Among the areas automatically eligible to be SDA's are those where local governments have populations of 200,00 or more. Private Industry Councils - appointed by local elected officials to guide and oversee job and training programs at the Service Delivery Area. Private Industry Councils serve as key mechanisms for bringing the private sector into the active management of job training programs. Membership includes representatives from business, education, organized labor, rehabilitation agencies, community-based organizations, economic development agencies and public employment services. The majority of the members must represent business and industry within the Service Delivery Area, and the chairperson must be a business representative.
Training is afforded through grants to states for local training and employment programs.
States are responsible for further allocating funds to their SDAs and for overseeing the planning and operation of local programs. This includes basic and remedial education, work-experience programs and support services such as transportation. Academic enrichment also is a major part of the program and may include basic and remedial education. Locally, services are designed and managed by substate grantees which typically correspond to the SDAs established to manage Title II programs. It allows affected workers, their unions, local governments and state dislocated worker units to begin the process of training these workers to productive jobs in a timely manner.