(a) State agency referral. Cooperating State agencies shall be
responsible for:
(1) Advising each adversely affected worker to apply for training
with the State agency responsible for reemployment services, while the
worker is receiving UI payments, and at the time the individual files an
initial claim for TRA; and
(2) Referring each adversely affected worker to the State agency
responsible for training and other reemployment services in a timely
manner.
(b) State agency responsibilities. The responsibilities of
cooperating State
agencies under subpart C of this part include, but are not limited to:
(1) Interviewing each adversely affected worker regarding suitable
training opportunities reasonably available to each individual under
subpart C of this part, reviewing such opportunities with each
individual, informing each individual of the requirement for
participation in training as a condition for receiving TRA, and
accepting each individual's application for training. Such training may
be approved for any adversely affected worker at any time after a
certification is issued and the worker is determined to be covered
without regard to whether the worker has exhausted all rights to
unemployment insurance;
(2) Registering adversely affected workers for work;
(3) Informing adversely affected workers of the reemployment
services and allowances available under the Act and this Part 617, the
application procedures, the filing date requirements for such
reemployment services and the training requirement for receiving TRA;
(4) Determining whether suitable employment, as defined in
Sec. 617.22(a)(1), is available;
(5) Providing counseling, testing, placement, and supportive
services;
(6) Providing or procuring self-directed job search training, when
necessary;
(7) Providing training, job search and relocation assistance;
(8) Developing a training plan with the individual;
(9) Determining which training institutions offer training programs
at a reasonable cost and with a reasonable expectation of employment
following the completion of such training, and procuring such training;
(10) Documenting the standards and procedures used to select
occupations and training institutions in which training is approved;
(11) Making referrals and approving training programs;
(12) Monitoring the progress of workers in approved training
programs;
(13) Developing, and periodically reviewing and updating
reemployment plans for adversely affected workers;
(14) Developing and implementing a procedure for reviewing training
waivers and revocations at least every 30 days to determine whether the
conditions under which they are issued have changed; and
(15) Coordinating the administration and delivery of employment
services, benefits, training, and supplemental assistance for adversely
affected workers with programs under the Act and under Title III of the
Job Training Partnership Act.
[59 FR 934, Jan. 6, 1994]
