[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: 20CFR628.545]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 628--PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE II OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart E--Program Design Requirements for Programs Under Title II of 
                    the Job Training Partnership Act
 
Sec. 628.545  Linkages and coordination.

    (a) General requirements. (1) To the extent practicable, and as 
permitted by law and regulations, the Governor shall, at the State 
level, facilitate coordination among the programs set forth at section 
205(a) and 265(b) of the Act, including, but not limited to, the 
establishment of State-level coordination agreements. The Governor may 
focus coordination through the SJTCC or the HRIC.
    (2) The SDA, in conducting programs under this part, shall establish 
appropriate linkages and coordination procedures with other Federal 
programs and appropriate State and local educational, social service, 
and public housing agencies, including with CBO's, business and labor 
organizations, volunteer groups and others, such as women and older 
worker organizations, and with appropriate education and training 
agencies, such as local JOBS programs, Employment Service offices which 
provide services for JTPA participants, and the local agencies on aging, 
to avoid duplication and to enhance the delivery of services, which 
shall be described in the SDA job training plan. Where a local agency 
declines to complete such a linkage with an SDA, the SDA shall reflect 
this information in its job training plan (section 104(b)).
    (b) SDA's are encouraged to facilitate effective ``one stop shop 
career centers'' and ``single point of contact'' delivery systems which 
may include:
    (1) The development of individual service strategy plans and of a 
common program application; and
    (2) A unified job development effort and comprehensive programmatic 
design (sections 104(b) (3) and (4), 205 (a) and (b) and 265).
    (c) Requirements for youth. For the youth programs under this part, 
formal agreements shall be established with appropriate local 
educational agencies which participate in JTPA programs which, at a 
minimum, shall specify:
    (1) The procedures for referring and serving in-school youth;
    (2) The methods of assessment of in-school youth; and
    (3) Procedures for notifying the SDA when a youth drops out of the 
school system.
    (d) Schoolwide projects. (1) In conducting a schoolwide project for 
low income individuals under sections 263(g) and 265(d) of the Act, the 
SDA shall establish a cooperative agreement with the appropriate local 
educational agency.
    (2) In addition to the requirements listed in paragraphs (a) and (b) 
of this section, the cooperative agreement shall include:
    (i) A description of the ways in which the JTPA schoolwide project 
will supplement the educational program of the school;
    (ii) Identification of measurable goals to be achieved by the 
schoolwide project and a provision for assessing the extent to which 
such goals are met;
    (iii) A description of the ways in which the program will use 
available JTPA and other education program resources;
    (iv) A description of the number of individuals to be served by the 
schoolwide project; and

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    (v) Assurances that JTPA resources shall be used in coordination 
with existing sources of funds to supplement and not supplant them 
(section 107(b)).
    (3) In areas where there is more than one local educational agency, 
cooperative agreements for schoolwide projects are required only with 
those local education agencies that will participate in programs under 
schoolwide projects (section 263(g)).