Section 2600.20 Definitions
The State shall adopt the
following definitions for the terms listed as follows:
"Acquisition Cost of Purchased Nonexpendable Personal Property"
– The net invoice unit price of the property, including the cost of modifications,
attachments, accessories, or auxiliary apparatus necessary to make the property
usable for the purpose for which it was acquired. Other charges such as the
cost of installation, transportation, taxes, duty, or protective in-transit
insurance, shall be included or excluded from the unit acquisition cost in
accordance with the grantee's regular accounting practices.
"Act" – Job Training Partnership Act (October of 1982) (P.L. 97-300
(29 U.S.C. 1501) as amended by P.L. 97-404 (42 U.S.C. 602), P.L. 99-496 (29
U.S.C. 1501), P.L. 99-570 (21 U.S.C. 801) and P.L. 100-418 (20 U.S.C. 5001)).
"Additional Dislocated Worker" – A displaced homemaker as that
term is defined in section 4(29) of the Act.
"Adult Employability Enhancement Termination" – An outcome for
adults, other than entered unsubsidized employment, which is recognized as
enhancing long-term employability and contributing to the potential for a long-term
increase in earnings and employment. Outcomes which meet this requirement
shall be restricted to the following:
Attained Adult
Employability Skills – Demonstrated proficiency as defined by the local area in
one or more of the following two skill areas in which the terminee was
deficient at enrollment: basic education skills and occupational skills.
Employability skill gain must be achieved through program participation and
must be the result of a prior employability development planning process which
identifies the participant's skill deficiencies, the training needed to
overcome the deficiencies and the level of proficiency needed for attainment of
the employability skill.
Completed
Major Level of Education – Completed, during enrollment, a level of educational
achievement which had not been reached at entry. Levels of educational
achievement are secondary and post secondary. Completion standards shall be
governed by State standards and shall include a high school diploma, GED
Certificate or equivalent at the secondary level, and shall require a diploma
or other written certification of completion at the postsecondary level.
NOTE: To obtain credit, completion of a major level of education must result
primarily from active JTPA program participation of at least 90 calendar days
or 200 hours.
Entered Non-Title
II Training – Entered an occupational-skills employment/training program, not
funded under Title II of the JTPA, which builds upon and does not duplicate
training received under Title II. NOTE: To obtain credit, the participant
must have been retained in that program for at least 90 calendar days or 200
hours or must have received a certification of occupational skill attainment.
During the period the participant is in non-Title II training, he/she may or
may not have received JTPA services as defined in 56 Ill. Adm. Code 2610.70.
"Applicant" – Individual who is receiving, or has received,
only outreach or intake services, or both. An "applicant" may or may
not become a "participant", based upon the outcome of intake and the
individual's willingness to participate.
"Applicant Agency" – Educational, employment and training
agencies which can provide services to workers who are affected by mass-layoff
or plant closings.
"Application Date" – The date the applicant signs and dates the
JTPA application certifying that the information on the form is correct to the
best of his/her knowledge. In the case of a minor (except emancipated youth)
the application date is the date the parent/guardian signs the application.
"Assessment" – Services designed to initially determine each
applicant's/participant's employability, aptitudes, abilities, and interests,
through interviews, testing, and counseling which are conducted to achieve the
applicant's/participant's employment related goals.
"At Risk of Dropping Out of School" – A student without a high
school diploma or GED certificate whose academic performance and/or personal
behavior demonstrates that he or she is uninvolved, unmotivated, and/or
disaffected. This includes a student who meets at least one of the following
criteria:
Has been
retained in grade at least once during the most recent four school years or has
accumulated insufficient credits toward graduation.
Demonstrates a
reading or math proficiency level one grade or more below the current grade
placement level based on assessment results.
Lacks a
demonstrated proficiency in the English language as measured by a standardized
test.
Has been
determined by the school district to have a behavior disorder or a learning
disability.
Is pregnant or
a parent.
Has been on
academic probation at any time during the prior 12 months.
Is a truant or
is excessively absent as determined by an authorized school official.
Has been
suspended from school five or more days during the previous or current school
year.
Has been
expelled from school during the previous or current school year.
Has been
identified as drug or alcohol dependent by a medical authority or authorized
school staff.
Is a member of
a family which meets the definition of Long Term AFDC Recipient.
Is a member of
a single parent household.
"Barriers
to Employment" – Characteristics that may hinder an individual's hiring,
promotion, or participation in the labor force. Some examples of individuals
who may face barriers to employment include: single parents, women, displaced
homemakers, youth, welfare recipients, older workers, addicts, alcoholics,
teenage parents, veterans, racial minorities, dislocated workers, and those
with limited English speaking ability or a criminal record or with a lack of
education, work experience, credentials, child care arrangements, or
transportation.
"Basic Education Skills" – A PIC-Recognized Youth Employment
Competency skill area which includes reading comprehension, math computation,
writing, speaking, listening, problem solving, reasoning, and the capacity to
use these skills in the workplace.
"Chief Elected Official" – The highest elected official(s) of
the unit or units of general purpose local government of which the Service
Delivery Area (SDA) is configured (e.g., County Board Chairperson in multi-county
SDAs or mayors in SDAs made up of a single city or a consortia of cities.) In
addition, the highest elected official of any unit of local government which
was a prime sponsor under Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)
during Federal fiscal year 1983 (29 U.S.C. 801) is a chief elected official.
