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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.420 - Refusal of suitable work

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A claimant will
				be disqualified under
				AS
				23.20.379(b) for refusing
				suitable work without good cause, or for a failure to apply for suitable work
				to which he was referred by the employment office, if the offer of work or
				referral to work was properly made. An offer of work or referral to work is
				properly made if
(1) a job opening exists at
				the time the offer is made or the referral given;
(2) the claimant understands that he is
				receiving an offer or referral, unless an offer of work is not made by the
				employer because of claimant actions which cause the employer to withhold an
				offer of employment;
(3) the
				claimant is given sufficient information concerning the conditions of the job,
				including duties, location of the work, hours of work, wages, working
				conditions, equipment needed, and union requirements, if any, to determine the
				suitability of the offer or referral; and
(4) the claimant, upon accepting a referral,
				is given adequate information concerning where and how he should
				apply.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.430 - Waiver of security requirement on delinquent employer accounts

Current through May 31, 2024
A delinquent employer who timely petitions for review of a
				  notice of assessment under
				  AS
				  23.20.220 is entitled to a waiver of the
				  security requirement if
(1) the
				petition includes a request for waiver of the security requirement and a sworn
				statement which gives the location and value of the employer's real property
				and the terms of any liens or other encumbrances upon the property;
(2) the total value of the unencumbered real
				property is equal to or greater than the amount of the assessment;
				and
(3) the department concludes
				that the contributions, interest, and penalties assessed are not in
				jeopardy.
Authority:
AS
					 23.20.045
AS
					 23.20.220
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.440 - Adjustment of quarterly decline quotients

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An
				employer who makes wage payments that cause artificial peaks and declines in
				quarterly payroll, or whose quarterly payroll is affected by a labor dispute,
				may request that the director adjust the quarterly payroll in computing the
				quarterly decline quotient. Requests must be made on forms provided by the
				director.
(b) The director may
				adjust an employer's quarterly payroll if
(1)
				the employer paid wages in the form of an annual bonus;
(2) the employer paid wages in the form of a
				lump-sum payment for service performed over a period of more than three months;
(3) the employer made seven
				bi-weekly wage payments per employee in a calendar quarter;
(4) the employer reported wages for services
				excluded from the definition of "employment" under
				AS
				23.20.526 and for which an election has not
				been approved under
				AS
				23.20.325;
(5) the employer's quarterly payroll was
				affected by unemployment that was not compensable under the labor dispute
				provisions of
				AS
				23.20.383; or
(6) the employer had a change in accounting
				practices.
(7) the employer had a
				fluctuation in payroll as a result of COVID-19 as substantiated by government
				declarations of a state of emergency and corresponding mandates directly
				related to COVID-19.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.450 - Reconsideration of tax rate or coverage determination

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A tax rate
				determination under
				AS
				23.20.305 and a coverage determination under
				AS
				23.20.315 are final unless the employer files
				a written protest, appeal, or request for redetermination within 30 days after
				a determination is delivered to the employer or mailed to the employer's
				address of record.
(b) Upon
				protest, appeal, or request for redetermination by the employer, the director
				will issue a redetermination either amending or affirming the original
				determination. The notice of redetermination will state the reason for amending
				or affirming the original determination and will state the right of further
				appeal.
(c) A redetermination is
				final unless the employer files an appeal as provided in
				8 AAC 85.157 within 30 days after the notice of
				redetermination is delivered to the employer or mailed to the employer's
				address of record.
Authority:
AS
					 23.20.045
AS 23.20.305
AS
					 23.20.315
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.460 - Voluntary election of coverage

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The effective
				date of a voluntary election of coverage by an employing unit is the first day
				of the quarter in which election of coverage is requested or the first quarter
				for which wages are reported and contributions paid on those wages, whichever
				is earlier.
(b) If an employing
				unit fails to report wages and pay contributions in accordance with
				AS
				23.20.165, the department may terminate a
				voluntary election of coverage effective retroactive to the quarter that a
				report and full payment were last received by the department from the employing
				unit.
Authority:
AS
					 23.20.045
AS
					 23.20.325
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.470 - Unclaimed excess contributions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Excess
				contributions are considered unclaimed if
(1)
				delivery of the refund through the postal service to the address of record is
				unsuccessful; and
(2) reasonable
				attempts by the department to locate a current address are
				unsuccessful.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.480 - Notice and publication of unclaimed excess contributions

