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Hal Daub,Mayor
Honorable President and
Members of the City Council,
The attached resolution authorizes the City's acceptance of an award in the amount of
$1,937,391.00 from the Nebraska Department of Labor to the City of Omaha/Private Industry
Council/Job Training of Greater Omaha for the purpose of administering the "Welfare to Work"
program as outlined in the State of Nebraska Welfare to Work Plan.
Your favorable consideration of this Resolution is respectfully requested.
Respectfully Submitted, Referred to the City Council for Consideration:
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Diane L. Thomas,Director ��
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Governor
February 26 , 1998
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Diane Thomas , Director
Job Training of Greater Omaha •
FROM: Kay Marti ? )
Controller /!/
SUBJECT: Notice of Obligational Authority
Attached is a Notice of Obligational Authority (NOA) #1 per WtW
98-01 . . If you have any questions , please call Becky Tejral at
471-9942 .
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Attachment
cc : Linda Kirk, Job Training Program Director
550 South 16 Street • P.O. Box 94600 • Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4600 • (402)471-9000
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• DIVISION OF JOB TRAINING
• NOTICE OF OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY
NOA #1
GRANTOR: State of Nebraska GRANTEE: City of Omaha
Department of Labor Job Training of Greater Omaha
Job Training Program Division 2421-23 N. 24th Street
550 South 16th Street, Lincoln, NE Omaha, NE 68110
This notice of obligation provides funding authority for Welfare-to-Work under the terms
of the Welfare-to-Work plan for the period of 10-1-97 to 9-30-98.
WELFARE TO CHANGE
WORK PRIOR LEVEL THIS NOA NEW LEVEL
Federal $0 $1,549,913 $1,549,913
State Hard Match $0 $387,478 $387,478
SO S1,937,391 S1,937,391
REMARKS:
Approved for the Grantor by: \
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City of Omaha
Hai Daub,Mayor
December 8, 1997
Fernando Lecuona, Commissioner of Labor
Nebraska Department of Labor
550 South 16th Street
Lincoln, NE 68509
Dear Commission
On behalf of the Greater Omaha Service Delivery Area, I am writing in support of
Nebraska's Welfare-to-Work grant application.
As Mayor and Chief Elected Official of the Greater Omaha SDA, I am ready to
participate in the welfare reform initiative and appreciate playing a key planning and policy
development role in the Welfare-to-Work program.
I am pleased to be a part of this plan. I know that the Welfare-to-Work program will
succeed in Greater Omaha.
Sin grely,
Hal Daub, Mayor
City of Omaha
• PROGRAMADMINISTRATOR(S)
Name of Grant Recipient:
Nebraska Department of Labor
Address: 550 South 16th Street
P.O. Box 94600
Lincoln, NE 68509
Telephone Number: (402) 471-9792
Facsimile Number: (402) 471-2318
E-mail Address: FLECUONA@DOL.STATE.NE.US
Name of State Administrative Agency (if different from the Grant Recipient):
Same as above
Address:
Telephone Number:
Facsimile Number:
E-mail Address:
Name of State WtW Liaison (Individual responsible for day-to-day operations of
the grant):
Fernando Lecuona Ill, Commissioner of Labor
Address:
• Same as above
Telephone Number:
Facsimile Number:
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E-mail Address:
State of Nebraska Welfare-To-Work Plan
1. Welfare-to-Work Program Description.
A. Program Design:
1. Describe the State and local targeting strategies to reach the hard-to-employ TANF
recipients eligible under WtW and assure that appropriate activities and services are provided
to help these participants achieve self-sufficiency:
The overall targeting strategies will be a full coalition effort from every level of Nebraska's
Departments of Labor (NDOL) and Health and Human Services (NHHS) and the three Private
Industry Councils (PICs)/Service Delivery Areas (SDAs). The joint goal of this cooperative
endeavor will be to enhance and expand the successful foundations of both the TANF and
JTPA programs into a viable Welfare to Work (WtW) program. This, in turn, will intensify and
strengthen the current partnerships that these agencies maintain with virtually all other
organizations (public and private) dedicated to providing employment services, workforce
development and training.
