DWD 801.04 (title) Eligibility.
Section 17. DWD 801.04 (1) and (2) are amended to read:
DWD 801.04 (1) Eligible applicants. Any public or private organization or public agency that is current on all federal and state tax obligations, is in compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and is financially viable is eligible to apply for receive grant funds and provide program services.
(2) Eligible projects. An eligible program or A project is one eligible to receive grant funds if its proposal demonstrates that the project will do all of the following:
(a) Train unemployed workers, underemployed workers, incumbent employees, or any combination of unemployed workers, underemployed workers, or incumbent employees.
(b) Achieve the outcomes required by the GPA, which demonstrates plans and progress in increasing new jobs may include improving employment, reducing layoffs, and increasing overall employment in the state by increasing improving unemployed and underemployed workers’ and incumbent employees' skills to better match employers’ needs.
Section 18. DWD 801.05 (1) (a) and (c) are amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (1) (a) A public agency organization.
(c) A coalition or partnership of entities under the auspices of a consortium of placement partners with a lead public agency or a private organization serving as the applicant.
Section 19. DWD 801.05 (1) (d) and Note are repealed.
Section 20. DWD 801.05 (2) is amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (2) Solicitation. The department shall solicit applications for initial grants by preparing one or more GPAs, publishing a notice of the availability of each publishing a GPA on the department’s website, and distributing. The department may also distribute copies of the GPA on request to interested parties.
Section 21. DWD 801.05 (2) Note is created to read:
Section 22. DWD 801.05 (3) (title) is repealed and recreated to read:
DWD 801.05 (3) (title) Submission of applications.
Section 23. DWD 801.05 (3) (a) and (b) are repealed.
Section 24. DWD 801.05 (3) (c) and (d) are amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (3) (c) The An applicant shall submit an application shall be submitted for a grant to the department in accordance with the deadline and processes indicated in the GPA for the grant, which may include instructions for applications on paper or in an electronic format.
(d) The department shall may issue grant guidelines and may update the guidelines as necessary. The guidelines may contain clarification or additional information on grant application instructions, requirements, and procedures, application deadline date, allowable uses of funds, and award limits.
Section 25. DWD 801.05 (4) (intro.) is amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (4) Content of application. (intro.) An application for a grant for a project shall include all of the following:
Section 26. DWD 801.05 (4) (a) is repealed.
Section 27. DWD 801.05 (4) (b) is amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (4) (b) Identification and contact information for the project point of contact, the financial officer for the project, and the signatories authorized by the proposed grantee to execute legal documents.
Section 28. DWD 801.05 (4) (c) is repealed.
Section 29. DWD 801.05 (4) (h) and (i) are amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (4) (h) A narrative description of the program project, including the number of unemployed and underemployed workers and incumbent employees that will be enrolled as trainees in the project and how the project will achieve the outcomes required by the GPA.
(i) A statement of assurance assurances and certifications in accordance with s. DWD 801.12. Section 30. DWD 801.05 (4) (im) is created to read:
DWD 801.05 (4) (im) If the applicant is the lead for a consortium of placement partners, the names of the placement partners.
Section 31. DWD 801.05 (4) (j) is repealed.
Section 32. DWD 801.05 (4) (jm) is created to read:
DWD 801.05 (4) (jm) For applicants proposing to use one or more placement partners, in whole or in part, to achieve the outcomes required by the GPA, a letter of commitment from each placement partner describing the commitment the placement partner has made to the applicant to achieve the outcomes required by the GPA. A letter of commitment under this paragraph must be signed by an official of the placement partner who has the authority to enter a binding commitment on its behalf.
Section 33. DWD 801.05 (4) (k) is repealed.
Section 34. DWD 801.05 (4) (km) is created to read:
DWD 801.05 (4) (km) A letter of commitment from each organization that will be providing match contributions to the project stating the match contribution that the organization will make. A letter of commitment under this paragraph must be signed by an official of the organization who has the authority to enter a binding commitment on its behalf.
Section 35. DWD 801.05 (5) (a) is amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (5) (a) Preliminary review. All grant applications shall meet the eligibility requirements under s. DWD 801.04 and include all of the application contents specified in sub. (4). The department or evaluation committee persons invited by the department shall review each application for eligibility under s. DWD 801.04 and compliance with the format and content specifications of sub. (4) and the GPA. The department may deny any application that fails to meet all of the criteria any of the eligibility requirements or fails to comply with the format and content specifications. Denial of an application under this paragraph is not subject to administrative review. Section 36. DWD 801.05 (5) (b) (intro.) is amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (5) (b) Evaluation criteria. (intro.) The department or evaluation committee persons invited by the department shall evaluate grant applications that meet the criteria as specified in par. (a) against using the criteria specified in sub. (4) and the GPA. The criteria shall include and all of the following criteria:
Section 37. DWD 801.05 (5) (b) 3. is amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (5) (b) 3. The applicant’s stated purpose and objectives for the program project and methods and timetable for implementing the program project.
Section 38. DWD 801.05 (6) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (6) (a) The department or evaluation committee persons invited by the department shall weight weigh the importance of each evaluation criterion by assigning points to it. The criteria weighting shall be provided in the GPA.
(b) Using the evaluation criteria specified in subs. (4) and sub. (5) (b), the department or evaluation committee persons invited by the department shall evaluate each application against using each applicable criterion and assign points signifying the degree to which the application meets the criterion up to the maximum number of points specified in the GPA. The total points assigned to the application for all applicable criteria will be the score for the application.
