Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) Demonstration Projects
Posted by Office of Disability Employment Policy
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) Demonstration Projects — is cataloged under number FOA-ODEP-18-01 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 17.720, posted by Office of Disability Employment Policy. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on May 24, 2018 and last updated on July 6, 2018. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $2,500,000. The agency has projected $20.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 8 awards. If the agency funds the expected 8 awards from the $20.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $2.5 million. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on August 3, 2018. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
Up to $2,500,000
Close Date
August 3, 2018
The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is August 3, 2018. Applications must be received no later than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Posted
May 24, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$20,000,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), incollaboration with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S.Department of Labor (DOL, the Department, or we), and the Social SecurityAdministration (SSA) announce the availability of approximately $20,000,000 infunds authorized by Section 169, subsection (b)(5), of the Workforce Innovationand Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 1110 of the Social Security Act, andConsolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 to plan and conduct pilot demonstrationprojects in Phase 1 of RETAIN – the Retaining Employment and Talent afterInjury/Illness Network. A subset of Phase 1 RETAIN awardees will competitivelyreceive Phase 2 RETAIN cooperative agreements and funds to implement projectsat full scale. DOL will award all funds and administer all cooperativeagreements in both phases of RETAIN.The RETAIN Demonstration Projects will be funded in two (2)phases. This FOA covers Phase 1. The initial period of performance (Phase 1) iseighteen (18) months and includes planning and start-up activities, includingthe launch of a small pilot demonstration. The small pilot demonstration mustbegin within nine (9) months of the award or immediately after the Office ofManagement and Budget (OMB) provides Paperwork Reduction Act approval for theproject’s information collection, whichever occurs later. We expect to provideapproximately $2,500,000 each to up to eight (8) state workforce agencies inthe form of cooperative agreements for Phase 1. The state workforce agenciesmust partner with the State Health Departments, or equivalent entitiesgenerally responsible for managing, regulating, or influencing the provision ofhealth services; health care systems practicing coordinated care and populationhealth management; and the State Workforce Development Board. Expenditures forplanning activities are limited to $1,000,000, leaving a minimum of $1,500,000for pilot implementation. At the conclusion of the initial period of performance, upto four (4) Phase 1 awardees will be awarded supplemental funding of up to$19,750,000 each to implement the demonstration projects during Phase 2 througha separate competition. Awardees will continue receiving support from theRETAIN Program TA Provider. If funds are available in future years, DOL mayaward additional Phase 2 cooperative agreements to Phase 1 awardees notinitially selected for Phase 2. More information on the two-phased fundingprocess is in Section II.A and II.B.DOL will host a prospective applicant webinar for thiscompetition. The date, time, and other logistical information will be posted onODEP’s website at https://www.dol.gov/odep.
Eligibility
25
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Registered Apprenticeship
U.S. Department of Labor
Agency Contact
Jeannette Flowers, <br/>Grants Management Specialist <br/>Flowers.Jeannette@dol.gov <br/>
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