The initial focus will be to identify those welfare recipients determined to be hard-to-employ.
The local TANF agency will, as expeditiously as passible, provide the appropriate SDA/PIC
with all assessment data and the Self-sufficiency Contract (SSC) for each person. In turn each
SDA will contact those identified, in writing, and provide them with information concerning the
WtW program and the location of the closest WtW office. Each SDA/PIC, in coordination with
their local NHHS partner, will develop a local rnarketing.strategy with goals designed to directly
recruiteligible participants and to inform the entire local workforce development network of the
WtW program.
To assure that appropriate activities and services are provided toward the goal of achieving
self-sufficiency for participants, each SDA/PIC will plan and design activities with input from the
state and local workforce development network, labor organizations, employers, job seekers,
public sector agencies, local elected officials, and education/training providers. Methods of
seeking such input may include but are not limited to the convening of focus groups, staff
attendance at state and local meetings of special interest groups, surveys of stakeholders,
Internet feedback, etc. SDA/PICs will design and implement activities and services within the
TANF/VVtW legislation and regulations while continually seeking customer feedback from the
welfare agency, employers, job seekers, and jobholders.
2. Define and describe State and local strategies regarding:
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a. Employment Activities:
In an effort to mirror the program intent of maximum local flexibility, as reflected by the Federal
Rules and Regulations, the State of Nebraska will encourage the SDA/PICs to consider and
apply all employment activities (community service, work experience, job creation through
public and private wage subsidies, on-the-job training) that are authorized under this grant.
Since the current JTPA program has similar activities, SDA/PfCs will use the existing delivery
system framework in planning and documenting local strategies. Each SDA/PIC will design and
define, and the State will review, employment activities with a focus on enhancing the
individuals' abilities to work and learn the skills necessary to stay in the workforce, to advance
in a career, and to embrace lifelong learning as a means to self-sufficiency. To promote
opportunities for success for both the individual and the employer, employment activities will be
planned with local employers' input, keeping in mind that the goal for each client is
unsubsidized employment.
b. The utilization of contracts with public and private providers of job readiness, placement and
post-employment services;job vouchers for placement, readiness, and post-employment
services;job retention, or support services, if not otherwise available to the individual
participants receiving WtW services:
Continuing with the major theme of maximum local flexibility, the State of Nebraska will
encourage the SDA/PICs to utilize all activities allowable under the WtW program which are
based on need and determined at the community level with a focus on the local labor market
and individual assessment. As discussed above, each SDA/PIC will use the existing JTPA
framework when designing and defining the utilization of contracts with public and private
providers; job vouchers for job readiness, placement, post-employment services; or job
retention and support services if not otherwise available. SDA/PICs are encouraged to tailor
and expand current PiC programs and approved contractors/vendors and solicit new
vendors/contractors for those activities and services currently not available in the local
communities.
3. Describe the State and local policy and procedures that will govern implementation of such
activities. Include how WtW funds will be used to provide necessary support services (child
care, substance abuse treatment, transportation, etc.,) when these services are not otherwise
available to the individual participants receiving WtW services:
SDA/PICs, in coordination with their TANF counterparts, will implement those allowable WtW
activities through the current JTPA structure that has historically served a large number of
AFDC recipients. The JTPA network has for many years provided intake, assessment,
individual service strategy development, case management, job development, follow-up, job
seeking and holding skills training, on the job training, subsidized employment in the public and
private Sector, and basic skills training and can be tailored to implement and support the WtW
program. The State and local WtW and TANF activities wiil partner with the SDA/PICs in
clarifying the operational definitions of the allowable WtW activities/services and how they
relate to the TANF, JTPA, and other activities/services. Operational definitions will include
statutory and regulatory provisions such as:
a. A job readiness activity may include training for individuals starting their own business.
