FY08 Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Appli

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FY08 Combating Exploitive Child
Labor through Education Solicitation for
Cooperative Agreement Applications (SGA 08-01)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of International
Labor Affairs

• Kevin Willcutts, Deputy Director
• Michal Murphy, International Relations Officer
• Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and
• Human Trafficking (OCFT)

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Presentation Overview

• Target Countries for FY 2008
• Structure of ILAB/OCFTs FY 2008 SGA
• Whats New in FY 2008
• Key Points
• Coming Soon
• Forced Labor Research SGA

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Target Countries for FY 2008

• Guinea - 3.5 million
• Jordan - 4 million
• Madagascar - 4.5 million
• Nicaragua - 5 million
• Yemen - 3.5 million

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Structure of FY 08 SGA

• Executive Summary
• Funding Opportunity Description
• Background
• Scope of Work
• General Requirements
• Country-Specific Requirements
• Award Information
• Eligibility Information
• Application and Submission Information

• Application Review Information
• Award Administration Information
• Agency Contacts
• Appendices
• Cost Proposal Format
• Technical Proposal Format
• Direct Beneficiary Services Table
• Subgrants vs. Subcontracts

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Section I.B. Scope of Work Five Goals of
USDOL-Funded Projects

• 1. Withdrawal and Prevention of Children from
  Exploitive Child Labor (CL)
  
• 2. Strengthening Country Capacity

• 3. Raising Awareness
• 4. Supporting Research and Data Collection
• 5. Promoting Sustainability

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Section I.B. Scope of Work General Requirements

• Collaboration and Leveraging Resources
• Outcomes, GPRA, DOL-OCFT Common Indicators, and
  Project Monitoring

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Section I.B. Scope of Work Country-Specific
Requirements

• Background
• Relevant Laws, Policies, Programs, and Projects
• Scope of Work
• Specific Target Groups, Sectors, and/or
  Geographic Focus
  
• Collaboration with Specific Programs and/or Links
  to Specific National Policies
  
• Implementing Environment/Cross-Cutting Themes
• Project-Specific Strategies

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Section V.Application Evaluation Criteria

• Project Design/Budget Cost-Effectiveness
  40 points
  
• Strategy for Monitoring Direct Beneficiaries 10
  points
  
• Sustainability Strategy
  10 points
  
• Organizational Capacity
  20 points
  
• Key Personnel/Management Plan/Staffing 20
  points
  
• Additional Direct Beneficiaries 5
  extra points
  
• Cost Sharing 5 extra points
• 
  
  
• Total Possible
  110 points
  

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Whats New in FY 2008

• Revised guidance on Direct Beneficiary Monitoring
  in the Scope of Work Section I.B.1.a.(4)
  
• New guidance on promoting Healthy Learning
  Environments (Section I.B.1.a.(1).
  

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Whats New in FY 2008

• Cost Proposal- New/Revised Forms
• SF-424 Supplemental Key Contacts Information
  Form
  
• Revised Indirect Cost Information Form
• For Associations
• Info on Consolidated SF 424 and SF 424A and
  Individual SF 424As
  
• Info on Consolidated Outputs-Based Budget and
  Individual Outputs-Based Budgets

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Whats New in FY 2008

• Technical Proposal- New/Revised Docs
• Direct Beneficiaries Services Table and
  corresponding Methodology for Cost per Child
  Estimates
  
• Revised Sustainability Matrix

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Key Points

• Personal Expenses for Project Staff
• (Section IV.D.8)
• Subcontractors do not have Decision-Making
  Authority Pertaining to the Grant
  

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Key Points- Non-responsiveness

• Applications will be considered non-responsive
  if
  
• Not submitted on www.grants.gov
• DUNS number(s) or exemptions not included
• Applicant proposes to serve per 100,000 of DOL funding
  
• All required audit reports not included

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Key Points- Non-responsiveness (continued)

• Audit reports submitted are out of compliance
  with OMB Circular A-133 (For US-based
  non-profits)
  
• Key personnel candidates not designated, or
  résumés and signed letters of commitment not
  included
  
• Responses to more than one country under this
  solicitation are combined

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Key Points - Guidance

• Technical questions on the SGA will only be
  accepted until May 15, 2008
  
• DOL will compile all technical questions received
  and will publish these, along with responses, by
  May 22, 2008 on USDOL/ILABs Web site
  www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm
• FAQs on DOL Website

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Forced Labor Research SGA

• USDOL intends to award a cooperative agreement
  for forced labor research in select countries to
  be determined
  
• SGA will be published soon
• Check www.grants.gov and USDOL/ILABs
• Web site www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm
• for updates

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Thank You