Current through May 31, 2024
Not later than June 1 of each year, the department will
				  publish a notice providing for the disposition of excess contributions paid by
				  employers and employees who, according to the department's records, are owed
				  unclaimed excess contributions. The notice will be published on the division's
				  website and at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the
				  state.
Authority:
AS
					 23.20.045
AS
					 23.20.225
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.490 - Refund of unclaimed excess contributions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An employer or
				employee claiming a refund of an unclaimed excess contribution shall file the
				claim on a form prescribed by the department.
(b) The department will consider each claim
				and give written notice to the employer or employee filing the claim if it is
				denied in whole or in part by mailing the notice to the address, if any, stated
				in the claim. A notice of denial will not be given if the claim does not state
				a mailing address.
(c) If a claim
				is allowed, the department will pay the refund amount recorded by the
				department.
Authority:
AS
					 23.20.045
AS
					 23.20.225
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.500 - Request for hearing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Within 30 days after the date of mailing
				of the notice of denial of refund, the employer or employee whose claim has
				been denied may file with the department a written request for a hearing. The
				request must set out the reasons for requesting a hearing and the amount the
				appellant believes should be refunded. The hearing will be conducted under
				AS
				23.20.420.
(b) The decision resulting from the hearing
				is final unless the appellant initiates judicial review by filing an appeal in
				the manner provided by
				AS
				23.20.445.
Authority:
AS
					 23.20.045
AS
					 23.20.225
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.510 - Services performed by aliens

Current through May 31, 2024
Benefits are not payable on the basis of services performed
				  by an alien unless the alien satisfied the requirements of
				  26 U.S.C.
				  3304(a)(14) and
				  AS
				  23.20.381(b) when the
				  services were performed.
Authority:
AS
					 23.20.045
AS
					 23.20.381
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.810 - Employment service

Current through May 31, 2024
The division retains responsibility for and oversight of all
				  Wagner-Peyser employment services provided through the one-stop job center
				  system. Each of the following three tiers of labor exchange must be available
				  in the system:
(1)
				self-service;
(2) facilitated
				self-service;
(3) staff assisted
				service.
Authority:
AS
					 23.20.045
AS
					 23.20.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.820 - Services in one-stop job center

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The employment
				service focuses on providing a variety of employment related labor exchange
				services in one-stop job centers, including
(1) job search assistance;
(2) job referral;
(3) placement assistance for job
				seekers;
(4) reemployment services
				to unemployment insurance claimants; and
(5) recruitment services to employers with
				job openings.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.830 - Reemployment services

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Reemployment services funds must be used
				to provide reemployment services to unemployment insurance claimants through
				the one-stop job centers. These services are offered in addition to the usual
				Wagner-Peyser Act  (29
				U.S.C. 49)  funded employment services in
				order to accelerate a return to work.
(b) Under the Wagner-Peyser Act, allowable
				activities include job search and placement services to job seekers, including
(1) counseling;
(2) testing;
(3) occupational and labor market
				information;
(4)
				assessment;
(5) referral to
				employers; and
(6) appropriate
				recruitment services and special technical services for employers.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.840 - Priority of service: Defined

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An eligible
				covered person has a priority of service and is given precedence over an
				eligible non-covered person in obtaining services.
(b) If necessary, and in order to ensure the
				priority of service to an eligible covered person,
(1) the eligible covered person will receive
				access to a service or resource earlier in time than the eligible non-covered
				person; and
(2) if a service or
				resource is limited, an eligible covered person will receive access to the
				service or resource instead of or before an eligible non-covered
				person.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.841 - Priority of service: Veterans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Jobs for
				Veterans Act  (38 U.S.C.
				4215)  provides an emphasis on serving
				veterans by establishing a priority of service for veterans and certain spouses
				in all employment and training programs administered by the
				department.
(b) The veteran or
				eligible spouse must satisfy criteria for eligibility for the specific
				Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program or funding stream under
				29 U.S.C.
				2801 -
				2945.
(c) Separating service members who meet the
				eligibility criteria for WIA dislocated workers are given priority over
				individuals who are not veterans.
Authority:
AS
					 23.20.045
AS
					 23.20.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 85 - Employment Security › 8 AAC 85.842 - Priority of service: Workforce Investment Act

