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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up DocumentsATKINS Atkins North America, Inc. 2001 Northwest 107th Avenue Miami, Florida 33172-2507 Telephone: +1.305.592.7275 www.atkinsgiobal.com/northamerica May 17, 2022 Mrs. Marie "Maggie" Gouin Director Office of Management and Budget Miami Riverside Center 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 5th Floor Miami, FL 33130 Reference: Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Recommendation for application of ARPA (SLFRF) funds Project Name: Certifications and Trainings for Employment Department of Human Services Proposed Funds Amount: $300,000 Proposed Activity for use of Funds: Program/Service Mrs. Gouin, We are sending the recommendation for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds for the referenced project. The City of Miami's Opportunity Center will partner with organizations to conduct certifications and trainings that lead to direct hires. This project will ensure that the Opportunity Center will be the conduit to all relevant resources for job seekers and employers. Based on the information and documentation provided by the City's Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Human Services, the project, Certifications and Trainings for Employment is eligible for the proposed use of $300,000 ARPA (SLFRF) funds under the Department of Treasury Final Rule, Expenditure Category: 2.10 — Negative Economic Impacts - Assistance to Unemployed or Underemployed Workers (e.g. job training, subsidized employment, employment supports or incentives), contingent upon additional considerations and requirements being met. Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance". The ARPA (SLFRF) funds, in the amount of $300,000, will be allocated to the program managed by the City of Miami's Opportunity Center. Contracted services with partners will need to meet Federal Procurement. Please review and contact us with any questions you may have. Page 1 of 2 ATKINS M—h,, of the SNFL—L11 G—P Jamelyn Austin Trucks, CFM, PMP, CGM ARPA Consultant, Subject Matter Expert Senior Project Manager, Land Planning Lead Enclosures as noted. Page 2 of 2 Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Department of Health Services Project Title Certifications and Trainings for Employment Project No. (e-Builder) N/A Total Project Cost $300,000 Proposed ARPA Funding $300,000 Project Type • Program/Service Project Status • Not started Project Estimated Completion June 2022—July 2024 Agreement Type Subrecipient Contracted Services with partners will need to meet Federal Procurement Eligible Use Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response by addressing COVID-19 and its impact on public health as well as addressing economic harms to households, small businesses, nonprofits, impacted industries, and the public sector. Project Expenditure Category 2.10 — Negative Economic Impacts - Assistance to Unemployed or Underemployed Workers (e.g. job training, subsidized employment, employment supports or incentives) Project Justification (short- The City of Miami's Opportunity Center will partner with SOW) organizations to conduct certifications and trainings that lead to direct hires. This project will ensure that the Opportunity Center will be the conduit to all relevant resources for job seekers and employers. Eligible (Y/N) Yes, Project is considered eligible under Department of Treasury Final Rule, contingent upon the below additional considerations and requirements being met. Additional Information Provide any additional information related to use of contracted needed services with partners. Next Steps • Atkins to review contract agreements when available. • Atkins to monitor costs, expenditures and gather data for quarterly and annual reporting. QC Completed (Name/Date) Jamelyn Austin Trucks 5/17/2022 Additional Considerations/Program Requirements: • Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance." • ARPA funds can be used to provide additional funding for projects in progress prior to 3/3/2021, however only activities initiated AFTER 3/3/2021 are eligible for ARPA funds. • Ensure that the City of Miami Procurement Process or the Sub -Recipient Procurement Process meets Office of Management and Budget procurement standards set forth in 2 CFR 200.316- 320. • Public Health and Negative Economic Impact (EC 1.1-3.5) - Collection to begin in April 2022 o Brief description of structure and objectives of assistance program(s), including public health or negative economic impact experienced o Brief description of how a recipient's response is related and reasonably and proportional to a public health or negative economic impact of COVID-19. • Use of Evidence: (for all ECs indicated) - Collection to begin in April 2022 o The dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards evidence - based interventions o Indicate if a program evaluation of the project is being conducted • Required programmatic Data — EC 2.10 - Information listed must be provided in each report: o Number of workers enrolled in sectoral job training programs o Number of workers completing sectoral job training programs o Number of people participating in summer youth employment programs • Project Demographic Distribution o (Applicable to Public Health and Negative Economic Impact ECs: EC 1.1-2.37) — Collection to begin April 2022 o Recognizing the disproportionate public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic on many households, communities, and other entities, recipients must report whether certain types of projects are targeted to impacted and disproportionately impacted communities. Recipients will be asked to respond to the following: ■ What Impacted and/or Disproportionally Impacted population does this project primarily serve? Please select the population primarily served. ■ If this project primarily serves more than one Impacted and/or Disproportionately Impacted population, please select up to two additional populations served. Responding to Public Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 To assess eligible uses of funds in this category, recipients should (1) identify a COVID-19 public health or economic impact on an individual or class (i.e., a group) and (2) design a program that responds to that impact. Responses should be related and reasonably proportional to the harm identified and reasonably designed to benefit those impacted. The final rule recognizes that the pandemic caused broad -based impacts that affected many communities, households, and small businesses across the country; for example, many workers faced unemployment and many small businesses saw declines in revenue. The final rule describes these as "impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits. At the same time, the pandemic caused disproportionate impacts, or more severe impacts, in certain communities. For example, low-income and underserved communities have faced more severe health and economic outcomes like higher rates of COVID-19 mortality and unemployment, often because pre- existing disparities exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. The final rule describes these as "disproportionately impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits Job Training Pg. 116-118: Assistance