20A - LABOR TECHNICAL SIKLLS TRAINNING GRANT

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6. Payments to s Participant For the purposes t grants awarded s SGA, the following will apply: , under this Organizations may only use grant funds to pay for the wages of participants in three specific activities; paid work experience, paid Internships and incumbent worker- training. I. Work Experience and Internships Work experience and Internships are defined as a planned, structured learning experience that takes place in a workplace for a limited period of time, and may be paid or unpaid. Labor standards apply in any work experience where an employee /employer relationship, as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), exists. For more information on the FLSA, applicants may visit http: / /www.dol.gov /whd /. For a work experience or internship that supports training, applicants will need to descrlbe how the work experience or internship Is connected to and supports the education and training activities included in the grant. Grantees have flexibility in the design and implementation of work experience and internships, however they must meet the following parameters: • Provide an individual with monitored or supervised work or service experience in his - -or- her - expected - career - field - where- the - individual- has - pre -sera bed - learning - goals - and- refleets - - - - - -- — actively .on what he or she is learning throughout the experience. These learning goals can include a) academic learning, career development, and skill development, and b) the attainment ot credentials in the inclivic uai's expected career field; • Are part of structured programs where the grantee established the criteria for determining who will participate in these programs; a Are for a set period of time; Relate to training provided through the grant, and help participants prepare for the employment opportunities on which the grant focuses; and ®- Mayor may not carry an offer of regular employment upon successful completion of the internship. fl. Incumbent Worker Salaries For applicants that are Implementing other training strategies and not implementing OJT, the following applies: ® Incumbent worker salaries paid by the employer are NOT allowable costs to be reimbursed under this grant; however, for the purposes of this grant, the amount of salary, excluding fringe benefits, paid to employees while participating in incumbent worker training may be counted as matching resources. 7. Use of Funds for Supportive Services Under this Solicitation, supportive services for training participants will follow the definitions in WiA Sections 101 (46) , 134(e)(2), and 134(e)(3). They Include services such as transportation, child care, dependent.care, and housing that are necessary to enable an individual to participate in education 'and training activities funded through this grant. Under WIA Section 134(e)(3), supportive services can include needs- related payments (NRPs) that are necessary to enable individuals to participate in training activities funded through this grant. Supportive services activities may include, but are not limited to, provision.of the actual supportive.service (Le.* childcare); providing participants with a voucher for the service (i.e. public transportation cards or tokens); or providing a stipend directly to the participant. Applicants should note that where stipends for supportive services are provided, the stipend amount must be for costs of a specific supportive service (i.e. childcare), rather than simply based on an unidentified need. For the purposes of this SGA, grantees, using either training strategy, may use up to 10% of grant funds to provide supportive services only to individuals who are participating In 18 20A -29•