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If Workforce
				Investment Act (WIA) program funding under
				29 U.S.C.
				2801 -
				2945 becomes 65 percent obligated,
				and other one-stop partner agency funding is unavailable, the director will
				implement the following priority of service when providing WIA program
				participants with intensive and training services:
(1) the division shall establish and maintain
				a mechanism to provide for priority funding to the following target groups in
				the following order:
(A) low-income veterans
				and military spouses;
(B)
				low-income individuals with disabilities;
(C) public assistance recipients;
(D) other low-income individuals;
(E) individuals who are not
				self-sufficient;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 86 - Alaska Technical and Vocational Education Program › 8 AAC 86.100 - Application deadline

Current through May 31, 2024
Subject to
				  AS
				  23.15.835(d), a technical
				  and vocational education entity seeking a grant under the Alaska technical and
				  vocational education program established in
				  AS
				  23.15.820-23.15.850 shall submit a grant
				  application to the department. The board will consider funding for each fiscal
				  year only those grant applications received by the department no later than
				  July 30 of that fiscal year.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.820
AS 23.15.835
AS
					 23.15.840
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 86 - Alaska Technical and Vocational Education Program › 8 AAC 86.105 - Grant agreements and memoranda of understanding

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A technical and
				vocational education program in
				AS
				23.15.835(d) through the
				department shall enter into a grant agreement with the department, and those
				receiving funding directly from the state shall enter into a memorandum of
				understanding with the department each fiscal year. If an entity receiving
				funding directly already has a memorandum of understanding in place with the
				department that includes information required under
				8 AAC 86.115, a new memorandum of understanding is not
				required. If any technical vocational education program fund recipient does not
				enter into a grant agreement or memorandum of understanding, then the penalty
				outlined in
				AS
				23.15.835(h) may be
				applied.
(b) A grant agreement or
				memorandum of understanding as outlined in (a) of this section shall be
				executed not later than July 30 of the fiscal year.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.820
AS 23.15.835
AS
					 23.15.840
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 86 - Alaska Technical and Vocational Education Program › 8 AAC 86.110 - Priority for technical and vocational education grant awards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Subject to the
				priority list required under
				AS
				23.15.835(d) and
				23.15.840(f), the
				board will consider the current list of programs consistent with
				AS
				23.15.820 -
				23.15.850 and capital
				improvements.
(b) Subject to AS
				15.835(d), the board will issue its list of priority considerations for the
				next fiscal year not later than the last day of the regular legislative
				session.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.820
AS 23.15.035
AS
					 23.15.840
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 86 - Alaska Technical and Vocational Education Program › 8 AAC 86.115 - Reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
Grant agreements or memoranda of understanding between the
				  department and each technical and vocational education entity receiving funding
				  under the Alaska technical and vocational education program in
				  AS
				  23.15.835(d) must outline
				  the program participant and financial data reporting requirements necessary to
				  verify the performance of the program. If any technical vocational education
				  program fund recipient does not provide the information required under the
				  agreement, then the penalty under
				  AS
				  23.15.835(h) may be
				  applied.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.820
AS 23.15.835
AS
					 23.15.840
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 86 - Alaska Technical and Vocational Education Program › 8 AAC 86.120 - Required match for technical and vocational education grants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To qualify
				to receive a grant under
				AS
				23.15.840, an applicant must demonstrate
				that, for each dollar of grant funds received, the applicant can provide a
				matching dollar in funds or in-kind funds.
(b) To provide the match required in (a) of
				this section, an applicant may include funds that consist of fees,
				contributions, donations, gifts of money, federal funds, local funds, and
				special user charges.
(c) Matching
				funds may not include state funds, including funds received through legislative
				appropriations and grant awards.
(d) In-kind funds must be valued at the
				current market value of the service or material in the location in which it is
				provided.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.820
AS
					 23.15.840
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 86 - Alaska Technical and Vocational Education Program › 8 AAC 86.130 - General requirements; administrative cost standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A technical and
				vocational education entity that is awarded a grant under this chapter shall
(1) ensure that its accounting systems and
				its training activities meet the applicable standards set by
				AS
				23.15.840(a);
(2) provide one or more of the program
				elements listed in
				AS
				23.15.840(c);
(3) allow access to its records as provided
				in AS
				23.15.840(d), and retain
				those records for at least three years after grant closeout; and
(4) comply with all other applicable
				provisions of
				AS
				23.15.820-23.15.850 and this
				chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 86 - Alaska Technical and Vocational Education Program › 8 AAC 86.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  AS
				  23.15.820-23.15.850 and this chapter, unless
				  the context requires otherwise,
(1)
				"board" means the Alaska Workforce Investment Board;
(2) "training" means an activity designed to
				instruct a participant; "training" includes classroom training, customized
				training, registered apprenticeship training, on-the-job training, skill- or
				industry-specific training, vocational training, literacy training, adult
				education, post-secondary training, and graduate training.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.820
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.010 - Establishment of state training and employment program (STEP)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) As used in
				AS
				23.15.620(a), "in-state job
				training" includes
(1) training for program
				eligible residents of this state to
(A)
				obtain new occupational skills;
(B)
				upgrade current skills and obtain credentials that are needed to retain or
				obtain employment; and
(C) pursue
				careers in this state that pay family supporting wages and offer opportunities
				for advancement; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.015 - Implementation of the program

