(a) States may use funds reserved under Sec. 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 Sec. 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 Sec. 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
Sec. 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 Sec. 627.422 of this
chapter apply to State
selection of service providers for funded activities authorized in
Sec. 631.32(c) of this part.
