Opioid-crisis disaster recovery workforce grants

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION                  DWG- Disaster Recovery Grants
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                             CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                         OWI-DWASWS
             Washington, D.C. 20210                        DATE
                                                           September 14, 2018


ADVISORY:       TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 4-18

TO:             STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
                STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
                STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
                STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARDS AND CHAIRS
                STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS
                INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM GRANTEES

FROM:            ROSEMARY LAHASKY /s/
                 Deputy Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:        National Health Emergency Phase Two: Disaster Recovery National Dislocated
                Worker Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis

1. Purpose. To describe how the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) interprets
   the statutory and regulatory requirements of the National Dislocated Worker Grant
   Program’s disaster grants (Disaster Recovery DWGs) as they apply to the unique challenges
   of the opioid crisis. Under this guidance, eligible applicants can obtain Disaster Recovery
   DWGs to create disaster-relief employment as well as to provide employment and training
   activities, including supportive services, to address economic and workforce impacts related
   to widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.

2. References.
    Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 170;
    Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 2-15, Attachment II: National
      Dislocated Worker Grant Program Guidance (July 1, 2015);
    ETA Form 9130 (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control No. 1205-0461);
    TEGL No. 19-16, Guidance on Services Provided through the Adult and Dislocated
      Worker Programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the
      Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES), as amended by title III of WIOA, and for
      the implementation of the WIOA Final Rules (March 1, 2016); and
    TEGL No. 12-17, National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Demonstration Grants
      to Address the Opioid Crisis (March 20, 2018).

3. Background. The United States faces an ongoing health crisis due to widespread abuse of
   and addiction to prescription opioid painkillers, as well as illicit opioids. According to the
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths from drug overdoses in the United States
   more than tripled from 1999 to 2015, with this increase driven by dependency and addiction


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    to opioid painkillers,1 which are often prescribed to individuals suffering from chronic pain.2
    For some, addiction to prescription opioids has led to abuse of heroin, an illegal opioid that in
    some circumstances can be cheaper and easier to obtain.3 In 2016, around 2.5 million
    Americans had a substance-use disorder involving either prescription painkillers or heroin.4
    The CDC’s preliminary estimate is that 72,000 people died of drug overdose deaths in the
    United States in 2017, which would be a record number.5 In addition to deaths, overdoses
    from both prescription and illicit drugs were responsible for increasing nonfatal emergency
    department and hospital admissions.6 In all, researchers have found that this crisis has cost
    the United States more than $1 trillion since 2001, and it could have a negative impact of
    $500 billion more over the next three years if conditions do not change.7

    The Trump Administration has made addressing this crisis a high priority, making significant
    investments to support treatment and recovery services, target availability of overdose-
    reversing drugs, train first responders, and more. The Secretary of Health and Human
    Services (HHS), at the White House’s direction, declared a national public health emergency
    in October 2017.8 Consistent with that declaration, in March 2018, ETA issued TEGL No.
    12-17, announcing a crisis-focused demonstration project, National Health Emergency
    (NHE) Demonstration Grants. The Department awarded more than $22 million to six state
    applicants under this NHE Demonstration Grant funding opportunity. These awards were
    announced on July 24, 2018.

    These grants allowed states to provide training to reintegrate eligible participants affected by
    the crisis, as well as to encourage individuals to enter professions that could provide relief to
    those affected by the crisis: mental healthcare, addiction treatment services, and pain
    management services. These demonstrations also allowed ETA to determine the best
    approach to make a positive impact on the crisis by using its other DWG funds.

    As the second phase of its efforts to respond to the opioid crisis, ETA now announces
    guidance for how states can apply for Disaster Recovery DWGs to respond to the opioid


1
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes —
United States, 2017. Surveillance Special Report 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. Published August 31, 2017. Accessed July 30, 2018 from
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/pubs/2017-cdc-drug-surveillance-report.pdf.
2
   Katie Witklewitz and Kevin E. Vowles, Alcohol and Opioid Use, Co-Use, and Chronic Pain in the Context of the
Opioid Epidemic: A Critical Review, available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29314075.
3
   National Institute on Drug Abuse, How is heroin linked to prescription drug misuse?
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/heroin/how-heroin-linked-to-prescription-drug-misuse.
4
  American Society of Addiction Medicine, Opioid Addiction, 2016 Facts & Figures,
https://www.asam.org/docs/default-source/advocacy/opioid-addiction-disease-facts-figures.pdf.
5
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional Drug Overdose
Death Counts (Aug. 15, 2018), https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm.
6
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes —
United States, 2017.
7
   Altarum, Economic Toll of Opioid Crisis in U.S. Exceeded $1 Trillion Since 2001 (Feb. 13, 2018),
https://altarum.org/about/news-and-events/economic-toll-of-opioid-crisis-in-u-s-exceeded-1-trillion-since-2001.
8
   For more information on the HHS declaration, visit https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2017/10/26/hhs-acting-
secretary-declares-public-health-emergency-address-national-opioid-crisis.html.

    crisis. This guidance is effective until HHS’ declaration expires.9 Under the Workforce
    Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Department of Labor (Department) has
    discretion to award Disaster Recovery DWGs, which are grants aimed at reducing the
    workforce impacts of federally declared disasters through employment and training activities
    for dislocated workers and temporary employment opportunities assisting disaster-relief
    efforts. Disaster Recovery DWGs will create temporary employment opportunities aimed at
    alleviating humanitarian and other needs created by the opioid crisis. Grantees also may use
    these funds to provide services to reintegrate into the workforce eligible participants affected
    by the crisis and train individuals to work in mental health treatment, addiction treatment,
    and pain management.

    The opioid crisis has had severe impacts on American workers and the economy. Opioid
    abuse affects both employed and unemployed individuals. Research has shown that in many
    areas the number of opioid prescriptions correlates with a reduction of labor-force
    participation rates,10 as well as an increase in unemployment rates coincident with increases
    in opioid-related hospitalizations. However, it is unclear whether opioid addiction is a cause
    of unemployment or an effect of scarce employment opportunities. Additionally, lost
    workforce productivity in American businesses as a result of opioid abuse—as demonstrated
    through diminished job performance, absenteeism, incarceration, and even death—has
    approached $20 billion annually.11 Researchers have estimated lost wages due to overdose
    deaths at $800,000 per person.12 The Department has the workforce development capacity to
    impact underlying and complicating factors of this national crisis.

