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AwardYear: 1995-1996 EnterChapterNo: 7 EnterChapterTitle: Federal Work-Study Program SectionNumber: 6 SectionTitle: Job Location and Development PageNumbers: 39-42 PROGRAM PURPOSE [[Financial need not a requirement for JLD jobs]] The purpose of the Job Location and Development (JLD) Program is to expand off-campus job opportunities for students who are enrolled in eligible institutions of higher education and want jobs REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL NEED (unlike regular FWS jobs) and to encourage students to participate in community service activities (see Section 675.31 of the November 30, 1994 Final Rule). Students employed in jobs developed by the JLD Program must be currently enrolled, but, as no federal funds are used to pay their wages, they are NOT required to meet the other standard FWS student eligibility criteria. [[JLD community service jobs]] JLD community service jobs are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to the needs of community residents. "Community services" are those the school has identified by working with local nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations. Appropriate jobs are those in fields such as health care, child care, literacy training, education (including tutorial services), housing and neighborhood improvement, rural development, community improvement, and providing supportive services to students with disabilities. Schools must inform all eligible students of the opportunity to perform community services and must develop and make available information about community-services opportunities. USE OF FWS ALLOCATION FOR JLD PROGRAM [[May use the lesser of 10% of FWS allocation or $50,000]] A school may use up to 10 percent of its FWS allocation and reallocation--or a maximum of $50,000, whichever is less--to establish or expand a program to locate and develop off-campus jobs, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE JOBS. Jobs located or developed under the program may be for either a profit or nonprofit employer. USE OF JLD PROGRAM FUNDS [[Funds are used only to locate or develop jobs]] [[Off-campus employer pays student]] The off-campus employer, rather than the school, pays a student whose job was located or developed through the JLD program. Federal JLD funds are used to pay the school's costs of establishing and administering the JLD programs; the funds are NOT used to pay students whose jobs were located or developed through the programs. A school is required, however, to keep a record of total earnings of students employed in these jobs in order to comply with the school's Participation Agreement with ED, which states that total wages of students (for whom jobs were located or developed) are expected to exceed the amount of federal funds spent on the JLD program (the school reports in Part V, Section G, of the FISAP the federal funds used for JLD and the total earnings of students for whom jobs were located or developed). [[Federal share-- up to 80%]] [[Institutional share--at least 20%]] The federal funds that a school sets aside from its FWS allocation to be used for JLD activities may be used to pay up to 80 percent of the allowable costs (listed below). The school must provide the remaining 20 percent of allowable costs, either in cash or in services. This requirement, unlike the institutional share requirement for FWS earnings, cannot be waived. The school must maintain records that indicate the amount and sources of its matching share. Procedures and records requirements for JLD are the same as those for all campus-based programs (see Chapter Five, Section Three). When the school signs its JLD Participation Agreement with ED, the school must agree that it will not use its JLD allocation to locate or develop jobs at its own school or other eligible schools. ALLOWABLE PROGRAM COSTS Allowable costs of carrying out the JLD Program include-- - staff salaries (and fringe benefits, if they are the same as those paid to other institutional employees in comparable positions and are not paid to a student employed through the FWS Program); - travel expenses related to JLD activities; - printing and mailing costs for brochures about the JLD Program; - JLD telephone charges, including installation of a separate line for off-campus employers; - JLD costs for supplies, equipment, and furniture; - newspaper or other types of advertising that inform potential employers of the services JLD offers; and - JLD workshops for students and employers. [[Costs not allowed]] Costs that are not allowable are costs related to purchasing, constructing, or altering the facilities that house a JLD project. Indirect administrative costs also are not allowable. One example of an indirect administrative cost is a portion of the salary of someone who is not directly involved in the Program--the JLD Director's supervisor, for example. MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL JLD PROGRAMS [[Agreement with other eligible schools]] A school that is participating in FWS may enter into a written agreement with other eligible schools to establish and operate a JLD Program for its students. The agreement must designate the administrator of the program and must specify the terms, conditions, and performance standards of the program. Each school that is part of the agreement retains responsibility for properly disbursing and accounting for the federal funds it contributes under the agreement (see Section 675.34 of the final Rule). The Participation Agreement requires the school to provide satisfactory assurances that, if the school uses federal funds to contract with another school, suitable performance standards will be part of that contract. PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT A school that wants to participate in the JLD Program checks the appropriate box or boxes on its Program Participation Agreement when it first applies for FWS funds. If a school does not decide until later that it wants to participate, it should send a request to: U.S. Department of Education Institutional Participation Division (IPD) Financial Analysis Branch 600 Independence Avenue, S.W. Room 3522, ROB-3 Washington, D.C. 20202 The school will receive a photocopy of its original Program Participation Agreement, initialed by a member of the IPD staff, authorizing the school's participation. The Program Participation Agreement must provide that-- - the school will administer the programs in accordance with the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and current JLD regulations; - the school will submit to ED an annual report on the use of JLD funds and an evaluation of the Program's effectiveness (this requirement is satisfied simply by reporting wages earned under Section G of the FWS Electronic Fiscal Operations Report); - the school will provide satisfactory assurances that it will not use its JLD allocation to locate or develop jobs at its own school or other eligible schools; - the school will not develop jobs on campus under the JLD Program; - the Program will be used for jobs while students are in school and between periods of enrollment, but not for job placement upon graduation; - the Program will not displace employees or impair existing service contracts; - the school expects total student wages to exceed the amount of federal funds spent on the Program; and - if the school uses federal funds to contract with another school to administer the Program, suitable performance standards will be part of that contract. If ED terminates or suspends a school's eligibility to participate in the FWS Program, that action also applies to a JLD Program. Additional information about termination and suspension is included in CFR Part 675, Subpart B, Section 675.37.

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