N.J. Admin. Code § 12:23-2.3 - Application for Customized Training Assistance

(a) It is the intent of the Workforce Development Partnership Program to link customized training services directly to the demands of the workplace by providing high quality training and education through active participation by New Jersey's business, labor communities and local Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs). The approval of applications and execution of contracts for the delivery of customized training services will be accomplished in accordance with this intent.

(b) Each applicant seeking customized training services shall submit an application for customized training to the Commissioner in a format approved by the Commissioner. The completed application shall include the applicant's (or if applicable, applicants') name, address, basic descriptive information concerning the applicant and specific details concerning training needs and requirements. In addition, each employer will submit a business needs plan and a human resources plan. The business needs plan shall include:

1. Justification of the need for the training services and/or funding from the Office of Customized Training, including financial and other information sufficient to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the applicant will be unable to provide the training service or will provide significantly less of the service if the requested funding is not provided by the Office of Customized Training;

2. A comprehensive long-term human resource development plan which:

i. Extends significantly beyond the period of time in which the services are funded by the Office of Customized Training; and

ii. Significantly enhances the productivity and competitiveness of the employer's operations located in the State and the employment security of workers employed by the employer in the State;

3. Evidence, if the training sought is for an occupation which is not a labor demand occupation, that the customized training services are needed to prevent job loss caused by obsolete skills, technological change, or national or global competition or that the services are being provided to employees at a facility which is being relocated into New Jersey;

4. Evidence that basic skills funding for the remedial training being sought is necessary to enable an individual to develop necessary skills to attain minimally the level of self-sufficiency, or the training is needed to enable the individual to succeed in occupational training, or the training is needed by the individual for career advancement;

5. Information demonstrating that most of the individuals receiving the services will be trained primarily for work in the direct production of goods or services. This does not preclude training in areas of need such as quality management and remedial education to upgrade workplace literacy; and

6. Any additional information from a specific applicant which the Commissioner deems appropriate.

(c) Non-employer applicants will not be required to submit a business plan but will submit justification of the need for the training services and funding from the Office of Customized Training as noted in (b)1 above and the evidence and information specified in (b)4 through 6 above.

(d) For those applicants who are members of a consortium application, an overall justification for the need for training shall be provided by the lead member/organization identifying why the training is critical to this industry.

(e) The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NJOICC) shall determine or clarify the labor demand status of an occupation which is contained in an application for customized training services upon request by the Office of Customized Training. The NJOICC shall collect, review and analyze worker supply and demand data and other relevant information; evaluate this information in the context of current and projected local, State, and/or regional labor market conditions; and provide a determination of the current and projected labor demand status of the occupation in question. In making this determination, the NJOICC may consider any relevant information provided by the Office of Customized Training and the applicant for customized training services. The determination made by NJOICC shall be utilized by the Department in its review and evaluation of applications for customized training services.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:23-2.3

Amended by R.1997 d.465, effective 11/3/1997.
See: 29 N.J.R. 3233(a), 29 N.J.R. 4690(a).
Inserted new (e) and (f); and recodified existing (e) as (g).
Amended by R.2002 d.193, effective 6/17/2002.
See: 34 N.J.R. 448(a), 34 N.J.R. 2036(a).
In (b), added a new 4 and recodified former 4 and 5 as 5 and 6; in (c), inserted "through 6" following "(b)4"; rewrote (e).
Amended by R.2012 d.024, effective 2/6/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 2424(a), 44 N.J.R. 285(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (b), deleted a comma following "the applicant"; in (b)5, deleted "total" preceding "quality"; deleted former (e) and (f); and recodified former (g) as (e).