The other ITCY, however, receives fixed monthly funding. Because of lower than expected intake, the agency may not meet its targets on a cost per client basis. All ITCY contracts tie a proportion of funding tied to employment success. Furthermore, the rules that govern when an agency can claim funds related to employment are not clear. This has the advantage of providing hands-on training using real equipment in a real working environment.
Quality control is a concern, however.
Because formal training plans are not always put in place, a client's training can vary depending on which employers are available when the client is ready to go off-site. The provision of a training allowance is a relatively innovative feature of the ITCYs. It was hoped that the funds would be used to remove disincentives to training, and that incentive levels would be set on a case by case basis. The agencies have found it difficult to assess individual client needs, and have largely fallen back to using a grid to allocate incentive funds. A variety of factors may be contributing to the high drop-out rates.