Do MOUs with WIBS have to be negotiated by the time the grant proposal is submitted?
Response: No. There would be no purpose in negotiating an MOU if the applicant doesn’t receive a grant. Once the grants are awarded, the national grantees in a state will work with the state to negotiate the MOUs. The application should describe the strategy for ensuring negotiated MOUs, as stated in section V-A. • Is it required that people coming through the program need to be placed in community or non-profit agencies? Response: Yes. All participants must be assigned to community service position. As provided at 20 CFR 641.535(a)(4), grantees are responsible for placing participants in appropriate community service activities at a host agency in the community in which they reside or in a nearby community. Participants will receive work-based training at the host agency which will prepare them for unsubsidized employment and economic self sufficiency. • If the state or local minimum wage is higher than the Federal minimum wage, do grantees have to spend more than 75% of the total gra
Related Questions
- Does Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval need to be approved at the time of proposal submission or can it just be submitted?
- Can a proposal be submitted when there is already an OCS grant? Can one apply for a BIRD Grant and OCS grant at the same time?
- Can the Principal Investigator be employed by the hosting institution at the time when the proposal is submitted?
