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OFFICE OF NATIONAL RESPONSE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS (NEG)
Performance and Reporting Summit
Speakers
Kim PowellOffice of National Response
Employment and Training Administration
Agenda
Background What’s New in NEG Performance Framework Key Terms and ConceptsDiscussion Forum
National Emergency Grants
National Emergency Grants (NEGs), are discretionary awards that are intended to:– Temporarily expand the service capacity
at the state and local levels to respond to specific events
– Provide time-limited funding assistance in response to significant economic events
NEG Program Purpose
Minimize the negative economic and employment impacts of dislocation from plants closings, global competition and natural disasters
Training and retraining dislocated workers on new technologies and high-growth, high demand industries to enable them to earn industry certifications and become reemployed
Four Types of NEGs
Regular National Emergency Grants– BRAC– RIGs
Disaster GrantsTrade Dual-EnrollmentHealth Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC)
Funding
$1.5 billion annually in WIA Dislocated Worker funding
Secretary of Labor holds 20% of dislocated worker funds in reserve for national emergency grants, demonstrations and technical assistance
NEG Awards
Funding by Category– Regular
– Disaster
– BRAC
BRAC
Disa
ster
Dual
Enro
llmen
t
Regu
lar HCTC
RIG
$249,810$2,500,000
$23,970,913
$5,995,453
$19,415,163
$16,778,262
PY2006 NEG New Awards
NEG Awards
PY 2006 NEG RESULTS
Type of Neg Number of New Awards Funds Awarded
BRAC 7 $16,778,262
Disaster 7 $19,415,163
Dual Enrollment 9 $5,995,453
Regular 12 $23,480,883
HCTC 3 $2,813,713
RIG 1 $249,810
TOTALS 39 $68,733,284
Total Funds Awarded for PY 2006 $119,316,635
Performance Results
Measures: NEG Dislocated Worker
Entered Employment
71% 83.4%
Retention 89% 87.8%
Earnings Change -$989 $478
What’s New in NEG
Regional Innovations Grants (RIGs)– RIGs are limited National Emergency Grant
Resources. Set aside to assist state workforce agencies and local Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs)
– Funding is to be used to develop a comprehensive, integrated, strategic regional plan based on WIRED principles with a focus on current or future unanticipated economic events
– Awards will be limited to $250,000 for any one regional project with a grant period of 18 months
– Applications are taken on a rolling basis
What’s New in NEG
WISPR Impact– Quarterly access to performance
outcomes will inform management and decision-making for NEGs
– Common measure outcome data by project
What’s New in NEG
ETA is conducting a review of NEG data – Conduct a review to better understand
data collection, processing and reporting issues
– Develop reporting and definitions guidance
– Audience input today!
Performance Accountability Framework
Grant Management– NEG Quarterly Progress Report
Fiscal Accountability– NEG Quarterly Financial Status Report
Performance Outcomes – WIA Quarterly Report – WIA Annual report – WIASRD
NEG Quarterly Progress Report
A Grant Management toolETA Form 9104Project-level reporting Submitted through NEG e-system
Financial Status Report
Provides Quarterly Financial Status ETA Form 9099/9130Project-level reportingSubmitted through EBSS
Common Measure Performance Outcomes
WIA Quarterly Report & WIA Annual Report– ETA Form 9090– State-level data – Submitted through EBSS
WIASRD– Participant-level data
NEG Quarterly Progress Report:Key Terms and
Concepts
NEG Quarterly Progress Report
All NEG participants should be reported – Those served only by a NEG– Those served by a NEG and co-enrolled in
WIA
HCTC funded by NEG funds should be reported in NEG e-system
NEG Quarterly Progress Report
Report format used for all four types of NEGs
One report required per NEG project
All fields are cumulative from the NEG start date
Completion of fields based on the type of NEG– Electronic system will only ask for fields appropriate
to project type, for example, health coverage payments only applies to Trade Act Health Insurance NEGs
Due 45 days after the end of the quarter
NEG Quarterly Progress Report
• Reported through the NEG e-system
• Click “Begin” next to “Quarterly Performance Report”
Key Terms and Concepts
Sample Elements of the QPR:– Total participants– Receiving Intensive Services– Enrolled in NEG-funded training– Receiving NEG-funded supportive services– Receiving Needs-Related Payments– Employed in Temporary Disaster Relief Program– Total Exits– Total Entering Employment at Exit– Total Expenditures at Grantee level– Total Expenditures at Project Operator Level
(including service providers of Project Operator)– Total Project Expenditures
Key Terms and Concepts
Receiving Intensive Services– 20CFR 663.200 and WIA Sec. 134(d)(3)(C)
• Examples include assessments, career plans, counseling, career planning
– Includes services wholly or partially-funded by the NEG
Enrolled in NEG-Funded Training
– 20CFR 663.300 and WIA Sec. 134(d)(4)(D)
– Includes training wholly or partially-funded by the NEG
Receiving NEG-Funded Supportive Services
– Included services wholly or partially-funded by the NEG
Key Terms and Concepts
Total Participants– Number of eligible individuals who have
received services funded by the NEG– Includes NEG-only and co-enrolled
participants receiving services from a partner program
– Note, the service fields do not sum because a participant may receive more than one service
Key Terms and Concepts
Exit – Total cumulative exiters
• positive and negative outcomes
– Definition is the same for NEG e-system and the WIASRD:• A participant has not received a WIA program
or partner-funded service for 90 consecutive calendar days, has no gap in service, and is not scheduled for future services
Key Terms and Concepts
Entering Employment at Exit
– The cumulative number of participants who have ceased to receive services funded by the NEG and who have entered employment within the grant period.
Discussion Forum
Discussion Forum
Issues pertaining to definitions
Challenges in collecting participant information
Process used to estimate participation levels for the grant
Process and data sources used in performance measure calculations
Other success factors used to measure NEG performance
Resources
NEG Web site:– http://www.doleta.gov/neg
ETA Performance:– http://www.doleta.gov/performance/results
Contact Information
Kim Powell, Grant SpecialistPhone: 202-693-3726E-Mail: [email protected]
Mindy Feldbaum, Division ChiefPhone: 202-693-3382E-Mail: [email protected]