Section DWD 801.06 - Grant awards(1) MAKING AWARDS. Except as provided in sub. (2), for each GPA, the department shall award a grant to the applicant with the highest numerical score under s. DWD 801.05 (6).(2) EXCEPTIONS. In reviewing a grant application, the department may do any of the following: (a) Reject any application which fails to meet the content specifications under s. DWD 801.05 (4). Rejection of an application for failure to meet the content specifications under s. DWD 801.05(4) is not subject to administrative review.(b) Negotiate the amount of an award, authorized budget items, and programmatic goals and objectives before awarding a grant to an applicant.(c) Consider additional factors, including underserved populations, strategic priorities, past performance, underserved geographic areas, potential to replicate the project, cost per trainee, and available funding.(3) NOTIFICATION. The department shall notify each applicant, in writing, within 60 days of the deadline stated in the GPA for submitting a grant application, of either of the following: (a) The department's decision on the application.(b) The current status of the application and the date by which the department anticipates issuing a decision on the application.(4) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. Except as provided in s. DWD 801.05 (5) (a) and sub. (2) (a), an applicant for a grant described in a GPA may request an administrative review of an adverse decision of the department regarding the application. The request shall be in writing. The request shall be received by the department within 10 working days of the date of the department's notice to the applicant advising the applicant of the adverse decision.(5) CONTRACT. (a) The department shall make each grant award through a contract between the department and the applicant selected to receive the grant.(b) The contract shall provide for the retainage of a percentage of the grant funds, in accordance with a standard established by the GPA, to be paid upon compliance with the conditions of the grant.(6) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. (a) The department shall decide the amount of funds available for grants from the expected appropriation under s. 20.445(1) (b), Stats., and shall announce the availability of funds in one or more GPAs.(b) All funding decisions shall be contingent upon availability of funds under s. 20.445(1) (b), Stats. Any changes in the amount of funds available which were unforeseen at the time of the department's release of a GPA shall be accommodated by the department, as appropriate, by means of reduction, elimination, or increase in existing awards, by awarding of funds to applicants previously denied due to insufficient funds, or by release of a new GPA.(c) Any funds that become available due to a denial of an award to a selected applicant as a result of failure of the selected applicant to sign the required contract, or as a result of termination of a project by the department or the applicant, shall be reallocated by the department at its discretion but within the limits of the intent of the appropriation and this chapter.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development DWD 801.06
CR 13-045: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14.Amended by, CR 22-056: am. (2), renum. (3) to (3) (intro.) and am., cr. (3) (a), (b), am. (4), (6) (c) Register May 2023 No. 809, eff. 6/1/2023Amended by, CR 22-056 (corrected version): am. (2), renum. (3) to (3) (intro.) and am., cr. (3) (a), (b), am. (4), (6) (c) Register June 2023 No. 810, eff. 7/1/2023