United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 29. LABOR |
Chapter 30. WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEMS |
SubChapter IV. NATIONAL PROGRAMS |
§ 2915. Technical assistance
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(a) General technical assistance (1) In general The Secretary shall provide, coordinate, and support the development of, appropriate training, technical assistance, staff development, and other activities, including assistance in replicating programs of demonstrated effectiveness, to States and localities, and, in particular, to assist States in making transitions from carrying out activities under the provisions of law repealed under section 199 to carrying out activities under this chapter.
(2) Form of assistance In carrying out paragraph (1) on behalf of a State, or recipient of financial assistance under any of sections 2911 through 2914 of this title, the Secretary, after consultation with the State or grant recipient, may award grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements.
(3) Limitation Grants or contracts awarded under paragraph (1) to entities other than States or local units of government that are for amounts in excess of $100,000 shall only be awarded on a competitive basis.
(b) Dislocated worker technical assistance (1) Authority Of the amounts available pursuant to section 2862(a)(2) of this title, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 percent of such amounts to provide technical assistance to States that do not meet the State performance measures described in section 2871 of this title with respect to employment and training activities for dislocated workers. Using such reserved funds, the Secretary may provide such assistance to other States, local areas, and other entities involved in providing assistance to dislocated workers, to promote the continuous improvement of assistance provided to dislocated workers, under this chapter.
(2) Training Amounts reserved under this subsection may be used to provide for the training of staff, including specialists, who provide rapid response services. Such training shall include instruction in proven methods of promoting, establishing, and assisting labor-management committees. Such projects shall be administered through the dislocated worker office described in section 2918(b) of this title.
References In Text
Section 199, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is section 199 of Pub. L. 105–220, title I,
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b)(1), was in the original “this title” meaning title I of Pub. L. 105–220,
Amendments
1998—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 401(9)], substituted “carrying out activities under this chapter” for “carry out activities under this chapter”.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 401(10)], substituted “section 2918(b)” for “section 2919(b)”.