Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 2600 - SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND STATE RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 2600.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The State shall adopt the following definitions for the terms
				listed as follows:
"Acquisition Cost of Purchased Nonexpendable Personal Property"
				- The net invoice unit price of the property, including the cost of
				modifications, attachments, accessories, or auxiliary apparatus necessary to
				make the property usable for the purpose for which it was acquired. Other
				charges such as the cost of installation, transportation, taxes, duty, or
				protective in-transit insurance, shall be included or excluded from the unit
				acquisition cost in accordance with the grantee's regular accounting
				practices.
"Act" - Job Training Partnership Act (October of 1982) ( P.L.
				97-300 ( 29 U.S.C. 1501 ) as amended by P.L. 97-404 (
				42 U.S.C.
				602 ), P.L. 99-496 ( 29 U.S.C. 1501 ), P.L.
				99-570 (
				21
				U.S.C. 801 ) and P.L. 100-418 ( 20 U.S.C.
				5001 )).
"Additional Dislocated Worker" - A displaced homemaker as that
				term is defined in section 4(29) of the Act.
"Adult Employability Enhancement Termination" - An outcome for
				adults, other than entered unsubsidized employment, which is recognized as
				enhancing long-term employability and contributing to the potential for a
				long-term increase in earnings and employment. Outcomes which meet this
				requirement shall be restricted to the following:
Attained Adult Employability Skills - Demonstrated proficiency
				as defined by the local area in one or more of the following two skill areas in
				which the terminee was deficient at enrollment: basic education skills and
				occupational skills. Employability skill gain must be achieved through program
				participation and must be the result of a prior employability development
				planning process which identifies the participant's skill deficiencies, the
				training needed to overcome the deficiencies and the level of proficiency
				needed for attainment of the employability skill.
Completed Major Level of Education - Completed, during
				enrollment, a level of educational achievement which had not been reached at
				entry. Levels of educational achievement are secondary and post secondary.
				Completion standards shall be governed by State standards and shall include a
				high school diploma, GED Certificate or equivalent at the secondary level, and
				shall require a diploma or other written certification of completion at the
				postsecondary level. NOTE: To obtain credit, completion of a major level of
				education must result primarily from active JTPA program participation of at
				least 90 calendar days or 200 hours.
Entered Non-Title II Training - Entered an occupational-skills
				employment/training program, not funded under Title II of the JTPA, which
				builds upon and does not duplicate training received under Title II. NOTE: To
				obtain credit, the participant must have been retained in that program for at
				least 90 calendar days or 200 hours or must have received a certification of
				occupational skill attainment. During the period the participant is in
				non-Title II training, he/she may or may not have received JTPA services as
				defined in 56 Ill. Adm. Code
				2610.70.
"Applicant" - Individual who is receiving, or has received,
				only outreach or intake services, or both. An "applicant" may or may not become
				a "participant", based upon the outcome of intake and the individual's
				willingness to participate.
"Applicant Agency" - Educational, employment and training
				agencies which can provide services to workers who are affected by mass-layoff
				or plant closings.
"Application Date" - The date the applicant signs and dates the
				JTPA application certifying that the information on the form is correct to the
				best of his/her knowledge. In the case of a minor (except emancipated youth)
				the application date is the date the parent/guardian signs the
				application.
"Assessment" - Services designed to initially determine each
				applicant's/participant's employability, aptitudes, abilities, and interests,
				through interviews, testing, and counseling which are conducted to achieve the
				applicant's/participant's employment related goals.
"At Risk of Dropping Out of School" - A student without a high
				school diploma or GED certificate whose academic performance and/or personal
				behavior demonstrates that he or she is uninvolved, unmotivated, and/or
				disaffected. This includes a student who meets at least one of the following
				criteria:
Has been retained in grade at least once during the most recent
				four school years or has accumulated insufficient credits toward
				graduation.
Demonstrates a reading or math proficiency level one grade or
				more below the current grade placement level based on assessment
				results.
Lacks a demonstrated proficiency in the English language as
				measured by a standardized test.
Has been determined by the school district to have a behavior
				disorder or a learning disability.
Is pregnant or a parent.
Has been on academic probation at any time during the prior 12
				months.
Is a truant or is excessively absent as determined by an
				authorized school official.
Has been suspended from school five or more days during the
				previous or current school year.
Has been expelled from school during the previous or current
				school year.
Has been identified as drug or alcohol dependent by a medical
				authority or authorized school staff.
Is a member of a family which meets the definition of Long Term
				AFDC Recipient.
Is a member of a single parent household.
"Barriers to Employment" - Characteristics that may hinder an
				individual's hiring, promotion, or participation in the labor force. Some
				examples of individuals who may face barriers to employment include: single
				parents, women, displaced homemakers, youth, welfare recipients, older workers,
				addicts, alcoholics, teenage parents, veterans, racial minorities, dislocated
				workers, and those with limited English speaking ability or a criminal record
				or with a lack of education, work experience, credentials, child care
				arrangements, or transportation.
"Basic Education Skills" - A PIC-Recognized Youth Employment
				Competency skill area which includes reading comprehension, math computation,
				writing, speaking, listening, problem solving, reasoning, and the capacity to
				use these skills in the workplace.
"Chief Elected Official" - The highest elected official(s) of
				the unit or units of general purpose local government of which the Service
				Delivery Area (SDA) is configured (e.g., County Board Chairperson in
				multi-county SDAs or mayors in SDAs made up of a single city or a consortia of
				cities.) In addition, the highest elected official of any unit of local
				government which was a prime sponsor under Comprehensive Employment and
				Training Act (CETA) during Federal fiscal year 1983 ( 29 U.S.C. 801 ) is a
				chief elected official.