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For the purpose
				of AS
				23.15.636, the program will be jointly
				implemented by the board and department as follows:
(1) the board will review and approve
				priorities for the program and assist in the evaluation of proposals;
(2) the department is responsible for all
				remaining aspects of program implementation, including
(A) solicitation of proposals consistent with
				the priorities;
(B) selection of
				grantees and resolution of appeals;
(C) distribution of financial resources of
				the program;
(D) financing grant
				awards;
(E) assessment of grantee
				performance; and
(F) development of
				any policies affecting the implementation of the program.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.040 - Residency

Current through May 31, 2024
Each program participant must be a resident of this state, as
				  described in
				  AS
				  01.10.055.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.635
AS
					 23.15.636
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.045 - Program eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) As used in
				AS
				23.15.643(2), "five years"
				means the 60 months immediately preceding the date that the person applies for
				assistance under the program.
(b)
				As used in
				AS
				23.15.643(3), "improve the
				person's prospects" means to maintain or improve the person's competiveness in
				the labor market or improve the person's earnings potential as evidenced by
(1) a potential for increase in wage and
				salary earnings after training; or
(2) the prospect of employment at wage and
				salary earnings comparable to previous employment and related to the training
				received.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.070 - Demonstration required by employment assistance and training entity

Current through May 31, 2024
To be eligible for a grant under the program, a person
				  applying for the grant must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department
				  that the person's accounting system
(1) is able to provide information on grant
				awards, authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, assets, liabilities,
				revenues, and expenses;
(2) has
				effective control and accountability for all grant cash, property, and other
				assets;
(3) has the capability to
				compare planned or budgeted expenditures with actual expenditures;
				and
(4) is able to provide
				accurate, current, and complete disclosure of the financial results of the
				grant activities.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.636
AS
					 23.15.641
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.080 - Services to participants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A grant awarded
				under the program may be used only for expenditures that are
(1) necessary and reasonable for the
				completion of the training and employment assistance activities in accordance
				with AS
				23.15.620-23.15.660, this chapter, and the
				grant agreement and budget; and
(2)
				supported by appropriate source documents, including
(A) cancelled checks;
(B) invoices;
(C) purchase orders;
(D) paid bills;
(E) payroll and time and attendance
				records;
(F) contracts;
(G) tax records; and
(H) other similar documents.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.090 - Limitations on services

