§ 631.41 - Allowable State activities.

(a) States may use funds reserved under § 631.32(c) of this part, subject to the provisions of the State biennial and program operational plans, for:

(1) Rapid response assistance;

(2) Basic readjustment services when undertaken in Statewide, regional or industrywide projects, or, initially, as part of rapid response assistance;

(3) Retraining services, including (but not limited to) those in section 314(d) of the Act when undertaken in Statewide, industrywide and regional programs;

(4) Coordination with the unemployment compensation system, in accordance with § 631.37(b) of this part;

(5) Discretionary allocation for basic readjustment and retraining services to provide additional assistance to substate areas that experience substantial increases in the number of dislocated workers, to be expended in accordance with the substate plan or a modification thereof;

(6) Incentives to provide training of greater duration for those who require it; and

(7) Needs-related payments in accordance with section 315(b) of the Act.

(b) Activities shall be coordinated with other programs serving dislocated workers, including training under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271, et seq. ) and part 617 of this chapter.

(c) Where appropriate, State-level activities should be coordinated with activities and services provided by substate grantees.

(d) Retraining services provided to individuals with funds available to a State should be limited to those individuals who can most benefit from and are in need of such services.

(e) Other than basic and remedial education, literacy and English for non-English speakers training, retraining services provided with funds available to a State shall be limited to those for occupations in demand in the area or another area to which the participant is willing to relocate, or in sectors of the economy with a high potential for sustained demand or growth.

(f) Services provided to displaced homemakers should be part of ongoing programs and activities under Title III and this part and not separate and discrete programs.

(g) Basic readjustment services described in § 631.3(b)(1), provided to individuals who have not received a specific notice of termination or layoff and who work at a facility at which the employer has made a public announcement that such facility will close shall, to the extent practicable be funded by the State with funds reserved under § 631.32(c) (section 314(h)).

(h) The provisions of section 107(a), (b) and (e) of the Act (but not subsections (c) and (d) of section 107) and § 627.422 of this chapter apply to State selection of service providers for funded activities authorized in § 631.32(c) of this part.