"Citizenship" - Designation of an applicant as a citizen or
				"eligible noncitizen" whose status permits permanent employment in the United
				States. (For JTPA recordkeeping purposes, "eligible noncitizen" includes
				nationals of the United States, lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens,
				lawfully admitted refugees and parolees, and other individuals authorized by
				the Attorney General to work in the United States.)
"Continued Unsubsidized Employment" - A participant who was
				employed at the time of enrollment in JTPA and maintained that employment
				throughout program participation and termination.
"Department" - The Illinois Department of Commerce and
				Community Affairs.
"Discretionary Fund" - Funds reserved under Section 322(a)(3)
				of the Act for distribution at the Secretary of Labor's discretion to serve
				workers affected by multi-State or industry-wide dislocations and to areas of
				special need in a manner that efficiently targets resources to areas of most
				need, encourages a rapid response to economic dislocations, and promotes the
				effective use of funds.
"Dislocated Worker" - An individual who meets the eligibility
				requirements specified in 56 Ill. Adm. Code
				2625.55
				or Section 301(a) of the Act.
"Dislocated Worker Unit" - The identifiable unit within the
				Department which will be given the responsibility and capability to respond
				rapidly, on site, to permanent closures and substantial layoffs throughout the
				State and to provide the services described in Section 311(b)(3) of the
				Act.
"Displaced Homemaker" - A person who
has worked in the home for a substantial number of years
				providing unpaid household services for family members;
has difficulty in securing employment; and
was dependent on the income of another family member but is no
				longer supported by such income, or
was dependent on federal assistance but is no longer eligible
				for such assistance.
"Documented Job Search Criterion" - One month job search
				demonstrated by current registration with the Illinois Job Service.
"Early Readjustment Assistance" - Assistance given to a Title
				III participant at the time of or soon after a layoff event which provides
				necessary early intervention services (testing, assessment, orientation,
				etc.).
"Economically Disadvantaged" - An individual who
receives, or is a member of a family which receives, cash
				welfare payments under a Federal, State, or local welfare program;
has, or is a member of a family which has, received a total
				family income for the six-month period prior to application for the program
				involved (exclusive of unemployment compensation, child support payments, and
				welfare payments) which, in relation to family size, was not in excess of the
				higher of
the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria
				established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or
70 percent of the lower living standard income level;
is included in a Public Aid Food Stamp Assistance Unit (see 89
				Ill. Adm. Code
				121.70
				);
is a foster child on behalf of whom State or local government
				payments are made; or
is a homeless individual.
"Education Status" -
School Dropout - An adult or youth (aged 14-21) who is not
				attending school full-time and has not received a high school diploma or a
				General Education Diploma (GED) certificate.
Student (High School or Less) - An adult or youth (aged 14-21)
				who has not received a high school diploma or GED certificate and is enrolled
				full-time in an elementary, secondary or post-secondary level vocational,
				technical, or academic school, or is between school terms and intends to return
				to school.
High School Graduate or Equivalent (No Post-High School) - An
				adult or youth (aged 14-21) who has received a high school diploma or GED
				certificate, but who has not attended any post-secondary vocational, technical,
				or academic school.
Post-High School Attendee - An adult or youth (aged 14-21) who
				has received a high school diploma or GED certificate and has attended (or is
				attending) any post-secondary level vocational, technical, or academic
				school.
"Eligible State" - As part of the Title III reallocation
				process, as specified in Section 303 of the Act, an eligible State is one which
				has expended at least 80 percent of its allotment for the program year prior to
				the program year for which the determination is made.
"Emancipated Youth" - An emancipated youth is a minor released
				from the control and supervision of his/her parent(s) or guardian(s) according
				to the provisions of the Emancipation of Mature Minors Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.
				1991, ch. 40, pars. 2201 et seq.) [750 ILCS 30 ].
"Employer Outreach" - Activities involving contacts with
				potential employers of JTPA participants for the purpose of acquiring current
				employment opportunities, listings and commitments. These activities include:
				promoting JTPA services with local employers, job fairs, local business
				conferences and seminars, and similar activities and events which are necessary
				and are designed with the clear intent to obtain job listings and openings or
				current job training opportunities.
"Entered Unsubsidized Employment" - The category for
				participants who, at termination from the program, entered (through the efforts
				of the grantee/subgrantee or through their own efforts) full- or part-time
				unsubsidized employment. Unsubsidized employment means employment not financed
				from funds provided under the Act and includes for JTPA reporting purposes,
				entry into the Armed Forces, entry into employment in a registered
				apprenticeship program, and terminees who became self-employed, were recalled
				or continued unsubsidized employment.
"Entrepreneurial Training" - Training given to Title III
				participants which will impart the skills necessary to obtain unsubsidized
				employment through self-employment.
"Equitable Services" -
Services to substantial segments (race, sex, age, national
				origin) and to Work Incentive (WIN) registrants and school dropouts shall be
				equitable. Serving those segments and status groups (i.e., WIN registrants and
				school dropouts) at a level equal to their incidence in the eligible
				population, aged 16-64, as defined by the state, shall be considered equitable.
				Serving those segments at a level greater or lesser than that incidence shall
				be considered equitable if the Service Delivery Area (SDA)
targets services to specific groups and meets requirements of
				Section 141 of the Act, and
provides justification for that targeting to those groups with
				greater need.
If, as a result of targeting or requirements of the Act, any
				substantial segment is served at a rate greater than its proportion within the
				eligible population, remaining substantial segments should be served
				proportionately.
"Excess Property" - Property under the control of any Federal
				or state agency which, as determined by the head thereof, is no longer required
				for its needs or discharge of its responsibilities.
"Expendable Personal Property" - All tangible personal property
				other than nonexpendable property.
