40 Tex. Admin. Code § 801.27 - Workforce Solutions Office Programs and Partners

(a) The following Workforce Solutions Office Programs are Board-administered or under Agency purview:

(1) Adult program, authorized under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title I;

(2) Dislocated Worker program, authorized under WIOA, Title I;

(3) Youth programs, authorized under WIOA, Title I;

(4) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training, authorized under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 United States Code (USC) §2015(d)(4) et seq.);

(5) Choices, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Employment and Training program, authorized under the Social Security Act, Title IV, Part A (42 USC § 601 et seq.);

(6) Subsidized Child Care programs, identified by Chapter 809 of this title (relating to Child Care Services);

(7) Employment Service program, authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 USC § 49 et seq.), as amended by WIOA, Title III;

(8) Trade Adjustment Assistance, authorized under Title II, Chapter 2 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC § 2271, et seq.);

(9) Adult Education and Family Literacy Act program, authorized under WIOA, Title II, when the Board is the grantee;

(10) Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services, authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 USC § 720 et seq.), as amended by WIOA, Title IV. Boards are required to enter a memorandum of understanding for VR services in accordance with § 801.26 of this subchapter;

(11) Unemployment Insurance Benefits programs, authorized under state unemployment compensation law, including the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program, authorized under Title III of the Social Security Act (42 USC § 506 et seq.);

(12) Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker employment services, under the National Farmworker Jobs Program, authorized under WIOA, Title I; and

(13) National Dislocated Worker Grant program, authorized under WIOA, Title I.

(b) Required Workforce Solutions Office partners are the entities that administer the following programs in the local workforce development areas:

(1) Jobs for Veterans State Grant program, as authorized under the Job Counseling, Training, and Placement Services for Veterans (38 USC § 41 et seq.), and administered by the Texas Veterans Commission;

(2) Adult Education and Family Literacy Act program, authorized under WIOA, Title II;

(3) Senior Community Service Employment Program, authorized under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 USC § 3056 et seq.);

(4) Apprenticeship Training Program certified by the United States Department of Labor's Office of Apprenticeship Training, and which meets state criteria established under Texas Education Code, Chapter 133;

(5) career and technical education programs, authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 USC § 2301 et seq.);

(6) employment and training activities carried out under Community Services Block Grant programs (42 USC § 9901 et seq.);

(7) employment and training activities provided through grantees of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(8) education and vocational training programs through Job Corps, authorized under WIOA, Title I, and administered by the United States Department of Labor;

(9) Native American programs, authorized under WIOA, Title I;

(10) YouthBuild programs, authorized under WIOA, Title I; and

(11) programs authorized under §212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 USC § 17532 et seq.).

(c) Other entities that provide services of benefit to workforce development may be optional partners in the One-Stop Service Delivery System if the Board and chief elected officials agree on each entity's participation. The entities include, but are not limited to, those that provide:

(1) employment and training programs administered by the Social Security Administration, including the Ticket-to-Work and the Self-Sufficiency Program established under §1148 of the Social Security Act (42 USC § 1320b-19 et seq.);

(2) employment and training programs carried out by the Small Business Administration;

(3) programs administered by OneStar Foundation, authorized under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 USC § 12401 et seq.); and

(4) other appropriate federal, state, or local programs that may include employment, education, and training programs provided by public libraries or in the private sector.

Notes

40 Tex. Admin. Code § 801.27

The provisions of this §801.27 adopted to be effective May 25, 2000, 25 TexReg 4591; amended to be effective October 18, 2006, 31 TexReg 8563; amended to be effective February 7, 2011, 36 TexReg 599; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 47, November 25, 2022, TexReg 7913, eff. 11/28/2022