"Citizenship" – Designation of an applicant as a citizen or
"eligible noncitizen" whose status permits permanent employment in
the United States. (For JTPA recordkeeping purposes, "eligible
noncitizen" includes nationals of the United States, lawfully admitted
permanent resident aliens, lawfully admitted refugees and parolees, and other
individuals authorized by the Attorney General to work in the United States.)
"Continued Unsubsidized Employment" – A participant who was
employed at the time of enrollment in JTPA and maintained that employment
throughout program participation and termination.
"Department" – The Illinois Department of Commerce and
Community Affairs.
"Discretionary Fund" – Funds reserved under Section 322(a)(3)
of the Act for distribution at the Secretary of Labor's discretion to serve workers
affected by multi-State or industry-wide dislocations and to areas of special
need in a manner that efficiently targets resources to areas of most need,
encourages a rapid response to economic dislocations, and promotes the
effective use of funds.
"Dislocated Worker" – An individual who meets the eligibility
requirements specified in 56 Ill. Adm. Code 2625.55 or Section 301(a) of the
Act.
"Dislocated Worker Unit" – The identifiable unit within the
Department which will be given the responsibility and capability to respond
rapidly, on site, to permanent closures and substantial layoffs throughout the
State and to provide the services described in Section 311(b)(3) of the Act.
"Displaced Homemaker" – A person who
has worked in
the home for a substantial number of years providing unpaid household services
for family members;
has difficulty
in securing employment; and
was dependent
on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by such
income, or
was dependent
on federal assistance but is no longer eligible for such assistance.
"Documented Job Search Criterion" – One month job search
demonstrated by current registration with the Illinois Job Service.
"Early Readjustment Assistance" – Assistance given to a Title
III participant at the time of or soon after a layoff event which provides
necessary early intervention services (testing, assessment, orientation, etc.).
"Economically Disadvantaged" – An individual who
receives, or
is a member of a family which receives, cash welfare payments under a Federal,
State, or local welfare program;
has, or is a
member of a family which has, received a total family income for the six-month
period prior to application for the program involved (exclusive of unemployment
compensation, child support payments, and welfare payments) which, in relation
to family size, was not in excess of the higher of
the poverty
level determined in accordance with criteria established by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, or
70 percent of
the lower living standard income level;
is included in
a Public Aid Food Stamp Assistance Unit (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 121.70);
is a foster
child on behalf of whom State or local government payments are made; or
is a homeless
individual.
"Education Status" –
School Dropout
– An adult or youth (aged 14-21) who is not attending school full-time and has
not received a high school diploma or a General Education Diploma (GED)
certificate.
Student (High
School or Less) – An adult or youth (aged 14-21) who has not received a high
school diploma or GED certificate and is enrolled full-time in an elementary,
secondary or post-secondary level vocational, technical, or academic school, or
is between school terms and intends to return to school.
High School
Graduate or Equivalent (No Post-High School) – An adult or youth (aged 14-21)
who has received a high school diploma or GED certificate, but who has not
attended any post-secondary vocational, technical, or academic school.
Post-High
School Attendee – An adult or youth (aged 14-21) who has received a high school
diploma or GED certificate and has attended (or is attending) any post-secondary
level vocational, technical, or academic school.
"Eligible
State" – As part of the Title III reallocation process, as specified in
Section 303 of the Act, an eligible State is one which has expended at least 80
percent of its allotment for the program year prior to the program year for
which the determination is made.
"Emancipated Youth" – An emancipated youth is a minor released
from the control and supervision of his/her parent(s) or guardian(s) according
to the provisions of the Emancipation of Mature Minors Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.
1991, ch. 40, pars. 2201 et seq.) [750 ILCS 30].
"Employer Outreach" – Activities involving contacts with
potential employers of JTPA participants for the purpose of acquiring current
employment opportunities, listings and commitments. These activities include:
promoting JTPA services with local employers, job fairs, local business
conferences and seminars, and similar activities and events which are necessary
and are designed with the clear intent to obtain job listings and openings or
current job training opportunities.
"Entered Unsubsidized Employment" – The category for
participants who, at termination from the program, entered (through the efforts
of the grantee/subgrantee or through their own efforts) full- or part-time
unsubsidized employment. Unsubsidized employment means employment not financed
from funds provided under the Act and includes for JTPA reporting purposes,
entry into the Armed Forces, entry into employment in a registered
apprenticeship program, and terminees who became self-employed, were recalled
or continued unsubsidized employment.
"Entrepreneurial Training" – Training given to Title III
participants which will impart the skills necessary to obtain unsubsidized
employment through self-employment.
"Equitable Services" –
Services to
substantial segments (race, sex, age, national origin) and to Work Incentive
(WIN) registrants and school dropouts shall be equitable. Serving those
segments and status groups (i.e., WIN registrants and school dropouts) at a
level equal to their incidence in the eligible population, aged 16-64, as
defined by the state, shall be considered equitable. Serving those segments at
a level greater or lesser than that incidence shall be considered equitable if
the Service Delivery Area (SDA)
targets
services to specific groups and meets requirements of Section 141 of the Act,
and
provides
justification for that targeting to those groups with greater need.
If, as a
result of targeting or requirements of the Act, any substantial segment is
served at a rate greater than its proportion within the eligible population,
remaining substantial segments should be served proportionately.
"Excess Property" – Property under the control of any Federal
or state agency which, as determined by the head thereof, is no longer required
for its needs or discharge of its responsibilities.