"Family" - One or more persons living in a single residence who
				are related to each other by blood, marriage, or adoption. A step-child or a
				step-parent shall be considered to be related by marriage. Also, regardless of
				residence and/or citizenship, anyone claimed as a dependent on another person's
				Federal Income Tax return for the previous year shall be presumed to be part of
				the person's family for the current year. To negate this assumption, the person
				who was claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes would be required to
				provide information that demonstrates the individual is no longer financially
				dependent. Examples of information that may be provided would be a change in
				living arrangements or financial resources that would enable the person to
				become non-dependent. Regardless of living arrangements or tax dependency
				status, the following persons shall be considered a family of one when such
				consideration would result in the individual being determined eligible for
				program participation:
any person who is 55 years of age or older;
a handicapped person; or
an individual 18 years of age or older who receives less than
				50 percent of his/her maintenance from the family, and also is not the head nor
				the spouse of the head of the household.
"Family Income" - All income from all sources actually received
				by all members of the family for the six month period prior to
				eligibility.
Family income shall INCLUDE:
Gross wages and salary (before deductions), except wages paid
				for work experience under the Act, but including wages and salary received for
				on-the-job training;
Net self-employment income (gross receipts minus operating
				expenses);
Other money income received from sources such as net rents,
				pensions, alimony, periodic income from insurance policy annuities, and other
				sources of income.
Family income shall NOT INCLUDE:
Old Age and Survivors Insurance benefits received under Title
				II of the Social Security Act of 1978 (
				42 U.S.C.
				402(1983) );
Non-cash income such as food stamps, or compensation received
				in the form of food or housing;
Imputed value of owner-occupied property, i.e., rental
				value;
Gifts;
Public assistance (e.g., Aid to Families with Dependent
				Children (AFDC) under Title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) (
				42
				U.S.C. 401(1983) ), General
				Assistance (State or local government), Refugee Act of 1980 (
				8
				U.S.C. 1521 -
				1525(1983)
				), or Supplementary Social Security Income (SSI) under Title XVI of the SSA (
				42 U.S.C. 1601 - 1602(1983) );
Cash payments received pursuant to a State plan approved under
				Titles I, IV, IX, XVI and XX of the Social Security Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 1,
				201(a),
				401,
				402,
				1001,
				1002, 1601,
				1602,
				2001,
				2002(1983)
				) or disability insurance payments received under Title II of the Social
				Security Act of 1978 (
				42
				U.S.C. 201(1983) );
Federal, State or Local Unemployment benefits;
Payments made to participants in employment and training
				programs, except wages paid for on-the-job training (OJT) (e.g., the JTPA ( 29
				U.S.C. 1501, December 31, 1982) and Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965
				(
				42 U.S.C.
				3001, December 29, 1981));
Capital gains and losses;
Fixed term, unearned income, such as but not limited to;
Payments received for a limited fixed term under income
				maintenance programs and supplemental (private) unemployment benefits
				plans;
One-time or fixed-term scholarship and fellowship
				grants;
Accident, health, and casualty insurance proceeds;
Disability and death payments, including fixed term (but not
				lifetime) life insurance annuities and death benefits;
Inheritance, including fixed term annuities;
Fixed term workers' compensation awards;
Terminal leave pay;
Soil bank payments;
Agriculture crop stabilization payments;
Pay or allowances which were received by any veteran while
				serving on active duty in the Armed Forces;
Educational assistance and compensation payments to veterans
				and other eligible persons under Chapters 11, 13, 31, 34, 35, and 36 of Title
				38 (Veterans' Benefits) of the U.S.C. (
				38
				U.S.C. 301, 401,
				1501, 1650, 1700,
				1770 );
Payments received under the Trade Readjustment Act of 1974 (
				19 U.S.C.
				2291, January 3, 1975);
Black Lung payments received under the Benefits Reform Act of
				1977 (
				30
				U.S.C. 901, December 29, 1981); and
Child support payments.
"Farm" - A farm is identified on the basis of sales alone and
				is defined as any place which produced agricultural products with annual sales
				of $1,000 or more.
"Follow-Up" - The collection of information on a terminee's
				employment situation thirteen (13) weeks after termination from the
				program.
"Food Stamp Recipient" - An individual who is included in a
				Public Aid Food Stamp Assistance Unit (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 121.70).
"Grant Recipient" - SDA grant recipient.
"Grantor" - The Department of Commerce and Community
				Affairs.
"Handicapped Individual" - Any individual who has a physical or
				mental disability which for such individual constitutes or results in a
				substantial handicap to employment.
"High Unemployment SDA" - As part of the Title III reallocation
				process, an SDA which is among those SDAs which have unemployment rates greater
				than the statewide average unemployment for the most recent 12 months for which
				data are available from the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
"Homeless Individual" - A homeless person is an individual who
				lacks a fixed, regular or adequate nighttime residence or whose primary
				nighttime residence is:
a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to
				provide temporary living accommodations,
an institution that provides a temporary residence for
				individuals intended to be institutionalized, or
a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used
				as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
"Illinois Job Training Coordinating Council" - The advisory
				body appointed by the Governor to make recommendations on issues related to
				employment and training in the State. The council shall be comprised of
				membership consistent with Section 122(a)(3) of the Act (as amended by P.L.
				100-418 ) and shall perform those functions delineated in Sections 122(b) and
				317 of the Act and the Illinois Job Training Coordinating Council Act (Ill.
				Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 48, pars. 2101 et seq.) [20 ILCS 3975 ].
"Inactive Status Period" - The time period between last receipt
				of employment and/or training funded under a given title and the actual date of
				termination from the title.
"Income Maintenance" - Any program providing financial
				assistance to persons in financial need.
