85 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1A, § 004

Current through September 17, 2024

Section 85-1A-004 - Job Training Cash Fund & Job Training Cash Fund Account Projects

The Department may use the Job Training Cash Fund or the Job Training Cash Fund Account to provide grants to Eligible Businesses for any of the following purposes:

(a) to provide reimbursements for job training activities, including employee assessment, preemployment training, on-the-job training, training equipment costs, and other reasonable costs related to helping industry and business locate or expand in Nebraska;

(b) to provide upgrade skills training of the existing labor force necessary to adapt to new technology or the introduction of new product lines; or

(c) to provide grants pursuant to Section 81-1210.02 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes.

004.01 Project Eligibility

A grant may be provided to an Eligible Business with funding from the Job Training Cash Fund or the Job Training Cash Fund Account for the purposes identified in Section 004 of these rules and regulations, if the project meets all of the following requirements:

004.01A The project must create jobs or, due to new processes or purchases of new technology or equipment, require retraining of existing positions in order to retain those positions in Nebraska.

004.01B The average wage level of all jobs created or retrained through the project must equal or exceed the Local Prevailing Wage.

004.01C The jobs created must Diversify the local economy;

004.01D The goods or services produced by the business must be Export-Oriented.

004.01E Seventy-five percent of the jobs created must be Full-Time Permanent Positions.

004.01F All jobs must be created and trained within three calendar years from the date the project is approved by the Department.

004.01G All jobs must be retained for at least two years after completion of the project.

004.02 Project Application

An Eligible Business may apply to the Department for a Job Training Grant eligible to be funded from the Job Training Cash Fund or Job Training Cash Fund Account, as detailed in Section 004.01 of these rules and regulations. The application process will be determined by the Department, but at a minimum, the Eligible Business must complete and submit application materials required by the Department, and submit a Business Plan to the Department. The Business Plan must include all of the following:

004.02A Documentation that the business is an Eligible Business engaged in one or more of the activities included Sections 3.01 through 3.10 of these rules and regulations; including a description of the Eligible Business's products and/or services.

004.02B A description of the project for which the Job Training Grant is being requested.

004.02C The job title and description of all positions to be created or retrained.

004.02D The hourly wage of each all positions to be created or retrained.

004.02E The number of jobs to be created and/or the number of existing positions to be retrained; and of those positions, the number of each that are Full-Time Permanent Positions.

004.02F A Program Schedule for the project.

004.02G Documentation that the project meets the project eligibility criteria detailed in 04.01 of these rules and regulations.

004.02H Other information or documentation required, or requested by the Department relating to the project.

004.03 Project Award Limitations

For all Job Training Grants approved by the Department to be funded from the Job Training Cash Fund or Job Training Cash Fund Account, the Department will determine the dollar amount to award per position to be created or retained. Such amounts will not exceed :

(a) an average expenditure of five thousand dollars per job created if the proposed wage levels do not exceed thirty thousand dollars per year,

(b) an average expenditure of ten thousand dollars per job if the proposed wage levels exceed thirty thousand dollars per year but do not exceed fifty thousand dollars per year, or

(c) an average expenditure of twenty thousand dollars per job if the proposed wage levels exceed fifty thousand dollars per year or if the jobs created are located in a High-Poverty Area.

004.04 Project Priorities

The Department shall give a preference to projects carried out in whole or in part within an Enterprise Zone.

Whenever practicable, the Department shall give priority consideration to training services offered by Community College Areas.

85 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1A, § 004

Adopted effective 10/6/2015.