[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: 20CFR627.305]

[Page 200-201]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 627--GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING PROGRAMS UNDER TITLES I, II, AND III OF THE ACT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C--Payments, Supportive Services, and Benefits and Working 
                               Conditions
 
Sec. 627.305  Payments.

    (a)(1) General. Allowable types of payments which may be made to 
participants are: Needs-based payments for eligible individuals in 
programs under title II; incentive and bonus payments for participants 
in title II programs; work-based training payments for work experience, 
entry employment experience, internships and other work-based training 
activities; payments for participants in title II-B activities; and 
training payments for combined activities in title II programs. These 
payments shall be made in accordance with paragraphs (b) through (f) of 
this section.
    (2) A participant shall receive no payments for training activities 
in which the participant fails to participate without good cause 
(section 142(a)(1)).
    (3) The SDA shall ensure to the extent possible that similarly 
situated participants receive similar payments.
    (4) Payments to participants, broadly defined for this subsection as 
all funds distributed to participants except OJT wages, shall not be 
considered as income for the purposes of determining eligibility for and 
the amount of income transfer and in-kind aid furnished under any 
Federal or federally assisted program based on need, other than as 
provided under the Social Security Act (section 142(b)).
    (5) The SDA is responsible for meeting any applicable Internal 
Revenue Service and Fair Labor Standards Act requirements (section 
142(a)(3)).
    (6) An SDA may set fixed levels for any non-wage payment.
    (b) Needs-based payments. (1) Participants in programs funded under 
title II may receive needs-based payments when such payments are 
necessary to enable the individual to participate in training programs. 
Payments shall be made in accordance with a locally developed policy 
which is included in the job training plan approved by the Governor.
    (2) The individual determination of participants' needs-based 
payments and the amount of such payments shall be based upon the results 
of the continuing objective assessment and determined in accordance with 
a locally developed policy. The provisions and amount of such payments 
shall be recorded in the ISS.
    (c) Incentive and bonus payments. Participants in programs funded 
under title II may receive incentive and bonus payments based on their 
attendance and performance in accordance with a locally developed 
policy. The policy shall be described in the job training plan approved 
by the Governor and shall include a specification of the requirements 
for the receipt of such payments and the level of payments.
    (d) Work-based training payments. Individuals participating in work 
experience, in entry employment experience programs, in limited 
internships for youth in the private sector, or in other work-based 
training activities under title II of the Act may receive work-based 
training payments which may be wages.
    (e) Summer participants may receive training payments for 
participation in activities under title II-B.
    (f) Training payments for combined activities. For title II 
programs, participants in one of the activities described in paragraph 
(d) of this section for which work-based training payments are payable 
for more than 50 percent of

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the participant's time, including classroom training, may also receive 
training payments for hours of participation in classroom training.