[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: 20CFR667.262]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 667--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart B--Administrative Rules, Costs and Limitations
 
Sec. 667.262  Are employment generating activities, or similar activities, allowable under WIA title I?

    (a) Under WIA section 181(e), WIA title I funds may not be spent on 
employment generating activities, economic development, and other 
similar activities, unless they are directly related to training for 
eligible individuals. For purposes of this section, employer outreach 
and job development activities are directly related to training for 
eligible individuals.
    (b) These employer outreach and job development activities include:
    (1) Contacts with potential employers for the purpose of placement 
of WIA participants;
    (2) Participation in business associations (such as chambers of 
commerce); joint labor management committees, labor associations, and 
resource centers;
    (3) WIA staff participation on economic development boards and 
commissions, and work with economic development agencies, to:
    (i) Provide information about WIA programs,
    (ii) Assist in making informed decisions about community job 
training needs, and
    (iii) Promote the use of first source hiring agreements and 
enterprise zone vouchering services,
    (4) Active participation in local business resource centers 
(incubators) to provide technical assistance to small and new business 
to reduce the rate of business failure;
    (5) Subscriptions to relevant publications;
    (6) General dissemination of information on WIA programs and 
activities;
    (7) The conduct of labor market surveys;
    (8) The development of on-the-job training opportunities; and

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    (9) Other allowable WIA activities in the private sector. (WIA sec. 
181(e).)