The SGA specifies that a component of the proposed grant amount must be direct training costs. Though no split is explicitly mandated, the CBJTG program was designed to both build community colleges' training capacity and train additional students; applicants should not favor one component to the exclusion of the other. For reference, direct training costs include, but are not limited to, faculty and support staff salaries and benefits, classroom space, and supplies used as part of the training course that remain the property of the school following a student's completion of the course.  

Grantees may charge tuition and related training costs to students enrolled in the training program whose tuition is not covered by the grant; however, the leveraging of resources described above is strongly encouraged.  

Community and technical colleges are the required training providers under Community-Based Job Training Grants, regardless of the applicant, with the exception of rural areas and other educationally underserved communities with no reasonable access to community colleges.  Under the exception, public Institutions of Higher Education that award 2 or 4 year degrees are eligible applicants and would be the training provider under those applications.  Alternate Educational Entities, who are also eligible under the exception, are required to specify one or more community college(s) where capacity building and training activities will occur under the grant.  Please see section III(C)(5) of the SGA for more details.  ETA encourages applicants to be creative in integrating partner resources and expertise into the training plan.  For example, a business partner may provide a qualified instructor to the community college; the community college may provide on-site training for workers to take advantage of business-loaned equipment; the training may be provided jointly; or the training may utilize technology-based distance learning alternatives as well as blended learning, which combines self-paced and instructor-led interactions.  See 72 Fed. Reg. 44581- 44582 (August 8, 2007). 

For trainees, the common measures that should be tracked are:

Adults

1. Entered employment
2. Employment retention
3. Average earnings

Youth

1. Placement in employment of education
2. Attainment of a degree of certificate
3. Literacy or numeracy gains
   
   

Yes. The Common Measures provide only part of the information necessary to measure CBJTGs successes effectively. Grantees will also be required to report the number and types of credentials awarded to trainees, if appropriate, and the number of individuals placed in employment related to training. Additionally, grantees must report the number of individuals participating in training activities that are in any part the number of individuals participating in training activities under the grant regardless of the source of the funds paying for the training activities.

Applications must include projections of the number and type of credentials to be awarded and, if appropriate, the number of individuals placed in employment related to training. Please note that CBJTG recipients may also have additional outcome measures appropriate to their project. 

For capacity building activities, grantees will be required to report, on a quarterly basis, the status of all capacity building activities under the grant; how the activity is linked to the specific training supported under the grant; and, if appropriate, the impact of the capacity building activity, including the exact methodology with operational parameters of how the impact measure is calculated. Further, applicants must include a projection of the impact that the capacity building activities will have in the long-term (beyond the life of the grant) on the number of individuals trained by the college in the program areas enhanced by the grant.  

Grantees awarded under this SGA will not be required to use UI wage records as the sole data source for reporting outcomes on program trainees if the grantees do not have access to such records.  In such cases, use of supplemental data is acceptable in tracking common measures.  Sources of supplemental data include case management notes, automated database systems, One-Stop operating systems’ administrative records, surveys of participants, and contacts with employers.  Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 17-05 provides additional guidance on allowable data sources for implementing common measures (http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL17-05.pdf).  ETA encourages applicants to partner with their local workforce investment system, particularly One-Stop Career Centers, who have substantive experience in tracking the outcomes of program participants and have access to UI Wage Records.  One-Stop Career Centers may coordinate, provide support, or manage the tracking training recipients for the performance management aspect of the CBJTG.