"Individual Readjustment Plan" - An individualized plan for the
				Title III participant which assesses during intake, participant skills and
				needs. This plan then develops a readjustment strategy, detailing those basic
				readjustment services necessary to allow the participant to either begin
				training or obtain employment.
"Ineligible" - A participant who, subsequent to enrollment, was
				found to not meet eligibility requirements for participation in the JTPA title
				in which he or she was enrolled.
"Intake" - Includes the screening of an applicant for
				eligibility to determine:
whether the program can benefit the individual (e.g., whether
				the applicant's educational and vocational needs can be met through the
				program);
the employment and training activities and services which would
				be appropriate for that individual;
availability of an appropriate employment and training
				activity;
a decision on selection for participation in accordance with 56
				Ill. Adm. Code
				2610.80;
				and
dissemination of information on the program (see 56 Ill. Adm.
				Code
				2610.130(c)
				 ).
"JOBS Program Participant" - Any individual (AFDC client) who
				is a participant (or has been a participant within the prior six months) in
				assessment or employability planning or is assigned to one of the JOBS Program
				components defined in the approved State JOBS Program Plan, including
				self-initiating activities, at the time of eligibility determination for JTPA
				Title II-A.
"Job Specific Skills" - A PIC-Recognized Youth Employment
				Competency skill area which includes primary and secondary job-specific skills.
				Primary job-specific skills encompass the proficiency to perform actual tasks
				and technical functions required by certain occupational fields at entry,
				intermediate or advanced levels. Secondary job-specific skills entail
				familiarity with and the use of set-up procedures, safety measures,
				work-related terminology, recordkeeping and paperwork formats, tools, equipment
				and materials, and breakdown and clean-up routines.
"Job Training Plan" - A two year program plan for the SDA
				prepared in accordance with Section 104 of the Act and the Department's rules.
				(See 56 Ill. Adm. Code 2610)
"Joint Costs" - Joint costs means a cost which benefits more
				than one cost objective.
"Labor Force Status" -
Employed -
An individual who, during the 7 consecutive days prior to
				application to a JTPA program, did any work at all:
as a paid employee;
in his or her own business, profession or farm, or
worked 15 hours or more as an unpaid worker in an enterprise
				operated by a member of the family; and
An individual who was not working, but has a job or business
				from which he or she was temporarily absent because of illness, bad weather,
				vacation, labor-management dispute, or personal reasons, whether or not paid by
				the employer for time off, and whether or not seeking another job. (This term
				includes members of the Armed Forces on active duty, who have not been
				discharged or separated, participants in registered apprenticeship programs,
				and self-employed individuals.)
Unemployed - An individual who did not work during the 7
				consecutive days prior to application for a JTPA program, who made specific
				efforts to find a job within the past 4 weeks prior to application, and who was
				available for work during the 7 consecutive days prior to application (except
				for temporary illness).
Not in Labor Force - A civilian 14 years of age or over who did
				not work during the 7 consecutive days prior to application for a JTPA program
				and is not classified as employed or unemployed.
Employed Part-Time - An individual who is regularly scheduled
				for work less than 30 hours per week.
Unemployed 15 or More Weeks of Prior 26 Weeks - An individual
				who is unemployed at the time of application and has been unemployed for 15 or
				more weeks of the 26 weeks immediately prior to application, has made specific
				efforts to find a job throughout the period of unemployment, and is not
				classified as "Not in Labor Force".
"Labor-Management Committees" - Committees voluntarily
				established to respond to actual or prospective worker dislocation, which
				ordinarily include (but are not limited to) the following:
shared and equal participation by workers and
				management;
shared financial participation between the company and the SDA,
				using funds provided under Title III of the Act, in paying for the operating
				expenses of the committee; a chairperson, to oversee and guide the activities
				of the committee, who shall be jointly selected by the labor and management
				members of the committee, who is not employed by or under contract with labor
				or management at the site, and who shall provide advice and leadership to the
				committee and prepare a report on its activities;
the ability to respond flexibly to the needs of affected
				workers by devising and implementing a strategy for assessing the employment
				and training needs of each dislocated worker and for obtaining the services and
				assistance necessary to meet those needs;
a formal agreement, terminable at will by the workers or the
				company management, and terminable for cause by the Governor (e.g., violations
				of the Act, fraud, termination of funding); and
local job identification activities (e.g., approaching supplier
				firms to hire dislocated workers or hosting events to bring together local
				employers to interview dislocated workers) by the chairman and members of the
				committee on behalf of the affected workers.
"Limited English Language Proficiency" - Inability of an
				applicant, whose native language is not English, to communicate in English,
				resulting in a job handicap.
"Local Elected Official" - Includes all county and municipal
				officers (and their designees) such as county board members, mayors, and city
				or village council members.
"Lower Living Standard Income Level" - That income level
				(adjusted for regional, metropolitan, urban, and rural differences and family
				size) determined annually by the Secretary based on the most recent "lower
				living family budget" issued by the Secretary.
"Major Plant Closing" - When plant closing employs over 100
				persons.
"Mass Layoff" - When over 100 persons are on layoff from a
				plant.
"Mathematics Grade Level" - The grade level results for an
				adult or youth on mathematics skills as assessed on a generally accepted
				standardized test (e.g., Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE), Wide Range
				Achievement Test (WRAT)).
"Minimal Work History" - An adult or youth who did not work for
				the same employer for longer than three consecutive months in the two years
				prior to JTPA eligibility determination.
"Monetary Eligibility" - A claimant's eligibility for a weekly
				benefit amount of unemployment insurance and the amount of dependency
				allowance, if any, based on the amount of qualifying wages paid.