    The Department expects that successful opioid Disaster Recovery DWG projects will
    accomplish the following:
     Facilitate community partnerships that are central to dealing with this complex public
       health crisis;
     Provide training that builds the skilled workforce in professions that could impact the
       causes and treatment of the opioid crisis: addiction treatment, mental health, and pain
       management;
     Ensure the timely delivery of appropriate, necessary career, training, and support
       activities to dislocated workers (including displaced homemakers), individuals
       temporarily or permanently laid off due to the opioid crisis, long-term unemployed
       individuals, and self-employed individuals who are unemployed or significantly
       underemployed as a result of the opioid public health emergency—including individuals
9
   HHS announced the latest renewal of its declaration on July 19, 2018.
https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/Pages/phedeclaration.aspx
10
   See, e.g., Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), OECD Economic Surveys, United
States (June 2018), http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Overview-United-States-2018-OECD.pdf (“Opioid addiction
costs many lives, harms livelihoods, depresses labor market participation, and entails significant public healthcare
spending.”); Alan B. Krueger, Brookings, Where Have All the Workers Gone? An Inquiry into the Decline of the
U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate (Sept. 7, 2017), https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/where-have-all-the-
workers-gone-an-inquiry-into-the-decline-of-the-u-s-labor-force-participation-rate/.
11
   Congressional Research Service: “The Opioid Epidemic and the Labor Force”, November 28, 2017,
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IN10828.html.
12
   Altarum, Economic Toll of Opioid Crisis in U.S. Exceeded $1 Trillion Since 2001 (Feb. 13, 2018),
https://altarum.org/about/news-and-events/economic-toll-of-opioid-crisis-in-u-s-exceeded-1-trillion-since-2001.

       in these populations who have been impacted by opioid use, to promote successful
       reemployment; and
      Create temporary disaster-relief employment that addresses the unique impacts of the
       opioid crisis in affected communities.

4. Funds Availability. At its discretion, ETA will award opioid crisis Disaster Recovery
   DWGs to applicants who meet the requirements of this TEGL until HHS’ health emergency
   declaration expires. Available funds for this grant could be depleted by other DWG funding
   needs, such as natural disasters that could cause potentially large loss of employment. ETA
   will award funds to responsive applications meeting the requirements of WIOA, 20 C.F.R.
   part 687, and this TEGL.

5. Eligibility.

   a. Eligible Applicants. Under 20 C.F.R. 687.120, the following entities are eligible to
      apply for Disaster Recovery DWGs:
       States;
       Outlying areas; and
       Indian tribal governments as defined by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
          Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(6)).

       Recipients of the NHE Demonstration Grants who otherwise meet the eligibility
       requirements may also apply for the opioid-crisis Disaster Recovery DWGs; however,
       their proposals must show needs unaddressed by the demonstration grant, such as,
       humanitarian needs caused by the opioid crisis that disaster-relief employment could
       address. Demonstration grantees and applicants must submit a new application and not
       resubmit their previous demonstration application.

       Disaster Recovery DWG grantees and applicants should note that while there are
       similarities between the earlier NHE Demonstration Grant and this one, there are
       significant differences between these two grant types, particularly with respect to eligible
       participants and fundable activities. Applicants must ensure that the proposed activities,
       participants, and other elements align with this TEGL.

   b. Eligible Participants. Individuals eligible to receive services through a Disaster
      Recovery DWG must be one of the following:
                        1. A dislocated worker;
                        2. An individual temporarily or permanently laid off as a consequence of the disaster or
          emergency;
                        3. A long-term unemployed individual; or
                        4. A self-employed individual who became unemployed or significantly underemployed
          as a result of the emergency or disaster.

       Eligible participants for opioid-crisis Disaster Recovery DWGs are not required to have a
       history of opioid abuse or otherwise be personally affected by the opioid crisis to
       participate in grant-funded employment, activities, and services. However, to the extent

       that eligible participants are impacted by the opioid crisis, grantees must not reject or
       otherwise negatively treat participants who do have a history of opioid abuse or are
       otherwise personally affected as described in Section 14 below.

       Participants’ disclosure of impact by the crisis must be voluntary. Grantees may ask
       participants if they have been affected by the crisis as part of the process of determining
       what supportive services and other needs the participant may have, but these inquiries
       must comply with the requirements described in Section 14 below. Grantees cannot
       require participants to disclose whether they have been impacted by the opioid crisis as a
       condition of their participation in grant-funded employment, activities, and services.

6. Grant Activities. Grantees must provide disaster-relief employment aimed at alleviating the
   issues caused by the opioid crisis in affected communities. Participants in these employment
   opportunities also may be co-enrolled in employment and training activities and receive
   supportive services. Individual enrollment in temporary employment is limited to 12 months
   (or 2,040 hours) unless the grantee requests an extension of up to an additional 12 months
   through a grant modification, and the Secretary of Labor grants such an extension.
   Requirements for disaster-relief employment activities responding to the opioid crisis are
   described below.

   In addition to creating disaster-relief employment, grantees may provide employment and
   training activities to participants, both those who are and those who are not enrolled in
   disaster-relief employment. Applicants should consider that participants may be enrolled in:
    Disaster-relief employment only;
    Employment and training activities only; or
    Both disaster-relief employment and employment and training activities. These may
       occur concurrently, or one may occur prior to the other.

   Applicants must assess and determine the specific needs of each individual participant and
   enroll them in disaster-relief employment, employment and training services, or both, in a
   manner that is most likely to result in successful outcomes. As a general goal, applicants
   should design and provide employment and training activities aimed at allowing participants
   to obtain unsubsidized, sustainable employment following the conclusion of grant-supported
   activities.

   All employment and training activities must take one or both of the following approaches:
    Reintegration of eligible participants who volunteer that they have been impacted by the
       opioid crisis according to the procedures of Section 14 below. Reintegration activities
       include career, training, and supportive services.

      Providing career, training, and supportive services to eligible participants aimed at
       boosting the number of qualified professionals in fields that can have an impact on the
       crisis. The Department has determined that the following are fields that can have an
       impact on the opioid crisis: addiction treatment, mental health treatment focused on
       conditions that can lead to or exacerbate opioid addiction, and pain management services
       and practices that the applicant demonstrates could help reduce or avoid prescription

   painkiller addiction. Allowable activities can include the training of eligible participants
   in medical and public health professions on services and techniques within the fields of
   addiction treatment, mental health treatment, and pain management, with the ultimate
   goal of preparing medical and public health professionals to help impact the causes of the
   opioid crisis. Applicants may seek to provide career and training services for other
   professions including, but not limited to, medical and health professions not encompassed
   in the three categories above, but they must make certain demonstrations in their
   application as described in Section 8 below. Individuals personally affected by the opioid
   crisis can participate in these career and training activities.

Grantees may provide the following services so long as they comply with the requirements
set out for these services in WIOA, the relevant WIOA regulations, and TEGL 19-16:

Career Services – Career services include training and job placement assistance to aid
participants in finding and filling jobs in identified emerging or high-demand sectors.
Allowable career services are described in detail in TEGL No. 19-16. Some examples of
allowable career services include:
 Soft skills such as punctuality, personal maintenance skills, and professional conduct;
 In-depth interviewing and evaluation to identify employment barriers and development of
    individual employment plans; and
 Career planning (that includes a career pathway approach), job coaching, and job-
    matching services.

