Allowable Statewide workforce investment activities include:
(a) State administration of the adult, dislocated worker and youth
workforce investment activities, consistent with the five percent
administrative cost limitation at 20 CFR 667.210(a)(1).
(b) Providing capacity building and technical assistance to local
areas, including Local Boards, One-Stop operators, One-Stop partners,
and eligible providers, which may include:
(1) Staff development and training; and
(2) The development of exemplary program activities.
(c) Conducting research and demonstrations.
(d) Establishing and implementing innovative incumbent worker
training programs, which may include an employer loan program to assist
in skills upgrading, and programs targeted to empowerment zones and
enterprise communities.
(e) Providing support to local areas for the identification of
eligible training providers.
(f) Implementing innovative programs for displaced homemakers, and
programs to increase the number of individuals trained for and placed
in non-traditional employment.
(g) Carrying out adult and dislocated worker employment and
training activities as the State determines are necessary to assist
local areas in carrying out local employment and training activities.
(h) Carrying out youth activities Statewide.
(i) Preparation and submission to the Secretary of the annual
performance progress report as described in 20 CFR 667.300(e). (WIA
secs. 129(b)(3) and 134(a)(3).)