"Expendable Personal Property" – All tangible personal property
other than nonexpendable property.
"Family" – One or more persons living in a single residence who
are related to each other by blood, marriage, or adoption. A step-child or a
step-parent shall be considered to be related by marriage. Also, regardless of
residence and/or citizenship, anyone claimed as a dependent on another person's
Federal Income Tax return for the previous year shall be presumed to be part of
the person's family for the current year. To negate this assumption, the
person who was claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes would be required
to provide information that demonstrates the individual is no longer
financially dependent. Examples of information that may be provided would be a
change in living arrangements or financial resources that would enable the
person to become non-dependent. Regardless of living arrangements or tax
dependency status, the following persons shall be considered a family of one
when such consideration would result in the individual being determined
eligible for program participation:
any person who
is 55 years of age or older;
a handicapped
person; or
an individual
18 years of age or older who receives less than 50 percent of his/her
maintenance from the family, and also is not the head nor the spouse of the
head of the household.
"Family
Income" – All income from all sources actually received by all members of
the family for the six month period prior to eligibility.
Family income
shall INCLUDE:
Gross wages
and salary (before deductions), except wages paid for work experience under the
Act, but including wages and salary received for on-the-job training;
Net self-employment
income (gross receipts minus operating expenses);
Other money
income received from sources such as net rents, pensions, alimony, periodic
income from insurance policy annuities, and other sources of income.
Family income
shall NOT INCLUDE:
Old Age and
Survivors Insurance benefits received under Title II of the Social Security Act
of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 402 (1983));
Non-cash
income such as food stamps, or compensation received in the form of food or
housing;
Imputed value
of owner-occupied property, i.e., rental value;
Gifts;
Public
assistance (e.g., Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) under Title IV
of the Social Security Act (SSA) (42 U.S.C. 401 (1983)), General Assistance
(State or local government), Refugee Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1521-1525 (1983)),
or Supplementary Social Security Income (SSI) under Title XVI of the SSA (42
U.S.C. 1601-1602 (1983));
Cash payments
received pursuant to a State plan approved under Titles I, IV, IX, XVI and XX
of the Social Security Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 1, 201(a), 401, 402, 1001, 1002,
1601, 1602, 2001, 2002 (1983)) or disability insurance payments received under
Title II of the Social Security Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 201 (1983));
Federal, State
or Local Unemployment benefits;
Payments made
to participants in employment and training programs, except wages paid for on-the-job
training (OJT) (e.g., the JTPA (29 U.S.C. 1501, December 31, 1982) and Title V
of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001, December 29, 1981));
Capital gains
and losses;
Fixed term,
unearned income, such as but not limited to;
Payments
received for a limited fixed term under income maintenance programs and
supplemental (private) unemployment benefits plans;
One-time or
fixed-term scholarship and fellowship grants;
Accident,
health, and casualty insurance proceeds;
Disability and
death payments, including fixed term (but not lifetime) life insurance
annuities and death benefits;
Inheritance,
including fixed term annuities;
Fixed term
workers' compensation awards;
Terminal leave
pay;
Soil bank
payments;
Agriculture
crop stabilization payments;
Pay or
allowances which were received by any veteran while serving on active duty in
the Armed Forces;
Educational
assistance and compensation payments to veterans and other eligible persons
under Chapters 11, 13, 31, 34, 35, and 36 of Title 38 (Veterans' Benefits) of
the U.S.C. (38 U.S.C. 301, 401, 1501, 1650, 1700, 1770);
Payments
received under the Trade Readjustment Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2291, January 3,
1975);
Black Lung
payments received under the Benefits Reform Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 901,
December 29, 1981); and
Child support
payments.
"Farm" – A farm is identified on the basis of sales alone and
is defined as any place which produced agricultural products with annual sales
of $1,000 or more.
"Follow-Up" – The collection of information on a terminee's
employment situation thirteen (13) weeks after termination from the program.
"Food Stamp Recipient" – An individual who is included in a
Public Aid Food Stamp Assistance Unit (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 121.70).
"Grant Recipient" – SDA grant recipient.
"Grantor" – The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.
"Handicapped Individual" – Any individual who has a physical or
mental disability which for such individual constitutes or results in a
substantial handicap to employment.
"High Unemployment SDA" – As part of the Title III reallocation
process, an SDA which is among those SDAs which have unemployment rates greater
than the statewide average unemployment for the most recent 12 months for which
data are available from the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
"Homeless Individual" – A homeless person is an individual who
lacks a fixed, regular or adequate nighttime residence or whose primary
nighttime residence is:
a supervised
publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living
accommodations,
an institution
that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be
institutionalized, or
a public or
private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping
accommodation for human beings.
"Illinois
Job Training Coordinating Council" – The advisory body appointed by the
Governor to make recommendations on issues related to employment and training
in the State. The council shall be comprised of membership consistent with
Section 122(a)(3) of the Act (as amended by P.L. 100-418) and shall perform
those functions delineated in Sections 122(b) and 317 of the Act and the
Illinois Job Training Coordinating Council Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 48,
pars. 2101 et seq.) [20 ILCS 3975].
"Inactive
Status Period" – The time period between last receipt of employment and/or
training funded under a given title and the actual date of termination from the
title.
"Income
Maintenance" – Any program providing financial assistance to persons in
financial need.
"Individual Readjustment Plan" – An individualized plan for the
Title III participant which assesses during intake, participant skills and
needs. This plan then develops a readjustment strategy, detailing those basic
readjustment services necessary to allow the participant to either begin
training or obtain employment.