Training Services and Work-Based Training Models – Allowable activities include but are
not limited to:
 Traditional classroom training funded through Individual Training Accounts (ITAs),
    including apprenticeship programs on the state’s Eligible Training Provider List; or
 Connecting businesses and eligible participants to on-the-job or customized training
    programs and apprenticeships to help facilitate reemployment.

Supportive Services – Supportive services are a broad range of services that help ensure
individuals can participate in employment and training activities or temporary disaster-relief
employment. Supportive service delivery must comply with any state and local supportive
service policies.

These services may include but are not limited to:
 Purchase and provision of items necessary for participants to perform disaster-relief
   employment;
 Healthcare, mental health treatment, addiction treatment, or other forms of outpatient
   treatment that may impact opioid addiction and related, underlying, or complicating
   conditions;
 Additional services needed to facilitate post-training employment of participants
   impacted by the opioid crisis;
 Linkages to community services, including services offered by partner organizations
   designed to support grant participants;
 Assistance with child care and dependent care; and

   Payments and fees for employment and training-related applications, tests, and
    certifications.

Note: Disaster Recovery DWG funds may not be used to pay the costs of in-patient drug
treatment and rehabilitation programs.

Disaster-Relief Employment – Under 20 C.F.R. 687.180(b)(1)-(2), grantees may use Disaster
Recovery DWG funds to create temporary disaster relief employment opportunities.
Applicants must ascertain their clean-up, recovery, or humanitarian needs related to the
opioid crisis, describe those needs in their Statement of Need, and then explain why their
proposed employment initiatives will meet the crisis-related needs of their area. The
remainder of this subsection explains guidelines and requirements for fundable disaster-relief
employment initiatives.

Pursuant to 20 C.F.R. 687.180(b), clean-up and recovery initiatives under this TEGL include
demolition, cleaning, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of structures, facilities, and lands
that have been damaged or destroyed by the opioid crisis. While applicants may propose
clean-up and recovery employment initiatives, it is likely there will be few such initiatives
that are both appropriate to address the opioid crisis and legally allowable under WIOA. For
example, WIOA would allow a grantee to use Disaster Recovery DWG funds for temporary
employment removing deposits of used needles from places where individuals frequently use
heroin to mitigate the spread of hepatitis and other diseases. In contrast, WIOA would not
allow the demolition of abandoned buildings where opioid abuse occurs unless an applicant
could show the opioid crisis caused the damage or destruction of those buildings.

Thus, due to the nature of the opioid crisis, it is likely that most fundable temporary
employment initiatives will relate to the delivery of humanitarian assistance for those
affected by the opioid crisis. Humanitarian assistance includes actions designed to save
lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity in the immediate aftermath of disasters
and emergencies. Humanitarian assistance disaster-relief employment funded under this
TEGL must directly relate to the effects or complications of widespread opioid abuse. A
non-exclusive, illustrative list of allowable humanitarian assistance disaster-relief
employment includes:
 Providing support for addiction treatment services;
 Serving as peer recovery navigators or in other peer-focused positions that support
    individuals struggling with opioid addiction or recovery from opioid addiction; or
 Carrying out intake and coordination services that connect homeless individuals affected
    by the opioid crisis to partners who can provide shelter, food, and other assistance.

WIOA does not allow temporary employment initiatives geared only toward prevention and
planning of future disaster events. Therefore, in proposing disaster-relief employment
initiatives, applicants must consider the specific, current needs of communities impacted by
opioid abuse.

7. Spending Limitations on Administrative Expenses and Supportive Services.
   a. Administrative Costs. WIOA Title I functions and activities that constitute
      administrative costs are identified at 20 C.F.R. 683.215. ETA will apply the following
      administrative cost limitations to opioid-crisis Disaster Recovery DWGs, subject to
      negotiation during the application review and grant award and modification processes:
       If a state is the DWG recipient and one or more local areas operate the DWG project,
         the state may retain up to five percent of the award amount for administrative costs,
         and the project operator(s) may retain up to 10 percent of the award amount (for a
         total of 15 percent of the award).
       If a state is the DWG recipient and also acting as project operator, total administrative
         costs must not exceed 10 percent.
       ETA will negotiate administrative cost limitations with all other DWG recipients.

   b. Supportive Services. Grantees must not spend more than 20 percent of their DWG
      award on supportive services for participants. However, grantees may submit a
      modification request to the Grant Officer seeking pre-approval to spend more than 20
      percent of their award on supportive services. The Grant Officer will only approve these
      requests where the grantee demonstrates: (i) additional supportive services spending is
      necessary to effectively carry out the employment and training goals of the opioid-crisis
      Disaster Recovery DWG; (ii) the additional supportive services spending will not be so
      great that it impedes the availability and effectiveness of employment and training
      activities provided under the grant; and (iii) this additional spending follows the
      established local policy on providing supportive services.

8. Application Requirements. For applications under this TEGL, the Department has
   determined that all states, outlying areas, and appropriate tribal entities are eligible for
   Disaster Recovery DWG assistance under 20 C.F.R. 687.110(b)(2). Although typically
   Disaster Recovery DWG applicants must submit a copy of a disaster or emergency
   declaration to show eligibility and describe how the disaster could affect the local economy
   and cause a potentially large loss of employment, applicants for opioid-crisis Disaster
   Recovery DWG do not have to do so. The Secretary of Health and Human Services’ public
   health emergency declaration covers the entirety of the United States, and, for the reasons
   discussed in the Background section above, the Department has determined that the opioid
   crisis is a disaster or emergency that negatively affects local economies and could lead to a
   potentially large loss of employment.

   Applicants, however, must demonstrate that they have met all other requirements in 20
   C.F.R. part 687. Additionally, ETA, under its discretion in setting DWG application
   requirements at 20 C.F.R. 687.150, will not fund any application that does not meet this
   TEGL’s additional application requirements. These additional requirements are designed to
   ensure grantees spend DWG awards in ways that best impact the opioid crisis as it has
   manifested in grantees’ affected communities.

   To apply, applicants must either: (i) complete the suggested Proposal Summary
   (Attachment A), which includes all requirements of an applicant’s proposal, or (ii) submit a
   written proposal, not exceeding 10 pages double-spaced, that addresses all of this TEGL’s

application requirements and all information sought in the Proposal Summary. The 10-page
limitation does not include required documentation as described below. In the applicant’s
Proposal Summary or written proposal, the applicant must describe their communities’
opioid-related needs, proposed grant activities, and the manner in which applicants would
implement these activities, as described below.

