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.
These employer outreach and job development activities include:
Contacts with potential employers for the purpose of placement of WIA participants;
Participation in business associations (such as chambers of commerce); joint labor management committees, labor associations, and resource centers;
WIA staff participation on economic development boards and commissions, and work with economic development agencies, to:
Provide information about WIA programs,
Assist in making informed decisions about community job training needs, and
Promote the use of first source hiring agreements and enterprise zone vouchering services,
Active participation in local business resource centers (incubators) to provide technical assistance to small and new business to reduce the rate of business failure;
Subscriptions to relevant publications;
General dissemination of information on WIA programs and activities;
The conduct of labor market surveys;
The development of on-the-job training opportunities; and
Other allowable WIA activities in the private sector. (WIA sec. 181(e).)
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