"Months received AFDC (last 30 months)" - the number of months
				an adult or youth (or the family of an adult or youth) received cash payments
				under AFDC (SSA Title IV) during any of the 30 months prior to eligibility
				determination.
"Multiple Barriers to Employment" - Any adult or youth who has
				three or more of the following barriers to employment:
school dropout,
limited English language proficiency,
handicapped/disabled,
offender,
reading skills below the 7th grade
				level,
math skills below the 7th grade
				level,
long-term AFDC recipient,
lacks significant work history,
homeless,
JOBS Program participant,
substance abuse,
pregnant/parenting teen.
"Nonexpendable Personal Property" - Tangible personal property
				having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $300 or
				more per unit.
"Offender" - An adult or youth who requires assistance in
				overcoming barriers to employment resulting from a record of arrest or
				conviction (excluding misdemeanors).
"Older Individual" - An individual who is 55 years of age or
				older.
"Older Worker" - An individual who is 55 years of age or
				older.
"Other Termination" - The termination of a participant who left
				the grantee's/subgrantee's program for a positive or non-positive reason other
				than to enter unsubsidized employment, or for youth a reason specified in the
				definition of "Youth Employability Enhancement Termination".
"Out-of-Area Job Search" - Assistance provided to a participant
				for expenses that occur as a result of seeking unsubsidized employment in an
				area outside a reasonable commuting distance from the participant's residence.
				Reasonable, for the purposes of this definition, will be defined by the local
				Private Industry Council. Services must be provided near the end of, or within
				90 days after the completion of other retraining services.
"Outreach" - An activity which involves the collection,
				publication, and dissemination of information on program services directed
				toward economically disadvantaged and other individuals eligible to receive
				JTPA training and support services.
"Participant" - An individual who:
has been determined eligible for participation upon intake
				and
has started receiving employment, training, or services (except
				post-termination services) funded under the Act, following intake. Individuals
				who receive only outreach and/or intake and assessment services or post-program
				follow-up are excluded.
"Participant Carried Over" - A participant for whom there was
				an active participant record on file at the end of the previous program
				year.
"Part-Time Student" - An adult or youth who has not received a
				high school diploma or GED certificate but is enrolled in a secondary school or
				an institution offering a certified high school equivalency program on a less
				than full-time schedule.
"Personal Property" - Personal property of any kind except real
				property. It may be tangible - having physical existence, or intangible -
				having no physical existence, such as patents, inventions, and
				copyrights.
"PIC" - Private Industry Council.
"PIC Membership Selection Agreement" - An agreement negotiated
				pursuant to Section 102(d)(2) of the Act and Section
				2600.40(e)(1)
				of this Part between chief elected officials within the SDA which specifies how
				members of the PIC shall be selected.
"Post Termination Services" - Supportive services available to
				individuals who terminate as, "entered employment," which are determined
				necessary to assist such individuals in retaining employment. These services
				may be provided for no more than 6 months following completion of
				training.
"Poverty Level" - The annual income level at, or below, which
				families are considered to live in poverty, as annually determined by the
				Department of Health and Human Services.
"Pre-Employment Skills and Work Maturity Skills" - A
				PIC-Recognized Youth Employment Competency skill area which includes both
				pre-employment skills and work maturity skills. Pre-employment skills include
				world of work awareness, labor market knowledge, occupational information,
				values clarification and personal understanding, career planning, decision
				making, and job search techniques (e.g., resumes, interviews, applications, and
				follow-up letters). They also encompass survival/daily living skills such as
				using the telephone, telling time, shopping, making change, renting an
				apartment, opening a bank account and using public transportation. Work
				Maturity skills include positive work habits, attitudes, and behavior such as
				punctuality, regular attendance, presenting a neat appearance, getting along
				and working well with others, exhibiting good conduct, following instructions
				and completing tasks, accepting constructive criticism from supervisors and
				co-workers, showing initiative and reliability, and assuming the
				responsibilities involved in maintaining a job. This category also entails
				developing motivation and adaptability, obtaining effective interpersonal
				relations, coping and problem-solving skills, and acquiring an improved self
				image. Individuals should demonstrate proficiency in each of the following 11
				core competencies. In order for an attainment to be reported in the area of
				pre-employment/work maturity, at least one PIC-certified competency statement
				must be developed/quantified in each of the following 11 core competencies -
				provided that at least 5 of these learning objectives were achieved during
				program intervention:
making career decisions;
using labor market information;
preparing resumes;
filling out applications;
interviewing;
being consistently punctual;
maintaining regular attendance;
demonstrating positive attitudes/behavior;
presenting appropriate appearance;
exhibiting good interpersonal relations; and
completing tasks effectively.
"Pregnant/Parenting Teen" - Any individual, under twenty years
				of age, who is the parent or guardian of one or more children or any female,
				under twenty years of age, who is pregnant.
"Pre-layoff Services" - Readjustment assistance (as defined in
				Section 314(c) of the Act) given to a Title III participant, after the
				announcement of a layoff and before that layoff becomes effective.
"Previous Occupation SOC Codes" - The Standard Occupational
				Classification (SOC) codes associated with the client's previous
				employment.
"Private Industry Council" - The Council established pursuant
				to Section 102 of the Job Training Partnership Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1512, December
				31, 1982). The Council will be comprised of membership consistent with Section
				102(a) of the Act and will perform those functions delineated in Section 103(a)
				of the Act.
"Program Dropout" - A participant who, after enrollment, does
				not participate in the training and/or service activity(ies) in which he or she
				was enrolled sufficiently to benefit from the program.
"Program Year" (PY) - The months of July through June.