The Proposal Summary and this TEGL identify areas where applicants must attach additional
documentation. ETA does not set requirements on what type of information and documents
applicants can use to support their applications, only that these documents and information
are independently verifiable.

a. Statement of Need. Under 20 CFR 687.140(b), Disaster Recovery DWG applicants
   must: (i) conduct a preliminary assessment of the clean-up and humanitarian needs of the
   affected areas; (ii) reasonably ascertain that there is a sufficient population of eligible
   individuals to conduct the planned work; and (iii) coordinate with the Local Workforce
   Development Board (WDB) and chief elected official(s) of the local area(s) in which the
   proposed initiative is to operate. Applicants must meet these regulatory requirements in
   the methods described below, as well as additional application requirements, pursuant to
   20 C.F.R. 687.150, meant to ensure that grant-supported initiatives are effectively
   tailored to the opioid crisis.

    i. Demonstration of Opioid Crisis Needs in Affected Communities

       Applicants must list the communities their grant initiatives will serve. Applicants
       must briefly describe: (a) why they selected those communities, and (b) the clean-up
       and humanitarian needs the opioid crisis has created in those communities. The
       opioid crisis has manifested differently in different areas. In some areas, for example,
       the chief concern may be a shortage of treatment services. In others, the primary
       need may be additional health services to curb hepatitis or outbreaks of diseases
       caused by injectable opioid use. To receive DWG funding, an application must
       describe its affected communities’ training, healthcare, and treatment needs and why
       its proposed initiative will impact or help resolve these issues.

       Applicants must attach no more than 10 pages of documentation supporting the
       determination of needs. Examples of information and documentation that applicants
       may use include:
        Rates of deaths related to opioid use and the predominant causes of those deaths;
        Rates of non-fatal hospitalizations related to opioid abuse and the reasons for
           those hospitalizations;
        Data that reasonably shows a shortage of addiction, mental health services, or
           appropriate medical services in an affected community, such as the number of
           available slots or beds available for those seeking services, length of waitlists for
           such, number of licensed professionals in affected communities, and geographic
           information indicating that such services are significant distance or hard to reach
           for individuals in affected communities; or

       Public health statistics showing the incidences of diseases or conditions that could
        result from opioid abuse.

ii. Eligible Individuals Available to Perform Disaster-Relief Work and Participate in
    Training Activities

    Applicants must demonstrate that there are a suitable number of eligible individuals
    available to participate in proposed disaster-relief employment. If an applicant also
    intends to provide employment and training activities independent of disaster-relief
    employment, the applicant must demonstrate that it has a population of eligible
    participants for these activities as well.

    As stated above, ETA does not limit what type of supporting documentation
    applicants use to support this application, but some examples of information
    demonstrating a suitable population of eligible participants through information
    include:
      Current figures on the number of dislocated workers and other participants
        eligible for this grant in the communities where applicants plans to operate their
        initiative;
      Documentation of any layoff events, announced future layoffs, legacy industry
        decline, decreasing employment or labor market participation rates, economic
        impacts that may or may not be overtly related to the opioid epidemic;
      Rapid Response activities that have been or will be conducted, including
        demographic data gathered by company and/or worker surveys or through other
        methods; or
      Any additional relevant data or information on the region, economy, workforce,
        etc., to support the application.

iii. Coordination with Partner Organizations, Local WDBs, Chief Elected Officials in
     Affected Communities, and American Job Centers

    Applicants must identify their partners for planning and delivering services and
    support in their grant-funded initiatives. Services provided under opioid-crisis
    Disaster Recovery DWGs are only one part of a comprehensive set of solutions that
    address the health and well-being of individuals who struggle or have struggled with
    addiction issues. Therefore, applicants must demonstrate appropriate partnerships
    and strategies best suited for sustainability of employment of crisis-affected
    individuals and its proposed disaster-relief employment.

    Partners will vary by community, based on the unique characteristics of each area.
    Applicants must demonstrate partnership with at least one community organization
    working with individuals directly impacted by opioid addiction. These partners may
    include, but are not limited to:
     Employers or industry organizations
     Community health providers or health-related organizations
     Justice or law enforcement organizations

          Faith- and community-based organizations
          Educational institutions

       Applicants must list and briefly describe the role of each partner, and how they will
       align resources through partner organizations and the decision-making process for
       activities carried out under the partnership.

       Additionally, applications must include letters of commitment from at least one local
       WDB or American Job Center (AJC) in the affected communities it proposes serving.
       Applicants also must indicate they have coordinated with all chief elected officials (as
       defined in WIOA Section 3(9)) and local WDBs in the communities the grant will
       serve.

b. Service Delivery. In describing their initiatives, applicants must ensure responses
   answer the following questions pertaining to service delivery:

  i.   What type of disaster-relief employment will the applicant provide and how will
       this work address the opioid crisis needs as described in the applicant’s
       Statement of Need?

       For example, if a shortage of addiction treatment services is an issue in an opioid-
       affected community, a successful application could describe how a proposed project
       will provide temporary employment to boost the availability of treatment
       professionals in its area. Another example is if the crisis-related issue is
       homelessness, a successful application could describe how the temporary workers
       will focus on connecting homeless individuals with entities that provide food and
       shelter.

       ETA encourages applicants, in developing their proposals, to consider: (1) what steps
       it will take to ensure these services remain available after the expiration of the
       Disaster Recovery DWG, and (2) any innovative or novel approaches for addressing
       the needs of affected communities through disaster-relief employment.

 ii.   What anticipated employment and training activities, including supportive
       services, will applicants provide eligible participants, and how will applicants
       carry out these activities?

       The applicant must identify anticipated employment and training activities, including
       the supportive services it will provide to eligible participants, and the ways it will
       carry out employment and training activities according to the following requirements.

       Where applicants propose employment and training activities, applicants must
       indicate whether they intend to take one or both of these approaches:
                            1. Reintegration into the workforce of eligible participants who volunteer that they
           have been impacted by the opioid crisis, consistent with the requirements of
           Section 14 of this TEGL;

                            2. Transition of eligible participants into one of the following professional fields that
          could impact the opioid crisis or its underlying or complicating causes, including:
          addiction treatment and related services; pain therapy and pain management
          services that could reduce or prevent dependence on prescription painkillers; and
          mental healthcare treatment services for disorders and issues that could lead to or
          exacerbate opioid abuse and addiction. Allowable activities include training in
          techniques and services in these three fields for eligible participants in the medical
          and public health professions, with the ultimate goal of preparing those medical
          and public health professionals to impact the causes of the opioid crisis.
          Applicants may train participants in additional professions—including, but not
          limited to, medical and health professions not encompassed in the above list—but
          only if they: (a) list the additional professions in which they wish to provide
          training; (b) demonstrate that those professions are in demand; and (c)
          demonstrate that training in these professions will mitigate the underlying
          circumstances of the opioid crisis in affected communities. Individuals personally
          affected by the opioid crisis can participate in these career and training activities.
          Applicants may attach additional documentation to make these required
          demonstrations, and this documentation counts toward the 10-page limit on
          additional documentation.

       An applicant must note if disaster-relief employment will be a component of a
       proposed training initiative for transitioning eligible participants into professions that
       could impact the opioid crisis (addiction treatment, mental health treatment, and pain
       management treatment that can avoid or reduce prescription painkiller addiction.)

       Applicants may propose providing supportive services to any eligible participant of
       any activity under this grant. Applicants must state the procedures through which it
       will determine each participant’s individual needs. Applicants must indicate whether
       they or their partners plan to utilize techniques such as trauma-informed assessments,
       which partner will carry these out determinations, and how they will carry out the
       determination process.

iii.   What is the strategy for identifying and enrolling eligible participants?

       Applications must describe clear strategies for identifying eligible participants, and
       these strategies may differ based on specific grant activities. Eligible participants
       under this grant include dislocated workers under Section 3(15) of WIOA, individuals
       who are permanently or temporarily laid-off because of the opioid crisis, long-term
       unemployed individuals, and self-employed individuals who are unemployed or
       underemployed as a result of the opioid crisis.

       Applicants proposing activities to reintegrate individuals impacted by the opioid crisis
       must describe how their recruitment and enrollment of these individuals will comply
       with the requirements of Section 14 below. Again, a participant does not have to be
       impacted by the opioid crisis to participate in initiatives supported by an opioid-crisis
       Disaster Recovery DWG. Individuals who do not voluntarily answer that they have

          been impacted by the crisis may participate in disaster-relief employment as well as
          employment and training activities to enter professions that respond to the crisis
          (addiction treatment, mental health treatment, pain management treatment meant to
          avoid or reduce prescription painkiller addiction).

          For disaster-relief employment, applicants are encouraged to consider the relevant
          skills and abilities of participants when enrolling them in particular disaster-relief
          employment opportunities. If the applicant proposes employing participants in a
          medical, mental health, or addiction treatment capacity, the applicant must
          demonstrate: (1) it has a population of potentially eligible participants qualified to
          perform the temporary work it intends, and/or (2) a plan for training eligible
          participants who lack qualification or past experience so that they can safely and
          effectively provide appropriate services to those affected by the crisis.

   c. Additional Requirements for NHE Demonstration Grantees. As stated above, a
      recipient of the NHE Demonstration Grants also may apply for opioid-crisis Disaster
      Recovery DWGs if such an applicant is otherwise eligible, but in its proposal or the
      appropriate field in the Proposal Summary, such an applicant must demonstrate there are
      needs this Disaster Recovery DWG would address that the demonstration grant cannot.
      Demonstration grantees and applicants must submit a new application and may not
      resubmit their previous demonstration application unless the applicant has updated the
      previous application to meet the requirements of this TEGL and the features of Disaster
      Recovery DWGs.

9. Application Procedures, Requirements, and Timeline. To receive funding, applicants
   must submit the following items through Grants.gov at https://www.grants.gov/:
    An electronically signed copy of a SF-424 - Application for Federal Assistance (OMB
      Control No. 4040-0004);
    An SF-424A - Budget Information - Non-Construction Programs (OMB Control No.
      4040-0006);
    A Budget Narrative to explain the projected costs reflected in each line item of the SF-
      424A, demonstrating how grant funds will be used. See Attachment B for instructions on
      completing the budget narrative;
    A completed Proposal Summary (Attachment A), OR a written proposal, not exceeding
      10 pages double-spaced, that addresses TEGL application requirements outlined in
      Section 8, and all information/supporting documentation sought in the Proposal
      Summary; and
    Letters of commitment from partners, including at least one local WDB or AJC and at
      least one community organization working with individuals who are, or who have been,
      directly impacted by opioid use.

   An SF-424 electronically submitted through Grants.gov constitutes the official signed
   document and must reflect the total amount requested in item #18, Estimated Funding. Item
   #11 must include the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, 17.277.

  For grants awarded under this TEGL, applicants and grantees do not have to submit a Project
  Implementation Plan as described in 20 C.F.R. 687.150.

  To be considered for an opioid-crisis Disaster Recovery DWG, applicants must comply with
  all application requirements. ETA will award these funds on a first-come, first-served basis,
  funding applications that meet all requirements based on the order ETA received them, until
  all funds are depleted. If an applicant initially submits an un-fundable application, and then
  later resubmits a fundable application meeting all requirements, its place in the order of
  receipt will be when it submitted the fundable application.

10. Grants.gov Submission Process. Applicants must submit the application package through
    Grants.gov. Applicants that need to register with Grants.gov may do so here:
    https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/apply-for-grants.html. Registration is a one-
    time process, and applicants who already have a Grants.gov account do not need to register
    again.

  To submit the required application package, applicants must:
  a. Select the SEARCH GRANTS tab on the Grants.gov homepage.
  b. Under the Section, BASIC SEARCH CRITERIA, enter the Funding Opportunity Number:
     ETA-TEGL-4-18.
  c. Select the link to the applicable Opportunity Number provided in the search results.
  d. Select the PACKAGE tab.
  e. Under the ACTIONS column, select APPLY.

  Submitting the SF-424 through www.grants.gov constitutes an electronically signed SF-424,
  Application for Federal Assistance. This submission process may at times be complicated
  and time-consuming. As such, the Department strongly encourages applicants to initiate the
  process as soon as possible, in order to allow time to resolve unanticipated technical
  problems.

  Submission requirements stipulate that all applicants for Federal grant and funding
  opportunities must have a Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S®) number and must
  supply their D-U-N-S® number on the SF-424.

  Before submitting their application, applicants must also ensure their registration with the
  System for Award Management (SAM) is current. Applicants may find instructions for
  registering with SAM at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1. An awardee must maintain
  an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active
  Federal award or an application under consideration. To remain registered in the SAM
  database after the initial registration, entities must review and update the registration at least
  every 12 months from the date of initial registration. Failure to register with SAM and
  maintain an active account will result in Grants.gov rejecting the application submission.

   For technical issues encountered during application submission, applicants may call
   800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035 to speak to a Customer Support Representative, or email
   [email protected]. The Contact Center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but
   closes on federal holidays.

11. Availability of Funds and Application Review and Award. To receive funding for an
    opioid-crisis Disaster Recovery DWG, applicants must meet all eligibility requirements
    described in this TEGL and submit all required information and documents. Awards will be
    made at ETA’s discretion until the expiration of the HHS’ national health emergency
    declaration.

   The period of performance for Disaster Recovery DWGs is two years. However, the
   Department reserves the right to provide period of performance extensions beyond this date,
   as it deems appropriate and necessary, to achieve the purposes of these awards.

12. Other Award Considerations. At its discretion, ETA intends to fund applicants who
    adequately demonstrate eligibility according to the application requirements above. ETA
    may elect to award a grant with or without discussions with the applicant. Should ETA
    award a grant without discussions, ETA will base the award on the applicant’s signature on
    the SF-424, including electronic signature, which constitutes a binding offer by the applicant.

   NOTE: The Department will determine if the applicant had any restriction on spending for
   any ETA grant due to adverse monitoring findings within the past three years. Depending on
   the severity of the findings, the Grant Officer may elect to not provide the applicant a grant
   award or to impose conditions on the award.

   All applications deemed to be complete and responsive by the Grant Officer will go through
   a risk review process. Before making an award, ETA will review information available
   through any OMB-designated repository of government-wide eligibility qualification or
   federal integrity information, such as the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity System
   (FAPIIS), Dun and Bradstreet, and “Do Not Pay”. Additionally, ETA will comply with the
   requirements of 2 CFR Part 180 (Government-wide Debarment and Suspension Non-
   Procurement.) This risk evaluation may incorporate results of the evaluation of the
   applicant’s eligibility (application screening) or the quality of its application (technical
   review). If ETA determines that an entity is responsible and an award will be made, special
   conditions that correspond to the degree of risk assessed may be applied to the award. Risk-
   related criteria evaluated include:
            1. Financial stability;
            2. Quality of management systems and ability to meet the management standards prescribed
        in the Uniform Grant Guidance;

            3. History of performance. The Applicant’s record in managing awards, cooperative
      agreements, or procurement awards, if it is a prior recipient of such Federal awards,
      including timeliness of compliance with applicable reporting requirements, and if
      available, the extent to which any previously awarded amounts will be expended prior to
      future awards;

            4. Reports and findings from audits performed under Subpart F – Audit Requirements of the
      Uniform Grant Guidance (2 CFR Sections 200.500 – 200.520) or the reports and findings
      of any other available audits and monitoring reports containing finds, issues of non-
      compliance, or questioned costs; and
            5. The applicant’s ability to effectively implement statutory, regulatory, or other
      requirements imposed on recipients.

   Selection of an organization as a recipient does not constitute approval of the grant
   application as submitted. Before the actual grant is awarded, the Department may enter into
   negotiations about such items as program components, staffing and funding levels, and
   administrative systems in place to support grant implementation, as well as impose additional
   requirements on the grant-supported activities the applicant proposed. If the negotiations do
   not result in a mutually acceptable submission, the Grant Officer reserves the right to
   terminate the negotiations and decline to fund the application. The Department reserves the
   right to not fund any application related to this TEGL.

13. Reporting. Disaster Recovery DWG recipients must submit the following reports no later
    than 45 days after the end of each quarter:

   a. Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) – Recipients must report the characteristics,
      services received, and outcomes of participants served with WIOA funds, including the
      Disaster Recovery DWGs. Grantees must submit an individual record file quarterly on
      all participants and exiters. Performance accountability for Disaster Recovery DWGs
      generally aligns with WIOA title I programs and WIOA Section 116(b)(2)(A). The
      quarterly PIRL submission is the means for calculating individual participant
      performance outcomes, as well as performance for this funding opportunity. An
      amendment to the DOL-only PIRL (ETA 9172) was approved on January 17, 2018
      (OMB Control No. 1205-0521) which may be found at this web site:
      https://doleta.gov/performance/reporting/.

       Disaster Recovery DWG grantees must report using the Workforce Integrated
       Performance System (WIPS). Information on how to report are available on the WIPS
       Resource Page: https://doleta.gov/performance/wips/. All relevant data elements on the
       individual record layout must be completed.

       PIRL Special Instructions for Opioid-Crisis Disaster Recovery DWGs

       In order to ensure that each participant of opioid-crisis Disaster Recovery DWGs is
       appropriately recorded and tracked, the ETA-assigned grant number must be captured in
       PIRL data element 105. The full grant number may contain 13 or 14 alpha-numeric
       characters. The required entry for PIRL data element 105 is the first seven alpha-
       numeric digits of the grant number (without dashes). The ETA assigned grant number
       may be found in the grant award documentation.

   b. WIOA Joint Narrative Template – Quarterly project narrative reports are required using
      the WIOA Joint Narrative template (OMB Control No. 1205-0448). This report is an

       opportunity for grantees to share information on success stories, upcoming grant
       activities, and promising approaches and processes. The final quarterly report must
       summarize the successes and/or challenges in delivering services to the target population,
       as well as address the topics of sustainability, replicability, and lessons learned.

   c. Quarterly Fiscal Reports – Recipients must submit the quarterly Basic ETA-9130
      financial report until such time as all funds have been expended or the grant period has
      expired. Quarterly reports are due 45 days after the end of each calendar year quarter.
      Grant recipients must submit the ETA 9130 using the Department’s Online Electronic
      Reporting System. Specific instructions on how to use that system will be provided in
      the grant agreement after award.

14. Notice about Disability and Medical Information Protections for Opioid-Crisis Disaster
    Recovery DWG Participants. ETA intends opioid-crisis Disaster Recovery DWGs to help
    reintegrate individuals with a history of opioid use into the workforce. Accordingly, grant
    recipients should be aware of requirements pertaining to the gathering and confidentiality of
    medical information and their obligations under Department civil rights regulations
    pertaining to protections for individuals with disabilities.

   a. Inquiring about how an individual has been impacted by the opioid crisis

       Grantees may only ask the following question to determine that an applicant or eligible
       participant has been impacted by the opioid crisis:

       Your answer to this question is voluntary. Do you, a friend, or any member of your
       family have a history of opioid use? Please answer “Yes” or “No.”

   b. Confidentiality of medical information

       Under applicable law, grant recipients must maintain the confidentiality of medical
       information obtained about an individual. Medical information must be kept confidential
       even if the individual volunteers the medical information without being asked.
       Information regarding an individual’s disability is included in information that must be
       kept confidential, but any medical information obtained must be kept confidential
       (whether or not the individual has a disability).

       Example 1: An applicant may disclose that she previously has taken opioids legally with
       a prescription from her doctor (which is medical information, but may or may not be
       disability-related). The grant recipient must keep that information in a separate file and
       limit which staff have access to that information, under 29 C.F.R. 38.41(b)(3) (which
       explains how to keep such information separately and who may have access to it).

