[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: 20CFR661.240]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 661--STATEWIDE AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--State Governance Provisions
 
Sec. 661.240  How do the unified planning requirements apply to the five-year strategic WIA and Wagner-Peyser plan and to other Department of Labor plans?

    (a) A State may submit to the Secretary a unified plan for any of 
the programs or activities described in WIA section 501(b)(2). This 
includes the following DOL programs and activities:
    (1) The five-year strategic WIA and Wagner-Peyser plan;
    (2) Trade adjustment assistance activities and NAFTA-TAA;
    (3) Veterans' programs under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 41;
    (4) Programs authorized under State unemployment compensation laws;
    (5) Welfare-to-Work (WtW) programs; and
    (6) Senior Community Service Employment Programs under title V of 
the Older Americans Act.
    (b) For purposes of paragraph (a) of this section:
    (1) A State may submit, as part of the unified plan, any plan, 
application form or any other similar document, that is required as a 
condition for the approval of Federal funding under the applicable 
program. These plans include such things as the WIA plan, or the WtW 
plan. They do not include jointly executed funding instruments, such as 
grant agreements, or Governor/Secretary Agreements or items such as 
corrective actions plans.
    (2) A state may submit a unified plan meeting the requirements of 
the Interagency guidance entitled State Unified

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Plan, Planning Guidance for State Unified Plans Under Section 501 of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, in lieu of completing the individual 
State planning guidelines of the programs covered by the unified plan.
    (c) A State which submits a unified plan covering an activity or 
program described in subsection 501(b) of WIA that is approved under 
subsection 501(d) of the Act will not be required to submit any other 
plan or application in order to receive Federal funds to carry out the 
activity or program.
    (d) Each portion of a unified plan submitted under paragraph (a) of 
this section is subject to the particular requirements of Federal law 
authorizing the program. All grantees are still subject to such things 
as reporting and record-keeping requirements, corrective action plan 
requirements and other generally applicable requirements.
    (e) A unified plan must contain the information required by WIA 
section 501(c) and will be approved in accordance with the requirements 
of WIA section 501(d).