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 PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978

92 STAT. 1961

enhance their employability and earnings. Programs shall concentrate on creating new jobs in the private sector for displaced homemakers in order to meet identified needs within the community. To the maximmn extent feasible, supervisory, technical, and administrative positions within the programs shall be filled by displaced homemakers. Priority for participation in projects supported under this paragraph shall be given to displaced homemakers who, as provided in regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, are most in need of services by virtue of age, education, training, household support obligations, and employability. "(B) No funds available under this section shall be used for the purchase, construction, or major rehabilitation of facilities. "(C) For the piirposes of carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 2 percent of the funds made available to carry out this title. "(2) The Secretary shall make financial assistance available to Financial conduct a program for offenders to provide employment, training and assistance related assistance and supportive services (including basic education, offenders. drug addiction or dependency rehabilitation and health care) which will enable them to secure and retain meaningful employment. The Secretary shall support activities designed to enable offenders to secure meaningful training and employment including but not limited to those services which provide highly structured and supervised employment opportunities, such as employment and training opportunities proven effective under section 311(c). Emphasis shall be placed upon serving offenders in contact with the criminal justice system or recently released from criminal justice custody or supervision. Services shall be comprehensive, and recipient of funds shall coordinate their activities with other providers of employment and training assistance. Grants may also be provided to the States or prime sponsors for the Grants. establishment of units for planning and evaluation of correctional employment and training assistance to offenders. The Secretary may provide for appropriate arrangements with employers and labor organizations, and appropriate parole, probationary, and judicial authorities, for the utilization of training equipment comparable to that currently used for the job for which training is furnished. To support Studies, such programs the Secretary shall develop information concerning the special needs of offenders for such services, including special studies regarding the incidence of unemployment among offenders and the means of increasing employment opportunity for offenders. As Survey, part of the reporting requirements under section 127(a), the Secretary shall also conduct an annual survey of prime sponsors and States receiving, assistance under this Act for the purpose of assessing the scope and implementation of offender programs. "(3) With respect to programs for persons of limited Englishspeaking ability under this Act, the Secretary shall establish appropriate procedures to ensure that participants are provided with employment and training and related assistance and supportive services (where feasible, at times designed to meet the needs of individuals unable to attend during normal working hours) designed to increase the employment and training opportunities for unemployed and underemployed persons of limited English-speaking ability, including (A) the teaching of occupational skills in the primary language of such persons for occupations which do not require a high proficiency in English, and (B) developing new employment opportunities for limited English-speaking persons and opportunities for promotion within existing employment situations for such persons, including

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