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DLIR has been communicating with all SCSEP subproject operators regarding the possibility of receiving additional funds and inquiring whether operators were able and willing to utilize additional funding. All but one operator has indicated they are able and willing to accept additional funding. To comply with the State procurement rules, DLIR has submitted a Request for Exemption from Chapter 103F, HRS to the State Procurement Office. A Request for Infoiniation has also been prepared - soliciting expressions of interest. Our exemption request has been approved and subprojects willing and able to accept additional funding have expressed their interest in participating on this project. POLICY Participants under this Special Fund grant will be ARRA participants who need additional assistance in finding employment. These participants may be provided additional services for up to an additional year. Once the operator has expended all of their allocated ARRA funds or on July 1, 2010, whichever is earlier, ARRA participants will be transferred into the operator's regular SCSEP database in SPARQ. Additional guidance on the transfer procedures will be provided at a later date. Although the program performance of these Special Funded participants will be reported as part of the regular SCSEP grant, operators will need to track and report the expenditures for these participants separately. Grantees and operators are expected to adhere to the current statutory and regulatory requirements for SCSEP as contained in the following: • 2006 Older Americans Act (OAA) Amendments, Public Law 109 -365 • SCSEP Performance Accountability Interim Rule, 20 CFR Part 641, Subparts A and G, 72 Federal Register 36832 (June 29, 2007) • SCSEP Final Rule 20 CFR Part 642 (April 9, 2004) • Priority of Service for Covered Persons: Final Rule 20 CFR Part 1010, 73 FR 78132 (December 19, 2008); and • The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, PL 111 -05, Division A, Title VIII. Additional policy guidance will be issued once received from USDOL. PROCEDURES Utilizing the attached Allocation of Special SCSEP Funds by County chart, operators should prepare a project narrative (proposal) and budget documents for the use of the special funds as soon as possible and submit it to the Workforce Development Division Administration Office no later than March 23, 2010. The proposal should include an explanation of the need for these Special Funds, and the operator's capacity to utilize the additional funding. -2-