"Ineligible" – A participant who, subsequent to enrollment, was
found to not meet eligibility requirements for participation in the JTPA title
in which he or she was enrolled.
"Intake" – Includes the screening of an applicant for
eligibility to determine:
whether the program can benefit the individual (e.g., whether the
applicant's educational and vocational needs can be met through the program);
the employment and training activities and services which would be appropriate
for that individual;
availability of an appropriate employment and training activity;
a decision on selection for participation in accordance with 56 Ill. Adm.
Code 2610.80; and
dissemination of information on the program (see 56 Ill. Adm. Code
2610.130(c)).
"JOBS Program Participant" – Any individual (AFDC client) who
is a participant (or has been a participant within the prior six months) in
assessment or employability planning or is assigned to one of the JOBS Program
components defined in the approved State JOBS Program Plan, including self-initiating
activities, at the time of eligibility determination for JTPA Title II-A.
"Job Specific Skills" – A PIC-Recognized Youth Employment
Competency skill area which includes primary and secondary job-specific skills.
Primary job-specific skills encompass the proficiency to perform actual tasks
and technical functions required by certain occupational fields at entry,
intermediate or advanced levels. Secondary job-specific skills entail
familiarity with and the use of set-up procedures, safety measures, work-related
terminology, recordkeeping and paperwork formats, tools, equipment and
materials, and breakdown and clean-up routines.
"Job Training Plan" – A two year program plan for the SDA
prepared in accordance with Section 104 of the Act and the Department's rules.
(See 56 Ill. Adm. Code 2610)
"Joint Costs" – Joint costs means a cost which benefits more
than one cost objective.
"Labor Force Status" –
Employed –
An individual
who, during the 7 consecutive days prior to application to a JTPA program, did
any work at all:
as a paid
employee;
in his or her
own business, profession or farm, or
worked 15
hours or more as an unpaid worker in an enterprise operated by a member of the
family; and
An individual
who was not working, but has a job or business from which he or she was
temporarily absent because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management
dispute, or personal reasons, whether or not paid by the employer for time off,
and whether or not seeking another job. (This term includes members of the
Armed Forces on active duty, who have not been discharged or separated,
participants in registered apprenticeship programs, and self-employed
individuals.)
Unemployed – An
individual who did not work during the 7 consecutive days prior to application
for a JTPA program, who made specific efforts to find a job within the past 4
weeks prior to application, and who was available for work during the 7
consecutive days prior to application (except for temporary illness).
Not in Labor
Force – A civilian 14 years of age or over who did not work during the 7
consecutive days prior to application for a JTPA program and is not classified
as employed or unemployed.
Employed Part-Time
– An individual who is regularly scheduled for work less than 30 hours per
week.
Unemployed 15
or More Weeks of Prior 26 Weeks – An individual who is unemployed at the time
of application and has been unemployed for 15 or more weeks of the 26 weeks
immediately prior to application, has made specific efforts to find a job
throughout the period of unemployment, and is not classified as "Not in
Labor Force".
"Labor-Management
Committees" – Committees voluntarily established to respond to actual or
prospective worker dislocation, which ordinarily include (but are not limited
to) the following:
shared and
equal participation by workers and management;
shared
financial participation between the company and the SDA, using funds provided
under Title III of the Act, in paying for the operating expenses of the
committee; a chairperson, to oversee and guide the activities of the committee,
who shall be jointly selected by the labor and management members of the
committee, who is not employed by or under contract with labor or management at
the site, and who shall provide advice and leadership to the committee and
prepare a report on its activities;
the ability to
respond flexibly to the needs of affected workers by devising and implementing
a strategy for assessing the employment and training needs of each dislocated
worker and for obtaining the services and assistance necessary to meet those
needs;
a formal
agreement, terminable at will by the workers or the company management, and
terminable for cause by the Governor (e.g., violations of the Act, fraud,
termination of funding); and
local job
identification activities (e.g., approaching supplier firms to hire dislocated
workers or hosting events to bring together local employers to interview
dislocated workers) by the chairman and members of the committee on behalf of
the affected workers.
"Limited English Language Proficiency" – Inability of an
applicant, whose native language is not English, to communicate in English,
resulting in a job handicap.
"Local Elected Official" – Includes all county and municipal
officers (and their designees) such as county board members, mayors, and city
or village council members.
"Lower Living Standard Income Level" – That income level
(adjusted for regional, metropolitan, urban, and rural differences and family
size) determined annually by the Secretary based on the most recent "lower
living family budget" issued by the Secretary.
"Major Plant Closing" – When plant closing employs over 100
persons.
"Mass Layoff" – When over 100 persons are on layoff from a
plant.
"Mathematics Grade Level" – The grade level results for an
adult or youth on mathematics skills as assessed on a generally accepted
standardized test (e.g., Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE), Wide Range
Achievement Test (WRAT)).
"Minimal Work History" – An adult or youth who did not work for
the same employer for longer than three consecutive months in the two years
prior to JTPA eligibility determination.
"Monetary Eligibility" – A claimant's eligibility for a weekly
benefit amount of unemployment insurance and the amount of dependency
allowance, if any, based on the amount of qualifying wages paid.
"Months received AFDC (last 30 months)" – the number of months
an adult or youth (or the family of an adult or youth) received cash payments
under AFDC (SSA Title IV) during any of the 30 months prior to eligibility
determination.
