARRA)
Performance Reports for ARRA programs
Submitted Monthly
Guidance found in TEGL 24-08

45. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Recipient Reports
Recipient Reports (ARRA)
Submitted directly to OMB on a quarterly basis
Required for all ARRA investments (government- wide)
Described in Section 1512 of the Recovery Act

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