TEGL_15_12_Att.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

Commonly Used Funding Sources 1 for the American Job Centers 2 AJC in the Provision of Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA Benefits and Services Activities to Trade-Affected Workers CATEGORY Benefits and Services Activities Comments 3 TAA Program Note Generally except for the provision of training these activities must be 4 performed by Merit Staff Unemployment Insurance UI 5 Note Activities performed by Merit Staff Wagner-Peyser W-P Note Activities performed by Merit Staff WIA Title I including Rapid Response Dislocated Worker Funds and Benefits and Services Activities Services Activities Notification of Certification Individual letter to trade - affected workers x x x Outreach Legal notice public notice including newspaper notice x x x x Initial Intake Initial visit and or registration with the AJC x x x Individual Eligibility Determination for TAA Benefits and Services Decision on individual eligibility for TAA program x Determination of Eligibility for Unemployment Insurance UI and or Trade Readjustment Assistance TRA Decision on eligi bility for monetary benefits e.g. UI and or TRA x Determination of Eligibility for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance Decision on eligibility for monetary benefits e.g. ATAA or RTAA x UI TRA ATAA and RTAA Benefit Payment of benefits x 1 Commonly Used Funding Sources 1 for the American Job Centers 2 AJC in the Provision of Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA Benefits and Services Activities to Trade-Affected Workers 3 TAA Program Unemployment Wagner-Peyser WIA Title I Y Insurance UI 5 W-P including OR Rapid Response Benefits and Services Activities Comments Dislocated Worker CATEG Note Generally except for Note Activities performed by Note Activities performed by Funds the provision of training Merit Staff Merit Staff these activities must be 4 performed by Merit Staff Submission of Health Coverage Tax Credit HCTC record to the x Internal Revenue Service IRS 2 Commonly Used Funding Sources 1 for the American Job Centers 2 AJC in the Provision of Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA Benefits and Services Activities to Trade-Affected Workers CATEGORY Benefits and Services Activities Comments TAA Program 3 Note Generally except for the provision of training these activities must be performed by Merit Staff 4 Unemployment Insurance UI 5 Note Activities performed by Merit Staff Wagner-Peyser W-P Note Activities performed by Merit Staff WIA Title I including Rapid Response Dislocated Worker Funds 3 CORE EMPLOYMENT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES Assessment All a ctivities to determine need x x x Career Counseling x x x Job Development and or Placement x x x Employment Registration Registration for labor exchange x x x Staff-Assisted Job Search Job search workshop job finding clubs x x x Information on Available Training and the Application Process x x x Information on How to Apply for Financial Aid x x x Employment Statistics Information x x x Commonly Used Funding Sources 1 for the American Job Centers 2 AJC in the Provision of Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA Benefits and Services Activities to Trade-Affected Workers CATEGORY Benefits and Services Activities Comments TAA Program 3 Note Generally except for the provision of training these activities must be performed by Merit Staff 4 Unemployment Insurance UI 5 Note Activities performed by Merit Staff Wagner-Peyser W-P Note Activities performed by Merit Staff WIA Title I including Rapid Response Dislocated Worker Funds 4 INTENSIVE EMPLOYMENT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES Testing Any test deemed acc eptable by partners of the AJC i.e. any suitable aptitude interest or academic test x x x Reemployment Plan Development Any individual service strategy adopted by the AJC x x x Job Search Allowance Application Taking the application for a job search allowance x x x Job Search Allowance Determination The actual approval or denial of the job search allowance application x Job Search Allowances 6 Payment of benefit x Relocation Allowance Application Taking the application for a relocation allowance x x x Commonly Used Funding Sources 1 for the American Job Centers 2 AJC in the Provision of Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA Benefits and Services Activities to Trade-Affected Workers CATEGORY Benefits and Services Activities Comments TAA Program 3 Note Generally except for the provision of training these activities must be performed by Merit Staff 4 Unemployment Insurance UI 5 Note Activities performed by Merit Staff Wagner-Peyser W-P Note Activities performed by Merit Staff WIA Title I including Rapid Response Dislocated Worker Funds 5 INTENSIVE EMPLOYMENT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES Relocation Allowance Determination The actual approval or denial of the relocation allowance application x Relocation Allowance 6 Payment of benefit x Recommending and Reviewing of Training Waiver Actions x Issuing Approving Continuing and Revoking Training Waivers x Commonly Used Funding Sources 1 for the American Job Centers 2 AJC in the Provision of Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA Benefits and Services Activities to Trade-Affected Workers CATEGORY Benefits and Services Activities Comments TAA Program 3 Note Generally except for the provision of training these activities must be performed by Merit Staff 4 Unemployment Insurance UI 5 Note Activities performed by Merit Staff Wagner-Peyser W-P Note Activities performed by Merit Staff WIA Title I including Rapid Response Dislocated Worker Funds 6 TRAINING BENEFITS SERVICES Development of Training Plans and or Contracts dependent on the point of entry see