Funding to help unemployment claimants enter training

UIPL27-09acc.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2009/UIPL27-09acc.pdf)

                                                          CLASSIFICATION
      EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION              Unemployment Insurance
                  ADVISORY SYSTEM
                                                          CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
             U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                                                          OWS/DFAS
                Washington, D.C. 20210
                                                          DATE
                                                           June 15, 2009




ADVISORY:            UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 27-09

TO:                  STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES

FROM:                DOUGLAS F. SMALL /s/
                     Deputy Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:             Funding of Administrative Costs Associated with the Initiative to
                     Enable More Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries to Obtain
                     Training

1. Purpose. To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the opportunity to submit
   a supplemental budget request (SBR) for costs associated with implementing the
   initiative to enable more unemployment insurance (UI) beneficiaries to obtain
   training without affecting their benefit rights, and to notify beneficiaries of potential
   eligibility for Pell Grants and other student aid.

2. References. The Social Security Act (SSA); Training and Employment Guidance
   Letter (TEGL) No. 21-08; and Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 336.

3. Background. In an effort to enable more workers to develop skills while the
   economy recovers, the Department of Labor (Department) has encouraged SWAs to
   broaden the types of training and conditions under which education or training are
   considered “approved training” for purposes of the state’s UI law. The Department
   has encouraged state UI agencies to notify UI beneficiaries of their potential
   eligibility for Pell Grants and other student aid, provide them information about
   how to apply, and explain that they may continue to receive UI benefits while in
   training, contingent upon the state’s approval. Because the costs associated with
   informing claimants of their benefit rights and determining eligibility for UI (here, a
   UI training benefit) are necessary for the proper and efficient administration of a
   state’s UI law, they may be charged to the UI grant consistent with Section 303(a)(8),
   SSA.


 RESCISSIONS                                           EXPIRATION DATE
 None                                                  June 15, 2010

4. Implementation SBRs. SWAs are offered the opportunity to submit SBRs (suggested
   template attached) for the UI administrative costs resulting from the implementation
   of this initiative. SBRs should be limited to one-time costs, listed below, that are
   attributable to implementation of this initiative.

        Permissible Implementation Costs
        1. Computer programming
        2. Notices to beneficiaries
        3. Overhead related only to the above
        4. Training
        5. Postage

   The estimated cost basis for all items should be included in the SBR. Calculations
   for costs of SWA staff and contractors should be shown in accordance with the SBR
   instructions in ET Handbook No. 336.

5. Ongoing Administrative Costs. Ongoing administrative costs related to this
   initiative should be reported in the comments section of the quarterly UI-3 report,
   identified as such, and broken out by the following activities: postage, notification
   letters, training approval application reviews, programming, overhead, and other.

6. Action Requested. State Administrators are requested to:

   (a) Distribute this directive to appropriate staff, and
   (b) Submit the SBR and required SF424 and SF424A documents by the close of
       business June 26, 2009, via electronic submission to the National Office at
       [email protected], with a copy to the appropriate Regional Office.

7. Inquiries. Direct questions to the appropriate Regional Office.

8. Attachment. Training Implementation SBR Template.

UIPL27-09a.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2009/UIPL27-09a.pdf)

Attachment to UIPL

Enabling More UI Beneficiaries to Obtain Training Implementation SBR Template

Narrative description of one-time implementation costs associated with informing
claimants of their benefit rights and potential eligibility for Pell Grants and other
student aid.

A project cost table detailing the costs.

For example:

Cost
Category
                                                          Hours
Staffing         Position Classification    Hourly Rate                     Total Cost
                                                          Worked
                 Programmer                 $50.00        10                $500.00




Additional       Descriptive
                                            Cost Factor   Cost Factor       Total Cost
Cost Items       Information