CONTRACTOR EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – Provide information regarding trainings/professional development you have provided for your staff or your staff has attended in order to keep current on the latest best practices related to PATH. (Response should not exceed the following space.) NEW BIDDER INFORMATION ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGEMENT CAPACITY – A new bidder is anyone who has not provided Workforce Development services for any Michigan Works! Agency (MWA) in the past five (3) years. Describe your experiences with programs governed by federal regulations. At a minimum, list your agency’s time frame and direct involvement in program operations, compliance, and monitoring through federally specified directives. Identify and describe any similar programs and/or services to a similar population. Specify outcomes of the program(s) delineated as well as any audit and/or monitoring findings made known. List a minimum of three (3) references who can verify your federally regulated program administration and operations. (Response should not exceed the following space.) NEW BIDDER INFORMATION ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGEMENT CAPACITY – CONTRACT OUTCOME ATTAINMENT AND REPORTING Describe your agency’s recent history (past years) of meeting outcome goals with state and/or federally funded programs. (Response should not exceed the following space.) NOTICE TO BIDDERS: BIDDING ON THE FAE&T PROGRAM IS OPTIONAL. YOUR PATH PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE IMPACTED POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY, IN ANY WAY, BY YOUR DECISION TO BID OR NOT BID ON THE FAE&T PROGRAM STATEMENT OF WORK FOOD ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING (FAE&T) Program Objective The objective of the FAE&T Program is to establish a connection to the labor market for Able Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWD). This is to be accomplished through employment and training and support services as described in TIA PI 12-17 Change 1 including subsequent Changes, and the SEMCA FAE&T Plan, which is available at SEMCA’s website. Eligibility The DHHS is responsible for determining who is eligible to be served under the program and for making referrals to the program. The FAE&T Program is responsible for assessing the employment and educational needs of ABAWD who volunteer to participate in the FAE&T Program. FAE&T funds may only be used to provide employment and training and support services to individuals who are referred. FAE&T funds cannot be used for Food Assistance Program recruitment and outreach activities.
CONTRACTOR EXPERIENCE – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Provide information regarding trainings/professional development you have provided for your staff or your staff has attended in order to keep current on the latest best practices related to PATH. (Response should not exceed the following space.) NEW BIDDER INFORMATION – ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGEMENT CAPACITY A new bidder is anyone who has not provided Workforce Development services for any Michigan Works! Agency (MWA) in the past five (3) years. Describe your experiences with programs governed by federal regulations. At a minimum, list your agency’s time frame and direct involvement in program operations, compliance, and monitoring through federally specified directives. Identify and describe any similar programs and/or services to a similar population. Specify outcomes of the program(s) delineated as well as any audit and/or monitoring findings made known. List a minimum of three (3) references who can verify your federally regulated program administration and operations. (Response should not exceed the following space.) NEW BIDDER INFORMATION – ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGEMENT CAPACITY CONTRACT OUTCOME ATTAINMENT AND REPORTING Describe your agency’s recent history (past years) of meeting outcome goals with state and/or federally funded programs. (Response should not exceed the following space.) NOTICE TO BIDDERS: BIDDING ON THE FAE&T PROGRAM IS OPTIONAL. YOUR PATH PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE IMPACTED POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY, IN ANY WAY, BY YOUR DECISION TO BID OR NOT BID ON THE FAE&T PROGRAM STATEMENT OF WORK FOOD ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING (FAE&T) Program Objective The objective of the FAE&T Program is to establish a connection to the labor market for Able Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWD). This is to be accomplished through employment and training and support services as described in TIA PI 12-17 Change 1 including subsequent Changes, and the SEMCA FAE&T Plan, which is available at SEMCA’s website. Eligibility The DHHS is responsible for determining who is eligible to be served under the program and for making referrals to the program. The FAE&T Program is responsible for assessing the employment and educational needs of ABAWD who volunteer to participate in the FAE&T Program. FAE&T funds may only be used to provide employment and training and support services to individuals who are referred. FAE&T funds cannot be used for Food Assistance Program recruitment and outreach activities.
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