to Unemployed and Underemployed Workers The interim final rule included assistance to unemployed workers as an enumerated eligible use, including "services like job training to accelerate rehiring of unemployed workers." Treasury provided further guidance, based on recipient questions after the interim final rule, that eligible uses under this section also include "other efforts to accelerate rehiring and thus reduce unemployment, such as childcare assistance, assistance with transportation to and from a jobsite or interview, and incentives for newly employed workers[,]" as well as assistance to unemployed workers seeking to start small businesses. Finally, further guidance also provided that "public jobs programs, subsidized employment, combined education and on-the-job training programs, or job training to accelerate rehiring or address negative economic or public health impacts experienced due to a worker's occupation or level of training" are all enumerated eligible uses as assistance to unemployed or underemployed workers. The interim final rule defined eligible beneficiaries of assistance as "individuals who want and are available for work, including those who have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months or who are employed part time but who want and are available for full-time work." This definition is based on definitions used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to define individuals currently unemployed, as well as persons marginally attached to the labor force and working part-time for economic reasons.176 The latter two classifications are types of labor underutilization, or "underemployed" workers.177 Finally, the interim final rule specified that assistance to unemployed workers included both workers who lost their job during the pandemic and resulting recession and workers unemployed when the pandemic began who saw further deterioration of their economic prospects due to the pandemic. Treasury confirmed that job fairs or grants to businesses to hire underserved workers are eligible uses under this section. Treasury is also enumerating that job and workforce training centers are eligible capital expenditures, so long as they adhere to the standards and presumptions detailed in the section Capital Expenditures in General Provisions: Other. The final rule maintains the definition of eligible beneficiaries, which is aligned with the Bureau of Labor Statistics' definitions of unemployed workers and other labor underutilization, using a common, widely known definition that incorporates a broad group of individuals both unemployed, or whose skills are otherwise underutilized in the labor market. In addition, recognizing that the pandemic has generated broad workforce disruption, in the final rule, Treasury is making clear that recipients may provide job training or other enumerated types of assistance to individuals that are currently employed but are seeking to move to a job that provides better opportunities for economic advancement, such as higher wages or more opportunities for career advancement. ATKINS Atkins North America, Inc. 2001 Northwest 107th Avenue Miami, Florida 33172-2507 Telephone: +1.305.592.7275 www.atkinsgiobal.com/northamerica April 1, 2022 Mrs. Marie "Maggie" Gouin Director Office of Management and Budget Miami Riverside Center 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 5th Floor Miami, FL 33130 Reference: Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Recommendation for application of ARPA (SLFRF) funds Project Name: Day Care Connect (R-22-0017) Department of Human Services Proposed ARPA Funds Amount: $500,000 Proposed Activity for use of Funds: Program/Service Mrs. Gouin, We are sending the recommendation for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds for the referenced project. The Childcare program provides tuition -free childcare to eligible City of Miami families of a low -to -moderate income household at the City's three Child Learning Centers. • Eaton Park Day Care — License #: C11MD1641, 460 N.E. 61 Street, Miami, FL 33137 • Lemon City Day Care— License #: C11 MD1036, 27 N.E. 58 Street, Miami, FL 33137 • Moore Park Day Care — License #: C11MD2451, 765 N.E. 36 Street, Miami, FL 33127 Based on the information and documentation provided by the City's Office of Management and Budget and the Mayor's Office, the project Day Care Connect is eligible for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds under the Department of Treasury Final Rule, Expenditure Categories: 2.11 — Negative Economic Impacts: Healthy Childhood Environments: Child Care contingent upon additional considerations and requirements being met. Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance". For considerations and requirements details go to the Project Analysis, here attached. Page 1 of 2 ATKINS M,—, of [he— L—LI, Group The ARPA (SLFRF) funds, in the amount of $500,000, will allow for 100 slots of high -quality childcare services effective October 1, 2022. Please review and contact us with any questions you may have. Jamelyn Austin Trucks, CFM, PIMP, CGM ARPA Consultant, Subject Matter Expert Senior Project Manager, Land Planning Lead Enclosures as noted. Page 2 of 2 Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Department of Health Services Project Title Childcare Connect (R-22-0017) Project No. (e-Builder) N/A Total Project Cost $500,000 Proposed ARPA Funding $500,000 Project Type • Program/Service Project Status • In Progress Project Estimated Completion 10/01/2022 — 09/30/2023 Agreement Type N/A— Funding in support of existing City Program Eligible Use Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response by addressing COVID-19 and its impact on public health as well as addressing economic harms to households, small businesses, nonprofits, impacted industries, and the public sector. Project Expenditure Category 2.11— Negative Economic Impacts: Healthy Childhood Environments: Child Care Project Justification (short- ARPA Funds will allow for 100 slots of high -quality childcare SOW) services effective October 1, 2022. The Childcare program provides tuition -free childcare to eligible City of Miami families of a low -to -moderate income household at the City's three Child Learning Centers. • Eaton Park Day Care — License #: C11MD1641 460 N.E. 61 Street Miami, FL 33137 • Lemon City Day Care — License #: C11MD1036 27 N.E. 58 Street Miami, FL 33137 • Moore Park Day Care — License #: C11MD2451 765 N.E. 36 Street Miami, FL 33127 Serving a limited clientele as defined in 24 CFR 570.208.