Barbara,

We had WIA funding at my previous institution. We managed it from the
sponsored programs office.

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Barbara Gray wrote:
>
> Good morning!
>
> Our institution has a contract with a non-profit sponsor to “provide
> training to customers eligible under the [federal] *Workforce
> Investment Act (WIA)* of 1998.” This DOL-administered program pays the
> tuition and fees for students who are being prepared to work in
> approved demand occupations in the non-profit sponsor’s region. Our
> sponsor, who is funded by DOL, is flowing down OMB Circular compliance
> requirements, as well as other terms and conditions and reps and certs
> that are frequently found in grant/contract instruments. The sponsor
> identifies and approves the students who will be financially supported
> (those who are training for the high demand jobs); I do not know if
> the students must meet any financial eligibility criteria. The sponsor
> reimburses only the students’ tuition and fees. There is no project
> budget and no other costs are reimbursed.
>
> We are trying to decide if this should be managed as a sponsored
> program or as student financial aid outside of the sponsored
> programs/grants accounting systems. If you have WIA funds, do you
> manage them as sponsored project funds? Even if you don’t, I’d welcome
> opinions about how we should classify this program. (If anyone knows
> if other federal financial aid programs that aren’t typically handled
> as sponsored programs are subject to the OMB circulars, let me know;
> it is the OMB flow-down language in this agreement that raises the
> biggest question in my mind.)
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Barbara
>
> Ms. Barbara H. Gray
>
> Director of Grants & Contracts
>
> Valdosta State University
>
> 1500 North Patterson Street
>
> Valdosta, GA 31698-0429
>
> Telephone: 229-333-7837
>
> Fax: 229-245-3853
>
> Email: xxxxxx@valdosta.edu
>
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