[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR617.20]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 617--TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS UNDER THE TRADE ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Reemployment Services
 
Sec. 617.20  Responsibilities for the delivery of reemployment services.


    (a) State agency referral. Cooperating State agencies shall be 
responsible for:
    (1) Advising each adversely affected worker to apply for training 
with the State agency responsible for reemployment services, while the 
worker is receiving UI payments, and at the time the individual files an 
initial claim for TRA; and
    (2) Referring each adversely affected worker to the State agency 
responsible for training and other reemployment services in a timely 
manner.
    (b) State agency responsibilities. The responsibilities of 
cooperating State

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agencies under subpart C of this part include, but are not limited to:
    (1) Interviewing each adversely affected worker regarding suitable 
training opportunities reasonably available to each individual under 
subpart C of this part, reviewing such opportunities with each 
individual, informing each individual of the requirement for 
participation in training as a condition for receiving TRA, and 
accepting each individual's application for training. Such training may 
be approved for any adversely affected worker at any time after a 
certification is issued and the worker is determined to be covered 
without regard to whether the worker has exhausted all rights to 
unemployment insurance;
    (2) Registering adversely affected workers for work;
    (3) Informing adversely affected workers of the reemployment 
services and allowances available under the Act and this Part 617, the 
application procedures, the filing date requirements for such 
reemployment services and the training requirement for receiving TRA;
    (4) Determining whether suitable employment, as defined in 
Sec. 617.22(a)(1), is available;
    (5) Providing counseling, testing, placement, and supportive 
services;
    (6) Providing or procuring self-directed job search training, when 
necessary;
    (7) Providing training, job search and relocation assistance;
    (8) Developing a training plan with the individual;
    (9) Determining which training institutions offer training programs 
at a reasonable cost and with a reasonable expectation of employment 
following the completion of such training, and procuring such training;
    (10) Documenting the standards and procedures used to select 
occupations and training institutions in which training is approved;
    (11) Making referrals and approving training programs;
    (12) Monitoring the progress of workers in approved training 
programs;
    (13) Developing, and periodically reviewing and updating 
reemployment plans for adversely affected workers;
    (14) Developing and implementing a procedure for reviewing training 
waivers and revocations at least every 30 days to determine whether the 
conditions under which they are issued have changed; and
    (15) Coordinating the administration and delivery of employment 
services, benefits, training, and supplemental assistance for adversely 
affected workers with programs under the Act and under Title III of the 
Job Training Partnership Act.

[59 FR 934, Jan. 6, 1994]