[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: 20CFR665.200]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 665--STATEWIDE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--Required and Allowable Statewide Workforce Investment 
                               Activities
 
Sec. 665.200  What are required Statewide workforce investment activities?


    Required Statewide workforce investment activities are:
    (a) Required rapid response activities, as described in 
Sec. 665.310;
    (b) Disseminating:
    (1) The State list of eligible providers of training services 
(including those providing non-traditional training services), for 
adults and dislocated workers;
    (2) Information identifying eligible providers of on-the-job 
training (OJT) and customized training;
    (3) Performance and program cost information about these providers, 
as described in 20 CFR 663.540; and
    (4) A list of eligible providers of youth activities as described in 
WIA section 123;
    (c) States must assure that the information listed in paragraphs 
(b)(1) through (4) of this section is widely available.
    (d) Conducting evaluations, under WIA section 136(e), of workforce 
investment activities for adults, dislocated workers and youth, in order 
to establish and promote methods for continuously improving such 
activities to achieve high-level performance within, and high-level 
outcomes from, the Statewide workforce investment system. Such 
evaluations must be designed and conducted in conjunction with the State 
and Local Boards, and must include analysis of customer feedback, 
outcome and process measures in the workforce investment system. To the 
maximum extent practicable, these evaluations should be conducted in 
coordination with Federal evaluations carried out under WIA section 172.
    (e) Providing incentive grants:
    (1) To local areas for regional cooperation among Local Boards 
(including Local Boards for a designated region, as described in 20 CFR 
661.290);
    (2) For local coordination of activities carried out under WIA; and
    (3) For exemplary performance by local areas on the performance 
measures.
    (f) Providing technical assistance to local areas that fail to meet 
local performance measures.
    (g) Assisting in the establishment and operation of One-Stop 
delivery systems, in accordance with the strategy described in the State 
workforce investment plan. (WIA sec. 112(b)(14).)
    (h) Providing additional assistance to local areas that have high 
concentrations of eligible youth.
    (i) Operating a fiscal and management accountability information 
system, based on guidelines established by the Secretary after 
consultation with the Governors, chief elected officials, and One-Stop 
partners, as required by WIA section 136(f). (WIA secs. 129(b)(2), 
134(a)(2), and 136(e)(2).)