(a)(2). The HUD matrix code associated with this activity is 05L (Child Care Services). As part of the program's Budget Narrative the Department of Human Services will be providing monthly program reports to the Department of Housing and Community Development during the program's duration, a Final Closeout financial & inventory report, and a final performance report. Eligible (Y/N) Yes, Project is considered eligible under Department of Treasury Final Rule, contingent upon the below additional considerations and requirements being met. Additional Information No additional information needed at this time. needed Next Steps Atkins to monitor costs, expenditures and gather data for quarterly and annual reporting. QC Completed (Name/Date) Jamelyn Austin Trucks 03/31/2022 Additional Considerations/Program Requirements: • Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance." • ARPA funds can be used to provide additional funding for projects in progress prior to 3/3/2021, however only activities initiated AFTER 3/3/2021 are eligible for ARPA funds. • Ensure that the City of Miami Procurement Process meets Office of Management and Budget procurement standards set forth in 2 CFR 200.316-320. • Expenditure Category 2.11— Negative Economic Impacts: Healthy Childhood Environments: Child Care — Requires the following additional reporting: o Recipients must identify the amount of total funds that area allocated to evidence - based interventions. o Recipients must report on whether projects are primarily serving disproportionately impacted communities. • Public Health and Negative Economic Impact - The information listed must be provided in each report (EC 1.1-3.5) - Collection to begin in April 2022 o Brief description of structure and objectives of assistance program(s), including public health or negative economic impact experienced o Brief description of how a recipient's response is related and reasonably and proportional to a public health or negative economic impact of COVID-19. • Healthy Childhood Environments - Required programmatic Data - Information listed must be provided in each report: o Number of children served by childcare and early learning (pre-school/pre-K/ages 3-5) o Number of families served by home visiting • Project Demographic Distribution - (Applicable to Public Health and Negative Economic Impact ECs: EC 1.1-2.37) — Collection to begin April 2022 Recognizing the disproportionate public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic on many households, communities, and other entities, recipients must report whether certain types of projects are targeted to impacted and disproportionately impacted communities. Recipients will be asked to respond to the following: a) What Impacted and/or Disproportionally Impacted population does this project primarily serve? Please select the population primarily served. b) If this project primarily serves more than one Impacted and/or Disproportionately Impacted population, please select up to two additional populations served. Responding to Public Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 To assess eligible uses of funds in this category, recipients should (1) identify a COVID-19 public health or economic impact on an individual or class (i.e., a group) and (2) design a program that responds to that impact. Responses should be related and reasonably proportional to the harm identified and reasonably designed to benefit those impacted. The final rule recognizes that the pandemic caused broad -based impacts that affected many communities, households, and small businesses across the country; for example, many workers faced unemployment and many small businesses saw declines in revenue. The final rule describes these as "impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits. At the same time, the pandemic caused disproportionate impacts, or more severe impacts, in certain communities. For example, low-income and underserved communities have faced more severe health and economic outcomes like higher rates of COVID-19 mortality and unemployment, often because pre- existing disparities exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. The final rule describes these as "disproportionately impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits Promoting Healthy Childhood Environments Children's economic and family circumstances have a long-term impact on their future economic outcomes. Increases in economic hardship, material insecurity, and parental stress and behavioral health challenges all raise the risk of long-term harms to today's children due to the pandemic. Eligible services to address this challenge include: • New or expanded high -quality childcare to provide safe and supportive care for children; • Home visiting programs to provide structured visits from health, parent educators, and social service professionals to pregnant women or families with young children to offer education and assistance navigating resources for economic support, health needs, or child development; and • Enhanced services for child welfare- involved families and foster youth to provide support and training on child development, positive parenting, coping skills, or recovery for mental health and substance use challenges. State, local, and Tribal governments are encouraged to use payments from the Fiscal Recovery Funds to respond to the direct and immediate needs of the pandemic and its negative economic impacts and, in particular, the needs of households and businesses that were disproportionately and negatively impacted by the public health emergency. As highlighted above, low- income communities and workers and people of color have faced more severe health and economic outcomes during the pandemic, with pre-existing social vulnerabilities like low -wage or insecure employment, concentrated neighborhoods with less economic opportunity, and pre-existing health disparities likely contributing to the magnified impact of the pandemic. The Fiscal Recovery Funds provide resources to not only respond to the immediate harms of the pandemic but also to mitigate its longer -term impact in compounding the systemic public health and economic challenges of disproportionately impacted populations. Treasury encourages recipients to consider funding uses that foster a strong, inclusive, and equitable recovery, especially uses with long-term benefits for health and economic outcomes. ATKINS Atkins North America, Inc. 2001 Northwest 107th Avenue Miami, Florida 33172-2507 Telephone: +1.305.592.7275 www.atkinsgiobal.com/northamerica April 1, 2022 Mrs. Marie "Maggie" Gouin Director Office of Management and Budget Miami Riverside Center 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 5th Floor Miami, FL 33130 Reference: Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Recommendation for application of ARPA (SLFRF) funds Project Name: Miami Connect (R-21-0352) Department of Human Services Proposed ARPA Funds Amount: $500,000 Proposed Activity for use of Funds: Program/Service Mrs. Gouin, We are sending the recommendation for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds for the referenced project. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, access to dependable, affordable transportation is more important than ever. Equitable transportation can help connect people to jobs, resources, and services, and improve access to opportunity. MIAMI CONNECT will ensure that funds are allocated to cover the cost of ride share transportation for travel to work and childcare for dependents. Wrap around services are generally family -centric and provided to address a family's needs. Based on the information and documentation provided by the City's Office of Management and Budget and the Mayor's Office, the project Miami Connect is eligible for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds under the Department of Treasury Final Rule, Expenditure Categories: 2.37 - Negative Economic Impacts - Other: Economic Impact Assistance: Other contingent upon additional considerations and requirements being met. Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance". For considerations and requirements details go to the Project Analysis, here attached. Page 1 of 2 ATKINS Memhera�NeSNGIav��n Group The ARPA (SLFRF) funds, in the amount of $500,000, will cover 10,000 Rides City Wide (2,000 rides per district). All contracts and services will need to be procured in compliance with Federal Procurement. Please review and contact us with any questions you may have. Jamelyn Austin Trucks, CFM, PMP, CGM ARPA Consultant, Subject Matter Expert Senior Project Manager, Land Planning Lead Enclosures as noted. Page 2 of 2 Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Department of Human Services Project Title Miami Connect Project No. (e-Builder) N/A Total Project Cost $500,000 Proposed ARPA Funding $500,000— Will account for 10,000 Rides City Wide (2,000 rides per district) Project Type • Program/Service Project Status • Not Started Project Estimated Completion June 2022—July 2024 Agreement Type Contracts —all services will need to be procured in compliance with Federal Procurement Eligible Use Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response by addressing COVID-19 and its impact on public health as well as addressing economic harms to households, small businesses, nonprofits, impacted industries, and the public sector. Project Expenditure Category 2.37 -Negative Economic Impacts - Other: Economic Impact Assistance: Other Project Justification (short- Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, access to dependable, SOW) affordable transportation is more important than ever. Equitable transportation can help connect people to jobs, resources, and services, and improve access to opportunity. MIAMI CONNECT will ensure that funds are allocated to cover the cost of ride share transportation for travel to work and childcare for dependents. Wrap around services are generally family -centric and provided to address a family's needs. $500,000 will cover 10,000 Rides City Wide (2,000 rides per district). Eligible (Y/N) Yes, Project is considered eligible under Department of Treasury Final Rule, contingent upon the below additional considerations and requirements being met. Additional Information Provide any additional information related to use of contracted needed services. Next Steps Atkins to monitor costs, expenditures and gather data for quarterly and annual reporting. QC Completed (Name/Date) Jamelyn Austin Trucks 3/31/2022 Additional Considerations/ProEram Reauirements: • Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance." • ARPA funds can be used to provide additional funding for projects in progress prior to 3/3/2021, however only activities initiated AFTER 3/3/2021 are eligible for ARPA funds. • Ensure that the City of Miami Procurement Process or the Sub -Recipient Procurement Process meets Office of Management and Budget procurement standards set forth in 2 CFR 200.316- 320. • Public Health and Negative Economic Impact -The information listed must be provided in each report - (EC 1.1-3.5) - Collection to begin in April 2022 o Brief description of structure and objectives of assistance program(s), including public health or negative economic impact experienced o Brief description of how a recipient's response is related and reasonably and proportional to a public health or negative economic impact of COVID-19 • Negative Economic Impacts - Required programmatic Data — EC 2- Information listed must be provided in each report: o Number of workers enrolled in sectoral job training programs o Number of workers completing sectoral job training programs o Number of people participating in summer youth employment programs • Project Demographic Distribution - (Applicable to Public Health and Negative Economic Impact ECs: EC 1.1-2.37) — Collection to begin April 2022 Recognizing the disproportionate public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic on many households, communities, and other entities, recipients must report whether certain types of projects are targeted to impacted and disproportionately impacted communities. Recipients will be asked to respond to the following: a) What Impacted and/or Disproportionally Impacted population does this project primarily serve? Please select the population primarily served. b) If this project primarily serves more than one Impacted and/or Disproportionately Impacted population, please select up to two additional populations served. Responding to Public Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 To assess eligible uses of funds in this category, recipients should (1) identify a COVID-19 public health or economic impact on an individual or class (i.e., a group) and (2) design a program that responds to that impact. Responses should be related and reasonably proportional to the harm identified and reasonably designed to benefit those impacted. The final rule recognizes that the pandemic caused broad -based impacts that affected many communities, households, and small businesses across the country; for example, many workers faced unemployment and many small businesses saw declines in revenue. The final rule describes these as "impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits. At the same time, the pandemic caused disproportionate impacts, or more severe impacts, in certain communities. For example, low-income and underserved communities have faced more severe health and economic outcomes like higher rates of COVID-19 mortality and unemployment, often because pre- existing disparities exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. The final rule describes these as "disproportionately impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits ATKINS Atkins North America, Inc. 2001 Northwest 107th Avenue Miami, Florida 33172-2507 Telephone: +1.305.592.7275 www.atkinsgiobal.com/northamerica May 23, 2022 Mrs. Marie "Maggie" Gouin Director Office of Management and Budget Miami Riverside Center 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 5th Floor Miami, FL 33130 Reference: Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Recommendation for application of ARPA (SLFRF) funds Project Name: On-the-job Training & Apprenticeships Department of Human Services Proposed Funds Amount: $500,000 Proposed Activity for use of Funds: Program/Service Mrs. Gouin, We are sending the recommendation for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds for the referenced project. On-the-job training (OJT) will be an apprenticeship and an industry -driven, high -quality career pathway where jobseekers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, and a portable, nationally recognized credential. Partners include Summer Jobs Connect, City of Miami DHS (Opportunity Center), Catalyst Miami, The Miami Foundation. • $10,000 max reimbursement to employer per individual • 12 weeks, 32 hours per week • 50 residents (10 per district) • Employers are approved, and new participants/employees must be recruited and screened through City of Miami Opportunity Center for eligibility determination Based on the information and documentation provided by the City's Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Human Services, the project, On-the-job Training & Apprenticeships is eligible for the proposed use of $500,000 ARPA (SLFRF) funds under the Department of Treasury Final Rule, Expenditure Category: 2.10 — Negative Page 1 of 2 ATKINS Memhera�NeSNGIav��n Group Economic Impacts - Assistance to Unemployed or Underemployed Workers (e.g. job training, subsidized employment, employment supports or incentives), contingent upon additional considerations and requirements being met. Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance". The ARPA (SLFRF) funds, in the amount of $500,000, will be allocated to the program. Contracted services with partners will need to meet Federal Procurement. Please review and contact us with any questions you may have. Jamelyn Austin Trucks, CFM, PMP, CGM ARPA Consultant, Subject Matter Expert Senior Project Manager, Land Planning Lead Enclosures as noted. Page 2 of 2 Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Department of Human Services Project Title On-the-job Training & Apprenticeships Project No. (e-Builder) N/A Total Project Cost $500,000 Proposed ARPA Funding $500,000 Project Type • Program/Service Project Status • Not started Project Estimated Completion June 2022—July 2024 Agreement Type Contracted Services with partners will need to meet Federal Procurement Eligible Use Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response by addressing COVID-19 and its impact on public health as well as addressing economic harms to households, small businesses, nonprofits, impacted industries, and the public sector. Project Expenditure Category 2.10 — Negative Economic Impacts - Assistance to Unemployed or Underemployed Workers (e.g. job training, subsidized employment, employment supports or incentives) Project Justification (short- On-the-job training (OJT) will be an apprenticeship and an SOW) industry -driven, high -quality career pathway where jobseekers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, and a portable, nationally recognized credential. Partners include Summer Jobs Connect, City of Miami DHS (Opportunity Center), Catalyst Miami, The Miami Foundation. • $10,000 max reimbursement to employer per individual • 12 weeks, 32 hours per week • 50 residents (10 per district) • Employers are approved, and new participants/employees must be recruited and screened through City of Miami Opportunity Center for eligibility determination Eligible (Y/N) Yes, Project is considered eligible under Department of Treasury Final Rule, contingent upon the below additional considerations and requirements being met. Additional Information Provide any additional information related to use of contracted needed services with partners. Next Steps • Atkins to monitor costs, expenditures and gather data for quarterly and annual reporting. • Atkins to review contract agreements when available. QC Completed (Name/Date) Jamelyn Austin Trucks 05/22/2022 Additional Considerations/Program Requirements: • Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance." • ARPA funds can be used to provide additional funding for projects in progress prior to 3/3/2021, however only activities initiated AFTER 3/3/2021 are eligible for ARPA funds. • Ensure that the City of Miami Procurement Process meets Office of Management and Budget procurement standards set forth in 2 CFR 200.316-320. • Expenditure Category 2.10— Negative Economic Impacts -Assistance to Unemployed or Underemployed Workers (e.g. job training, subsidized employment, employment supports or incentives) — Requires the following additional reporting: o Recipients must identify the amount of total funds that area allocated to evidence - based interventions. o Recipients must report on whether projects are primarily serving disproportionately impacted communities. • Public Health and Negative Economic Impact (EC 1.1-3.5) - Collection to begin in April 2022 o Brief description of structure and objectives of assistance program(s), including public health or negative economic impact experienced o Brief description of how a recipient's response is related and reasonably and proportional to a public health or negative economic impact of COVID-19 • Use of Evidence: (for all ECs indicated) — Collection to begin in April 2022 o The dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards evidence - based interventions o Indicate if a program evaluation of the project is being conducted • Required Programmatic Data — EC 2.10 — Information listed must be provided in each report: o Number of workers enrolled in sectoral job training programs o Number of workers completing sectoral job training programs o Number of people participating in summer youth employment programs 0 Project Demographic Distribution o (Applicable to Public Health and Negative Economic Impact ECs: EC 1.1-2.37) — Collection to begin in April 2022 o Recognizing the disproportionate public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic on many households, communities, and other entities, recipients must report whether certain types of projects are targeted to impacted and disproportionately impacted communities. Recipients will be asked to respond to the following: ■ What Impacted and/or Disproportionally Impacted population does this project primarily serve? Please select the population primarily served. o If this project primarily serves more than one Impacted and/or Disproportionately Impacted population, please select up to two additional populations served. Responding to Public Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 To assess eligible uses of funds in this category, recipients should (1) identify a COVID-19 public health or economic impact on an individual or class (i.e., a group) and (2) design a program that responds to that impact. Responses should be related and reasonably proportional to the harm identified and reasonably designed to benefit those impacted. The final rule recognizes that the pandemic caused broad -based impacts that affected many communities, households, and small businesses across the country; for example, many workers faced unemployment and many small businesses saw declines in revenue. The final rule describes these as "impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits. At the same time, the pandemic caused disproportionate impacts, or more severe impacts, in certain communities. For example, low-income and underserved communities have faced more severe health and economic outcomes like higher rates of COVID-19 mortality and unemployment, often because pre- existing disparities exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. The final rule describes these as "disproportionately impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits. Job Training Pg. 116-118: Assistance to Unemployed and Underemployed Workers The interim final rule included assistance to unemployed workers as an enumerated eligible use, including "services like job training to accelerate rehiring of unemployed workers." Treasury provided further guidance, based on recipient questions after the interim final rule, that eligible uses under this section also include "other efforts to accelerate rehiring and thus reduce unemployment, such as childcare assistance, assistance with transportation to and from a jobsite or interview, and incentives for newly employed workers[,]" as well as assistance to unemployed workers seeking to start small businesses. Finally, further guidance also provided that "public jobs programs, subsidized employment, combined