Drug-free Workplace Program (59.070)
Program
59.070 Drug-free Workplace Program
Federal Agency
Agency: Small Business Administration
Authorization
Small Business Act of 1953, Public Law 108-447.
Program Number
59.070
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
This Program permits the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to eligible intermediaries to assist small businesses financially and technically in establishing DFWP programs. That statute also amended the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. Section 631 et seq.) to require recipients of Small Business Development Center (SBDC) grants to provide information and assistance to small businesses with respect to establishing DFWP programs and authorized SBA to provide additional funding to SBDCs for that purpose.
Types of Assistance
PROJECT GRANTS
Uses and Use Restrictions
Funds restricted to the use of assisting small businesses.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
A current small business owner.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Small businesses, including those owned by low-income and handicapped individuals located in high unemployment areas.
Credentials/Documentation
Statement of, company financial statements, resumes and job descriptions, organizational chart, technical proposal, milestones and letters of intended partnerships/collaborative efforts. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure
This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Applications are filed by the eligible intermediary through www.grants.gov.
Award Procedure
Applicant receives an executed cooperative agreement.
Deadlines
Not Applicable.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Range from 30 to 60 days.
Appeals
Varies with individual proposals.
Renewals
This program is for a period of two years with one two-year option period and is subject to availability of funds. After the four years, the grantees must reapply.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Cooperative agreements run for a period of two years with one two-year option period. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Additional information available on SBA's website at sba.gov.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Additional information available on SBA's website at sba.gov. Additional information available on SBA's website at sba.gov. Additional information available on SBA's website at sba.gov. Additional information available on SBA's website at sba.gov. Additional information available on SBA's website at sba.gov.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Standard audit procedures.
Records
Adequate accounting system.
Program Accomplishments
Fiscal Year 2008: See the FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report on SBA's website at sba.gov. Fiscal Year 2009: See the FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report on SBA's website at sba.gov. Fiscal Year 2010: See the FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report on SBA's website at sba.gov.
Financial Information
Account Identification
73-1154-0-1-376.
Obligations
(Salaries) FY 08 $1,085,000; FY 09 est $1,104,000; FY 10 est $1,167,000
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
No Data Available.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
DFWP Program Announcement, Small Business Act, Section 21(c)(3)(T) and Section 27 (15 U.S.C. Sections 648(c)(3)(T) and 654) (Title IX of Public Law 105-277, Public Law 108-447).
Related Programs
Not Applicable.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
See Regional Agency Offices. For addresses of the field offices, see Appendix IV of the Catalog under the Small Business Administration.
Headquarters Office
David Lippold 409 3rd. Street, SW, Suite 6000, Washington, District of Columbia 20416 Email: david.lippold@sba.gov Phone: 202-205-6569
Web Site Address
Examples of Funded Projects
Not Applicable.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Not Applicable.
