Employers may apply for incumbent worker grant funds by completing this application and submitting it to Capital Workforce Partners. CWP may approve the application as submitted, or negotiate changes as needed to ensure compliance with grant requirements and budget availability.

As part of the application process, applicants must attach at least three (3) price quotes from qualified sources of training.

Priority will be given to training that helps employees advance from entry-level roles and that will make a significant impact on the employees’ career potential.

• If the incumbent worker training is being provided to a cohort of employees, not every employee in the cohort must have an established employment history with the employer for 6 months or more as long as a majority of those employees being trained do meet the employment history requirement.

I recognize that I must give assurance for each item below. If I cannot, this application will be automatically rejected. The assurances are:

1. I am authorized by my Board of Directors, Trustees, other legally qualified officer, or as the owner of this agency or business to submit this
2. We are not currently on any Federal, State of Connecticut, or local Debarment
3. We have not had a contract terminated for cause by any State of Connecticut government
4. We will provide records to show that we are fiscally solvent, if
5. We have all of the fiscal controls and accounting procedures needed to ensure that public/private funds will be used as required by law and contract.

We will meet all applicable Federal, State, and local compliance requirements. These include, but are not limited to:

• • Records accurately reflect actual
  • Maintaining record confidentiality, as
  • Reporting financial, participant, and performance data, as
  • Complying with Federal and State non-discrimination
  • Meeting requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
  • Meeting requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of
  • Meeting all applicable labor law, including Child Labor Law
  • Ensure organization is a Drug Free
  • Will not use contract funds to lobby.
  • Enforce zero tolerance for violence in the
  • Ensure that all staff with direct contact with minors under 18 undergo a criminal background check and only those individuals with a satisfactory result are employed in a program serving minors.
  • Protect participant confidentiality and protect personally identifiable information (PII).

We will not:

• Place a participant in a position that will displace a current
• Use public/private money to assist, promote, or deter union
• Use funds to employ or train persons in sectarian
• Use funds for adults or youth in the construction, operation, or maintenance of any part of a facility to be used for sectarian instruction or religious
• Use public/private funds for activities that would interfere with or replace regular academic requirements for eligible youth that are not