[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: 20CFR661.350]

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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 C--Local Governance Provisions
 
Sec. 661.350  What are the contents of the local workforce investment plan?

    (a) The local workforce investment plan must meet the requirements 
of WIA section 118(b). The plan must include:
    (1) An identification of the workforce investment needs of 
businesses, job-seekers, and workers in the local area;
    (2) An identification of current and projected employment 
opportunities and job skills necessary to obtain such opportunities;
    (3) A description of the One-Stop delivery system to be established 
or designated in the local area, including:
    (i) How the Local Board will ensure continuous improvement of 
eligible providers of services and ensure that such providers meet the 
employment needs of local employers and participants; and
    (ii) A copy of the local Memorandum(s) of Understanding between the 
Local Board and each of the One-Stop partners concerning the operation 
of the local One-Stop delivery system;
    (4) A description of the local levels of performance negotiated with 
the Governor and the chief elected official(s) to be used by the Local 
Board for measuring the performance of the local fiscal agent (where 
appropriate), eligible providers, and the local One-Stop delivery 
system;
    (5) A description and assessment of the type and availability of 
adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities in the 
local area, including a description of the local ITA system and the 
procedures for ensuring that exceptions to the use of ITA's, if any, are 
justified under WIA section 134(d)(4)(G)(ii) and 20 CFR 663.430;
    (6) A description of how the Local Board will coordinate local 
activities with Statewide rapid response activities;
    (7) A description and assessment of the type and availability of 
youth activities in the local area, including an identification of 
successful providers of such activities;
    (8) A description of the process used by the Local Board to provide 
opportunity for public comment, including

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comment by representatives of business and labor organizations, and 
input into the development of the local plan, prior to the submission of 
the plan;
    (9) An identification of the fiscal agent, or entity responsible for 
the disbursal of grant funds;
    (10) A description of the competitive process to be used to award 
grants and contracts for activities carried out under this subtitle I of 
WIA, including the process to be used to procure training services that 
are made as exceptions to the Individual Training Account process (WIA 
section 134(d)(4)(G)),
    (11) A description of the criteria to be used by the Governor and 
the Local Board, under 20 CFR 663.600, to determine whether funds 
allocated to a local area for adult employment and training activities 
under WIA sections 133(b)(2)(A) or (3) are limited, and the process by 
which any priority will be applied by the One-Stop operator;
    (12) In cases where an alternate entity functions as the Local 
Board, the information required at Sec. 661.330(b), and
    (13) Such other information as the Governor may require.
    (b) The Governor must review completed plans and must approve all 
such plans within ninety days of their submission, unless the Governor 
determines in writing that:
    (1) There are deficiencies identified in local workforce investment 
activities carried out under this subtitle that have not been 
sufficiently addressed; or
    (2) The plan does not comply with title I of WIA and the WIA 
regulations, including the required consultations, the public comment 
provisions, and the nondiscrimination requirements of 29 CFR part 37.
    (c) In cases where the State is a single local area:
    (1) The Secretary performs the roles assigned to the Governor as 
they relate to local planning activities.
    (2) The Secretary issues planning guidance for such States.
    (3) The requirements found in WIA and in the WIA regulations for 
consultation with chief elected officials apply to the development of 
State and local plans and to the development and operation of the One-
Stop delivery system.
    (d) During program year 2000, if a local plan does not contain all 
of the elements described in paragraph (a) of this section, the Governor 
may approve a local plan on a transitional basis. A transitional 
approval under this paragraph is considered to be a written 
determination that the local plan is not approved under paragraph (b) of 
this section.