QUALITY OF PROJECT PERSONNEL 15 Points (recommend 5 pages)

Personnel Emphasize your project staff’s experience, skills, abilities to: successfully carry out the project activities reach project goal and objectives prepare tribal consumers for gainful employment

(e) Quality of Project Personnel The Secretary considers the quality of the personnel who will carry out the proposed project. All of the following factors are considered: 1. Encourages applications for employment from persons who are members of groups traditionally underrepresented… 2. Qualifications…of key project personnel

Selection Criteria (e) 1 The extent to which the applicant encourages applications for employment from persons who are members of groups that have traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability.

Recruitment and Hiring What are tribal policies and procedures? Where will you advertise and recruit staff? What are interview/hiring processes? Criminal/Background check?

Preference in Employment Preference in employment must be given to American Indians, with a special priority being given to American Indians with disabilities. 34 CFR (b)

Preference in Employment (cont’d) Preference in hiring is given to qualified American Indians in accordance with the Indian Preference Act. Applicants claiming Indian preference must submit verification of tribal affiliation or other acceptable documentation of Indian heritage. Title 25, U.S. Code, Section 472 and 473

Selection Criteria (e) 2 Qualifications, training, experience of key project personnel

Personnel Description Key Personnel Name Education and credentials Related experience and background Skills and cultural competence Relation to project (i.e., position, responsibilities) Time devoted to project Position not filled Provide a job description or list of qualifications sought

Staff Development Expenditures for staff development 34 CFR (a) (1) Describe staff development efforts to be funded by the grant or provided though collaborative agreements with appropriate resources State VR Rehabilitation Capacity Building Projects (RCBP) Technical Assistance and Continuing Education Centers (TACE)