education and on-the-job training programs, or job training to accelerate rehiring or address negative economic or public health impacts experienced due to a worker's occupation or level of training" are all enumerated eligible uses as assistance to unemployed or underemployed workers. The interim final rule defined eligible beneficiaries of assistance as "individuals who want and are available for work, including those who have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months or who are employed part time but who want and are available for full-time work." This definition is based on definitions used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to define individuals currently unemployed, as well as persons marginally attached to the labor force and working part-time for economic reasons.176 The latter two classifications are types of labor underutilization, or "underemployed" workers.177 Finally, the interim final rule specified that assistance to unemployed workers included both workers who lost their job during the pandemic and resulting recession and workers unemployed when the pandemic began who saw further deterioration of their economic prospects due to the pandemic. Treasury confirmed that job fairs or grants to businesses to hire underserved workers are eligible uses under this section. Treasury is also enumerating that job and workforce training centers are eligible capital expenditures, so long as they adhere to the standards and presumptions detailed in the section Capital Expenditures in General Provisions: Other. The final rule maintains the definition of eligible beneficiaries, which is aligned with the Bureau of Labor Statistics' definitions of unemployed workers and other labor underutilization, using a common, widely known definition that incorporates a broad group of individuals both unemployed, or whose skills are otherwise underutilized in the labor market. In addition, recognizing that the pandemic has generated broad workforce disruption, in the final rule, Treasury is making clear that recipients may provide job training or other enumerated types of assistance to individuals that are currently employed but are seeking to move to a job that provides better opportunities for economic advancement, such as higher wages or more opportunities for career advancement. ATKINS Atkins North America, Inc. 2001 Northwest 107th Avenue Miami, Florida 33172-2507 Telephone: +1.305.592.7275 www.atkinsgiobal.com/northamerica May 17, 2022 Mrs. Marie "Maggie" Gouin Director Office of Management and Budget Miami Riverside Center 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 5th Floor Miami, FL 33130 Reference: Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Recommendation for application of ARPA (SLFRF) funds Project Name: Small Business Navigators Department of Human Services Proposed ARPA Funds Amount: $200,000 Proposed Activity for use of Funds: Program/Services Mrs. Gouin, We are sending the recommendation for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds for the referenced project. Small Business Navigators will reach out to small businesses in all five (5) districts in the City of Miami affected by COVID-19 and help them recover from the pandemic's economic injury. To do so, the organization will collaborate with government agencies, community organizations, faith -based groups, and other trusted voices in our neighborhoods. Small Business Navigators will work alongside the City of Miami promoting its Buy Miami Business website by referring specific businesses and encouraging small businesses to register on the platform. They will also guide clients through the application process for the City of Miami's Business Assistance Grant, Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, Florida Disaster Bridge Loans, COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans, Miami Dade County Forgivable Loans, Miami Dade County RISE Program, and other local relief programs. Based on the information and documentation provided by the City's Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Human Services, the project Small Business Navigators is eligible for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds under the Department of Treasury Final Rule, Expenditure Category: 2.30 — Negative Economic Impacts — Assistance to Small Business: Technical Assistance, Counseling, or Business Planning, contingent upon additional considerations and requirements being met. Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of Page 1 of 2 ATKINS Memhera�NeSNGIav��n Group performance". For considerations and requirements details go to the Project Analysis, here attached. The ARPA (SLFRF) funds, in the amount of $200,000, will be allocated for the use of the program. Contracted services with partners will need to meet Federal Procurement. Please review and contact us with any questions you may have. Jamelyn Austin Trucks, CFM, PIMP, CGM ARPA Consultant, Subject Matter Expert Senior Project Manager, Land Planning Lead Enclosures as noted. Page 2 of 2 Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Department of Health Services Project Title Small Business Navigators Project No. (e-Builder) N/A Total Project Cost $200,000 Proposed ARPA Funding $200,000 Project Type • Program/Service Project Status • Not started Project Estimated Completion June 2022—July 2024 Agreement Type Subrecipient Contracted Services with partners will need to meet Federal Procurement Eligible Use Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response by addressing COVID-19 and its impact on public health as well as addressing economic harms to households, small businesses, nonprofits, impacted industries, and the public sector. Project Expenditure Category 2.30 — Negative Economic Impacts — Assistance to Small Business: Technical Assistance, Counseling, or Business Planning Project Justification (short- Small Business Navigators will reach out to small businesses in SOW) all five (5) districts in the City of Miami affected by COVID-19 and help them recover from the pandemic's economic injury. To do so, the organization will collaborate with government agencies, community organizations, faith -based groups, and other trusted voices in our neighborhoods. Small Business Navigators will work alongside the City of Miami promoting its Buy Miami Business website by referring specific businesses and encouraging small businesses to register on the platform. They will also guide clients through the application process for the City of Miami's Business Assistance Grant, Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, Florida Disaster Bridge Loans, COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans, Miami Dade County Forgivable Loans, Miami Dade County RISE Program, and other local relief programs. Eligible (Y/N) Yes, Project is considered eligible under Department of Treasury Final Rule, contingent upon the below additional considerations and requirements being met. Additional Information Provide any additional information related to use of contracted needed services with partners. Next Steps • Atkins to monitor costs, expenditures and gather data for quarterly and annual reporting. • Atkins to review contract agreements when available. QC Completed (Name/Date) Jamelyn Austin Trucks 05/17/2022 Additional Considerations/Program