"Multiple Barriers to Employment" – Any adult or youth who has
three or more of the following barriers to employment:
school
dropout,
limited
English language proficiency,
handicapped/disabled,
offender,
reading skills below the 7th grade level,
math skills below the 7th grade level,
long-term AFDC recipient,
lacks significant work history,
homeless,
JOBS Program participant,
substance abuse,
pregnant/parenting teen.
"Nonexpendable Personal Property" – Tangible personal property
having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $300 or
more per unit.
"Offender" – An adult or youth who requires assistance in
overcoming barriers to employment resulting from a record of arrest or
conviction (excluding misdemeanors).
"Older Individual" – An individual who is 55 years of age or
older.
"Older Worker" – An individual who is 55 years of age or older.
"Other Termination" – The termination of a participant who left
the grantee's/subgrantee's program for a positive or non-positive reason other
than to enter unsubsidized employment, or for youth a reason specified in the
definition of "Youth Employability Enhancement Termination".
"Out-of-Area Job Search" – Assistance provided to a participant
for expenses that occur as a result of seeking unsubsidized employment in an
area outside a reasonable commuting distance from the participant's residence.
Reasonable, for the purposes of this definition, will be defined by the local
Private Industry Council. Services must be provided near the end of, or within
90 days after the completion of other retraining services.
"Outreach" – An activity which involves the collection,
publication, and dissemination of information on program services directed
toward economically disadvantaged and other individuals eligible to receive
JTPA training and support services.
"Participant" – An individual who:
has been
determined eligible for participation upon intake and
has started
receiving employment, training, or services (except post-termination services)
funded under the Act, following intake. Individuals who receive only outreach
and/or intake and assessment services or post-program follow-up are excluded.
"Participant Carried Over" – A participant for whom there was
an active participant record on file at the end of the previous program year.
"Part-Time Student" – An adult or youth who has not received a
high school diploma or GED certificate but is enrolled in a secondary school or
an institution offering a certified high school equivalency program on a less
than full-time schedule.
"Personal Property" – Personal property of any kind except real
property. It may be tangible – having physical existence, or intangible – having
no physical existence, such as patents, inventions, and copyrights.
"PIC" – Private Industry Council.
"PIC Membership Selection Agreement" – An agreement negotiated
pursuant to Section 102(d)(2) of the Act and Section 2600.40(e)(1) of this Part
between chief elected officials within the SDA which specifies how members of
the PIC shall be selected.
"Post Termination Services" – Supportive services available to
individuals who terminate as, "entered employment," which are
determined necessary to assist such individuals in retaining employment. These
services may be provided for no more than 6 months following completion of
training.
"Poverty Level" – The annual income level at, or below, which
families are considered to live in poverty, as annually determined by the
Department of Health and Human Services.
"Pre-Employment Skills and Work Maturity Skills" – A PIC-Recognized
Youth Employment Competency skill area which includes both pre-employment
skills and work maturity skills. Pre-employment skills include world of work
awareness, labor market knowledge, occupational information, values
clarification and personal understanding, career planning, decision making, and
job search techniques (e.g., resumes, interviews, applications, and follow-up
letters). They also encompass survival/daily living skills such as using the
telephone, telling time, shopping, making change, renting an apartment, opening
a bank account and using public transportation. Work Maturity skills include
positive work habits, attitudes, and behavior such as punctuality, regular
attendance, presenting a neat appearance, getting along and working well with
others, exhibiting good conduct, following instructions and completing tasks,
accepting constructive criticism from supervisors and co-workers, showing
initiative and reliability, and assuming the responsibilities involved in
maintaining a job. This category also entails developing motivation and
adaptability, obtaining effective interpersonal relations, coping and problem-solving
skills, and acquiring an improved self image. Individuals should demonstrate
proficiency in each of the following 11 core competencies. In order for an
attainment to be reported in the area of pre-employment/work maturity, at least
one PIC-certified competency statement must be developed/quantified in each of
the following 11 core competencies – provided that at least 5 of these learning
objectives were achieved during program intervention:
making career
decisions;
using labor market information;
preparing resumes;
filling out applications;
interviewing;
being consistently punctual;
maintaining regular attendance;
demonstrating positive attitudes/behavior;
presenting appropriate appearance;
exhibiting good interpersonal relations; and
completing tasks effectively.
"Pregnant/Parenting Teen" – Any individual, under twenty years
of age, who is the parent or guardian of one or more children or any female,
under twenty years of age, who is pregnant.
"Pre-layoff Services" – Readjustment assistance (as defined in
Section 314(c) of the Act) given to a Title III participant, after the
announcement of a layoff and before that layoff becomes effective.
"Previous Occupation SOC Codes" – The Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) codes associated with the client's previous employment.
"Private Industry Council" – The Council established pursuant
to Section 102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512, December
31, 1982). The Council will be comprised of membership consistent with Section
102(a) of the Act and will perform those functions delineated in Section 103(a)
of the Act.
"Program Dropout" – A participant who, after enrollment, does
not participate in the training and/or service activity(ies) in which he or she
was enrolled sufficiently to benefit from the program.
"Program Year" (PY) – The months of July through June.
"Public Assistance" – Federal, State, or local government cash
payments for which eligibility is determined by a need or income test. NOTE:
This term is used for eligibility determination and includes the three groups
included in "welfare recipient", plus recipients of Supplemental
Security Income (SSI), but is not limited to these assistance programs.
