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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ETA

Title 20

Employees' Benefits

Chapter V

Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

Part 667

Administrative Provisions Under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act

Subpart B

Administrative Rules, Costs and Limitations

• Section Number: 667.262
• Section Name: Are employment generating activities, or similar activities, allowable under WIA title I?

    (a) Under WIA section 181(e), WIA title I funds may not be spent on

employment generating activities, economic development, and other 

similar activities, unless they are directly related to training for 

eligible individuals. For purposes of this section, employer outreach 

and job development activities are directly related to training for 

eligible individuals.

    (b) These employer outreach and job development activities include:

    (1) Contacts with potential employers for the purpose of placement 

of WIA participants;

    (2) Participation in business associations (such as chambers of 

commerce);

    (3) WIA staff participation on economic development boards and 

commissions, and work with economic development agencies, to:

    (i) Provide information about WIA programs,

    (ii) Assist in making informed decisions about community job 

training needs, and

    (iii) Promote the use of first source hiring agreements and 

enterprise zone vouchering services,

    (4) Active participation in local business resource centers 

(incubators) to provide technical assistance to small and new business 

to reduce the rate of business failure;

    (5) Subscriptions to relevant publications;

    (6) General dissemination of information on WIA programs and 

activities;

    (7) The conduct of labor market surveys;

    (8) The development of on-the-job training opportunities; and (9) 

Other allowable WIA activities in the private sector. (WIA sec. 

181(e).)