[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: 20CFR627.310]

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                      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. 627.310  Supportive services.

    (a)(1) The SDA or SSG shall develop a policy on supportive services 
in accordance with the definition at section 4(24) of the Act. This 
policy shall be included in the job training plan approved by the 
Governor (section 4(24)). Supportive services may be provided to 
participants through in-kind or cash assistance, or by arrangement with 
another human service agency when necessary to enable an individual who 
is eligible for training under a JTPA assisted program, but who cannot 
afford to pay for such services, to participate in such JTPA-assisted 
program.
    (2) In the event that an SDA or SSG adopts a policy of providing a 
fixed reimbursement for a particular supportive service to all 
participants, it shall, as part of its policy, state the rationale for 
its choice and the fixed amounts it has adopted.
    (b) Limited supportive services may be provided to applicants in 
order to permit them to complete the application process.
    (c) Necessary supportive services shall be recorded in a 
participant's ISS under title II or should be recorded in a 
participant's individual readjustment plan under title III. When 
supportive services are provided in accordance with paragraph (b) of 
this section, information on any supportive service provided may be 
maintained for future inclusion in an ISS.
    (d) The SDA or SSG shall ensure, to the extent possible, that 
similarly situated participants receive similar supportive services.
    (e) For title II participants, necessary supportive services (with 
the exception of financial assistance) may be provided for up to one 
year following termination as post-termination or followup services 
(sections 4(24), 204(b)(2)(J), and 204(c)(4)). For title III 
participants, the provisions at section 314(c)(15) of the Act shall 
apply.
    (f) An SDA or SSG may set fixed levels of benefit for any supportive 
service.
    (g)(1) For purposes of title II, financial assistance is defined as 
a general supportive service payment for the purpose of retaining 
participants in training.
    (2) Financial assistance payments may be considered to be necessary 
for participation in training for title II participants, i.e., a 
separate, individual determination of need is not necessary.
    (h) Needs-related payments. The requirements pertaining to needs-
related payments provided for under section 315(b) under title III of 
the Act, are described in part 631 of this chapter.