"Race/Ethnic Group" – The basic racial and ethnic categories
for use in all Federally funded programs are defined by the Office of
Management and Budget as follows:
White, Not
Hispanic – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe,
North Africa, or the Middle East.
Black, Not Hispanic – A person having origins in any of the black racial
groups of Africa.
Hispanic – A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South
American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
American Indian or Alaskan Native – A person having origins in any of the
original peoples of North America, and who maintains cultural identification
through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
Asian or Pacific Islander – A person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or
the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China, India, Japan,
Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa. (Hawaiian Natives are included
herein.)
"Reading Grade Level" – The English reading skills grade level
for an adult or youth on a generally accepted standardized test (e.g., Test of
Adult Basic Education (TABE), Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), Job Corps
Reading Test).
"Real Property" – Land, including land improvements, structures
and appurtenances thereto, excluding movable machinery and equipment.
"Recalled" – A client who, after enrollment in a JTPA program,
returns to a firm from which he or she was laid off.
"Recipient" – The governor of the State of Illinois.
"Referral" – The act of bringing to the attention of an
employer, a local office, a training sponsor, or a supportive service agency,
an individual (or group of individuals) who needs a job, training, or related
supportive services.
"Registered Apprenticeship Program" – A formal written
occupational training program which combines on-the-job training and related
instruction and in which workers learn the practical and conceptual skills
required for a skilled occupation, craft, or trade. Apprenticeship programs
must meet 22 criteria specified in 29 CFR 29.5 (as revised July 1, 1989, with
no later amendments or editions) to be registered by the Secretary of Labor or
designated state representative. Apprentices who complete the program are
awarded a certificate of completion by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training and/or the state Apprenticeship Council in those states certified as
meeting federal requirements.
"Relocation" – Assistance provided to a participant for all or
part of the expenses resulting from a participant and his or her family moving
to a labor market within which the participant does not currently reside.
Criteria for receiving funds under this category include but are not limited
to:
a
determination is made that the participant cannot secure suitable employment
within the labor market;
documentation
that the participant has obtained a bonafide employment offer; and
the occupation
is related to vocational retraining received as a result of the program.
"Relocation Assistance" – The activities necessary to arrange
for a family to move to a new abode for the purpose of accepting long-duration
employment. Activities may include, but are not limited to: the cost of the
actual transfer of goods and property, including mileage for the family's travel;
emergency assistance; rent subsidies; and other supportive services.
"Residence" – An individual's principal dwelling or home.
"Satisfactory Progress in School – A Service Delivery Area, in
cooperation with the local school system, must develop a written policy which
defines an individual standard of progress that each participant is required to
meet. Such a standard should, at a minimum, include both a qualitative element
of a participant's progress (e.g., performance on a criterion referenced test
or a grade point average) and a quantitative element (e.g., a time limit for
completion of the program or course of study). This policy may provide for
exceptional situations in which students who do not meet the standard of
progress are nonetheless making satisfactory progress during a probationary
period because of mitigating circumstances.
"SDA Grant Recipient" – The entity that receives JTPA funds for
a service delivery area (SDA). SDA grant recipients are particular types of
subrecipients.
"Secretary" – The Secretary of the United States Department of
Labor.
"Selective Service Registrant" – Any individual who must
register, as required by Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50
U.S.C. App. 453 (1982)).
"Service Delivery Area" (SDA) – An area comprised of one or
more units of general local government designated by the Governor to promote
effective delivery of job training services under JTPA in accordance with
Section 101 of the Act.
"Single Head of Household with Dependent Children" – A single,
abandoned, separated, divorced or widowed individual who has responsibility for
one or more dependent children under age 18.
"State" – The State of Illinois.
"State Plan" – The biennial plan for Title III activities in
the State prepared by the Governor in accordance with Section 311 of the Act
and 20 CFR 631.36 (as revised April 1, 1990, with no later amendments or
editions).
"State Reserve Fund" – That portion of the State's funds,
allotted in accordance with Section 302(b) of P.L. 97-300 (as amended by P. L.
100-418), reserved to the Governor under Section 302(c)(1) for the uses
described in that section.
"Subgrantee" – A subrecipient.
"Subrecipient" – The legal entity to which a subgrant is
awarded and which is accountable to the recipient (or higher tier subrecipient)
for the use of the funds provided. For JTPA purposes, distinguishing
characteristics of a subrecipient include items such as determining eligibility
of applicants, enrollment of participants, performance measured against meeting
the objectives of the program, responsibility for programmatic decisionmaking,
responsibility for compliance with program requirements, and use of the funds
awarded to carry out a JTPA program or project, as compared to providing goods
or services for a JTPA program or project (vendor). Depending on local
circumstances, the PIC, local elected official, or administrative entity may be
a subrecipient. SDA grant recipients and JTPA Title III substate grantees are
particular types of subrecipients.
"Subsidized Employment" – Employment created in the public
sector and in private for profit or nonprofit organizations which is financed
by the recipient's program funds. Subsidized employment includes work
experience. (On-the-Job Training (OJT) is a reportable training activity,
rather than subsidized employment.)
"Substance Abuser" – An adult or youth determined to be drug or
alcohol dependent as determined by a medical authority or authorized school
staff (e.g., guidance counselor, principal, school nurse).
"Substantial Layoff" – Any reduction in force which is not the
result of a plant closing and which results in an employment loss at a single
site of employment during any 30-day period for:
At least 33
percent of the employees (excluding employees regularly working less than 20
hours per week); and
At least 50
employees (excluding employees regularly working less than 20 hours per week);
or at least 500 employees excluding employees regularly working less than 20
hours per week).