"Public Assistance" - Federal, State, or local government cash
				payments for which eligibility is determined by a need or income test. NOTE:
				This term is used for eligibility determination and includes the three groups
				included in "welfare recipient", plus recipients of Supplemental Security
				Income (SSI), but is not limited to these assistance programs.
"Race/Ethnic Group" - The basic racial and ethnic categories
				for use in all Federally funded programs are defined by the Office of
				Management and Budget as follows:
White, Not Hispanic - A person having origins in any of the
				original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East.
Black, Not Hispanic - A person having origins in any of the
				black racial groups of Africa.
Hispanic - A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or
				South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
American Indian or Alaskan Native - A person having origins in
				any of the original peoples of North America, and who maintains cultural
				identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
Asian or Pacific Islander - A person having origins in any of
				the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent,
				or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China, India, Japan,
				Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa. (Hawaiian Natives are included
				herein.)
"Reading Grade Level" - The English reading skills grade level
				for an adult or youth on a generally accepted standardized test (e.g., Test of
				Adult Basic Education (TABE), Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), Job Corps
				Reading Test).
"Real Property" - Land, including land improvements, structures
				and appurtenances thereto, excluding movable machinery and equipment.
"Recalled" - A client who, after enrollment in a JTPA program,
				returns to a firm from which he or she was laid off.
"Recipient" - The governor of the State of Illinois.
"Referral" - The act of bringing to the attention of an
				employer, a local office, a training sponsor, or a supportive service agency,
				an individual (or group of individuals) who needs a job, training, or related
				supportive services.
"Registered Apprenticeship Program" - A formal written
				occupational training program which combines on-the-job training and related
				instruction and in which workers learn the practical and conceptual skills
				required for a skilled occupation, craft, or trade. Apprenticeship programs
				must meet 22 criteria specified in
				29 CFR
				29.5 (as revised July 1, 1989, with no later
				amendments or editions) to be registered by the Secretary of Labor or
				designated state representative. Apprentices who complete the program are
				awarded a certificate of completion by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and
				Training and/or the state Apprenticeship Council in those states certified as
				meeting federal requirements.
"Relocation" - Assistance provided to a participant for all or
				part of the expenses resulting from a participant and his or her family moving
				to a labor market within which the participant does not currently reside.
				Criteria for receiving funds under this category include but are not limited
				to:
a determination is made that the participant cannot secure
				suitable employment within the labor market;
documentation that the participant has obtained a bonafide
				employment offer; and
the occupation is related to vocational retraining received as
				a result of the program.
"Relocation Assistance" - The activities necessary to arrange
				for a family to move to a new abode for the purpose of accepting long-duration
				employment. Activities may include, but are not limited to: the cost of the
				actual transfer of goods and property, including mileage for the family's
				travel; emergency assistance; rent subsidies; and other supportive
				services.
"Residence" - An individual's principal dwelling or
				home.
"Satisfactory Progress in School - A Service Delivery Area, in
				cooperation with the local school system, must develop a written policy which
				defines an individual standard of progress that each participant is required to
				meet. Such a standard should, at a minimum, include both a qualitative element
				of a participant's progress (e.g., performance on a criterion referenced test
				or a grade point average) and a quantitative element (e.g., a time limit for
				completion of the program or course of study). This policy may provide for
				exceptional situations in which students who do not meet the standard of
				progress are nonetheless making satisfactory progress during a probationary
				period because of mitigating circumstances.
"SDA Grant Recipient" - The entity that receives JTPA funds for
				a service delivery area (SDA). SDA grant recipients are particular types of
				subrecipients.
"Secretary" - The Secretary of the United States Department of
				Labor.
"Selective Service Registrant" - Any individual who must
				register, as required by Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50
				U.S.C. App. 453 (1982)).
"Service Delivery Area" (SDA) - An area comprised of one or
				more units of general local government designated by the Governor to promote
				effective delivery of job training services under JTPA in accordance with
				Section 101 of the Act.
"Single Head of Household with Dependent Children" - A single,
				abandoned, separated, divorced or widowed individual who has responsibility for
				one or more dependent children under age 18.
"State" - The State of Illinois.
"State Plan" - The biennial plan for Title III activities in
				the State prepared by the Governor in accordance with Section 311 of the Act
				and 20 CFR
				631.36 (as revised April 1, 1990, with no
				later amendments or editions).
"State Reserve Fund" - That portion of the State's funds,
				allotted in accordance with Section 302(b) of P.L. 97-300 (as amended by P. L.
				100-418), reserved to the Governor under Section 302(c)(1) for the uses
				described in that section.
"Subgrantee" - A subrecipient.
"Subrecipient" - The legal entity to which a subgrant is
				awarded and which is accountable to the recipient (or higher tier subrecipient)
				for the use of the funds provided. For JTPA purposes, distinguishing
				characteristics of a subrecipient include items such as determining eligibility
				of applicants, enrollment of participants, performance measured against meeting
				the objectives of the program, responsibility for programmatic decisionmaking,
				responsibility for compliance with program requirements, and use of the funds
				awarded to carry out a JTPA program or project, as compared to providing goods
				or services for a JTPA program or project (vendor). Depending on local
				circumstances, the PIC, local elected official, or administrative entity may be
				a subrecipient. SDA grant recipients and JTPA Title III substate grantees are
				particular types of subrecipients.
"Subsidized Employment" - Employment created in the public
				sector and in private for profit or nonprofit organizations which is financed
				by the recipient's program funds. Subsidized employment includes work
				experience. (On-the-Job Training (OJT) is a reportable training activity,
				rather than subsidized employment.)
"Substance Abuser" - An adult or youth determined to be drug or
				alcohol dependent as determined by a medical authority or authorized school
				staff (e.g., guidance counselor, principal, school nurse).
