Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
The Department shall screen all applications to determine if
all requirements of the application package have been addressed. Complete
applications shall be reviewed and evaluated comparatively by Department staff.
This review and evaluation process will be completed within 75 working days
after receipt of all required information. Department staff shall conduct a
technical and programmatic evaluation of each application.
a) Technical/Programmatic Evaluation
Component - Each application shall be reviewed to assure compliance with
technical program requirements as detailed in Section
2650.30.
b) Application Evaluation - Those
applications determined eligible for funding based on the evaluation process
described in subsection (a) shall be evaluated according to the following
criteria:
1) Project readiness (e.g., time
schedule for project initiation);
2) The number of participating companies and
the number of employees of those participating companies who will receive
training;
3) The cost effectiveness
of the training (e.g., cost per trainee or cost per business);
4) New capital investment by participating
companies;
5) How closely the
training is related to the nature of the business process and the
transferability of the skills obtained from the training;
6) Other significant benefits or impact
(e.g., project is for high technology, quality and/or productivity improvements
or export oriented, job retention or improving business
competitiveness);
7) Level of
performance by applicant organization and/or participating employers under
previous Employer Training Investment Program grant awards;
8) Evaluation measures utilized to determine
the effectiveness of the training (e.g., the identification of quantifiable
training outcome measures);
9)
Extent to which the project demonstrates that it is employer driven;
10) In making grant awards to original
equipment manufacturers (OEM) for supplier training programs, the Director
shall take into consideration the extent to which applications: demonstrate
advanced consultation between organized labor and management; specify
procedures that provide equitable access to training for existing supplier
firms; and demonstrate that the proposed training will not result in the
transfer of work from the OEM to supplier firms that, in turn, results in the
displacement of the OEM's existing labor force. Notwithstanding these
considerations, the Department may make grant awards if both labor and
management support the award. The Department shall make grant awards to OEMs
for supplier training only when those awards will not negatively impact the
labor-management relationship. Further, the Department shall retain the
responsibility to review and approve the final curricula and list of supplier
firms to receive training under all grant awards; and
11) Extent to which the applicant has
demonstrated the impact of the training on the regional economy.
