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PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 applicant submitting such a notice unless the Secretary determines that such applicant does not qualify under this section. "(d) State prime sponsors shall, in coordination with units of general local government, make appropriate arrangements for appropriate area planning bodies to serve subareas within the State prime sponsor's area for the purpose of assisting in the effective planning and delivery of comprehensive employment and training programs in such subareas, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. "AUTHORITY or SECRETARY TO PROVIDE SERVICES

29 USC 812.

"SEC. 102. In any area for which no prime sponsor has been designated or where the Secretary has taken an action under section 104 or section 106 which results in employment and training services not being provided in such area, the Secretary shall use funds allocated to such prime sponsor to make payments directly to public agencies or private nonprofit organizations as if the Secretary were the prime sponsor for that area. ' -"*

29 USC 813.

"COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PLAN

"SEC. 103. (a) In order to receive financial assistance under this Act, a prime sponsor designated under section 101(c) shall submit to the Secretary a comprehensive employment and training plan. Such plan shall consist of a master plan and an annual plan. The master plan shall serve as the long-term charter under which the programs of such prime sponsor shall be operated. Such plan shall be sufficiently detailed to provide the Secretary and the prime sponsor with a thorough understanding of the economic conditions of the area and of the prime sponsor's long-term programmatic and administrative arrangements to ensure that each annual program is designed and implemented in a manner best suited to such conditions and in a manner consistent with the requirements of this Act. The formulation of such plan by the prime sponsor shall involve the active participation of the prime sponsor planning council, and such plan shall— "(1) include (A) a detailed analysis of the area to be served, including geographic and demographic characteristics of signifi-•'in cant segments of the population to be served (with data indicating the number of potential eligible participants and their income ^ ' and employment status), and (B) a comprehensive labor market analysis and assessment of the economic conditions in the area, identifying the availability of employment and training in various public and private labor market sectors in such area and the potential for job growth in such sectors; "(2) include a statement of the long-term goals of the prime sponsor for the improvement of such labor market and economic conditions; .•: / i\, "(3) include a detailed description of— "(A) the methods and institutional arrangements which •,•; will be used to involve community based organizations, educational agencies, and other deliverers of services in the devel:o, .^. • opment and implementation of the programs assisted under this Act; and "(B) the methods and criteria which will be used to select such deliverers of services from an inventory of potentially
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