"Substantial Layoff" - Any reduction in force which is not the
				result of a plant closing and which results in an employment loss at a single
				site of employment during any 30-day period for:
At least 33 percent of the employees (excluding employees
				regularly working less than 20 hours per week); and
At least 50 employees (excluding employees regularly working
				less than 20 hours per week); or at least 500 employees excluding employees
				regularly working less than 20 hours per week).
"Substate Area" (SSA) - An area comprised of one or more
				existing Service Delivery Areas, designated by the Governor to promote the
				effective delivery of services to dislocated workers in accordance with Section
				312(a) of the Act.
"Substate Grantee" - The entity which is designated, in
				accordance with the procedures described in Section 312(b) of the Act, as
				having the responsibility for providing the services described in Section
				314(c), (d), and (e) of the Act pursuant to an agreement with the Governor and
				in accordance with the State plan and the substate plan.
"Substate Plan" - A Title III program plan for the substate
				areas prepared in accordance with Section 313 of the Act, the State plan, and
				such instructions as the Department issues in complying with
				20 CFR
				631.50 (revised as of April 1, 1990, with no
				later amendments or editions).
"Summer Months" - The months of May through September.
"Terminal Leave Pay" - Severance pay or payment received in
				lieu of accrued benefits when an individual terminates employment.
"Termination" - The separation of a participant from a given
				title of the Act who is no longer receiving employment, training or services
				(except post-termination services) funded under that title.
"UC Claimant" - Any individual who has filed a claim and has
				been determined monetarily eligible for benefit payments under one or more
				State or Federal unemployment compensation (UC) programs, and who has not
				exhausted benefit rights or whose benefit year has not ended.
"UC Exhaustee" - Any individual who has exhausted his
				unemployment compensation benefits (not including Extended, Additional State,
				or Federal Supplemental Benefits) for which he has been determined monetarily
				eligible.
"Unsubsidized Employment" - Employment not financed from funds
				provided under the Act.
"Upgrading Training" - Training given to an individual who
				needs such training to advance above an entry-level or dead-end employment
				position.
"Vendor" - An entity responsible for providing generally
				required goods or services to be used in the JTPA program. These goods or
				services may be for the recipient's or subrecipient's own use or for the use of
				participants in the program. Distinguishing characteristics of a vendor include
				items such as:
providing the goods and services within normal business
				operations;
providing similar goods and services to many different
				purchasers, including purchaser outside the JTPA program; and
operating in a competitive environment.
A vendor is not a subrecipient and does not exhibit the
				distinguishing characteristics attributable to a subrecipient as defined above.
				Any entity directly involved in the delivery of program services not available
				to the general public, with the exception of an employer providing
				on-the-job-training, shall be considered a subrecipient rather than a
				vendor.
"Veteran" - A person who served on active duty in the military,
				naval, or air service (of the United States) for a period of more than 180 days
				and who was discharged or released therefrom with other than a dishonorable
				discharge or was discharged or released from active duty because of a
				service-connected disability.
NOTE: The term "active" means full-time duty in the Armed
				Forces, other than duty for training in the reserves or National Guard. Any
				period of duty for training in the reserves or National Guard, including
				authorized travel, during which an individual was disabled from a disease or
				injury incurred or aggravated in the line of duty, is considered "active" duty.
Recently Separated Veteran - Any veteran who applies for
				participation under any title of the Act within 48 months of the discharge or
				release from active military, naval, or air service.
Disabled Veteran - A veteran
who is entitled to compensation under laws administered by the
				Veterans' Administration, or
an individual who was discharged or released from active duty
				because of a service-connected disability.
Vietnam-Era Veteran - A veteran any part of whose active
				military, naval, or air service occurred between August 5, 1964 through May 7,
				1975.
"Vocational Exploration Program (VEP)" - A program for the
				purpose of exposing individuals to the operation and types of jobs available in
				the private sector through observation of such jobs and instruction including,
				where appropriate, limited practical experience.
"Welfare Recipient" - An individual who receives or whose
				family receives cash payments under Aid to Families with Dependent Children
				(AFDC) (Social Security Act (SSA) Title IV) (
				42
				U.S.C. 401(1983) ), General
				Assistance (State or local government), or the Refugee Act of 1980 (
				8
				U.S.C. 1521 -
				1525(1983)
				). (For proposed performance standards purposes, this term excludes recipients
				of Supplementary Security Income (SSI) Title XVI of the Social Security Act (
				42 U.S.C. 1601, 1602(1983) ).
"Work Experience" - A short-term or part-time work assignment
				with a public or private nonprofit employing agency for a participant who needs
				assistance in becoming accustomed to basic work requirements. It is prohibited
				in the private-for-profit sector except for limited internships and entry
				employment experience programs, as provided in Section 264(c)(1)(F) and
				(H).
Work experience is designed to promote the development of good
				work habits and basic work skills for individuals who have never worked or who
				have been out of the labor force for an extended period of time including, but
				not limited to:
students;
summer youth;
school dropouts;
individuals with disabilities; and
older workers.
Participation in work experience shall be for a reasonable
				length of time, based on the needs of the participant, which shall be
				documented in the participant's ISS. Generally, work experience for adults may
				not exceed the later of 6 months or 499 hours if working part-time. The ISS
				shall include a justification in each case where work experience is authorized
				in excess of these limits for adults.
Work experience conducted under Titles II-A and II-C shall be
				accompanied, either concurrently or sequentially, by other services designed to
				increase the basic education and/or occupational skills of the participant, as
				documented in the ISS.
Work experience is not an allowable activity under Title III of
				the Act.
"Youth" - An individual who is aged 16 through 21. (Individuals
				aged 14 and 15 may participate in a "preemployment skills training program" for
				youth.)
