Reg Workforce Development Board agenda 071901

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29640 Federal Register / Vol , 66 , No . 105 / Thursday , May 31 , 2001 / Notices contributions to the One- Stop by partner acquisition of the equipment but for its examples of methods for determining programs of such things. as space , use . The guidance was not changed , proportionate shares and selecting equipment , staff or other goods and A number of the comments related to appropriate bases for cost allocation in services for which the partner program the methodologies for determining our planned technical assistance guide . incurs a cost. Such partner proportionate shares . Some took H. Background contributions constitute the resources exception to the propriety of using the that they are sharing to cover their data elements [bytes of information] of Title I of the Workforce Investment allocable share of common costs . In- a common intake and eligibility Act of 1998. (WIA) requires each local kind contributions received by partner determination form required by the workforce investment area to establish a programs from third parties may also be individual partner programs . However , One - Stop system for the delivery of used by those partners , where permitted these commenters apparently failed to certain Federal workforce development by the individual program , as a resource understand that this methodology is one services . Entities responsible for the to cover their allocable share of common that most closely reflects the costs administration of separate Federal One- Stop costs . Some programs , e . g . , incurred by all programs before the workforce investment, educational , and Food Stamps and TANF , do. not allow implementation of the WIA One = Stop other human resource programs and the use of in-kind . environment when a potential client funding streams (referred to as One - Stop One commenter suggested that the visited several partner programs , was partners ) are. to collaborate to create a guidance should indicate the level of found ineligible , and referred to other seamless delivery system that will detail to which the. partners are programs . In fact, distributing shared enhance. access. to services and improve expected to go to. determine and costs of a common intake and eligibility employment outcomes for individuals document proportionate use . The system using this methodology results receiving services . The system must sections of the uniform administrative in a considerable savings to those include at least one comprehensive requirements which address financial ro rams that found the potential physical center that provides core management standards indicate that p g p services and access to the other financial management systems need to clients to be ineligible . Some comments be indicated that the WIA regulations activities carried out by the partners . the sufficiently documented to permit suggest that individuals attributable to The, comprehensive center may be t tracing to a level of expenditure adequate to establish that federal funds the partner ' s program is the only supplemented by additional allowable basis for establishing comprehensive. centers , a network of have not been used in violation of the ro. shares . One suggested restrictions and prohibitions. of the proportionate ested that affiliated sites , technological and gg linkages with the partners , and applicable laves . The allowable costs the basis should be limited to physical g provisions of these. requirements individuals who are accepted by and specialized centers , indicate that allowability of costs is to receive services attributable to the The. WIA specifies that the required be determined in accordance with the program to which they are referred; One- Stop partners include .programs OMB Cost Principles Circulars however , this is only one of a number funded by the Departments of Labor applicable to the type of organization of possible ways to identify individuals (Title I of WIA, Wagner-Peyser , incurring the cost . Thus , the level of attributable to a partner' s program . Unemployment Insurance , Trade detail should be consistent with GAAP While the WIA regulation at 20 CFR Adjustment Assistance , NAFTA as required by the OMB Cost Principles . 662 . 2 70 does use the individuals Transitional Adjustment Assistance , One commenter suggested that it is attributable to a partner' s program basis Welfare-to -Work, Senior Community excessive to require that cost allocation as the standard for establishing whether Service Employment, and Veterans be accomplished in accordance with or not a partner program has to share in Workforce Investment programs and GAAP , the OMB cost principles , and a particular cost , the very next sentence activities under 38 U. S . C . Chapter 41 ) , meet the audit testing requirements of in the regulation clearly indicates that Education (Vocational Rehabilitation , OMB Circular A- 133 . The same there are a number of methods which Adult Education, and Postsecondary commenter suggests that the guidance are consistent with the OMB circulars Vocational Education) , Health and will require moreL of such administrative that may be used for allocating costs Human Services (Employment and functions as budgeting and accounting , that the partners determine are the Training activities under the thus diverting funds away from program shared costs of the One- Stop . One of the Community Services Block Grant) and services . Other commenters indicated purposes of this guidance is to clearly Housing and Urban Development agreement with the expectation of establish that a variety of cost allocation (Employment and Training activities ) , compliance with these requirements , methods can be used to determine the and authorizes any other appropriate and emphasized agreement with the amount of One - Stop costs that is program to serve. as a partner , including principle that costs must be necessary , proportionate to the use of the One- Stop the Temporary. Assistance to Needy reasonable and allocable to the partner system by the individuals attributable to Families and the Food Stamp programs based on benefit received and the individual partner programs . It must Employment and Training and Work consistent with the OMB circulars . The be understood that a count of programs . The partner is the entity guidance was not changed , individuals is not the only way to responsible for the administration of the On a related issue , a few commenters establish such proportionate shares . In program in the. local area , which may be suggested that the guidance indicate fact , there are a number of potential a State agency , but is not intended to that it would not be proper to expect shared One- Stop costs for which counts include each service provider that partner programs to pay for costs of of individuals attributable to each of the contracts with or is a subrecipient of the such things as equipment acquired prior sharing programs may not be an entity responsible for administration , to the date of the MOU agreement , appropriate basis , e . g . , the costs The responsibilities of the One- Stop Based on the cost principles , the use of associated with shared space . All of the partners , which are elaborated below , such equipment would need to be paid methods described in this guidance are include : for by the partner programs that consistent with the OMB circulars . As 1 . Making available to participants the benefitted from it , In such a situation , previously stated , we intend to provide core services that are applicable to their the partners would not be paying for the more details and discuss different programs ;