b. Post-employment services are not limited to the examples provided in the Regulations.
c. Post-employment services are only allowed for individuals placed in one of the employment
activities; or working in a subsidized or unsubsidized job including self-employment; or
participating in a registered apprenticeship program.
d. Contracts or vouchers for job placement must include the provision that at least one-half of
the payment occur after the individual is placed in the workforce for six months.
e. Job retention and support services are not limited to the examples provided in the
Regulations, however these services can be provided with WtW funds only when they are
not otherwise available to the individual. As an example, childcare funds may be available
from the Childcare and Development Block Grant, the local TANF agency, or other state
and local funds. The same applies to substance abuse treatment where funds may be
available from the State administrator of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
(SAPT) block grant, the TANF agency or other state and local funds.
f. Job retention and support services are authorized for all individuals engaged in a job
readiness activity, an employment activity, or in any subsidized or unsubsidized job,
including participation in a registered apprenticeship program.
g. Transportation services are not limited to individual reimbursement of transportation costs.
WtW funds may be used to enable an administering agency to purchase additional needed
services from transportation providers, or to support, in combination with other funding
sources, the development of new transportation services needed to connect individuals to
jobs. Examples could include but are not limited to late night or off peak hour services;
shuttle service; guaranteed ride home; van pooling or ridesharing; or other specialized
transportation services provided by non-profit agencies.
h. SDA/PtCs must coordinate substance abuse treatment with local SAPT block grant
administrators and are encouraged to utilize their expertise in developing a strategy to
provide WtW participants with substance abuse treatment services.
i. Substance abuse treatment may utilize WtW funds only to the extent that such services are
not medical and are not otherwise available. Unauthorized medical services would include
an evaluation of a substance abuser performed by a member of the medical profession or a
medically supervised detoxification program. Authorized services include those performed
by personnel not in the medical profession, such as counselors, technicians, social workers,
and psychologists, and services not provided in a hospital or clinic.
j. Intake, assessment, eligibility determination, the development of an ISS, and case
management are allowable and may be incorporated in the program design of any of the
allowable activities.
Activities provided through the WtW program will be closely coordinated with the JTPA and
TANF grant programs, at all levels, as well as all other related activities and programs such as
employment services, Welfare related block grants, One-Stop, employers, labor organizations,
business and trade associations, education agencies, housing agencies, community
development organizations, transportation agencies, community-based and faith-based
organizations, colleges, and any other entities that provide assistance needed by the targeted
population.
To further promote coordination of WtW activities with other programs the SDA will maintain,
as required by regulation, a WtW assessment file for each participant. The individual
assessment file must include those items required by the regulation, as well as any TANF or
JTPA assessment, SSC, ISS or any other existing assessment or service plan that may have
been performed by the operating entity or its agent. The individual assessment file will also
include the required ISS for transition to unsubsidized employment.
4. List the performance goals and outcomes the State intends to achieve in serving:teligi' -
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participants in the WtW program including: (a) placement in unsubsidized jobs; (b) duration of
- such placement; and, (c) increase in earnings. The performance goals and outcomes should be
expressed in measurable, quantifiable terms to the greatest extent possible.
Nebraska has adopted the following performance standards:
Placements in Unsubsidized Employment.
Placements in Unsubsidized Employment that last at least six months.
Placements in Any Kind of Employment.
Increase in Earnings of Individuals who obtain Employment.
The numerical values of the aforementioned standards shall be the adjusted values
established using the Secretary of Labor's adjustment model that takes into consideration the
general economic conditions of Nebraska. Since State performance will be measured by a
formula issued by the Secretary, other additional factors that the Secretary of Labor deems to
be appropriate will be added to the required performance standards. Performance goals and
outcomes will complement those established by HHS for the TANF agency which focus on
moving recipients to work and self-sufficiency and on ensuring that a dependent lifestyle is
short-term; that the services delivered provide for a transition to economic independence.
The SDA/PICs will track their own data on personal computers using the same statewide
software package and standard statewide Management Information System forms. Twice a
month participant information will be exported to the State administrative office. State staff will
review performance on a quarterly basis.
5. Provide a description of how the program will be implemented by PiCs across the State,
including the roles and responsibilities of the State WtW Administrative Agency and the TANF
agency; a list of the substate areas and the local entities responsible for program
administration; and, the program's implementation target dates.
The Nebraska Department of Labor, Job Training Division, which is responsible for the State
JTPA program, has been designated as the State Welfare to Work Administrative Agency
(SWAA). The Nebraska WtW program will be implemented in coordination with the State
Department of Health and Human Services, the Private Industry Councils and many other State
and local agencies using the existing JTPA structure of three Service Delivery Areas. The PiCs
of each SDA are designated as the local operating entity responsible for their local WtW grant
administration. The current JTPA network has in place the necessary components to
successfully implement the requirements of the WtW program. Nebraska's three Service
Delivery Areas are:
a. Greater Omaha SDA, 2421-23 North 24th St., Omaha, NE 68111, (402) 444-4700,
serving Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington counties.
b. Greater Lincoln SDA, 129 North 10th St., Lincoln, NE 68508, (402) 441-7111, serving
Lancaster and Saunders counties.
c. Greater Nebraska SDA, 1010 'N' Street, Lincoln, NE 68508, (402) 471-3181, serving the
remaining 88 counties.
The SWAA is responsible for:
a. Providing overall administration of WtW funds, consistent with statutes, regulations and
the State plan.
b. Development of the State plan in coordination with appropriate state and local entities.
c. Distribution of funds to SOAs.
d. Conducting oversight and monitoring of WtW activities and funds expenditures at the
State and local level.
e. Ensuring coordination of PIC fund expenditures with State TANF and other program
expenditures.
f. Management and distribution of State level WtW (15%) funds.
g. Ensuring the 15% administration limitation and the match requirements are met.
h. Ensuring the worker protections provisions are observed and an appropriate grievance
process is established.
i. Providing comments on competitive Grant Applications from eligible entities.
j. Cooperating with HHS on the evaluation of WtW programs.
k. Providing technical assistance to PICs.
I. Establishing internal reporting requirements and ensuring Federal reports are accurate
and timely in coordination with NHHS.
The TANF agency under NHHS is responsible for:
a. Assisting the SWAA in the development of the State WtW plan.
b. Coordinating TANF funds expenditures with local WtW operating entities.
c. Identifying and referring all eligible WtW clients to the appropriate SDA.
d. Providing assessments, SSCs and other pertinent information to the appropriate SDA.
e. Jointly participating in case management reviews of WtW participants.
f. Coordinating internal reporting requirements with NDOL and ensuring Federal reports
are accurate and timely.
PIC responsibilities:
a. Sole authority, in coordination with Chief Elected Officials (CEOs), to expend formula
funds.
b. Authority to determine the individuals to be served in the SDA.
c. Authority to determine the services to be provided in the SDA.
d. Ensures funds are expended on eligible recipients and on allowable activities.
e. Coordinates WtW fund expenditures with State TANF expenditures and other programs.
f. Ensures there is an assessment and 1SS in place for each WtW participant.
g. Conducts oversight and monitoring of subrecipients.
h. Ensures worker protection provisions and grievance processes are observed.
i. Consults with and provides comments on private entity Competitive Grant Applications.
The WtW program implementation target dates are:
a. State WtW plan submitted to USDOL by December 12, 1997.
b. State receives WtW formula grant funds in January 1998
c. State allocates WtW formula grant funds to local operational entities in January 1998.
6. Identify the State policies and procedures, developed in coordination with PICs, regarding (a)
identification and referral of participants; and, (b) assessment and case management, if any.
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include a description of the coordination efforts that the local TANF and administrative agency
. will undertake in this process, including the role these local agencies will play in providing
• assessment and case management to qualified participants.
a. As stated previously, the successful implementation of the State WtW program rests with
the cooperative efforts of innumerable state and local agencies. Foremost in the WtW
planning process is the partnership that NDOL and NHHS have committed too, at every
level; which will serve as the foundation upon which the State WtW program is established.
The State is encouraging the PICs to consider serving all individuals defined by the WtW
legislation as eligible, including non-custodial parents. Since the single most important WtW
eligibility criteria is receipt of TANF assistance; the primary source for identification,
eligibility determination and referral of WtW participants will be through NHHS and the local
TANF agencies. In view of the myriad of circumstances that exist in each local area, the
referral and eligibility mechanism will be designed and implemented through coordination
and agreement among local PIC and TANF agencies. To minimize duplication of effort, the
local policies will provide the method for the transfer of TANF assessment information and
SSC to the WtW operating entity.
For TANF recipients, the operating entity may base WtW eligibility for the criteria of barriers
to employment and characteristics associated with long term welfare dependency on
information collected up to six months prior to the WtW eligibility determination, by or
through the SDA for JTPA (or other purposes), or by the TANF agency for TANF
assessment or SSC. Local policies must also include the method with which the operating
entity will use to determine WtW eligibility for individuals who are not receiving TANF
assistance (i.e., non-custodial parents and individuals who have exceeded the TANF time
limits). PICs are encouraged to promote a secondary referral system from other likely
sources such as the employer community, local-housing authorities, community action
groups, substance abuse treatment providers, GED providers, etc.
b. Since TANF assessment results and SSCs will be made available for all TANF referrals,
through operational procedures being developed by local TANF agencies and PiCs,
including joint case management; assessment for WtW will not duplicate prior TANF
assessment but will build upon it to develop the WtW participants ISS. The operating entity
will conduct assessment of WtW participants and provide case management for those
participants.
7. Describe the State's procedures for conducting monitoring and oversight of substate
areas to ensure adequate fiscal controls and achievement of quality program outcomes for
WtW participants:
The Division of Job Training has a system in place to conduct oversight and monitoring of
funds and program activities for JTPA. These same systems will be utilized with some
modification to monitor WtW funds, activities and participants
a. The mechanisms for monitoring expenditures of match requirements, allowable activities,
and targeting of eligible participants include interviews with SDA staff, on-site reviews of
documents, desk reviews, electronic reviews of management information systems or a
combination of these methods. Targeting of eligible participants will be reviewed through the
statewide MIS system. The SDA's update the information on a bi-monthly basis, the Division
Office will review the expenditures for the 70% requirement on a quarterly basis. Fiscal
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reports are submitted on a monthly basis by the SDA's and will be reviewed for match and
administrative expenditures. Financial management reviews are conducted on a yearly
basis and include a review of allowable activities. Additional reviews may include but not be
limited to participant eligibility, management information systems, plans, procurement and
contracts.
b. Frequency of monitoring will be an on-going and continuous activity. Fiscal reviews and
Management Information Systems will be reviewed on a quarterly basis with the capacity of
monthly reviews if it appears necessary. On-site reviews will occur at least once yearly at
the SDA. Additional monitoring will be scheduled as necessary or in conjunction with other
JTPA monitors.
c. The use of technical assistance to ensure compliance with the Act and as a tool for
corrective action and program improvement is to ensure the SDA's are operating WtW
programs in compliance with the law and regulations. Written monitor reports will be used to
provide guidance and technical assistance and to identify exemplary performance or areas
of concern. Corrective action will be required of SDA's if there is evidence of
non-compliance withSDA's are operating WtW programs in compli
8. Describe the strategies of the State and PICs to prevent duplication of services and
promote coordination among WtW, TANF, JTPA, one-stop centers/employment service and
other employment and training systems throughout the State.
The State of Nebraska intends to prevent duplication of services and promote coordination
of all available resources by building the WtW program on the administrative framework of
the existing Nebraska Department of Labor JTPA program which will include the newly
established Human Resource Investment Council (HRIC). To further encourage this intent,
NDOL in coordination with NHHS will promote the partnership of the WtW program with the
closely related TANF program at every level. Also in keeping with Federal intent of allowing
maximum flexibility in implementing WtW requirements, the State of Nebraska will allow the
operating entities broad discretion to design and implement WtW programs that will meet
the needs of the hard-to-employ population in their individual SDAs.
Since WtW has an impact on the entire workforce development system. coordination with
the One-Stop centers and Employment Service offices will promote awareness of
opportunities and options made available through this initiative. This will ensure accurate
information is made available to employers who may make initial contact at this point when
they are applying for "Welfare to Work Tax Credit".
At the local level duplication will be prevented and coordination accomplished using the
coordination agreements currently in place under JTPA and TANF. Prior to implementing
WtW, the operating entity staff will notify the community partners of the WtW program and
solicit their participation in the program. By merging and expanding the current local JTPA
and TANF partnership structure, WtW participants will be able to access all services
currently available in the Service Delivery Area.
9. Describe the strategies of the State and PICs to promote and encourage coordination with
the State Department of Transportation, MPO's, transit operators, and other transportation
providers to help ensure that the transportation needs of those moving from welfare to work
are met.
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The State of Nebraska is in agreement with U.S.DOL that the availability of transportation
services, allowing WtW participants to get to work, training, and childcare is a significant
factor in obtaining and retaining employment. With the focus of maximum local flexibility,
NOOL will coordinate with the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) and Public
Service Commission in support of all local initiatives instituted by the operating entities with
their transportation partners. As a member of the WtW planning group, NDOT will be
cognizant of the WtW program and prepared to assist the operating entities across the state
in their coordination efforts with local transportation operators and providers. Additionally,
this will include the WtW program in the planning considerations of the State long-range
Transportation Plan and the State's Transportation Coordination Demonstration for HHS
project. •
The State will encourage the operating entities to expand their view of transportation
services under the WtW program to include not only reimbursement of individual
participants for transportation costs but also to purchase additional needed services from
transportation providers or to support the development of new transportation services in
combination of other funding sources.
Local operating entities will coordinate with transportation operators and providers in an
effort to solicit and expand interest in providing services. If available, existing public
transportation systems will be promoted for use by those WtW participants unable to
provide their own transportation. WtW funding for transportation will be coordinated with the
TANF agency and will only be provided for those participants not otherwise eligible for
transportation assistance.
10. Describe the strategies of the State and PICs to promote and encourage coordination
with the State Housing Finance Agencies, public and assisted housing providers and
agencies and other community based organizations, and public and private health, mental
health and service agencies, vocational rehabilitation and related agencies.
Nebraska's current JTPA and TANF programs have already established numerous
partnerships and cooperative relationships with housing agencies, CBOs, public and private
health agencies, vocational rehabilitation and related agencies across the state. Since it is
believed that these services are best established and coordinated at the local and
community level, NDOL and NHHS will support and assist the operational entities in
instituting, maintaining or expanding all such services.
B. Within State Distribution of Funds
Describe the formula factors used by the State to allocate not less than 85 percent of
the amount of grant funds among the PICs in the State as well as the timeline for the
allocation to PICs. Include the weights assigned to each factor and the allocation the
State will provide to each substate area.
The following tables provide the allocation formula, weights assigned to each factor and the
allocation the State will provide to each PIC.
Nebraska intends to release the full 85% allocation to each PIC as soon as possible but no
later than 30 working days after receipt of federal WtW funding.
