Opportunity ID: 292966

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-ETA-17-01
Funding Opportunity Title: Workforce Data Quality Initiative – WDQI Round VI
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and Training
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 4
Assistance Listings: 17.261 — WIA/WIOA Pilots, Demonstrations, and Research Projects
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Apr 04, 2017
Last Updated Date:
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 04, 2017 The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is May 4, 2017. Applications must be received no later than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 04, 2017 The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is May 4, 2017. Applications must be received no later than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Archive Date: Jun 03, 2017
Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,700,000
Award Ceiling: $2,700,000
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: The following organizations are eligible to apply:

• State Government – (State Workforce Agencies) – SWAs in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Among the eligible applicants listed above, SWAs planning to apply for the $1,000,000 award that received a Round V WDQI grant (FOA/DFA PY-15-06) or received two rounds of funding through WDQI are ineligible to apply for this opportunity.

An SWA is eligible to apply for the super grant ($2,700,000 award) regardless of whether the SWA has received previous rounds of WDQI funding, as long as the SWA currently has a comprehensive longitudinal administrative database (LP3) and is positioned to integrate an external data system into its longitudinal administrative database. States proposing to design/develop new databases are ineligible to apply for this opportunity.

See FOA for complete details.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Employment and Training Administration
Description: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announces the availability of approximately $5,700,000 in grant funds authorized by Section 169 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI).

WDQI grants provide funding to eligible SWAs to accomplish all, or a combination, of the following objectives:
• Develop or improve the State workforce longitudinal administrative database;
• Connect workforce data with education data contained in the Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS);
• Improve the quality and breadth of the data in workforce longitudinal administrative databases;
• Use longitudinal data to evaluate the performance of federally and State-supported education and job training programs;
• Provide user-friendly information to help customers select the education and training programs that best suit their needs; and
• Integrate performance, fiscal, and/or case management systems with the longitudinal administrative database.

The period of performance is 36 months with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2017.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Linda K. Forman

Grants Management Specialist

forman.linda@dol.gov
Email:forman.linda@dol.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date

Folder 292966 Full Announcement-FOA-ETA-17-01 -> FOA-ETA-17-01.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: Linda K. Forman
Grants Management Specialist
forman.linda@dol.gov
Email: forman.linda@dol.gov
Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
17.261 FOA-ETA-17-01 Workforce Data Quality Initiative – WDQI Round VI PKG00231816 Apr 04, 2017 May 04, 2017 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

292966 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf

292966 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

292966 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

292966 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

292966 SF424A-1.0.pdf

Optional forms

292966 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf

292966 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf

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