Program Year (PY) 2020 Planning Instructions and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) State, Territory, and National Grantees; and Implementation of SCSEP Provisions of the CARES Act | ETA TEGL 22 19

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The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration released this opportunity as Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 22-19, titled "Program Year (PY) 2020 Planning Instructions and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) State, Territory, and National Grantees; and Implementation of SCSEP Provisions of the CARES Act." It functions less like a typical open-ended grant notice and more like formal federal instructions and funding allotment guidance for organizations already involved with SCSEP. SCSEP is the federal employment and training program focused on helping older adults, generally low-income seniors, gain work experience through community service assignments while receiving supportive services and job-search help aimed at moving into unsubsidized employment.

The core purpose of the TEGL is to lay out PY 2020 funding allotments and provide the step-by-step application instructions required for PY 2020 SCSEP grant submissions. For state and territory grantees, it identifies their PY 2020 allotments and explains what needs to be submitted, how to submit it, and by when. For national grantees, the TEGL is more limited in scope because PY 2020 is a competition year. Instead of providing a full year of funding, it provides only partial-year funding covering the first four months of PY 2020. That partial funding is meant to support continuity of services and program operations during the transition period that leads up to the effective date of awards made under the upcoming competitive process.

A major theme of the guidance is transition planning. The TEGL explains how current grants will bridge into the new grants that will be awarded under the SCSEP Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). In practice, this means it addresses how grantees should plan for program continuity, participant services, and administrative requirements as the program moves from existing awards into the next set of competitively awarded grants. Because SCSEP serves participants who rely on consistent training slots and host agency placements, the transition guidance is intended to minimize disruption for participants and local project sites while the competition is underway and new awards take effect.

The TEGL also includes implementation guidance related to the SCSEP provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. That part of the document is aimed at helping grantees understand how pandemic-related statutory changes apply to SCSEP operations, including how grantees should administer funds and operate the program under public health and economic disruption conditions. In other words, it is not only a funding instruction document, but also an operational policy guide tied to emergency legislation affecting how SCSEP could be carried out during COVID-19.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant under the Employment, Labor and Training activity category, with CFDA number 17.235. The issuing agency is the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. The funding opportunity number is listed as ETA TEGL 22-19. The posting (creation) date is June 1, 2020, and the application deadline is June 19, 2020. The notice anticipates 56 awards and lists an award ceiling of $6,858,901, reflecting that funding levels vary by allotment and that national grantees are only being funded for a portion of the program year due to the impending competition.

Eligibility is described as "Others," with the expectation that the detailed eligibility rules and the intended applicant pool are clarified in the TEGL's additional eligibility information. In practical terms, the structure of this TEGL indicates it is primarily directed to existing SCSEP state, territory, and national grantees (and those positioned to apply under SCSEP rules) who must follow the specific PY 2020 instructions and comply with the transition and CARES Act implementation guidance included in the document.

• The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Program Year (PY) 2020 Planning Instructions and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) State, Territory, and National Grantees; and Implementation of SCSEP Provisions of the CARES Act" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.235.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 19, 2020 The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is June 19, 2020.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,858,901.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 56 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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