Current through May 31, 2024
Based on the availability of appropriations, the department
				  will annually determine if the limit will be established on the amount of
				  assistance a participant may receive under the program.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.636
AS
					 23.15.641
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.150 - Accounting procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person who is awarded a grant under the
				program shall
(1) establish a separate fund
				and accounting codes for receipt and disbursement of grant money under this
				chapter;
(2) administer the grant
				money according to the requirements established in
				8 AAC 87.070(a); and
(3) provide regular periodic reporting to the
				department of
(A) grant-financed activities as
				prescribed in the grant agreement; and
(B) the disposition of financial resources
				identified in the grant.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.160 - Provision accountability

Current through May 31, 2024
Annually the department will report on the performance of the
				  program and the established priorities required in
				  AS
				  23.15.636(4). The report
				  will include an accounting of the program receipts and expenditures for the
				  year of performance being reported.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.636
AS
					 23.15.652
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.170 - Records inspection and retention; program monitoring

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				awarded a grant under the program shall maintain all appropriate records
				related to the grant, including
(1) records
				used for determining an individual's eligibility to receive training or
				employment assistance under the program;
(2) training curricula and related
				materials;
(3) participant
				attendance at the training;
(4)
				testing materials and results;
(5)
				any certifications or other credentials earned by participants as a result of
				the training;
(6) all accounting
				records related to the receipt and expenditure of financial resources of the
				program and other contributed or leveraged money;
(7) all reports submitted to the department
				and all documents supporting how the reports were prepared;
(8) any other documents that record the
				activities which occurred under the grant or through the use of financial
				resources of the program; and
(9)
				any documents that the department may require as a condition of the
				grant.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.180 - Administrative costs

Current through May 31, 2024
Subject to the limit set by
				  AS
				  23.15.652(b), allowable
				  administrative costs are those set out in
				  20 C.F.R.
				  667.220, as revised as of November 17, 2004,
				  and adopted by reference.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.636
AS
					 23.15.652
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.220 - Reconsideration and appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person that
				receives a notice of denial of award from the department may file a written
				request for reconsideration under this section to the commissioner no later
				than 10 working days after the date of the notice.
(b) The notice of denial of award from the
				department will include information describing the reasons the proposal was
				denied by the department. The written request for reconsideration must address
				the reasons the proposal was not recommended for award by the
				department.
(c) No later than 10
				working days from receipt of the request for reconsideration, the commissioner
				will make and issue a written decision on the request.
(d) The commissioner may reconsider a
				proposal for an award if the person requesting reconsideration under this
				section demonstrates one or more of the following:
(1) shows that there has been a substantial
				change in the circumstances that led to the denial;
(2) provides relevant information to the
				department that was not available when the denial was made; or
(3) shows that the department's decision
				contains a technical, legal, or administrative error or misinterpretation of
				data, the correction of which might reverse the decision.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 87 - State Training and Employment Program › 8 AAC 87.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  AS
				  23.15.620-23.15.660 and this chapter,
(1) "board" means the Alaska Workforce
				Investment Board;
(2) "department"
				means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(3) "program" means the state training and
				employment program established under
				AS
				23.15.620-23.15.660;
(4) "working day" means a day other than
				Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney
					 made technical revisions under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
					 the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and
					 Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title
					 change of the commissioner of labor.
Authority:
AS
					 23.15.620
AS 23.15.636
AS 23.15.654
AS
					 23.15.660
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 1 - Introductory Provisions › 8 AAC 88.010 - Introduction

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of the displaced homemakers' program is to
					 provide services which could enable displaced homemakers to gain independence
					 and economic security while also improving their health and welfare. These
					 services may include counseling, aptitude testing, training, placement in
					 employment, and specific services as needed on an individual basis. These
					 services will be provided through contracts with private profit and nonprofit
					 corporations for multipurpose service centers for displaced
					 homemakers.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 1 - Introductory Provisions › 8 AAC 88.020 - Delegation of authority