Section 39. DWD 801.05 (6) (d) is amended to read:
DWD 801.05 (6) (d) In addition to the staff application rankings and evaluation committee recommendations, considerations may include, the department or persons invited by the department may consider underserved populations, strategic priorities, past performance, underserved geographic areas, potential to replicate the program project, cost per trainee, and available funding.
Section 40. DWD 801.06 (2) is amended to read:
DWD 801.06 (2) Exceptions. In reviewing a grant application, the department may do any of the following:
(a) May reject Reject any application which fails to meet the content specifications under s. DWD 801.05 (4). Rejection of an application for failure to meet the content specifications under s. DWD 801.05 (4) is not subject to appeal administrative review. (b) May negotiate Negotiate the amount of an award, authorized budget items, and programmatic goals and objectives before awarding a grant to an applicant.
(c) May consider Consider additional factors, including underserved populations, strategic priorities, past performance, underserved geographic areas, potential to replicate the program project, cost per trainee, and available funding.
Section 41. DWD 801.06 (3) is renumbered DWD 801.06 (3) (intro.) and, as renumbered, is amended to read:
DWD 801.06 (3) Notification. (intro.) The department shall notify each applicant, in writing, within 60 days of the deadline stated in the GPA for submitting a grant application, of the department’s decision on the application. either of the following:
Section 42. DWD 801.06 (3) (a) and (b) are created to read:
DWD 801.06 (3) (a) The department's decision on the application.
(b) The current status of the application and the date by which the department anticipates issuing a decision on the application.
Section 43. DWD 801.06 (4) is amended to read:
DWD 801.06 (4) Appeal Administrative review. Except as provided in s. DWD 801.05 (5) (a) and sub. (2) (a), an applicant for a grant described in a GPA may appeal to the department request an administrative review of an adverse decision of the department regarding the application. The appeal request shall be in writing and shall fully identify all contested issues. The appeal request shall be filed with received by the department within 10 working days of the date on which the notice of awards is postmarked of the department's notice to the applicant advising the applicant of the adverse decision. Section 44. DWD 801.06 (6) (c) is amended to read:
DWD 801.06 (6) (c) Any funds that become available due to a denial of an award to a selected grantee applicant as a result of failure of the selected grantee applicant to sign the required agreement contract, or as a result of termination of a project by the department or the grantee applicant, shall be reallocated by the department at its discretion but within the limits of the intent of the appropriation and this chapter.
Section 45. DWD 801.07 (1) and (2) are amended to read:
DWD 801.07 (1) Prohibited use of funds. Grant funds shall be used only for the payment or reimbursement of expenses which are allowable under s. DWD 801.09, reasonable, necessary, and properly assignable to the purposes of an approved grant. Any other use of grant funds is prohibited. (2) Violation of prohibited activities. If a grantee uses grant funds for prohibited activities under sub. (1), the department may terminate the grant and recover funds previously paid to the grantee for that funding period on a recoupment schedule specified in the grant contract under the grant.
Section 46. DWD 801.07 (3) is repealed.
Section 47. DWD 801.08 (intro.), (1), (2) and (3) are amended to read:
DWD 801.08 Match requirement. (intro.) Match expenditures shall comply with contributions determined by the department under s. 106.27 (1) (intro.), Stats, are subject to all of the following criteria: (1) A The match expenditure contributions shall be from locally-generated revenues or federal revenues private funds or from public funds specifically authorized by federal or state law to be used as match to state funds satisfy the matching requirements.
(2) A The match expenditure under this chapter contributions may not be used as match to satisfy any other state or federal funds matching requirements.
(3) A The match expenditure contributions shall be made during the required matching period identified in the GPA and the grant.
Section 48. DWD 801.08 (4) is repealed.
Section 49. DWD 801.08 (5), (6) and (7) are amended to read:
DWD 801.08 (5) Trainee wages, stipends, and fringe benefits may be considered as match expenditures contributions.
(6) In-kind contributions may be considered as match expenditures accepted as part of the match contribution if the grantee provides the basis for valuing the contribution.
(7) The GPA or the grant may identify additional match conditions based on the specific nature of the proposal or agreement grant.
Section 50. DWD 801.09 (1) (intro.) and (a) (intro) are amended to read:
DWD 801.09 (1) Allowable uses. (intro.) A grantee may use grant funds received under this chapter in for any of the following ways:
(a) (intro.) Developing or implementing curriculum of workforce training programs for projects that are designed to do any of the following:
Section 51. DWD 801.09 (1) (b) is amended to read:
DWD 801.09 (1) (b) Developing or implementing a special project that generates creative problem-solving skills, creates a competitive work culture and environment, inspires underachieving workers, increases the productivity of an organization, or facilitates and encourages the development of individual employees.
Section 52. DWD 801.09 (1) (c) is amended to read:
DWD 801.09 (1) (c) Renting capital equipment as specified and approved in the grant agreement.
Section 53. DWD 801.09 (1) (d) is created to read:
DWD 801.09 (1) (d) Paying administrative costs, except as provided in pursuant to sub. (3).
Section 54. DWD 801.09 (2) (title) is amended to read:
DWD 801.09 (2) (title) Nonallowable Unallowable uses.
Section 55. DWD 801.09 (2) (intro.) is amended to read:
DWD 801.09 (2) (intro.) A grantee may not use grant funds received under this chapter in for any of the following ways:
