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FY 2022 Trade Adjustment Assistance grant applications
Summary ETA instructed state agencies how to submit SF-424 applications through Grants.gov for FY 2022 Trade Adjustment Assistance Training and Other Activities funds. The funds could cover training, case management, allowances, and related state administration. The letter requested applications within 30 days and directed states to separate procedures for income support funds.
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Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
TEGL No. 14-21
Date issued
June 15, 2022
Status
Active
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Status last verified October 24, 2026
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION Trade Adjustment Assistance
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OTAA
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
June 15, 2022
ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 14-21
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCY ADMINISTRATORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
AFFILIATE AMERICAN JOB CENTER MANAGERS
COMPREHENSIVE AMERICAN JOB CENTER MANAGERS
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS
RAPID RESPONSE COORDINATORS
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE LEADS
FROM: BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Training and Other
Activities (TaOA) Grant Management Guidance
1. Purpose. To assist State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors
as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “States,” “Recipients,”
“Grantees,” “Applicant,” or “You”) in gaining access to FY 2022 TAA Program TaOA funds
by completing and submitting Standard Form (SF) 424, Application for Federal Assistance,
through www.grants.gov.
2. Action Requested. SWA Administrators are requested to immediately provide copies of this
guidance to all staff involved in the preparation and submission of the SF-424s for TAA
Program grant awards. SWA Administrators are asked to ensure that the staff person or
persons responsible for performing these activities are fully aware of the required FY 2022
TAA Program TaOA grant application processes and timelines. The Department of Labor
(“Department” or “Grantor”) is requesting that each SWA Administrator ensure that the
SF-424 for TaOA grant funding for their state is submitted to the Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) via www.grants.gov within 30 calendar days from the issue date of this
TEGL.
3. Summary and Background.
a. Summary - This guidance provides instructions to states on the required process for
accessing FY 2022 TaOA funds. TAA Program TaOA funds provided under this
grant award may be used to cover the cost of training, employment and case
management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state
administration. To access FY 2022 funds for Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA)
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None Continuing
and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance/Reemployment Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA/RTAA), states should continue to follow standard procedures, as
they have previously, and contact their assigned Federal Project Officer (FPO) if they
have questions regarding these funds.
b. Background - The Trade Act Title II, Chapter 2, established the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Workers (TAA), ATAA, and RTAA programs. These programs,
collectively referred to as the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program (TAA Program),
provide assistance to workers who have been adversely affected by foreign trade.
Under Section 239 of the Trade Act, as amended, each state, as agent of the
Department, receives applications and provides benefits and services to eligible
workers certified to receive TAA Program benefits. Each state provides these
services through one or more state agencies, one of which is designated as the CSA
in an agreement between the state’s Governor and the U.S. Secretary of Labor
(Secretary); this agreement is known as the Governor-Secretary Agreement1. The
Governor-Secretary Agreement explains program requirements, limitations on the
use of TaOA funds, and other important grant provisions, including the TAA
Program Annual Funding Agreement (AFA), that states must comply with in order to
access TAA Program funding. The StandardTerms and Conditions template that
governs the TAA Program grant award is available at:
https://doleta.gov/grants/resources.cfm. Attachment III of this TEGL sets out the
TAA Program Requirements.
The Department and each state must execute an AFA at the beginning of the FY. As
detailed in Section 4.b below, each state must submit a signed Application for Federal
Assistance Standard Form-424 (SF-424) (Office of Management and Budget
Approval No. 4040-0004) through www.grants.gov in order to initiate the grant
award process, which culminates with the execution of the AFA.
4. Application and Grant Award Process.
a. Application Process - The Department strongly encourages states to begin the
submission process through www.grants.gov promptly, as it is often time consuming
and could take several weeks for successful completion. In addition to other
information requested on the SF-424, each state must: 1) enter the announcement
number of this TEGL, ETA-TEGL-NO-14-21, into the opportunity number field of
the application, and 2) enter the applicable amount set out for the state in Attachment
I of this TEGL as the estimated dollar amount of funds requested for FY 2022.
Attachment IV of this TEGL provides detailed instructions for submitting the SF-424
and includes links to resources, including customer service contacts and other
information, available at www.grants.gov.
b. Grant Award Process - Upon receiving the application submitted by a state, the
Department’s Office of Grants Management (OGM), in conjunction with the Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance, will review the application materials and request
revisions as necessary. Once approved, OGM will incorporate the application with
1
The Department revised and entered into new Governor-Secretary Agreements with each state in FY 2016. These Agreements remain in effect.
the AFA, which will be executed by the Department’s Grant Officer and transmitted
to the Authorized Organizational Representative and the Point of Contact identified
on the SF-424 for the state. Any subsequent changes to the information submitted on
the SF-424 (individuals identified, address, etc.) must be submitted to the Department
as a request to modify the AFA via the assigned FPO. Links to reporting databases,
as well as general guidance on how to administer a grant award, may be found at:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/grants/management,TAA Community page at
https://taa.workforcegps.org, and our Office of Grants Management Grants
Application and Management community page at:
https://grantsapplicationandmanagement.workforcegps.org/resources/2016/12/14/10/
45/Grant-Management-Training.
c. SF-424 TaOA Funding Estimates – Due to the flexible nature of the overall funding
scheme for TaOA activities, at the point in time in the FY that ETA issues this
grants management guidance and the initial allocation guidance, we do not know the
actual annual TaOA award amounts for each state. Thus, a more flexible estimate is
needed. Attachment I of this TEGL sets out the amount that has been calculated by
ETA for each state’s SF-424 estimated funds request for this FY. This amount is
provided specifically for purposes of completing the SF-424. For the TAA program,
the SF-424 Field 18 funding request is not determinative of the actual award
amounts; however, Field 18 is important as it serves as a cap on the amount that
ETA may distribute to the state for the FY. In other words, the estimate on each
state’s SF-424 must be higher than, or at least equal to, the actual funds that will be
awarded for the FY. Based on experience with the funding process, ETA determines
the estimates in Attachment I by using both the funding formula factors and a
standard 50 percent “cushion.” ETA uses this method to decrease the likelihood that
a state will need to amend and resubmit its SF-424 during the FY grant cycle.
A state’s actual annual TaOA cumulative funding award is determined by the funding
formula set out in 20 CFR 618.910(f), including formula factors designed to reflect
current TaOA needs. As reflected in 20 CFR 618.900 et. seq., cumulative annual
TaOA funding is also impacted by the recalculation of the formula prior to the award
of funds later in the FY, and by any reserve funding requests, among other things.2
As a result of these adjustments during the FY, the formula-based funding estimates
calculated early in the FY often vary from the actual award amounts determined later
in the FY.
As mentioned in Section 4.a. above, we request that states enter the amount of their
applicable estimate from Attachment I in Field 18 of the SF-424. Please note that if
at the time ETA awards FY 2022 TaOA funds in the Initial Allocation or Final
Distribution, the amount a state entered in Field 18 of the SF-424 is lower than the
cumulative total of funds being awarded at that time, ETA will ask the state to
submit a new SF-424 with a revised estimate in Field 18.
2
The regulations at 20 CFR § 618.900 and 20 CFR § 618.930 prescribe the timing for distribution of FY TaOA funds to states as follows: the Initial
Allocation, as soon as possible after the beginning of the FY, but not before the Department receives its full FY appropriation; the Second Distribution
by July 15 of each FY; and the Final Distribution of funds before the end of the FY.
5. Inquiries. For further informa
tion about this announcement, please contact Rahel
Bizuayene, Grants Management Specialist, OGM, at (202) 693-3438. Applicants should e-
mail all technical questions to [email protected] and must specifically reference
ETA-TEGL-NO-14-21 and their question(s), and include a contact name, fax, and phone
number with the inquiry. This TEGL is available at https://www.grants.gov.
6. References.
• Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Division H, (Pub. L. 117-103), enacted
March 15, 2022;
• Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93-618) (Trade
Act) (codified at 19 U.S.C. §§ 2271 et seq.);
• 20 CFR part 618, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Subpart I;
• Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 15-12, Delivery of Benefits
and Services to Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program Recipients through the
American Job Center Network Delivery System;
• TEGL No. 16-16, One-Stop Operations Guidance for the American Job
Center Network, and its Change 1;
• TEGL No. 17-16, Infrastructure Funding of the One-Stop Delivery System;
• TEGL No. 3-19, Real Property Under Employment and Training Administration-
Funded Grants;
• TEGL No. 17-19, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
Training and Other Activities (TaOA) Grant Management Guidance;
• TEGL No. 14-20, Initial Allocation of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) Program Training and Other Activities (TaOA) Funds and Process
for Requesting TAA Reserve Funds;
• TEN No. 2-20, Announcing the Release of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
for Workers Final Rule and Amended Information Collections Associated with this
Rulemaking;
• TEGL No. 2-21, Second Distribution of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) Training and Other Activities (TaOA) Funds and Process for
Requesting TAA Reserve Funds; and
• TEGL No. 4-21, Modification Requirements for Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Plans for Program Years (PYs) 2022 and 2023.
7. Attachments.
• Attachment I: Estimated Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 TAA Program TaOA Funding
Levels, by State
• Attachment II: Award Description
• Attachment III: TAA Program Requirements
• Attachment IV: Additional Grants.gov Submission Instructions for TaOA Funding
ATTACHMENT I
Estimated Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
Training and Other Activities (TaOA) Funding Levels, by State1
State FY 2022 State Estimates
Alabama $ 8,083,517.00
Alaska $ 0.00
Arizona $ 1,109,231.00
Arkansas $ 6,555,344.00
California $ 10,792,161.00
Colorado $ 5,754,831.00
Connecticut $ 5,397,749.00
Delaware $ 351,537.00
District of Columbia $ 0.00
Florida $ 3,645,738.00
Georgia $ 5,952,207.00
Hawaii $ 0.00
Idaho $ 1,064,586.00
Illinois $ 11,746,887.00
Indiana $ 13,320,528.00
Iowa $ 7,045,079.00
Kansas $ 19,593,150.00
Kentucky $ 4,852,907.00
Louisiana $ 1,630,161.00
Maine $ 365,580.00
Maryland $ 2,031,963.00
Massachusetts $ 8,958,240.00
Michigan $ 10,944,074.00
Minnesota $ 10,413,621.00
Mississippi $ 2,996,409.00
Missouri $ 7,431,420.00
Montana $ 0.00
Nebraska $ 1,829,184.00
Nevada $ 238,146.00
New Hampshire $ 472,371.00
New Jersey $ 4,436,703.00
New Mexico $ 4,691,850.00
New York $ 15,456,417.00
North Carolina $ 4,859,222.00
North Dakota $ 370,524.00
Ohio $ 7,602,197.00
Oklahoma $ 5,567,883.00
Oregon $ 22,644,657.00
Pennsylvania $ 23,230,752.00
Puerto Rico $ 167,486.00
Rhode Island $ 0.00
South Carolina $ 3,849,783.00
South Dakota $ 2,101,734.00
Tennessee $ 3,510,354.00
Texas $ 25,342,553.00
Utah $ 3,457,854.00
Vermont $ 560,027.00
Virginia $ 7,889,717.00
Washington $ 31,510,755.00
West Virginia $ 6,502,247.00
Wisconsin $ 10,000,671.00
Wyoming $ 0.00
US Total $ 336,330,007.00 1
1
States are requested to enter the amount set out in this chart for their state on their Application for Federal Assistance, SF-424 as the FY 2022 TaOA estimated
funding level. These estimated amounts are consistent with §§20 CFR 618.910-930. Section 4.c. of this guidance provides additional information about how the
estimated amounts are calculated. Throughout the FY, ETA will calculate actual amounts for each state for the Initial Allocation, (combined with the Second
Distribution for FY 2022) and the final Distribution and inform states of these amounts in guidance. For FY 2022, TaOA funds are subject to the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) (also known as sequestration), which
requires a reduction in the TaOA funding authority of 5.7 percent, which the Department applies to TaOA funds. Actual TaOA funding amounts for each state
willreflect reductions to TaOA funding due to sequestration, as well as any funds awarded to states during the FY through reserve requests.
ATTACHMENT II
Award Description for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program
Training and Other Activities (TaOA) Grants
Award Description. Under the authority of the Trade Act of 1974 as amended, States
must comply with information provided in the Notice of Award which the Department
provides at the time of the award, TAA Program regulations, applicable program
guidance, applicable agreements governing the TAA Program such as Governor-
Secretary Agreement, and the Annual TAA Funding Agreement,
1. Purpose: States may use the TAA program TaOA funds provided under this grant to
cover the cost of related state administration and the provision of training,
employment and case management services, job search allowances, and relocation
allowances to adversely affected workers. TEGL No. 15-21, provides additional
information regarding the use and purpose of TAA program TaOA funds.
2. Activities to be Performed: The TAA Final Rule published in the Federal Register
on August 21, 2020, applicable statutes, and guidance governing the TAA Program
describe States’ responsibilities and specify the activities states must perform
regarding the use of TAA program TaOA funds.
3. Expected Outcomes: States must use TAA program funds provided under this grant
to operate the TAA program in support of the goals, objectives, and outcomes
provided in the FY 2022 Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances section of
the President’s Annual Budget.
4. Intended Beneficiaries: TaOA grant funds are intended to serve adversely affected
workers, i.e., individuals who, because of lack of work in adversely affected
employment, have been totally or partially separated from such employment; and,
adversely affected incumbent workers, (individuals who— (A) are members of a
group of workers who have been certified as eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under subpart A; (B) have not been totally or partially separated from
adversely affected employment; and (C) workers for whom the Secretary determines,
on an individual basis, are threatened with total or partial separation).
5. Subrecipient Activities: Subrecipient means a non-Federal entity or Federal agency
that receives a subaward from the grant award recipient under the TaOA funds award.
Subrecipients are accountable to the grantee for the use of the Federal funds provided
by the subaward. Specifications of subrecipient activities and the requirements to
which subrecipients must comply, are set out in the TAA Annual Funding Agreement,
which upon grant award, DOL sends to each grantee.
ATTACHMENT III
TAA Program Requirements
A. Overview. The TAA Program includes training, employment and case management services,
job search allowances, relocation allowances, Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA),
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), and Reemployment Trade Adjustment
Assistance (RTAA). TAA Program TaOA funds provided under this grant award may be
used to cover the cost of training (and related costs), employment and case management
services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state administration.
Funds for TRA, ATAA, and RTAA are governed by the Federal requirements, guidance and
terms and conditions of the Unemployment Insurance Annual Funding Agreement (AFA).
B. States’ Responsibilities. The TAA Final Rule, 20 CFR Part 618, 85 FR 51896 (August 21,
2020); and Agreements Between the Governor and Secretary of Labor, United States
Department of Labor to Carry Out the Provisions of Subchapters A, B, and C of Chapter 2 of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the Trade Adjustment Assistance
Reauthorization Act of 2015, in addition to TEGL No. 16-16, One-Stop Operations Guidance
for the American Job Center (AJC) Network, TEGL No. 17-16, Infrastructure Funding of the
One-Stop Delivery System, and TEGL No. 04-20, Guidance on Integrating Services for
Trade-Affected Workers under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program (TAA Program)
with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Dislocated Worker
(DW) Program, provide guidance on states’ responsibilities for ensuring that the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) partner programs are integrated into the American
Job Center (AJC) network, also known as the one-stop system. The TAA Program is a
required one-stop partner under the WIOA statute and regulations at WIOA sec.
121(b)(1)(B), 20 CFR 678.400, 34 CFR 361.400, and 34 CFR 463.400. As a WIOA required
partner, the TAA Program is responsible for providing access to TAA benefits and services
to adversely affected workers through the AJC network. As explained in the Required
Elements for Submission of the Unified and Combined State Plan and Plan for Modifications
under WIOA, under WIOA and the Trade Act, as amended, states must integrate TAA
Program services into their one-stop delivery system; provide rapid response and appropriate
career services to worker groups on whose behalf a petition has been filed; and disseminate
benefit information that provides workers an accurate understanding of the TAA Program’s
benefits and services in such a way that it is transparent to the worker applying for them.
States must also use their state’s AJCs as the main point of contact for participant intake and
delivery of TAA benefits and services. For additional information about this and other State
Plan requirements, see TEGL No. 04-21, Modification Requirements for Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Plans for Program Years (PYs) 2022 and
2023.
1) Program Access
If the TAA Program is carried out in a local area, the state must provide access to the
TAA Program services in the local area’s comprehensive one-stop centers in accordance
ATTACHMENT III
TAA Program Requirements
with 20 CFR 678.305(d) and with WIOA sec. 121(b)(1)(A)(i). Access to the TAA
Program occurs in one of three ways:
a) Option 1: Having a TAA Program staff member physically present at the one-
stop center or staff person who is multi-funded and is responsible for TAA;
b) Option 2: Having a staff member from a different partner program physically
present at the one-stop center appropriately trained to provide information to
customers about the TAA program, services, and activities available through all
partner programs; or
c) Option 3: Making available a direct linkage through technology to a TAA
Program staff member who can provide meaningful information or services.
The options above offer a wide range of possibilities to partners. Option 2 could require
varying levels of assistance depending on the trade-affected worker’s needs. For
example, this could be as simple as having an adequately trained one-stop center staff
member providing basic program information to a one-stop customer regarding group
and individual eligibility requirements of the TAA Program. In this example, the partner
staff member has been trained on TAA Program eligibility requirements, as well as how
to search for and file a TAA petition. Once the Department renders a determination on a
petition, the partner staff member will connect the worker to appropriately trained one-
stop center staff who can further assist them. If the petition is certified, the worker is
eligible to apply for individual benefits and appropriately trained one-stop center staff
must guide them through the application and enrollment process. This option allows the
customer to receive high-quality service through the one-stop center in a timely manner.
The third option, Option 3, a direct linkage, can take many forms as well. As described in
20 CFR 678.305(d)(3), a “direct linkage” means providing a direct connection at the one-
stop center within a reasonable time, by phone or through a real-time web-based
communication, to a program staff member who can provide program information or
services, including career services, to the customer. Solely providing a phone number,
website, information, pamphlets, or materials does not constitute a “direct linkage.”
The flexibility provided through the three optional methods for assuring customer access
to required one-stop center partner services and activities at the comprehensive centers
ensures that the TAA Program remains accessible through the one-stop center network.
2) Compliance with Regulations and Guidance
In performing its responsibilities under the Governor-Secretary Agreement, as a
condition for receipt of funds, the state agrees to fully comply with all program
regulations and administrative directives, including, but not limited to:
a) Trade Adjustment Assistance Final Rule, published in the Federal Register at:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/21/2020-13802/trade-
adjustment-assistance-for-workers, became effective on September 21, 2020.
ATTACHMENT III
TAA Program Requirements
b) Joint WIOA Final Rule, as applicable, published in the Federal Register at:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-19/pdf/2016-15977.pdf.
c) Department-Only WIOA Final Rule, as applicable, published in the Federal
Register at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-19/pdf/2016-15975.pdf;
d) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Division H, (Pub. L. 117-103), enacted
March 15, 2022;
e) 2 CFR part 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards) and 2 CFR part 2900 (Department’s
Supplement to 2 CFR part 200);
f) Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93-618)
(Trade Act) (codified at 19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.);
g) Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), as
amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA);
h) TEGL No. 15-12, Delivery of Benefits and Services to Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) Program Recipients through the American Job Center Network
Delivery System;
i) TEGL No. 17-16, Infrastructure Funding of the One-Stop Delivery System;
j) TEGL No. 03-19, Real Property Under Employment and Training
Administration-Funded Grants;
k) TEGL No. 10-19, Technical Assistance regarding the Submission Deadline for
the Unified and Combined State Plans under the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) for Program Years (PYs) 2020-2023 and Other Related
Requirements;
l) TEGL No. 13-20, Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
Training and Other Activities (TaOA) Grant Management Guidance; and
m) TEN No. 02-20, Announcing the Release of the Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) for Workers Final Rule and Amended Information Collections Associated
with this Rulemaking.
3) Compliance with Requirements
In performing its responsibilities under this award, the state hereby certifies and assures
that it will fully comply with the following requirements:
a) Real Property. As provided at 20 CFR 618.860 (c)(2), the requirements and
restrictions related to real property in 2 CFR 200.439, including compliance with 2
CFR 200.439(b)(3), provide that capital expenditures for improvements to land or
buildings, which materially increase their value or useful life, are unallowable as a
direct cost, except in cases where the Grant Officer has granted prior written
approval. All requests for construction related expenses must come to the Secretary of
Labor for prior approval.
The requirements relating to Real Property, above and explained in TEGL No. 03-
19, Real Property Under Employment and Training Administration-Funded
ATTACHMENT III
TAA Program Requirements
Grants, apply. This guidance provides information on using ETA grant funds for
capital expenditures and other real property costs, depreciation, maintaining
insurance, handling idle facilities and idle facility capacity, retaining records,
disposing of real property acquired with ETA grant funds; renting real property,
and using and disposing of SWA real property that has DOL equity or Reed Act
equity.
b) Equipment. Equipment purchases under the TAA Program are subject to the
provisions at 2 CFR 200.313. Consistent with 20 CFR 618.860(c)(1), the
Department delegates the authority of prior approval to the Governor for
equipment purchases made using TaOA funds.
c) Oversight Roles and Responsibilities. Each recipient and subrecipient of funds
under the Trade Act, as amended, must conduct regular oversight and monitoring
of its program and those of any subrecipients and contractors as required under
WIOA sec. 239(i), as well as under 2 CFR part 200, including 2 CFR
200.331through 2 CFR 20.333, in order to:
i. determine that expenditures have been made against the proper cost
categories and within the cost limitations specified in the Act, the
regulations, and administrative guidance;
ii. determine whether there is compliance with other provisions of the Act,
the regulations, and administrative guidance;
iii. assure compliance with 2 CFR part 200 and the Department’s
exceptions at 2 CFR part 2900;
iv. assure compliance with 20 CFR part 618; and,
v. determine compliance with the nondiscrimination, disability, and equal
opportunity requirements of sec. 188 of WIOA, including the Assistive
Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3003).
d) Procedures and Resolution of Findings. (See 20 CFR 618.860 (d)(2))
i. Oversight and monitoring. Each recipient and subrecipient of funds
under the Act must conduct regular oversight and monitoring of its
program and those of any subrecipients and contractors,
ii. Resolution of subrecipient-level findings.
(1) The Governor is responsible for resolving findings that arise from
the monitoring reviews, investigations, other Federal monitoring
reviews, and audits (including under 2 CFR part 200) of
subrecipients awarded funds through the Trade Act, as amended.
(a) A state must use the written monitoring and audit resolution,
debt collection and appeal procedures that it uses for other
Federal grant programs.
ATTACHMENT III
TAA Program Requirements
(b) If a state does not have such written procedures, it must
prescribe standards and procedures to be used for this grant
program.
(2) For subrecipients awarded funds through a pass-through entity, the
pass-through entity must ensure that the subrecipient has written
monitoring and resolution procedures in place that are consistent
with 2 CFR part 200.
iii. Resolution of state findings.
(1) The Secretary is responsible for resolving findings that arise from
Federal audits, monitoring reviews, investigations, incident reports,
and audits under 2 CFR part 200 for direct recipients of Federal
awards under the Trade Act, as amended.
(2) The Secretary will use the Department’s audit resolution process,
consistent with 2 CFR part 200, Subpart F.
(3) A final determination issued by a Grant Officer under this process
may be appealed to the Department’s Office of Administrative
Law Judges under the procedures in 2 CFR 2900.22.
e) Nondiscrimination. Requirements and restrictions for nondiscrimination and equal
opportunity, which are provided in 29 CFR part 38, Implementation of the
Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Provisions of WIOA.