Current through May 31, 2024
The commissioner delegates the authority of the department
					 under AS
					 47.90.010 to the employment security division
					 of the department.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 1 - Introductory Provisions › 8 AAC 88.030 - Eligibility for contracting

Current through May 31, 2024
To be eligible for a contract to operate a multipurpose
					 service center for displaced homemakers under
					 AS
					 47.90.010, an applicant must be a private
					 profit or nonprofit corporation authorized to do business in Alaska and be
					 governed by a board of directors whose membership is representative of the
					 community in which it operates.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 1 - Introductory Provisions › 8 AAC 88.040 - Evaluation of contract proposals

Current through May 31, 2024
Each eligible applicant who applies for a contract will be
					 evaluated for coordination with other agencies to provide needed services, the
					 experience and capability to perform the work required, program design and
					 implementation plan, administrative capability, reasonableness of proposal
					 cost, and reasonableness of proposed services compared to participant
					 population area.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 1 - Introductory Provisions › 8 AAC 88.050 - Competitive negotiation method of contract award

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All contracts
				  will be awarded through open competition in accordance with AS 36.98 and 2 AAC
				  60.
(b) The department will
				  negotiate a cost-reimbursable contract with each successful
				  applicant.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 2 - Conditions of Contracting › 8 AAC 88.060 - Proposals

Current through May 31, 2024
A contract proposal for a displaced homemakers' program
					 multipurpose service center under AS 47.90 must be submitted to the department
					 on forms prescribed by the director.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 2 - Conditions of Contracting › 8 AAC 88.070 - Accounting procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
A contractor shall ensure that its accounting system
					 establishes a separate fund and accounting codes for receipt and disbursement
					 of displaced homemakers' program money. The contractor shall furnish the
					 division a copy of its annual audit or statement of income and
					 expenditures.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 2 - Conditions of Contracting › 8 AAC 88.080 - Provision of program data

Current through May 31, 2024
A contractor shall provide the division with program
					 statistics, financial records, or participant statistics within 30 days after
					 receipt of a written request for that information, or as otherwise required in
					 the contract.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 2 - Conditions of Contracting › 8 AAC 88.085 - Program monitoring and audit

Current through May 31, 2024
All records of the contractor relevant to the expenditure
					 of money received under this program must be available to the state for
					 periodic monitoring and for audit within 24 hours after
					 request.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 2 - Conditions of Contracting › 8 AAC 88.090 - Use of program money

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Money received by a contractor under the
				  program must be used to provide services to displaced homemakers. Services
				  which may be provided are outlined in
				  AS
				  47.90.020.
(b) A contractor may subcontract with
				  existing agencies for the provision of services outlined in
				  AS
				  47.90.020, subject to conditions of the
				  contract.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 2 - Conditions of Contracting › 8 AAC 88.100 - Requirements for payment

Current through May 31, 2024
To receive payment under a contract, a contractor shall
					 submit the following to the department on forms provided by the
					 division:
(1) a quarterly financial
				  report showing expenditures for the reporting period, the total expended to
				  date, and the total amount available under the terms of the contract;
(2) a quarterly narrative report showing the
				  status of the program;
(3) a
				  quarterly statistical report outlined on forms provided, showing total
				  enrollment, demographic characteristics, services provided, and results;
				  and
(4) documentation of referrals
				  of clients to other agencies with the purpose or description of
				  service.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 3 - Contractors' Administrative Responsibilities › 8 AAC 88.105 - Eligibility determination

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To be eligible
				  for services and activities under the displaced homemakers' program, an
				  individual must be certified by a contractor as meeting the following criteria:
(1) the individual has, for at least seven
				  years, been a homemaker for a family without receiving a regular salary or
				  wage;
(2) the individual has been
				  unable to secure permanent, full-time employment; and
(3) the individual has either faced at least
				  a 50 percent reduction in ongoing family income as the result of divorce,
				  death, legal separation, desertion, or disability, or has been unable to meet
				  necessary expenses such as food, housing, and child care because of a reduction
				  in ongoing family income as the result of divorce, death, legal separation,
				  desertion, or disability.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 3 - Contractors' Administrative Responsibilities › 8 AAC 88.110 - Employment of displaced homemakers