"Youth Competency System" - A sufficiently developed youth
				employment competency system must include the following structural and
				procedural elements:
Quantifiable Learning Objectives - PIC-recognized competency
				statements that are quantifiable, employment-related, measurable, verifiable
				learning objectives that specify the proficiency to be achieved as a result of
				program participation. Employment competencies/quantifiable learning objectives
				approved by the PIC as relevant to the SDA must include a description of the
				skills/knowledge/attitudes/behavior to be taught, the levels of achievement to
				be attained, and the means of measurement to be used to demonstrate competency
				accomplishment. The level of achievement selected should enhance the youth's
				employability and opportunities for postprogram employment.
Related Curricula, Training Modules, and Approaches - Focused
				curricula, training modules, or behavior modification approaches which teach
				the employment competencies in which youth are found to be deficient. Such
				related activities, components, or courses must encompass participant
				orientation, work-site supervisor/instructor/community volunteer training, and
				staff development endeavors as appropriate. They also must include, as
				appropriate, relevant agreements, manuals, implementation packages,
				instructions, and guidelines. A minimum duration of training must be specified
				which allows sufficient time for a youth to achieve those skills necessary to
				attain his/her learning objectives.
Pre-Assessment - Assessment of participant employment
				competency needs at the start of the program to determine if a youth requires
				assistance and is capable of benefitting from available services. A minimum
				level of need must be established before a participant is eligible to be
				tracked as a potential "attained PIC-recognized youth employment competency"
				outcome. All assessment techniques must be objective, unbiased and conform to
				widely accepted measurement criteria. Measurement methods used must contain
				clearly defined criteria, be field tested for utility, consistency, and
				accuracy, and provide for the training/preparation of all
				raters/scorers.
Post-Assessment (Evaluation) - Evaluation of participant
				achievement at the end of the program to determine if competency-based learning
				gains took place during project enrollment. Intermediate checking to track
				progress is encouraged. All evaluation techniques must be objective, unbiased
				and conform to widely accepted evaluation criteria. Measurement methods used
				must contain clearly defined criteria, be field tested for utility,
				consistency, and accuracy, and provide for the training/preparation of all
				raters/scorers.
Employability Development Planning - Use of assessment results
				in assigning a youth to appropriate learning activities/sites in the proper
				sequence to promote participant growth and development, remedy identified
				deficiencies, and build upon strengths.
Documentation - Maintenance of participant records and
				necessary reporting of competency-based outcomes to document intra-program
				learning gains achieved by youth.
Certification - Proof of youth employment competency attainment
				in the form of a certificate for participants who achieve predetermined levels
				of proficiency to use as evidence of this accomplishment and to assist them in
				entering the labor market.
"Youth Employability Enhancement Termination" - An outcome for
				youth, other than entered unsubsidized employment, which is recognized as
				enhancing long-term employability and contributing to the potential for
				long-term increase in earnings and employment. Outcomes which meet this
				requirement shall be restricted to the following:
Attained (two or more) PIC-Recognized Youth Employment
				Competencies - Demonstrated proficiency as defined by the PIC in two or more of
				the following three skill areas in which the client was deficient at
				enrollment: Pre-employment/Work Maturity; Basic Education; or Job-specific
				Skills. Competency gains must be achieved through program participation and
				tracked through sufficiently developed systems that must include: quantifiable
				learning objectives, related curricula/training modules, pre- and post
				assessment, employability planning, documentation and certification.
Returned to Full-Time School - The total number of youth
				who,
had returned to full-time secondary school (e.g., junior high
				school, middle school and high school), including alternative school, if, at
				the time of intake the participant was not attending school, exclusive of
				summer, and had not obtained a high school diploma or equivalent and
prior to termination had been retained in school for one
				semester or at least 120 calendar days.
NOTE: Alternative School A specialized, structured curriculum
				offered inside or outside of the public school system which may provide
				work/study and/or GED preparation.
Remained in School - The total number of youth who, prior to
				termination, had been retained in full-time secondary school, including
				alternative school, for one semester or at least 120 calendar days. A youth may
				be terminated with this enhancement only if he/she was attending school at the
				time of intake, had not received a high school diploma or equivalent, and was
				considered "at risk of dropping out of school", as defined by the Governor in
				this Section in consultation with the Illinois State Board of Education.
NOTE: To obtain credit for Returned to Full-Time School or
				Remained in School, SDAs must be prepared to demonstrate that retention results
				from continuing participation in JTPA activities and the youth must be making
				satisfactory progress in school, and for youth aged 16-21: attain a
				PIC-approved Youth Employment Competency in Basic Skills or Job Specific Skills
				and for individuals aged 14-15: attained a PIC-approved Youth Employment
				Competency in Pre-employment/Work Maturity or Basic Skills.
Completed Major Level of Education - The total number of
				adults/youths who, prior to termination, had completed, during enrollment, a
				level of educational achievement which had not been reached at entry. Levels of
				educational achievement are secondary and post secondary. Completion
				standards:
shall be governed by state standard; and
shall include a high school diploma, GED certificate or
				equivalent at the secondary level; and
shall require a diploma or other written certification of
				completion at the post-secondary level.
NOTE: To obtain credit, completion of a major level of
				education must result primarily from JTPA program participation of at least 90
				calendar days or 200 hours.
Entered Non-Title II Training - The total number of
				adults/youth who, prior to termination, had entered an occupational-skills
				employment/training program, not funded under Title II of the JTPA, which
				builds upon and does not duplicate training received under Title
				II.
To obtain credit, the participant must have been retained in
				  that program for at least 90 calendar days or 200 hours or must have received a
				  certification of occupational skill attainment. During the period the
				  participant is in non-Title II training, he/she may or may not have received
				  JTPA services.