Requirements: • Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance." • ARPA funds can be used to provide additional funding for projects in progress prior to 3/3/2021, however only activities initiated AFTER 3/3/2021 are eligible for ARPA funds. • Ensure that the City of Miami Procurement Process or the Sub -Recipient Procurement Process meets Office of Management and Budget procurement standards set forth in 2 CFR 200.316- 320. • Public Health and Negative Economic Impact (EC 1.1-3.5) - Collection to begin in April 2022 o Brief description of structure and objectives of assistance program(s), including public health or negative economic impact experienced o Brief description of how a recipient's response is related and reasonably and proportional to a public health or negative economic impact of COVID-19. • Use of Evidence: (for all ECs indicated) - Collection to begin in April 2022 o The dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards evidence - based interventions o Indicate if a program evaluation of the project is being conducted • Project Demographic Distribution o (Applicable to Public Health and Negative Economic Impact ECs: EC 1.1-2.37) — Collection to begin April 2022 o Recognizing the disproportionate public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic on many households, communities, and other entities, recipients must report whether certain types of projects are targeted to impacted and disproportionately impacted communities. Recipients will be asked to respond to the following: ■ What Impacted and/or Disproportionally Impacted population does this project primarily serve? Please select the population primarily served. ■ If this project primarily serves more than one Impacted and/or Disproportionately Impacted population, please select up to two additional populations served. Assistance to Small Businesses Small businesses have faced widespread challenges due to the pandemic, including periods of shutdown, declines in revenue, or increased costs. The final rule provides many tools for recipients to respond to the impacts of the pandemic on small businesses, or disproportionate impacts on businesses where pre-existing disparities like lack of access to capital compounded the pandemic's effects. Small businesses eligible for assistance are those that experienced negative economic impacts or disproportionate impacts of the pandemic and meet the definition of "small business," specifically: 1. Have no more than 500 employees, or if applicable, the size standard in number of employees established by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration for the industry in which the business concern or organization operates, and 2. Are a small business concern as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Acts(which includes, among other requirements, that the business is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field of operation). Responding to Public Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 To assess eligible uses of funds in this category, recipients should (1) identify a COVID-19 public health or economic impact on an individual or class (i.e., a group) and (2) design a program that responds to that impact. Responses should be related and reasonably proportional to the harm identified and reasonably designed to benefit those impacted. The final rule recognizes that the pandemic caused broad -based impacts that affected many communities, households, and small businesses across the country; for example, many workers faced unemployment and many small businesses saw declines in revenue. The final rule describes these as "impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits. At the same time, the pandemic caused disproportionate impacts, or more severe impacts, in certain communities. For example, low-income and underserved communities have faced more severe health and economic outcomes like higher rates of COVID-19 mortality and unemployment, often because pre- existing disparities exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. The final rule describes these as "disproportionately impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits. ATKINS Atkins North America, Inc. 2001 Northwest 107th Avenue Miami, Florida 33172-2507 Telephone: +1.305.592.7275 www.atkinsgiobal.com/northamerica April 1, 2022 Mrs. Marie "Maggie" Gouin Director Office of Management and Budget Miami Riverside Center 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 5th Floor Miami, FL 33130 Reference: Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Recommendation for application of ARPA (SLFRF) funds Project Name: Workforce Navigators Readiness Program Department of Human Services Proposed ARPA Funds Amount: $150,000 Proposed Activity for use of Funds: Program/Service Mrs. Gouin, We are sending the recommendation for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds for the referenced project. Workforce Navigators Readiness Program is designed to assist underemployed City residents and accelerate the hiring process towards employment for hard to fill positions in within specific partners. The City's Opportunity Center provides direct sourcing and candidate screening to fulfill the open job orders generated by respective partners. Based on the information and documentation provided by the City's Office of Management and Budget and the Mayor's Office, the project Workforce Navigators Readiness Program is eligible for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds under the Department of Treasury Final Rule, Expenditure Categories: 2.10 — Negative Economic Impacts - Assistance to Unemployed or Underemployed Workers (e.g. job training, subsidized employment, employment supports or incentives) contingent upon additional considerations and requirements being met. Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance. For considerations and requirements details go to the Project Analysis, here attached. The ARPA (SLFRF) funds, in the amount of $150,000, can be allocated for the proposed activities in the Program's Scope of Work. All contracts and services (if applicable) will need to be procured in compliance with Federal Procurement. Page 1 of 2 ATKINS M—h,, of [he— L—LI, Group Please review and contact us with any questions you may have. Jamelyn Austin Trucks, CFM, PIMP, CGM ARPA Consultant, Subject Matter Expert Senior Project Manager, Land Planning Lead Enclosures as noted. Page 2 of 2 Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF) Department of Human Services Project Title Workforce Navigators Readiness Program Project No. (e-Builder) N/A Total Project Cost $150,000 Proposed ARPA Funding $150,000 Project Type • Program/Service Project Status • Not started Project Estimated Completion June 2022—July 2024 Agreement Type Contracted Services with partners will need to meet Federal Procurement Eligible Use Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response by addressing COVID-19 and its impact on public health as well as addressing economic harms to households, small businesses, nonprofits, impacted industries, and the public sector. Project Expenditure Category 2.10 — Negative Economic Impacts - Assistance to Unemployed or Underemployed Workers (e.g. job training, subsidized employment, employment supports or incentives) Project