       Example 2: An individual may self-disclose that he has diabetes (which is both medical
       information and disability-related information). The grant recipient must keep that
       information in a separate file and limit which staff have access to that information, under

        29 C.F.R. 38.41(b)(3) (which explains how to keep such information separately and who
        may have access to it).

     c. Drug use and protections for individuals with disabilities

        When making program decisions about individuals, grant recipients should remember
        that disability is among the statuses protected from discrimination for participants in and
        applicants for programs supported by opioid-crisis Disaster Recovery DWGs. Services
        provided under these grants must comply with 29 C.F.R. 38.5, which sets out
        antidiscrimination protections for WIOA title I programs. For example, grant recipients
        will have to make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, according
        to 29 C.F.R. 38.14, and they cannot treat a participant or applicant for services less
        favorably on the basis of the individual’s disability, according to 29 C.F.R. 38.12.

        Due to the nature of these DWGs, some participants or applicants for participation will be
        individuals with disabilities based on their drug history and some will not. Disability
        status, and how it may affect the provision of services under a WIOA grant, is a case-by-
        case determination, and given the many causes and complicating factors surrounding the
        opioid crisis, the circumstances of an individual’s history with opioids could differ
        significantly.

        Disability status for drug addiction usually depends on whether the individual is currently
        engaging in the illegal use of drugs, including the illegal use of some prescription drugs.13
        A recovering addict not currently using drugs illegally may be legally protected as an
        individual with a disability. The question of “current use” of illegal drugs is made on a
        case-by-case basis. “Current” means that the illegal drug use occurred “recently enough”
        to justify the grant recipient’s reasonable belief that drug use is an ongoing problem.
        Grant recipients may treat an individual less favorably because of current illegal use of
        drugs but may not make adverse decisions on the basis of an individual’s disability (even
        if he or she is currently engaged in the illegal use of drugs).

        A potential or enrolled participant in a Disaster Recovery DWG also may have another
        disability—separate from his or her drug history—that entitles him or her to legal
        protections.

        Example 1: A grant recipient discovers that a blind participant who uses a service dog is
        currently engaging in the illegal use of opioids. The grant recipient may terminate the
        individual’s participation in the program because of the current illegal use of drugs, but
        the grant recipient may not prohibit the individual from using his service dog because he
        is illegally using drugs.


13
  “Illegal use of drugs” means the use of a drug that is unlawful to possess or distribute under the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). “Illegal use of drugs” does not include the use of a drug taken under
supervision by a licensed healthcare professional or other uses authorized by the Controlled Substances Act or other
provisions of Federal law.

       Example 2: An individual is a recovering addict who is addicted to (but not currently
       using) opioids. The grant recipient must reasonably accommodate this disability by, for
       example, changing the program activity schedule to allow the participant to attend a
       Narcotics Anonymous meeting during the program day. However, if the grant recipient
       discovers that the individual has resumed using illegal drugs, the grant recipient may
       terminate the individual’s participation on the basis of that current illegal drug use.

15. Program Evaluation. As a condition of grant award, grantees are required to participate in
    evaluations if undertaken by the Department. To support the Department’s evaluations,
    grantees must agree to: (i) make data, documents and records available to the evaluation
    contractor; (ii) timely scheduling and participation in site visits, and providing access to
    personnel, participants, and partners; (iii) timely responses to surveys; (iv) encourage
    participants, partners, and other stakeholders to participate in evaluation activities; (v) follow
    evaluation procedures as specified by the evaluation contractor under the direction of the
    Department; and (vi) participate in peer learning and information-sharing sessions facilitated
    by the evaluation contractor.

16. OMB Information Collection. OMB Information Collection No 1225-0086 expires May
    31, 2019.

   According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a
   collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. A
   respondent’s reply to these reporting requirements is required to obtain or retain benefits
   (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Section 116). Public reporting burden for this
   collection of information is estimated to average 20 hours per response, including time for
   reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
   needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

   This information is being collected for the purpose of awarding a grant. The Department will
   use the information collected through this solicitation to ensure that grants are awarded to the
   applicants best suited to perform the functions of the grant. This information is required to
   be considered for this grant.

17. Inquiries. Questions regarding this guidance should be directed to the appropriate ETA
    Regional Office.

18. Attachment(s).
    A. Proposal Summary
    B. Instruction Sheet for Budget Narrative

Attachment (official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2018/TEGL_4-18_Attachment_A.pdf)

ATTACHMENT A


           U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
                              PROPOSAL SUMMARY
         National Health Emergency Disaster Recovery Dislocated Worker Grants


                                          GENERAL INFORMATION

State or Tribal Entity Name:

Project Name:

Funding Request Amount:                                      Projected Participant #:

               GRANT ACTIVITIES: PROJECTED COSTS AND ENROLLMENTS

                                                              Total Projected Cost       # of Participants Receiving the
                       Cost Item
                                                             for Activity or Service                 Service


Participant Wages for Disaster Relief Employment
Participant Fringe Benefits for Disaster Relief
Employment
Career Services

Training Services

Supportive Services

Administrative Costs

                                                  PERFORMANCE

The DWG program applies performance measures as described in WIOA Section 116. Are the planned performance
goals for the delivery of employment and training services in this project the same as the applicable negotiated goals
established for the Dislocated Worker Program?

Indicate YES or NO: ______________


If proposing to set DWG performance goals to levels lower than those established for the State's Dislocated Worker
formula program, please explain why:


                                                          A-1

  ATTACHMENT A


        Note: There is a 10-page attachment limit for the submittal of supporting documentation.


                                      STATEMENT OF NEED
COUNTIES, CITIES, OR COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN PROJECT SERVICE AREA

Please list:


NEEDS OF THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES RESULTING FROM OPIOID CRISIS


Briefly explain why the communities listed should be served by this grant, why the applicant selected these communities,
and the clean-up and/or humanitarian needs the opioid crisis has created in those communities. To receive DWG
funding, an application must describe its affected communities’ training, healthcare, and treatment needs and why its
proposed initiative will impact or help resolve these issues.


Applicants must attach documentation supporting its determination of needs. This documentation counts towards the 10-
page limit on attachments submitted for supporting documentation. Please see Section 8(a)(i) for further details.


                                                          A-2

  ATTACHMENT A


Describe how the applicant has ascertained that there are a suitable number of eligible individuals available to
participate in proposed disaster-relief employment. See Section 8(a)(ii) for details. Documentation supporting the
applicant’s determination counts toward the 10-page limit on supporting documentation.


If proposing to provide employment and training activities independent of disaster-relief employment, demonstrate that a
population of eligible participants exist for these activities as well. See Section 8(a)(ii) for details. Documentation
supporting this demonstration count toward the 10-page limit on supporting documentation.


                                                          A-3

  ATTACHMENT A


Has the applicant coordinated with all chief elected officials (as defined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act, Section 3 (9)) AND all local Workforce Development Boards in the communities identified in the project service
area? See Section 8(a)(iii).