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Allocation Formula
Number by which the population of the area with an income that is less
• !than the poverty line exceeds 7.5 percent of the total population of the
;area compared to all such numbers in all such areas in the State. 50%
Number of aduits•receiving assistance under TANF or the predecessor
!program in the SDA for 30 month or more (whether consecutive or
not), relative to the number of such adults residing in the State. 40%
Number of unemployed individuals residing in the SDA, relative to the 10%
;number of such individuals residing in the State.
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PIC/Service Federal Formula Formula with
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Delivery Area Allocation
Labor Market Area , Match
(By County)
Douglas, Sarpy & Greater Omaha SDA $ 1,549,913 •
$ 2,324,869
• Washington
Lancaster & Greater Lincoln $ 278,185 ••
$ 417,278
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• Saunders
SDA
Remaining 88 Greater Nebraska $ 1,590,249 $ 2,385.374
Counties
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* Up to One-half of the match will be provided through in-kind contributions.
The decision to issue WtW funds according to the above allocation formula followed
consultation with the State WtW planning committee, as identified in paragraph C. below,
and the Nebraska Job Training Council which unanimously supported the distribution
method.
C. Coordination and Consultation:
Describe the approach, including process and timing, used to obtain and take into account
consultation and coordination with substate entities such as public, private and non-profit
organizations, in the development of the State plan. Include either a summary description of
the comments received, along with the names of the individuals or entities that commented,
or include copies of the actual comments received as an attachment to the plan.
Given the short time frame imposed on the State of Nebraska, NDOL and NHHS have
moved quickly to initiate coordination with the other State and local agencies that have
related concerns. In particular, NDOL established a State WtW planning committee
• composed of members from NDOL and NHHS (the State JTPA and TANF agencies), the
State budget office, the PICs and SDAs. Members of the planning committee have worked
• with other State and local agencies including the Nebraska Job Training Council (NJTC) to
develop this State WtW Plan. The State views this initial WtW Plan as a living document
much like the U.S.DOL Interim Final Rules and intends to make it available to the public on
December 15, 1997 through public announcements, mailings and posting on the intemet for
the purpose of soliciting comments for a period of 45 days. Copies of relevant comments
and any proposed modifications to the State WtW plan will be forwarded to U.S.DOL fifteen
days following the public review period.
As mentioned above, the PICs in coordination with their Chief Elected Official(s) have been
full partners with the State in the planning efforts of Nebraska's WtW program. Their
commitment to the success of the State WtW program is reflected in their comments to
Nebraska's Commissioner of Labor, found at Attachment C.
The State of Nebraska believes that this WtW Plan complies with the WtW statutory
mandate and federal rules and will provide effective direction for the implementation of the
State WtW program.
D. Expenditure of Funds:
1. Describe the process the State will use to maintain administrative costs at the 15 percent
limit.
The SWAA will provide each operating entity with an exact total of administrative funds that
can be expended with each issuance of WtW grant funds. The administrative funds total
authorization to each operating entity will equal fourteen percent of their total WtW grant
issuance.
As required, each WtW operating entity will provide the SWAA with monthly fiscal reports.
The fiscal reports will include a recapitulation of all administrative expenditures, which will
be reviewed in aggregate with the monthly State administrative expenditures to ensure the
overall State 15 percent limit is maintained.
2. Describe how the PIC, and any alternate agency designated by the Governor, will
coordinate the expenditure of any funds provided for the WtW program between TANF and
WtW.
Coordination of fund expenditures at the WtW operating level with local TANF agencies will
occur as a part of the same coordination efforts as summarized for the implementation of
activities, referral of participants, prevention of duplicative services and joint case
management (paragraphs 1.3., 1.6. and 1.8. above). The local operating entity will ensure that
no WtW funds are expended for TANF recipients without consideration of the TANF
assessment and SSC. The WtW ISS for each participant will include the source of funds to
be used for each planned activity and/or service.