Justification (short- Workforce Navigators Readiness Program is designed to assist SOW) underemployed City residents and accelerate the hiring process towards employment for hard to fill positions in within specific partners. The City's Opportunity Center provides direct sourcing and candidate screening to fulfill the open job orders generated by respective partners. Eligible (Y/N) Yes, Project is considered eligible under Department of Treasury Final Rule, contingent upon the below additional considerations and requirements being met. Additional Information Provide any additional information related to use of contracted needed services with partners. Next Steps Atkins to monitor costs, expenditures and gather data for quarterly and annual reporting. QC Completed (Name/Date) Jamelyn Austin Trucks 3/31/2022 Additional Considerations/Program Reauirements: • Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance." • ARPA funds can be used to provide additional funding for projects in progress prior to 3/3/2021, however only activities initiated AFTER 3/3/2021 are eligible for ARPA funds. • Ensure that the City of Miami Procurement Process or the Sub -Recipient Procurement Process meets Office of Management and Budget procurement standards set forth in 2 CFR 200.316- 320. • Public Health and Negative Economic Impact (EC 1.1-3.5) - Collection to begin in April 2022 o Brief description of structure and objectives of assistance program(s), including public health or negative economic impact experienced o Brief description of how a recipient's response is related and reasonably and proportional to a public health or negative economic impact of COVID-19. • Use of Evidence: (for all ECs indicated) - Collection to begin in April 2022 o The dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards evidence - based interventions o Indicate if a program evaluation of the project is being conducted • Required programmatic Data — EC 2.10 - Information listed must be provided in each report: o Number of workers enrolled in sectoral job training programs o Number of workers completing sectoral job training programs o Number of people participating in summer youth employment programs • Project Demographic Distribution o (Applicable to Public Health and Negative Economic Impact ECs: EC 1.1-2.37) — Collection to begin April 2022 o Recognizing the disproportionate public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic on many households, communities, and other entities, recipients must report whether certain types of projects are targeted to impacted and disproportionately impacted communities. Recipients will be asked to respond to the following: ■ What Impacted and/or Disproportionally Impacted population does this project primarily serve? Please select the population primarily served. ■ If this project primarily serves more than one Impacted and/or Disproportionately Impacted population, please select up to two additional populations served. Responding to Public Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 To assess eligible uses of funds in this category, recipients should (1) identify a COVID-19 public health or economic impact on an individual or class (i.e., a group) and (2) design a program that responds to that impact. Responses should be related and reasonably proportional to the harm identified and reasonably designed to benefit those impacted. The final rule recognizes that the pandemic caused broad -based impacts that affected many communities, households, and small businesses across the country; for example, many workers faced unemployment and many small businesses saw declines in revenue. The final rule describes these as "impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits. At the same time, the pandemic caused disproportionate impacts, or more severe impacts, in certain communities. For example, low-income and underserved communities have faced more severe health and economic outcomes like higher rates of COVID-19 mortality and unemployment, often because pre- existing disparities exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. The final rule describes these as "disproportionately impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits. Job Training Pg. 116-118: Assistance to Unemployed and Underemployed Workers The interim final rule included assistance to unemployed workers as an enumerated eligible use, including "services like job training to accelerate rehiring of unemployed workers." Treasury provided further guidance, based on recipient questions after the interim final rule, that eligible uses under this section also include "other efforts to accelerate rehiring and thus reduce unemployment, such as childcare assistance, assistance with transportation to and from a jobsite or interview, and incentives for newly employed workers[,]" as well as assistance to unemployed workers seeking to start small businesses. Finally, further guidance also provided that "public jobs programs, subsidized employment, combined education and on-the-job training programs, or job training to accelerate rehiring or address negative economic or public health impacts experienced due to a worker's occupation or level of training" are all enumerated eligible uses as assistance to unemployed or underemployed workers. The interim final rule defined eligible beneficiaries of assistance as "individuals who want and are available for work, including those who have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months or who are employed part time but who want and are available for full-time work." This definition is based on definitions used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to define individuals currently unemployed, as well as persons marginally attached to the labor force and working part-time for economic reasons.176 The latter two classifications are types of labor underutilization, or "underemployed" workers.177 Finally, the interim final rule specified that assistance to unemployed workers included both workers who lost their job during the pandemic and resulting recession and workers unemployed when the pandemic began who saw further deterioration of their economic prospects due to the pandemic. Treasury confirmed that job fairs or grants to businesses to hire underserved workers are eligible uses under this section. Treasury is also enumerating that job and workforce training centers are eligible capital expenditures, so long as they adhere to the standards and presumptions detailed in the section Capital Expenditures in General Provisions: Other. The final rule maintains the definition of eligible beneficiaries, which is aligned with the Bureau of Labor Statistics' definitions of unemployed workers and other labor underutilization, using a common, widely known definition that incorporates a broad group of individuals both unemployed, or whose skills are otherwise underutilized in the labor market. In addition, recognizing that the pandemic has generated broad workforce disruption, in the final rule, Treasury is making clear that recipients may provide job training or other enumerated types of assistance to individuals that are currently employed but are seeking to move to a job that provides better opportunities for economic advancement, such as higher wages or more opportunities for career advancement.