Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 2.djvu/530

 102 STAT. 1534

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

"(14) job development; "(15) supportive services, including child care, commuting assistance, and financial and personal counseling which shall terminate not later than the 90th day after the participant has completed other services under this part, except that counseling necessary to assist participants to retain employment shall terminate not later than 6 months following the completion of training; "(16) prelayoff assistance; "(17) relocation assistance; and "(18) programs conducted in cooperation with employers or labor organizations to provide early intervention in the event of closures of plants or facilities. "(d) RETRAINING SERVICES.—(1) Funds allotted under section 302 may be used to provide training services under this part to eligible dislocated workers. Such services may include (but are not limited to)— "(A) classroom training; "(B) occupational skill training; "(C) on-the-job training; "(D) out-of-area job search; "(E) relocation; "(F) basic and remedial education; "(G) literacy and English for non-English speakers training; "(H) entrepreneurial training; and "(I) other appropriate training activities directly related to appropriate employment opportunities in the substate area. "(2) No funds under this part may be expended to provide wages for public service employment. "(e) NEEDS-RELATED PAYMENTS.—(1) Funds allocated to a substate grantee under section 302(d) may be used pursuant to a substate plan under section 313 to provide needs-related payments to an eligible dislocated worker who does not qualify or has ceased to qualify for unemployment compensation, in order to enable such worker to participate in training or education programs under this title. To be eligible for such payments, an eligible dislocated worker who has ceased to qualify for unemployment compensation must have been enrolled in training by the end of the 13th week of the worker's initial unemployment compensation benefit period, or, if later, the end of the 8th week after an employee is informed that a short-term layoff will in fact exceed 6 months. "(2) The level of needs-related payments shall be made available at a level not greater than the higher of— "(A) the applicable level of unemployment compensation; or "(B) the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. "(f) COORDINATION WITH UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.—Funds

allocated to a State under section 302 may be used for coordination of worker readjustment programs and the unemployment compensation system, consistent with the limitation on administrative expenses in section 315. Each State shall be responsible for coordinating the unemployment compensation system and worker readjustment programs within such State.