"Substate Area" (SSA) – An area comprised of one or more
existing Service Delivery Areas, designated by the Governor to promote the
effective delivery of services to dislocated workers in accordance with Section
312(a) of the Act.
"Substate Grantee" – The entity which is designated, in
accordance with the procedures described in Section 312(b) of the Act, as
having the responsibility for providing the services described in Section
314(c), (d), and (e) of the Act pursuant to an agreement with the Governor and
in accordance with the State plan and the substate plan.
"Substate Plan" – A Title III program plan for the substate
areas prepared in accordance with Section 313 of the Act, the State plan, and
such instructions as the Department issues in complying with 20 CFR 631.50
(revised as of April 1, 1990, with no later amendments or editions).
"Summer Months" – The months of May through September.
"Terminal Leave Pay" – Severance pay or payment received in
lieu of accrued benefits when an individual terminates employment.
"Termination" – The separation of a participant from a given
title of the Act who is no longer receiving employment, training or services
(except post-termination services) funded under that title.
NOTE: Individuals may continue to be considered as participants for a
period of 90 days after last receipt of employment or training funded under a
given title.
"UC Claimant" – Any individual who has filed a claim and has
been determined monetarily eligible for benefit payments under one or more
State or Federal unemployment compensation (UC) programs, and who has not
exhausted benefit rights or whose benefit year has not ended.
"UC Exhaustee" – Any individual who has exhausted his
unemployment compensation benefits (not including Extended, Additional State,
or Federal Supplemental Benefits) for which he has been determined monetarily
eligible.
"Unsubsidized Employment" – Employment not financed from funds
provided under the Act.
"Upgrading Training" – Training given to an individual who
needs such training to advance above an entry-level or dead-end employment
position.
"Vendor" – An entity responsible for providing generally
required goods or services to be used in the JTPA program. These goods or
services may be for the recipient's or subrecipient's own use or for the use of
participants in the program. Distinguishing characteristics of a vendor include
items such as:
providing
the goods and services within normal business operations;
providing
similar goods and services to many different purchasers, including purchaser
outside the JTPA program; and
operating in
a competitive environment.
A vendor is not a subrecipient and does not exhibit the distinguishing
characteristics attributable to a subrecipient as defined above. Any entity
directly involved in the delivery of program services not available to the
general public, with the exception of an employer providing on-the-job-training,
shall be considered a subrecipient rather than a vendor.
"Veteran" – A person who served on active duty in the military,
naval, or air service (of the United States) for a period of more than 180 days
and who was discharged or released therefrom with other than a dishonorable
discharge or was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected
disability.
NOTE: The
term "active" means full-time duty in the Armed Forces, other than
duty for training in the reserves or National Guard. Any period of duty for
training in the reserves or National Guard, including authorized travel, during
which an individual was disabled from a disease or injury incurred or
aggravated in the line of duty, is considered "active" duty.
Recently
Separated Veteran – Any veteran who applies for participation under any title
of the Act within 48 months of the discharge or release from active military,
naval, or air service.
Disabled
Veteran – A veteran
who is
entitled to compensation under laws administered by the Veterans'
Administration, or
an individual
who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected
disability.
Vietnam-Era
Veteran – A veteran any part of whose active military, naval, or air service
occurred between August 5, 1964 through May 7, 1975.
"Vocational Exploration Program (VEP)" – A program for the
purpose of exposing individuals to the operation and types of jobs available in
the private sector through observation of such jobs and instruction including,
where appropriate, limited practical experience.
"Welfare Recipient" – An individual who receives or whose
family receives cash payments under Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC) (Social Security Act (SSA) Title IV) (42 U.S.C. 401 (1983)), General
Assistance (State or local government), or the Refugee Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C.
1521-1525 (1983)). (For proposed performance standards purposes, this term
excludes recipients of Supplementary Security Income (SSI) Title XVI of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1601, 1602 (1983)).
"Work Experience" – A short-term or part-time work assignment
with a public or private nonprofit employing agency for a participant who needs
assistance in becoming accustomed to basic work requirements. It is prohibited
in the private-for-profit sector except for limited internships and entry
employment experience programs, as provided in Section 264(c)(1)(F) and (H).
Work experience is designed to promote the development of good work
habits and basic work skills for individuals who have never worked or who have
been out of the labor force for an extended period of time including, but not
limited to:
students;
summer
youth;
school
dropouts;
individuals
with disabilities; and
older
workers.
Participation
in work experience shall be for a reasonable length of time, based on the needs
of the participant, which shall be documented in the participant's ISS. Generally,
work experience for adults may not exceed the later of 6 months or 499 hours if
working part-time. The ISS shall include a justification in each case where
work experience is authorized in excess of these limits for adults.
Work
experience conducted under Titles II-A and II-C shall be accompanied, either
concurrently or sequentially, by other services designed to increase the basic
education and/or occupational skills of the participant, as documented in the
ISS.
Work
experience is not an allowable activity under Title III of the Act.
"Youth"
– An individual who is aged 16 through 21. (Individuals aged 14 and 15 may
participate in a "preemployment skills training program" for youth.)