C. Use of Funds. Funds obligated under this grant award may be used for training (and related
costs), employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation
allowances, and related state administration costs incurred in the provision of TAA Program
benefits and services to trade-affected workers in accordance with the requirements of the
Trade Act, as amended, in effect at the time of filing of the petition under which the workers
are covered. ETA strongly recommends that recipients expend funds with the shortest period
of availability first. The following limitations apply to TAA Program TaOA appropriated
funds awarded to the state under this grant award:
1) State expenditures for employment and case management services costs must not be
less than, but may exceed 5 percent of TaOA funds awarded in a FY, and;
2) State expenditures for related state administration costs must not exceed 10 percent of
the total amount of TaOA funds awarded to the state in a FY. Note: If the state does not
use the entire 10 percent of funds allocated for related state administration, the state
may use the remainder for allowable activities within the rest of TaOA, such as
employment and case management, training, and job search and relocation allowances.
D. Deobligation of Funds. The Recipient agrees to accept a deobligation of the TaOA funds, as
set forth in the Notice of Award, in the event of underutilization of those funds. The Grantor
will consider underutilization of TaOA funds to exist when the Recipient will be unable to
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use some or all of the unexpended and/or unobligated balance of such funds provided to the
recipient within a reasonable period of time. Underutilized funds will be recaptured only after
notification to and consultation with the Recipient.
E. Recapture and Reallotment of FY Funds. In addition to the information provided in the
deobligation of funds clause above, section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974, as restored by
the TAARA 2015, provides that the Secretary may recapture and reallot funds that were
allotted to any state to carry out employment and case management services, training, job
search allowances, and relocation allowances, that remain unobligated by the state during the
second or third fiscal year after the funds were obligated, and reallot those funds to states in
need.
F. Remedies. All TAA Program funds must be expended in accordance with the provisions of
the AFA and any special terms and conditions of approved funding requests. Any
expenditure of funds that does not comply with these provisions will be subject to the
enforcement remedies at 2 CFR 200.339, 2 CFR 2900.20 through 2900.22, 20 CFR 617.52(c)
and 617.59(f), or any succeeding regulations. The state will take such action as is reasonably
necessary to recover for the account of the United States all amounts paid out as program
benefits or services that were erroneously paid to ineligible claimants or others, and to restore
any losses or misapplication of funds allocated to the state for TAA Program benefits or
services.
G. Merit Staff. The state agrees that staff employed to carry out state administration of the TAA
Program and funded by the TAA Program, will comply with 20 CFR 618.890.
H. Administrative and Program Costs. The administrative cost limit of the FY 2022 TaOA
funding allocation is explained above in paragraph C of this Attachment III, with which
states must comply. For purposes of the TAA Program, the costs of administration are
established at 20 CFR 618.860(b).
ATTACHMENT IV
Additional Grants.gov Submission Instructions for (TaOA) Funding
Additional Submission Instructions. Recognizing that submission of documentation for
TAA Program TaOA funds for FY 2022 through www.grants.gov is the same procedure
the Department instructed grantees to follow to apply for FY 2021 TaOA funds, the
following is provided to augment the instructions available on the www.grants.gov
website.
In the event you encounter a problem with your submission via the www.grants.gov
website and do not find a resolution in any of the other resources, call the
www.grants.gov support center for assistance at 1-800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, to
speak to a customer support representative or email [email protected]. The
www.grants.gov contact center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week; however, it is
closed on federal holidays. Note, the links in the sections below require Internet Explorer
version of IE11 or higher, Chrome, or Firefox. Please use one of these browsers to
access the information available on the link.
1. Timely SF-424 Submissions. The deadline for submitting SF-424s via www.grants.gov
for TAA TaOA funding is 30 calendar days from the issue date of this guidance. States
are strongly advised to initiate the application submission and validation process via
www.grants.gov as soon as possible and to plan for time to resolve technical problems.
