§ 131.13. Proposal requirements.
(a) The regional office of the Department shall be available to assist any applicant with technical assistance and advice for the preparation of a proposal to be submitted under the act.
(b) Every effort will be made by applicant to establish contact with other departments at the regional level which have relevant programs that may be packaged with program. Also, it is imperative that this same effort to package programs be made within the Department. All proposals must be submitted to the regional office for review and evaluation and approved by the Department before a grant will be made.
(c) The proposal shall contain the following specific information:
(1) Legal title and date of incorporation, address, telephone number, legal status, specific contact individuals and a history of the organization of the applicants.
(2) Characteristics, needs, and number of persons to be trained.
(3) Full description of the program.
(4) Purpose of the proposal in detail, including the following:
(i) Services to be established.
(ii) Authority for such services.
(iii) Number of people to be served.
(iv) Selection basis for participants.
(v) Specific program activities.
(vi) Specific referral activities for participants.
(vii) Priorities and procedure in selection of staff.
(5) A description of the type and the extent of the counselling to be used, indicating the role of State employment services, businesses, unions and other public or private agencies in recruiting, testing, counselling and selection through a written letter from those involved.
(6) No manpower training project will be approved without written comment on the project by a responsible organization or agency familiar with community manpower problems and requirements, such as the Chamber of Commerce, Urban Coalition, or unions.
(7) Presentation of a title and description of the occupations for which training is offered and an evidentiary presentation of a local need for the occupation, and justification of such a need.
(8) A description of the method and scope of training including the length of the cycles in weeks and hours of training.
(9) An indication of the role of the applicant agency, businesses, unions and other private or public agencies in the placement of ‘‘graduate’’ trainees.
(10) A description of the provisions for maintaining accurate trainee, program and financial records.
(11) The provision of a statement in writing on efforts made to obtain funding by agencies, local, State, or Federal, that provide the same services, and the amounts of money requested from these sources.
(12) A statement that the proposal is or is not to be an ongoing program and, if not, what efforts are being made to get other support to make this proposal an on-going activity.
(13) The provision of an inventory of existing and past sources of funding with proposal descriptions.
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