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ments of the provisions of law, as provided for under
subtitle E;
(5) a description of the manner in which the
Governor, local elected officials, officials administer-
ing participating programs, and other appropriate
officials, collaborated in the development of the ap-
plication;
(6) any comments on the application submitted
to the Governor under subsection (a)(2), where ap-
plicable; and
(7) such other information as the Secretary
may require.
(c) STATE PLAN.—A State plan referred to in sub-
section (b)(1) shall—
(1) designate one-stop service areas and admin-
istrative entities in the State in accordance with sec-
tion 241;
(2) describe the manner in which the State will
stimulate and support one-stop career systems, in-
cluding the identification of the one-stop service
areas in the State that will immediately begin imple-
mentation of the one-stop career center systems and
the manner in which the comprehensive statewide
network of one-stop career systems will be expanded
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over the period of the grant to cover all geographic
areas in the State, including urban and rural areas;
(3) describe the procedure by which the individ-
uals described in subsection (b)(5) will collaborate in
the implementation of the comprehensive statewide
network of one-stop career systems;
(4) demonstrate the support of individuals de-
scribed in subsection (b)(5) for the plan, except in
the case where the Governor is unable to obtain the
support of such individuals as provided in subsection
(a)(2);
(5) describe the manner in which the State has
obtained and will continue to obtain the active and
continued involvement in the comprehensive state-
wide networks of one-stop career systems of locally
elected officials, postsecondary educational institu-
tions (or related agencies), employers, business asso-
ciations, industrial extension centers, employees,
statewide labor federations, local central labor bod-
ies, and other affected labor organizations, related
services personnel, students, community-based orga-
nizations, rehabilitation agencies and organizations,
local vocational educational agencies, vocational stu-
dent organizations, human service agencies, and
youth-serving agencies;
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(6) in the case of a State that has initiated the
establishment of a comprehensive statewide network
of one-stop career systems, a description of how such
system will be expanded with funds provided from a
grant under section 222;
(7) describe the manner in which the com-
prehensive statewide network of one-stop career sys-
tems will coordinate with or integrate local one-stop
career systems in existence on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act;
(8) describe the resources that the State in-
tends to use in maintaining the comprehensive state-
wide network of one-stop career systems when funds
provided from a grant under section 222 have been
expended;
(9) designate a fiscal agent to receive and be
accountable for funds provided from a grant under
section 222;
(10) describe the strategy of the State for pro-
viding training for employers, representatives of
labor organizations, counselors, related services per-
sonnel, and others under the comprehensive state-
wide network of one-stop career systems, including
specialized training and technical support for the
counseling and training of women, minorities, out-of-
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school youths, and individuals with disabilities for
high-skill, high-wage careers in nontraditional em-
ployment, and provide assurances of coordination
with similar training and technical support under
other provisions of law;
(11) describe the goals of the State and the
methods the State will use, such as awareness and
outreach, to ensure opportunities for women to par-
ticipate in the comprehensive statewide network of
one-stop career systems in a manner that leads to
employment in high-performance, high-paying jobs,
including nontraditional employment, and goals to
ensure an environment free from racial and sexual
harassment;
(12) describe how the State will serve individ-
uals from rural communities with low population
densities under the comprehensive statewide network
of one-stop career systems;
(13) ensure the provision of services described
in section 243 to individuals participating in one-
stop career systems in the State by one-stop service
providers described in section 244 in accordance
with operating agreements described in section 245;
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(14) describe how the State will meet the per-
formance standards prescribed by the Secretary in
accordance with section 262;
(15) designate the State human resource invest-
ment council or similar entity in accordance with
section 247;
(16) identify programs that will participate in
the one-stop career systems, the extent to which
such programs will provide services to program par-
ticipants through such systems, and the financial li-
ability of the respective parties relating to the funds
contributed by the participating programs under sec-
tion 242;
(17) describe the financial and nonfinancial
contributions to be made to the one-stop career sys-
tems by the participating programs under section
232, and the factors on which such contributions
shall be based, such as the number of participants
served and the quality of services provided;
(18) describe the extent and means by which
each one-stop system in the comprehensive statewide
network of one-stop career systems will provide for
the 4 basic system components in accordance with
subtitle A;
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(19) describe how available labor market infor-
mation and other appropriate methods will be uti-
lized in the comprehensive statewide network of one-
stop career systems in order to identify—
(A) the jobs currently available, the occu-
pations currently in demand, and the occupa-
tions likely to be in demand in the future in the
one-stop service areas in such network;
(B) the skill requirements relating to such
jobs and occupations; and
(C) the education and training services,
and the relative quality of such services, in the
one-stop service areas that are available to as-
sist individuals in acquiring such skills;
(20) describe the strategies to meet the needs
of segments of the population with barriers to em-
ployment under the comprehensive statewide net-
work of one-stop career systems, including the eco-
nomically disadvantaged, welfare recipients, at-risk
youths, dislocated workers, individuals with disabil-
ities, displaced homemakers, older workers, and
other targeted populations; and
(21) describe how the State will serve individ-
uals from areas of high urban and rural unemploy-
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ment which also contain high concentrations of indi-
viduals with low-skill levels.
SEC. 224. REVIEW OF APPLICATION.
(a) PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS.—In evaluating ap-
plications submitted under section 223, the Secretary shall
give priority to applications in which—
(1) one-stop service areas are based on labor
market areas;
(2) a large percentage of funds made available
to carry out the Federal programs described in sec-
tion 242 are made available under the one-stop ca-
reer systems so that services and activities under
such programs are fully integrated on a financial
and programmatic basis into such systems;
(3) components of such systems described in
subtitle A have already been implemented by the
State;
(4) a higher percentage of the population or ge-
ographic areas of the State will be initially covered
by the one-stop service areas in such State;
(5) one-stop career systems will enhance serv-
ices described in section 243 through the use of
more than the minimum requirements of the compo-
nents described in sections 212 through 215; and