Indicate YES or NO: ______________

List each proposed partner in the left column. In the right column provide a brief explanation of the role the entity will
play in the grant-funded initiatives, how resources will be aligned in the partnership, and the decision-making process
for activities carried out under the partnership. The partners listed below must include at least one local Workforce
Development Board (WDB) or an American Job Center (AJC) within the areas proposed to be covered by the grant. A
letter of support from at least one WDB or AJC must be attached to the application package. Also required as a partner
is at least one community organization working with individuals who are, or who have been, directly impacted by opioid
use. The application package must also include an attached letter of support from the partner community organization.
Applicants may add additional rows if there is a need to list more partners than space allows. See TEGL Section 8(a)(iii)
for details.

                                              Partner's role in the project, including the committed/aligned resources in
               Entity Name                    the partnership, and the decision making process for activities carried out
                                                                           in the partnership:


                                                          A-4

  ATTACHMENT A


                                         SERVICE DELIVERY

List the types of disaster relief employment that the applicant anticipates to create with DWG funding, and how these
jobs will address the opioid crisis issues in the proposed service area, as identified in the Statement of Need section. See
Section 8(b)(i).


Describe the employment and training activities, including supportive services, to be provided to eligible participants
and how the applicant will carry out these activities.
See TEGL Section 8(b)(ii) for details.


                                                            A-5

  ATTACHMENT A


Identifywhich approach(es) the applicant will take in the provision of employment, training, and supportive services
(check all that apply). See Section 8(b)(ii).

______ Reintegration into the workforce of eligible participants who volunteer that they have impacted by the opioid
crisis, consistent with the requirements of Section 14. These participants can be trained in any profession.

______ Transition of eligible participants into one of the following professional fields that could impact the opioid crisis
or its underlying or complicating causes, including: addiction treatment and related services; pain therapy and pain
management services that could reduce or prevent dependence on prescription painkillers; and mental health care
treatment services for disorders and issues that could lead to or exacerbate opioid abuse and addiction.

______ Training participants in other professions – in addition to the fields impacting the opioid crisis described in the
previous paragraph. If selecting this element, use the space below to (a) list the additional professions in which they wish
to provide training; (b) demonstrate that those professions are in demand; and (c) demonstrate that training in these
professions will mitigate the underlying circumstances of the opioid crisis in affected communities. Individuals
personally affected by the opioid crisis can participate in these career and training activities. Applicants may attach
additional documentation to make these required demonstrations, and this documentation counts toward the 10-page
limit on additional documentation.


                                                            A-6

  ATTACHMENT A


Will disaster-relief employment also serve as a training initiative for transitioning individuals into professions
addressing the negative impacts of the opioid crisis (addiction treatment, mental health treatment, and pain management
treatment that can avoid or reduce prescription painkiller addiction)? See Section 8(b)(ii).

Indicate YES or NO: _____________


Applicants may propose providing supportive services to any eligible participant of any activity under this grant.
Explain the procedures used to determine each participant’s individual needs. (Applicants must indicate whether they or
their partners plan to utilize techniques such as trauma-informed assessments, which partner will carry these out
determinations, and how they will carry out the determination process.) See Section 8(b)(ii).


Describe strategies for identifying and enrolling eligible participants in disaster relief employment.
See TEGL Section 8(b)(iii). If the applicant proposes employing participants in a medical, mental health, or addiction
treatment capacity, the applicant must demonstrate (i) it has a population of potentially eligible participants qualified to
perform the temporary work it intends and/or (ii) a plan for training eligible participants who lack qualification or past
experience so that they can safely and effectively provide appropriate services to those affected by the crisis.


Describe strategies for identifying and enrolling eligible participants in employment and training activities.

Applicants proposing activities to reintegrate individuals impacted by the opioid crisis must describe how their
recruitment and enrollment of these individuals will comply with the requirements of Section 14 in the TEGL, “Inquiring
about Opioid Addiction and Disability and Medical Information Protections for NHE Disaster Recovery DWG
Participants.”

Applicants proposing to train eligible participants in professional fields that could impact the opioid crisis or its
underlying causes must describe recruitment efforts for those participants here.

See TEGL Section 8(b)(iii) for details.

                                                            A-7

  ATTACHMENT A


         FOR RECIPIENTS OF NHE DISLOCATED WORKER DEMONSTRATION GRANTS ONLY


Briefly describe what needs this proposed grant funding will serve that cannot be served by the NHE Demonstration
Grant.
See TEGL Sections 5 and 8(c) for details.


                                                        A-8

Attachment (official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2018/TEGL_4-18_Attachment_B.pdf)

ATTACHMENT B


            General Instructions for the Completion of a Budget Information Narrative
               Disaster Recovery Dislocated Worker Grants for the Opioid Crisis

The budget information Narrative must include the following information:
     Each line item on the SF‐424A must be explained, and the cost provided for each. Each line item on the SF‐424A
        pertains to projected costs at the recipient level, with the exception of the Contractual line item.
     The total for each line item on the Budget Information Narrative must match the total for each line item on the
        SF‐424A.
     Although there is not a separate line item for Administrative Costs, please provide a breakout of costs in this
        category, which must reflect applicable limitations.

    1. Personnel – List all staff positions by title. State the annual salary of each person, the percentage of each
     person’s time devoted to the project, the amount of each person’s salary funded by the grant, and the total
     personnel cost for the period of performance.

    2. Fringe Benefits – Provide the overall fringe benefit percentage which reflects the recipient’s organizational fringe,
     and list the components included, such as health insurance, FICA, retirement, etc. Provide the fringe benefit
     calculation for each staff position listed under the Personnel line item.

    3. Travel – Specify the type and purpose of the travel, the number of travelers, approximate mileage, per diem
     rates, estimated number of trips, and other associated travel costs.

    4. Equipment – Identify each item of equipment to be purchased which has an estimated acquisition cost of
     $5,000 or more per unit and a useful lifetime of more than one year. List the quantity and unit cost per item.
     Items with a unit cost of less than $5,000 are supplies.

    5. Supplies – Supplies include all tangible personal property other than “equipment.” Identify supply categories
     (e.g. office supplies, cell phones, personal tools for disaster clean‐up, etc.). List the cost associated with each
     category.

    6. Contractual – Identify each contracted entity, the funding allocation made to the organization, and a brief
     summary of services provided by each.

    7. Construction – Construction costs are not allowed and this line must be left as zero. Minor alterations to adjust
     an existing space for grant activities (such as a classroom alteration) may be allowable. DOL does not consider
     this as construction and the costs must be shown on other appropriate lines such as Contractual.

    8. Other – List each item in sufficient detail for DOL to determine whether the costs are reasonable or allowable.
     Costs included under Other should not fit into any other line item category.

    9. Indirect Charges – If charging indirect costs to the grant, this line item must be populated. Include the current
     approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, signed by the Federal cognizant agency, as an attachment to
     the grant application.


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