Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 877 - Workforce Development Board and Workforce Development Center Administration Division › Chapter 12 - Iowa Job Training Partnership Program › Rule 877-12.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following definitions apply to this chapter and the Iowa
				Job Training Partnership Act program unless the context otherwise
				requires:
"Act"
means the Job Training Partnership Act,
				PL. 97-300, as amended by PL. 102-367.
"Administrative capacity"
means the positions
				that have overall administrative responsibility for selection, hiring,
				placement, or supervisory responsibilities regarding participants served or
				staff hired under a grant agreement.
"Administrative entity"
means the
				organization, corporation, agency or unit of government designated under an
				agreement between a private industry council and representative(s) of the
				parties to an Iowa Code chapter 28E agreement to manage and execute a job
				training plan in a service delivery area of the state.
"Chief elected official (CEO) "
means the
				local elected official who is selected from the participating units of
				government in the service delivery area (SDA) to act as their authorized
				representative. In the case of a service delivery area, this would be the
				chairperson of the local elected officials' JTPA board. For the state, the CEO
				is the governor.
"Community-based organizations (CBO)"
means
				private, nonprofit organizations which are representative of communities or
				significant segments of communities and which provide job training services.
				Examples include United Way of America, neighborhood groups and organizations,
				community action agencies, community development corporations, vocational
				rehabilitation organizations, rehabilitation facilities (as defined in Section
				7(10) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), tribal governments, and agencies
				serving youth, persons with disabilities, displaced homemakers, or
				on-reservation Indians.
"Department"
or
"DWD"
means
				the department of workforce development, which has been designated as the state
				administrative entity to administer the Job Training Partnership Act on behalf
				of the governor.
"Grant recipient"
means the organization,
				corporation, agency or unit of government designated under an agreement between
				a private industry council and representative(s) of the parties to a 28E
				agreement to receive Job Training Partnership Act funds on behalf of a service
				delivery area of the state.
"Local elected officials (LEO)"
means county
				supervisors, except with respect to contiguous municipal corporations with a
				population of 200,000 or more that serve a substantial part of a labor market,
				in which case the mayor of that municipality(ies) is also a "local elected
				official." LEOs must approve the local service delivery area's local training
				plans and modifications before they are submitted to the governor.
"Local training plan "
means a written program
				of action approved by the governor which delineates the method of operation and
				proposed budget for a JTPA program in a service delivery area. The two types of
				local training plans are:
1. The Job
			 Training Plan (JTP) is the designation given to the plan for the Title IIA and
			 IIB programs.
2. The Title III
			 Dislocated Workers Plan is the designation given to the plan which describes
			 the Dislocated Worker Center program.
"Private industry council (PLC) "
means the
				group of persons in a service delivery area appointed to oversee (review,
				monitor, and evaluate) the programs conducted pursuant to that service delivery
				area's local training plans. The PIC must also approve the local service
				delivery area's local training plans and modifications before they are
				submitted to the governor.
"Service delivery area (SDA) "
means those
				regions in which the state is divided and through which job training services
				are delivered. Each SDA must have a PIC, a LEO 28E agreement, a LEO/PIC
				agreement, a job training plan, a grant recipient, an administrative entity,
				and service providers.
"Service provider"
means any person,
				organization, or other entity which receives a contract (financial or
				nonfinancial) under JTPA through an SDA grant recipient or JTPA grantees or
				contractors to carry out substantive work (e.g., employment, training, support
				services, purchases of supplies or equipment).
"Subrecipient"
means any person, organization
				or other entity which receives financial assistance under JTPA through an SDA
				grant recipient. In a service delivery area where the grant recipient and
				administrative entity are separate entities, the term "subrecipient" includes
				the administrative entity.
"Workforce development board"
or
"WDB"
means the board appointed by the governor pursuant to
				Iowa Code chapter 84A.