E. Application for Waiver. Not applicable for Nebraska.
II. Description of 15 % Projects to Help Long-Term Recipients of Assistance Enter
Unsubsidized Jobs:
Describe the State's plans for the expenditure, uses and goals of the 15% funds. These
funds may be distributed to public, private non-profit, and private for profit entities, including,
PICs, governmental entities, community-based organizations, and community development
corporations.
The Governor has established WtW as a priority program of the administration and
expressly included this concept in his recently released "Success 2000" campaign. The
Office of the Governor is in the process of identifying specific projects for the 15 percent
funds. These projects will support and complement the Governors' and the PICs strategies
to transition long-term welfare recipients into unsubsidized jobs and economic
self-sufficiency. Any portion of these funds remaining after the Governors projects,
including administrative and authorized computer expenditures, have been completed will
be used to augment the 85% funds allocated to the PICs.
M. Estimate of Matching Funds:
1. Include an estimate of the amount of matching expenditures the State expects to make
during the fiscal year.
As noted in the allocation section of the plan, the State intends no more than one-half of the
total match expenditures to be in the form of third party in-kind contributions. The State
expects its matching funds expenditure to closely reflect the overall WtW grant fund
expenditures as estimated in paragraph IV below.
2. Include the process by which these expenditures will be monitored and reported quarterly
to ensure the State meets its projected match.
As directed in paragraph 1.7. above, each operating entity will be required to submit monthly
fiscal reports to the SWAA which will include matching funds expenditures. Those
expenditures will be monitored to ensure the State is meeting its projected match. The State
will then submit the quarterly fiscal reports that will reflect match expenditures.
/V. Funding:
The State should submit an estimate of expenditures of WtW formula grant funds for each
quarter of the fiscal year by percentage or dollar amount.
First Quarter FY98: 0%
Second Quarter FY98: 05%
Third Quarter FY98 15%
Fourth Quarter FY98 25%
Total FY98 45%
V. Assurances: See Attachment B.
Vi. Signature:
December 12, 1997
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• CITY OF OMAHA
LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER .
Omaha,Nebr 19
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
WHEREAS, the Private Industry Council/City of Omaha/Job Training of Greater
Omaha has been designated by the State of Nebraska as the,Grant recipient for Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA) funds and administration of the services designated pursuant to JTPA
throughout the geographic area covered by this Grant which includes Douglas, Sarpy and Washington
Counties; and,
WHEREAS,the State of Nebraska Department of Labor applied for and received a
• grant from the United States Department of Labor to participate in the federal "Welfare to Work"
• program,in the amount of One Million Five Hundred Forty Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Thirteen
Dollars($1,549,913.00)
WHEREAS, the State of Nebraska Department of Labor has matched said grant
• award by designating the sum of Three Hundred Eighty Seven Thousand Four Hundred Seventy
Eight Dollars ($387,478.00)to be applied to the same program.
WHEREAS,the Nebraska Department of Labor has now selected the Private Industry
- Council/City of Omaha/Job Training of Greater Omaha,to administer said Welfare to Work program
in accordance with the State of Nebraska Welfare to Work Plan and has awarded the Private Industry
Council/City of Omaha/Job Training of Greater Omaha the sum of One Million Nine Hundred Thirty
Seven Thousand Three Hundred Ninety One Dollars ($1,937,391.00)to carry out said purpose;
WHEREAS,the Mayor recommends acceptance of the grant award; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Omaha that said
grant award be accepted by the City of Omaha/Job Training of Greater Omaha.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF OMAHA:
THAT, the grant award in the sum of One Million Nine Hundred Thirty Seven
Thousand Three Hundred Ninety One Dollars ($1,937,39]..00) awarded to the Private Industry
Council City of Omaha/Job Training of Greater Omaha,from the Nebraska Department of Labor for
the purpose of administering the Welfare to Work program in accordance with the State of Nebraska
Welfare to Work Plan be and hereby is approved.
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