approval and denial of a training program below Including application for transportation and subsistence x x x Training Plan including Training program and related Transportation and Subsistence x x Approval or Denial of a Training Program x Transportation and or Subsistence while in Training Program x x Training Program Benefit 4 Payment of benefit x x OTHER BENEFITS SERVICES Appellate activity associated with any TAA benefit or service denial x x Books Tools Supplies Testing Licensing Mandatory College Fees including Health Insurance Coverage 7 x 1 CSAs have the option to determine which funding source they will use consistent with the terms of applicable Memoranda of Understanding MOU that have been developed in local areas to conduct such activities and within the guidelines of the respective funding streams and this Attachment. Where a funding source column is not checked that funding source may not be used for the function in that row. Additionally some of these funding sources may not be available in all states or local areas. The MOU may provide that TAA Program funds may be used to reimburse Wagner-Peyser staff costs when that staff performs TAA program functions. In states local areas where WIA Title I programs are Commonly Used Funding Sources 1 for the American Job Centers 2 AJC in the Provision of Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA Benefits and Services Activities to Trade-Affected Workers CATEGORY Benefits and Services Activities Comments TAA Program 3 Note Generally except for the provision of training these activities must be performed by Merit Staff 4 Unemployment Insurance UI 5 Note Activities performed by Merit Staff Wagner-Peyser W-P Note Activities performed by Merit Staff WIA Title I including Rapid Response Dislocated Worker Funds 7 provided by state merit staff all services that Wagner-Peyser staff perform for the TAA program may also be performed by WIA Title I staff and TAA Program funds may be used to reimburse the WIA Title I programs. 2American Job Center network is a unifying name and brand that identifies virtual and in-person publicly-funded workforce development services as part of a single network. In order to increase jobseeker and employer awareness of workforce development resources available across the country the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration ETA strongly encourages states and local workforce investment areas to begin using the name American Job Center network for their One-Stop system. ETA is taking initial steps now to establish a well-known unified brand the American Job Center brand to make it easier for workers and businesses to find and use One-Stop Career Centers. 3 TAA Program provides training job search allowances relocation allowances employment and case management services reemployment alternative training adjustment assistance and the state administration cost of providing these benefits and services to trade-affected workers. TAA Program funds are provided to states from the Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances FUBA account through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Annual Cooperative Financial Agreement with each state. Payment of UI TRA RTAA is also a part of the FUBA account however these funds are not allocated to states but provided as requested by states as-needed. 4 Provision of training does not require merit staff however the approval of training must be provided by merit staff. Refer to 20 CFR 618.890 c . The merit system standards established by Office of Personnel Management regulation at 5 CFR 900.603 are a Recruiting selecting and advancing employees on the basis of their relative ability knowledge and skills including open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointment. b Providing equitable and adequate compensation. c Training employees as needed to assure high quality performance. d Retaining employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance correcting inadequate performance and separating employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected. e Assuring fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation race color national origin sex religious creed age or handicap and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights as citizens. This fair treatment principle includes compliance with the Federal equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination laws. f Assuring that employees are protected against coercion for partisan political purposes and are prohibited from using their official authority for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office. There is a partial exemption from the use of merit staff for three states which have received an exemption from the Employment Service merit staffing requirements under the Wagner-Peyser Act. Those three states are Colorado Massachusetts and Michigan. The merit staffing requirement also does not prevent a state from outsourcing functions that are not inherently governmental as defined by the Office of Management and Budget Circular number A-76. Non-inherently governmental functions are generally those that do not involve the exercise of discretion in program administration such as janitorial and information technology services. 5 Funds needed to administer UI TRA RTAA administration funds also known as the base and contingency funds provided to the states from the State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Security Operations SUIESO account are provided through the Unemployment Insurance Program Annual Funding Agreement with each state. 6This service may be funded by partner programs when TAA program funds are not available. 7Regulatory guidance for determining reasonable cost is found at 20 CFR Part 617.22 6 . See 617.22 a iii A academic fees .