Since it is the state’s responsibility to ensure a timely submission of their SF-424, states
are encouraged to allot time for submission (two business days) and, if applicable,
additional time to address errors and receive validation upon resubmission (an additional
two business days for each ensuing submission). Only applications that have been
successfully submitted in www.grants.gov by the deadline, which is 30 calendar days
from the issue date of this guidance, and subsequently successfully validated by
www.grants.gov, will be considered timely. Please note, validation in www.grants.gov
does not mean the state’s application has been accepted as complete or has been accepted
for review. Rather, www.grants.gov only verifies the submission of certain parts of the
application.
2. How to Submit an Application. Applicants can apply on www.grants.gov using
Workspace, https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/workspace-overview.html.
Workspace is a shared online environment that allows organizations or individuals to
apply for federal grants by enabling simultaneous access and edit of different forms
within a single application. To access complete instructions, see
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/apply-for-grants.html. To apply for FY
2022 TaOA grant funds once you have logged into Workspace, select Search Grants at:
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/apply-for-grants.html, and enter ETA-
TEGL- NO-14-21 in the Opportunity Number field of the Basic Search Criteria box.
Be careful to use the specific syntax: ETA-TEGL-NO-14-21.
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Additional Grants.gov Submission Instructions for (TaOA) Funding
3. Important Information.
• Completing your grant application requires you to enter your organization’s
Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) Username and Password. If you do
not have the AOR’s Username and Password, please register as a new user here:
https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/register.faces. Note, if you already have a
www.grants.gov account and know or can retrieve your AOR’s logon information
using the Forgot Username or Password function, you do not need to register another
account to apply for FY 2022 TaOA grant funds.
• When you submit your application via www.grants.gov, an electronic time stamp is
generated within the system when the application is successfully received by
www.grants.gov. Grants.gov will send the applicant AOR an email acknowledgement
of receipt and a tracking number, e.g., (GRANTXXXXXXXX), with the successful
transmission of the application, serving as proof of their timely submission. During
this process, the applicant will receive two email messages to provide the status of the
application’s progress through the system.
o The first email, sent almost immediately, will contain a tracking number and
will confirm receipt of the application by www.grants.gov.
o The second email will indicate that the application has either been
successfully validated or has been rejected due to errors.
• Effective April 4, 2022, the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number was
replaced by a new, non-proprietary identifier requested in and assigned by the System
for Award Management (SAM) www.SAM.gov (access requires Internet Explorer
version of IE11 or higher, Chrome, or Firefox). This new identifier is being called the
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), or the Entity ID. Each applicant must have a UEI
number available and must be registered with the www.SAM.gov before submitting
an SF-424 Form in www.grants.gov. SAM.gov is an official government website that
allows you to: 1) register to do business with the U.S. government; 2) update or
renew your entity registration; 3) check status of an entity registration; or 4) search
for entity registration and exclusion records. Applicants must have an active
registration in SAM to complete the SF-424. If the applicant’s registration in SAM is
expired, www.grants.gov will reject the application.
• The official, electronically signed SF-424 Form must reflect the state amount listed in
Attachment I for the requested estimated funding total in item #18, the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance Number “17.245” for item #11, and the grantee’s 12-
character UEI listed for item #8c on the SF-424 Form. Also, item #15 of the SF-424
must indicate the amount of Indirect Costs claimed by the recipient, if any.
• To ensure consideration, the components of the application must be saved as .doc,
.docx, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf, or .pdf files. If submitted in any other format, the applicant
bears the risk that compatibility or other issues may prevent a state’s application from
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Additional Grants.gov Submission Instructions for (TaOA) Funding
being considered. The Department will attempt to open the document but will not
take any additional measures in the event of problems with opening it (i.e.,
conversions of any kind).
• The Department strongly advises applicants to use the various tools and documents,
including Frequently Asked Questions that are available on the “Applicant
Resources” page at: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/applicant-
faqs.html.
• To receive updated information about critical issues, new tips for users, and other
time sensitive updates as information becomes available, you may subscribe to
www.grants.gov updates at: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/manage-
subscriptions.html.
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