There should be no need to take out a PPP loan to cover grant payroll expenses because ETA grant funds can be used to cover salaries and fringe benefits and paid leave during this emergency. A grant recipient or subrecipient should not use grant funds to repay the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan. Q: Can grantees who are interested in applying for a Small Business Administration Payroll Protection Program loan use ETA grant funds to pay back the loan? Response: If the program participantвЂ™s time commitment, stipend structure, and/or other academic or work terms were established prior to the national health emergency declaration, grantees should continue to pay the participant for the remainder of the established term. Q: Can WIOA formula and competitive grants continue to pay wages or stipends if program participants were actively being served prior to the pandemic or if they were in a work experience placement (e.g., subsidized employment, OJT, paid internship) which has been recently cancelled due to COVID-19? Should the need for such leave be longer than 60 days, ETA will provide additional guidance on these paid leave policies. At this time, no additional funds will be provided by ETA to cover these expenses. 115-141, Division H, Title I, Section 105) remain in effect. Salary and Bonus limitations (Pursuant to P.L. Grant recipients and subrecipients must maintain appropriate records and cost documentation as required by 2 CFR 200.302 - Financial management and 2 CFR 200.333 - Retention requirement of records to substantiate the charging of any salaries and other project activities costs related to interruption of operations or services. If the change in policy impacts an approved indirect cost rate or cost allocation plan, the grantee must request a change or obtain an extension from its federal cost negotiator. For any change in policy that impacts the budget, competitive or discretionary grantees may need to submit a budget realignment request. If a grantee amends its existing leave policy or develops a new emergency leave policy applicable to all employees affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, costs incurred under that policy would be allowable provided they meet the requirements in 2 CFR 200.431(b). However, a state or grantee may only charge an employeeвЂ™s paid-time-off to the Federal grant if it is the stateвЂ™s/granteeвЂ™s overarching policy to pay all employees in this situation, regardless of the funding source used to cover such an expense.

2 CFR 200.431(b) states that a leave policy is allowable if is an established, written policy that applies equitably and consistently to all staff regardless of employee class, and if it is reasonable. Any paid leave to staff beyond this time must be approved by the Grant Officer. Response: Beginning November 1, 2020, grant recipients and subrecipients must make every effort to provide services remotely or, where feasible and consistent with state and local laws, in-person. Foreign Labor Certification Activities of State Workforce AgenciesДЄll Grants вЂ“ Leave and Stipends Q: Are the costs of a granteeвЂ™s leave policy that provides paid leave to employees (including part-time employees and employees of subrecipients) when their work hours have been reduced due to COVID-19 closures or disruptions (e.g., if a granteeвЂ™s offices are shut down due to COVID-19) allowable costs of the federal grant?.Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP).Wagner-Peyser Act Monitor Advocate System.Indian and Native American Program (INAP).Trade Act, or Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), Programs.

All Grants вЂ“ Administrative Flexibilities.

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