(a) To be eligible for a grant to help cover the cost of providing training and employment assistance, a person shall

(1) meet or exceed the requirements of AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660 and regulations adopted under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660;

(2) offer training or employment assistance services that meet the requirements of regulations adopted under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660;

(3) be a governmental agency, a private business, an employer, or an organization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) (Internal Revenue Code); and

(4) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department and the board that

(A) the person's accounting system is organized and maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, promotes efficiency, ensures compliance with program requirements, and can be audited at the department's direction with not more than a reasonable amount of effort and expense; and

(B) grants awarded under the program will be used only as allowed under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660.

(b) A recipient of a grant awarded under the program may use the grant to provide any of the following training and employment assistance services to eligible participants:

(1) industry-specific training;

(2) on-the-job training, including apprentice training in a registered apprenticeship program under 29 U.S.C. 50;

(3) institutional or classroom job-linked training;

(4) support services, including financial allowances and relocation expenses that the department determines are reasonably necessary to enable an eligible participant to receive training and employment assistance;

(5) assistance considered necessary to help an eligible participant obtain or retain a job for which training and employment assistance provided under the program has prepared the eligible participant;

(6) purchases of basic tools, work clothing, safety gear, or other items the eligible participant needs to obtain or retain a job for which training and employment assistance provided under the program has prepared the eligible participant;

(7) other costs the department determines are necessary to pay in order that an eligible participant can receive training or employment assistance or obtain or retain a job for which the training and employment assistance provided under the program has prepared the eligible participant.

(c) The department may allow payment for items described in (b) of this section if the department determines that alternative sources of financing have been exhausted or are unavailable to the eligible participant or that a grant from the program is otherwise required so that, when combined with other available financing, the grant will enable an eligible participant to receive training or employment assistance approved by the department.