"Youth
Competency System" – A sufficiently developed youth employment competency
system must include the following structural and procedural elements:
Quantifiable
Learning Objectives – PIC-recognized competency statements that are
quantifiable, employment-related, measurable, verifiable learning objectives
that specify the proficiency to be achieved as a result of program
participation. Employment competencies/quantifiable learning objectives
approved by the PIC as relevant to the SDA must include a description of the
skills/knowledge/attitudes/behavior to be taught, the levels of achievement to
be attained, and the means of measurement to be used to demonstrate competency
accomplishment. The level of achievement selected should enhance the youth's
employability and opportunities for postprogram employment.
Related
Curricula, Training Modules, and Approaches – Focused curricula, training
modules, or behavior modification approaches which teach the employment
competencies in which youth are found to be deficient. Such related activities,
components, or courses must encompass participant orientation, work-site
supervisor/instructor/community volunteer training, and staff development
endeavors as appropriate. They also must include, as appropriate, relevant agreements,
manuals, implementation packages, instructions, and guidelines. A minimum
duration of training must be specified which allows sufficient time for a youth
to achieve those skills necessary to attain his/her learning objectives.
Pre-Assessment
– Assessment of participant employment competency needs at the start of the
program to determine if a youth requires assistance and is capable of
benefitting from available services. A minimum level of need must be
established before a participant is eligible to be tracked as a potential
"attained PIC-recognized youth employment competency" outcome. All
assessment techniques must be objective, unbiased and conform to widely
accepted measurement criteria. Measurement methods used must contain clearly
defined criteria, be field tested for utility, consistency, and accuracy, and
provide for the training/preparation of all raters/scorers.
Post-Assessment
(Evaluation) – Evaluation of participant achievement at the end of the program
to determine if competency-based learning gains took place during project
enrollment. Intermediate checking to track progress is encouraged. All
evaluation techniques must be objective, unbiased and conform to widely
accepted evaluation criteria. Measurement methods used must contain clearly
defined criteria, be field tested for utility, consistency, and accuracy, and
provide for the training/preparation of all raters/scorers.
Employability
Development Planning – Use of assessment results in assigning a youth to
appropriate learning activities/sites in the proper sequence to promote
participant growth and development, remedy identified deficiencies, and build
upon strengths.
Documentation
– Maintenance of participant records and necessary reporting of competency-based
outcomes to document intra-program learning gains achieved by youth.
Certification
– Proof of youth employment competency attainment in the form of a certificate
for participants who achieve predetermined levels of proficiency to use as
evidence of this accomplishment and to assist them in entering the labor
market.
"Youth
Employability Enhancement Termination" – An outcome for youth, other than
entered unsubsidized employment, which is recognized as enhancing long-term
employability and contributing to the potential for long-term increase in
earnings and employment. Outcomes which meet this requirement shall be
restricted to the following:
Attained (two
or more) PIC-Recognized Youth Employment Competencies – Demonstrated
proficiency as defined by the PIC in two or more of the following three skill
areas in which the client was deficient at enrollment: Pre-employment/Work
Maturity; Basic Education; or Job-specific Skills. Competency gains must be
achieved through program participation and tracked through sufficiently
developed systems that must include: quantifiable learning objectives, related
curricula/training modules, pre- and post assessment, employability planning,
documentation and certification.
Returned to
Full-Time School – The total number of youth who,
had returned
to full-time secondary school (e.g., junior high school, middle school and high
school), including alternative school, if, at the time of intake the
participant was not attending school, exclusive of summer, and had not obtained
a high school diploma or equivalent and
prior to
termination had been retained in school for one semester or at least 120
calendar days.
NOTE: Alternative
School – A specialized, structured curriculum offered inside or outside of the
public school system which may provide work/study and/or GED preparation.
Remained in
School – The total number of youth who, prior to termination, had been retained
in full-time secondary school, including alternative school, for one semester
or at least 120 calendar days. A youth may be terminated with this enhancement
only if he/she was attending school at the time of intake, had not received a
high school diploma or equivalent, and was considered "at risk of dropping
out of school", as defined by the Governor in this Section in consultation
with the Illinois State Board of Education.
NOTE: To
obtain credit for Returned to Full-Time School or Remained in School, SDAs must
be prepared to demonstrate that retention results from continuing participation
in JTPA activities and the youth must be making satisfactory progress in
school, and for youth aged 16-21: attain a PIC-approved Youth Employment
Competency in Basic Skills or Job Specific Skills and for individuals aged 14-15:
attained a PIC-approved Youth Employment Competency in Pre-employment/Work Maturity
or Basic Skills.
Completed
Major Level of Education – The total number of adults/youths who, prior to
termination, had completed, during enrollment, a level of educational
achievement which had not been reached at entry. Levels of educational achievement
are secondary and post secondary. Completion standards:
shall be
governed by state standard; and
shall include
a high school diploma, GED certificate or equivalent at the secondary level;
and
shall require
a diploma or other written certification of completion at the post-secondary
level.
NOTE: To
obtain credit, completion of a major level of education must result primarily
from JTPA program participation of at least 90 calendar days or 200 hours.
Entered Non-Title
II Training – The total number of adults/youth who, prior to termination, had
entered an occupational-skills employment/training program, not funded under
Title II of the JTPA, which builds upon and does not duplicate training
received under Title II.
NOTE: To
obtain credit, the participant must have been retained in that program for at
least 90 calendar days or 200 hours or must have received a certification of
occupational skill attainment. During the period the participant is in non-Title
II training, he/she may or may not have received JTPA services.
(Source: Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 9902, effective June 17, 1994)