Current through May 31, 2024
Staff positions made available through the operation of
					 multipurpose service centers under
					 AS
					 47.90.010, including supervisory, technical,
					 and administrative positions, must be filled with displaced homemakers to the
					 maximum extent possible.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 3 - Contractors' Administrative Responsibilities › 8 AAC 88.120 - Employment assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
A contractor shall assist each participant in developing an
					 individual employment plan, and in preparing a resume and application for
					 employment, including state employment.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 3 - Contractors' Administrative Responsibilities › 8 AAC 88.130 - Maintenance of records

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A contractor shall maintain a case file
				  for each participant enrolled in the program, which includes
(1) the participant's certification of
				  eligibility;
(2) referral to other
				  agencies;
(3) the participant's
				  individual employment plan;
(4) job
				  training or placement provided;
(5)
				  workshops provided;
(6) follow-up
				  documentation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 8 AAC 88.160 - Misrepresentation to obtain program money

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An individual
				  or contractor who misrepresents material facts in order to receive program
				  money or assistance under the program may not receive any benefit under the
				  program and might be required to reimburse the department for any money
				  received under the program.
(b) Any
				  person who has information which supports a reasonable suspicion that an
				  individual or contractor has deliberately misrepresented facts shall promptly
				  notify the division. Upon receipt, the division will review this information
				  and take further action as needed.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 8 AAC 88.170 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An individual who receives or requests
				  assistance under the program and who is adversely affected by a decision of a
				  contractor or of the department may appeal the decision to the director of the
				  division. An appeal must be made within 10 working days after the date of the
				  decision. The director will make a decision on the appeal within 20 days after
				  receipt of it.
(b) Within 30 days
				  after receipt of a letter advising the individual that the director has denied
				  the appeal, the individual may appeal the denial to the commissioner. The
				  appeal must be in writing and must identify the part of the letter of denial to
				  which the individual takes exception.
(c) The commissioner will review the appeal
				  of the director's decision and make a final determination. The commissioner
				  will affirm, reverse, or modify the director's decision. The individual will be
				  notified in writing of the commissioner's decision, and the reasons for that
				  decision, within 30 days after the decision.
(d) The commissioner's decision is the final
				  decision of the department. The decision may be appealed under the Alaska Rules
				  of Appellate Procedure, or as otherwise provided by law.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 8 AAC 88.180 - Technical assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
The division will make every reasonable effort to respond
					 to a request by a potential or existing multipurpose service center contractor
					 for technical assistance in preparing a contract application and in all aspects
					 of program planning, administration, and implementation.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board › Chapter 88 - Displaced Homemakers' Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 8 AAC 88.190 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter
(1) "applicant" means a person who submits a
				  contract proposal for a multipurpose service center for displaced homemakers as
				  outlined in this chapter;
(2)
				  "commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce
				  Development;
(3) "contractor" means
				  a private profit or nonprofit corporation which has entered into a contract
				  with the department to assume responsibility for the operation of a
				  multipurpose service center for displaced homemakers;
(4) "cost reimbursement" means payment given
				  to the contractor by the division for expenditures accrued on a periodic basis
				  as agreed to in a contract, after the contractor submits all required
				  reports;
(5) "department" means the
				  Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(6) "director" means the director of the
				  employment security division of the department;
(7) "division" means the employment security
				  division of the department;
(8)
				  "family income" means money normally provided the family by an individual's
				  spouse, money from child support or alimony payments, and money normally
				  available to the individual from any other source, but does not include
				  one-time cash settlements or payments, or income from state or federal income
				  maintenance and assistance programs;
(9) "multipurpose service center" means a
				  facility as described in
				  AS
				  47.90.020;
(10) "participant" means a person who
				  qualifies for the displaced homemakers' program under
				  8 AAC 88.105;
(11) "program" means the displaced
				  homemakers' program.
Authority:
AS
						47.90.010