20A - LABOR TECHNICAL SIKLLS TRAINNING GRANT

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See., 667.220 What Workforce'Investment Act title I functions and activities constitute the costs of administration subject'to the administrative coat limit? (a) The cos'ts'of administration are that allocable portion of necessary and reasonable allowable costs of state and local workforce investment boards, direct recipients, including state,grant recipients under subtitle B of title I and recipients of awards under subtitle D of title I,•as well as local grant recipients, local grant subr$cipients, local fiscal agents and one -stop operators that are associated with those specific- functions identified in .paragraph (b) of this section and which are not related to the direct provision of,workforce investment services, including services to'participants.and employers. These cost$ can be both personnel and non - personnel and both direct and indirect. (b) The costs of administration are the costs associated with performing the following functions: (1) Performing the following overall general administrative functions and coordination of 'those functions under WIA title I: (i) Accounting, budgeting, financial and cash management functions; (ii) Procurement and purchasing functions; (iii) Property management functions; (iv) Personnel management functions; (v) Payroll functions; (vi) Coordinating the resolution of findings arising from audits, reviews, investigations and incident reports; (vii) Audit functions; (viii) General legal services functions; and red (ix) Developing systems and procedures, including information a systems, required for these administrative•'functions; (2) Performing oversight and — monitoring responsibilities related to WIA administrative functions; (3) Costs of goods and services required for administrative functions of the program, including goods and services such as-rental or purchase of equipment, utilities, office supplies, postage, and rental and maintenance of office space; (4) Travel costs incurred for official business in carrying out administrative activities or,the overall management of the WIA system; and (5) Costs of information systems related manadecnenttraccountingtandapayrollxample, to personnel, procur' ent,' urchas•ing,.p p y. g systems] including the purchase, systems development and operating costs of such systems. (c)(1) Awards to subrecip'ients or vendors that are solely for .the performance of administrative functions •are.classified as administrative'costs, (2) Personnel and related non = personnel' costs of.staff who perform both administrative functions specified in paragraph (b) of this section and programmatic services or activities' must be allocated as administrative or program costs to the benefiting cost objectives /categories based on documented distributions of actual time worked or other equitable Cost allocation methods. (3) Specific Copts-charged to an overhead or indirect cost pool that can be identified directly-as a program cost are to be charged as a program cost. Documentation of such charge's must- be maintained. (4) Except as provided at paragraph (c)(1), all costs incurred for functions and activities of subrecipients and vendors are program costs. (5). Costs of the following information systems including the purchase, systems development and 'operating (e.g,,. data entry) costs are charged to the program category: (i) Tracking or monitoring of participant and performance information; (ii) Employment statistics information, including job listing information, job skills information, and demand occupation information; (i'ii) Performance and program cost information on eligible providers of training vities; services, youth activities, and appropriate education acti (iv)Local area performance information; and (v) Information relating to supportive services and unemployment insurance claims for program participants; (6) Continuous improvement activities are charged to administration program Do Category based -on the purpose or nature of the activity to be improved. Documentation of such charges must be maintained.