North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 20 - EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 20A .0101 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions shall apply in Chapter 17 and to
				  activities conducted with funds received, directly or indirectly, from the
				  Division:
(1) Administrative Entity.
				The entity selected by a private industry council in accordance with its
				agreement(s) with appropriate chief elected officials, to conduct the daily
				administrative functions required to manage and, if applicable, to operate
				employment and training activities in a service delivery area.
(2) Administrative Review. Review, which may
				include investigation, hearing and orders by the Office of Administrative
				Hearings and the Department, except where appeal is to the Secretary of USDOL
				under JTPA sections 101(a)(4)(c), 105(b)(2), 106(h)(4) and 164(b)(1), of
				actions taken by the Governor, the Division, the State Job Training
				Coordinating Council, or the Rural Service Delivery Area Private Industry
				Council. Review may be sought of disputes within the definition of "contested
				case" under
				G.S.
				150B-2(2).
(3) Adult. For the purposes of employment and
				training program participation, an individual who is twenty-two years of age or
				older.
(4) Applicant. An individual
				who has completed and signed an application for participation in an employment
				and training program and has provided that application to a current service
				provider or agent for a service provider.
(5) Bidder or Prospective Contractor. A
				person or entity that has formally bid or responded to a request for proposals
				to operate job training activities or provide administrative or supportive
				services.
(6) Cash Welfare Payment.
				Payments under AFDC (SSA, Title IV), General Assistance (local government), the
				Refugee Assistance Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-212) or SSI (SSA, Title
				XVI); provided that for performance standards purposes, payments under SSI
				(SSA, Title XVI) shall be excluded.
(7) CETA. The Comprehensive Employment and
				Training Act of 1973, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments
				of 1978 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(8) Chief Elected Official. The chief elected
				official, for the purposes of JTPA, in a service delivery area. In the absence
				of specific direction to the contrary, the chief elected official shall be
				construed to mean:
(a) As to the Rural
				Service Delivery Area, the Governor;
(b) As to single units of government that are
				service delivery areas, the mayor (in the case of cities) or the chairman of
				the board of county commissioners (in the case of counties); in the event the
				chairman or mayor is not a position subject to popular election, the governing
				board of the governmental unit shall designate an elected official as the chief
				elected official for the purposes of JTPA;
(c) As to consortia of two or more
				governmental units that have been designated as a service delivery area, the
				officials from each unit (as defined in Paragraph (2) of this Rule) shall
				select among themselves an individual as chief elected official, provided that
				such a selection shall not preclude the officials from agreeing that more than
				one official's signature shall be required on documents requiring the signature
				of the chief elected official;
(d)
				An appropriate designee of Subparagraph (8)(a), (b) or (c), to the extent
				permitted by law and designated in writing, except that a designee of a chief
				elected official under Subparagraph (8)(c) must have the written approval of
				all units of government in the consortium.