Section 85-1A-005 - Job Training Subaccount ProjectsThe Department may use the Job Training Subaccount to provide grants to Eligible Businesses for training employees and potential employees of Eligible Businesses that (a) employ twenty-five or fewer employees on the application date, (b) employ, or train for potential employment, residents of rural areas of Nebraska, or (c) are located in or employ, or train for potential employment, residents of High-Poverty Areas. The Job Training Subaccount shall also be used as provided in the Teleworker Job Creation Act and as provided in section 81-1210.02 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes.
005.01 Project EligibilityA grant may be provided to an Eligible Business with funding from the Job Training Subaccount for the purposes identified in Section 005 of these rules and regulations, if the project meets all of the following requirements:
005.01A If the Eligible Business has established a program under which residents of rural areas or High Poverty Areas are trained for employment or potential employment; the program must be designed to fill a minimum of four positions in rural areas and a minimum of eight positions in High-Poverty Areas for such Eligible Business.005.01B The wage level of the positions available or to be created must meet the Local Prevailing Wage.005.01C The positions available or to be created must Diversify the local economy.005.01D A minimum of seventy-five percent of the positions available or to be created must be Full-Time Permanent Positions.005.01E The Eligible Business must provide a match of a minimum of twenty-five percent of the value of the Job Training Grant, either monetarily or through in-kind services, as part of the training for each individual trained.005.01F Any new position created must be hired and trained within three calendar years.005.01G The number of individuals trained must not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the number of positions that will be available at the time of application.005.01H The goods or services produced by the Eligible Business must be Export-Oriented.005.02 Project ApplicationAn Eligible Business may apply to the Department for a Job Training Grant eligible to be funded from the Job Training Subaccount as detailed in Section 005 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:
005.02A 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.005.02B A description of the project for which the Job Training Grant is being requested.005.02C The job title and description of all positions to be created or retrained.005.02D The hourly wage of each position to be created or retrained.005.02E The number of jobs to be created or the number of existing positions to be retrained; ; and of those positions, the number of each that are Full-Time Permanent Positions.005.02F If the Eligible Business has established a program under which residents of rural areas or High Poverty Areas are to be trained for employment or potential employment, the number of jobs to be created or retained in rural areas and the number to be created or retained in High-Poverty Areas.005.02G A Program Schedule for the project.005.02H Documentation the project meets the eligibility criteria established in 05.01 of these rules and regulations.005.02I Other information or documentation as may be required, or requested by the Department relating to the project.005.02J If the project will involve a partnership with another entity as described in Section 005.03 of these rules and regulations, information specifying the role of the partnering entity in identifying and training potential job applicants for the Eligible Business.005.03 Project PartnershipsIf the Eligible Business is applying for a Job Training Grant as a business that has established a program under which residents of rural areas or High Poverty Areas are trained for employment or potential employment, the Eligible Business may partner with:
(a) a postsecondary educational institution;(b) a private, nonprofit organization holding a certificate of exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, whose purpose is providing basic job and life skills training to individuals in need of such training in rural or high-poverty areas; or(c) a learning community coordinating council or school district that has partnered with a private, nonprofit organization holding a certificate of exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, whose purpose is providing basic job and life skills training to individuals in need of such training in rural or High-Poverty Areas.005.04 Project Award LimitationsFor all Job Training Grants approved by the Department to be provided from the Job Training Subaccount, the Department will determine the dollar amount to award per position to be created or retained. Such amounts will not exceed:
(a) ten thousand dollars per job created if the proposed wage levels do not exceed thirty thousand dollars per year;(b) fifteen 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) twenty-five 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.005.05 Project PrioritiesThe Department shall give a preference to job training 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, § 005
Adopted effective 10/6/2015.