This grant offered by the Employment and Training Administration within the U.S. Department of Labor provides approximately $6 million to State Workforce Agencies (SWA) to expand the Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI). The grant aims to support the development or expansion of State workforce longitudinal administrative data systems to enhance evaluation of education and workforce programs. Eligible recipients include current WDQI grant recipients without a Round III award and states without a WDQI grant. Technical assistance of up to $180,000 is available to assist grantees in implementing their WDQIs. Application deadline is on March 25, 2014.
Opportunity ID: 250475
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SGA-DFA-PY-13-05 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Workforce Data Quality Initiative |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Employment, Labor and Training |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 6 |
| Assistance Listings: | 17.261 — WIA Pilots, Demonstrations, and Research Projects |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 27, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 25, 2014 The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is March 25, 2014. Applications must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 25, 2014 The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is March 25, 2014. Applications must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. |
| Archive Date: | Apr 24, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $6,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,200,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants for this solicitation are those SWAs that are members of WRIS2 and that currently do not have a WDQI grant as a result of solicitation SGA-DFA-PY-12-07 (Round III). SWAs that received an award under SGA-DFA-PY-12-07 (Round III) are not eligible to apply to this SGA, and their applications will not be reviewed. Accordingly, a given SWA may receive a cumulative total of no more than two grant awards through this SGA and the previous three rounds of the WDQI program.
The Department anticipates funding at least four SWAs that are not currently WDQI grantees. The Department anticipates funding up to two SWAs that are current grantees (funded under SGA-DFA-PY-09-10) to aid in the further production and dissemination of workforce training provider performance information and outcomes in a standardized, easy to understand format (e.g., scorecards), consistent with all applicable Federal and State privacy laws. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Employment and Training Administration |
| Description: | The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $6 million from funds made available through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 DOL appropriation for Training and Employment Services for grants to State Workforce Agencies (SWA) to expand the Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI). The Department has reserved up to 3 percent of this rounds total grant funding (a maximum amount of $180,000) to provide technical assistance to assist grantees in developing and implementing their WDQIs. For the remainder of this document, reference to the databases being created under the WDQI may be called workforce longitudinal administrative databases or workforce longitudinal databases interchangeably. Grants awarded will provide SWAs the opportunity to develop or expand State workforce longitudinal administrative data systems. These State longitudinal data systems will, at a minimum, include information on programs that provide training, employment services, and unemployment insurance; connect with education data contained in Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) databases; be linked longitudinally at the individual level to allow for enhanced opportunity for evaluation of federally and State-supported education and workforce programs; be capable of generating workforce training provider performance information and outcomes in a standardized, easy to understand format (e.g. scorecards), consistent with all applicable Federal and State privacy laws; and, lead to better information for customers and stakeholders of the workforce system. Where such longitudinal systems do not exist or are in early development, WDQI grant assistance may be used to design and develop these systems. WDQI grant assistance can also be used to improve upon existing State longitudinal systems. Current WDQI grant recipients who did not receive a Round III award under solicitation SGA-DFA-PY-12-07 and states that currently do not have a WDQI grant are eligible for this competition. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Linda Forman
Grants Management Specialist Phone 202-693-3416 Email:forman.linda@dol.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 250475 Full Announcement-2 -> wdqi sga-dfa-py-13-05.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Linda Forman Grants Management Specialist Phone 202-693-3416 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 | PKG00192175 | Jan 27, 2014 | Mar 25, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
250475 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
250475 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
250475 Other-1.1.pdf
250475 Project-1.1.pdf
250475 Budget-1.1.pdf
250475 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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