[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: 20CFR631.65]

[Page 273-274]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 631--PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE III OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart G--Federal Delivery of Dislocated Worker Services Through 
                     National Reserve Account Funds
 
Sec. 631.65  Special provisions for CAETA and DDP.

    (a) Allowances for Job Search Outside the Commuting Area under 
CAETA. Allowances for job search outside the commuting area shall be an 
allowable activity under CAETA, only where it has been determined that 
the dislocated worker cannot reasonably be expected to secure suitable 
employment within the commuting area in which the worker resides. 
Procedures for determining whether a dislocated worker cannot reasonably 
be expected to secure suitable employment within the commuting area in 
which the dislocated worker resides shall be described in the grant 
application and shall be subject to approval by the Grant Officer. The 
cost of job search outside the commuting area shall be an allowable 
cost, but shall not provide for more than 90 percent of the cost of 
necessary job search expenses, and may not exceed a total of $800, 
unless the need for a greater amount is justified in the grant 
application and approved by the Grant Officer.
    (b) Relocation Allowances under CAETA. Relocation allowances under 
CAETA shall be allowable only where the eligible dislocated worker 
cannot reasonably be expected to secure suitable employment in the 
commuting area in which the worker resides and has obtained suitable 
employment affording a reasonable expectation of long-term duration in 
the area in which the worker wishes to relocate, or has obtained a bona 
fide offer of such employment, provided that the worker is totally 
separated from employment at the time relocation commences. The cost of 
relocation for an eligible dislocated worker shall not exceed an amount 
which is equal to the sum of the reasonable and necessary expenses 
incurred in transporting the dislocated worker and the dislocated 
worker's family, if any, and household effects, and a lump sum 
relocation allowance, equivalent to three times such worker's average 
weekly wage. The maximum relocation allowance, however, shall not exceed 
$800, unless a greater amount is justified in the grant application and 
approved by the Grant Officer. Necessary expenses shall be travel 
expenses for the dislocated worker and the dislocated worker's family 
and for the transfer of household effects. Reasonable costs for such 
travel and transfer expenses shall be by the least expensive, most 
reasonable form of transportation.
    (c) Needs-related payments under CAETA and DDP. Funds from grants 
for CAETA and DDP shall be available for needs-related payments to 
enable participants to participate in and complete training or education 
programs under those grants, subject to the following:
    (1) Needs-related payments shall be provided to the participant only 
if the participant:
    (i) Does not qualify or has ceased to qualify for unemployment 
compensation;
    (ii) Has been enrolled in training programs by the end of the 13th 
week of an individual's initial unemployment benefit period following 
the layoff or termination, or, if later, the end of the 8th week after 
an individual is informed that a short-term layoff will exceed six 
months;
    (iii) Is making satisfactory progress in training or education 
programs

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under this section, except that an individual shall not be disqualified 
pursuant to this clause for a failure to participate that is not the 
fault of the individual; and
    (iv) Currently receives, or is a member of a family which currently 
receives, a total family income (exclusive of unemployment compensation, 
child support payments, and welfare payments) which, in relation to 
family size, is not in excess of the lower living standard income level.
    (2) Needs-related payments shall be equal to the higher of:
    (i) The applicable level of unemployment compensation; or
    (ii) The poverty level determined in accordance with the criteria 
established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    (3) Total family income shall be reviewed periodically, based upon 
information obtained from participants with respect to such income and 
changes therein, to determine continued eligibility, or to begin 
payments to individuals previously found ineligible for needs-related 
payments under this section.

Subpart H [Reserved]