2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 31 - Labor
Chapter 556a - Workforce Development
Section 31-11x - Comprehensive job training and related services, grants for. Definitions. Regulations.

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Underemployed” means an individual: (A) Working part time but seeking full-time work; or (B) working full-time but receiving wages below the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the Labor Commissioner, in cooperation with the Commissioner of Social Services; (2) “unemployed” means an individual who is without a job, is available for work and is seeking full-time work; (3) “economically disadvantaged” means an individual who meets the criteria established by the Labor Commissioner; and (4) “comprehensive job training and related services” means recruitment, counseling remediation, motivational prejob training, vocational training, job development, job placement and other appropriate services enabling individuals to secure and retain employment at their maximum capacity.

(b) The Labor Commissioner shall establish a program of grants for: (1) Comprehensive job training and related services or job opportunities programs for economically disadvantaged, unemployed and underemployed individuals, including persons of limited English-speaking ability, through opportunities industrialization centers and other community-based organizations; and (2) the establishment and operation in the state of these centers and organizations.

(c) The Labor Commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing criteria for the distribution of funds under this section and shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to further implement the purposes of this section. The criteria shall include requirements that: (1) The program receiving state assistance: (A) Involves the Commissioner of Social Services in the planning of the program; (B) involves residents in the region to be served by the program in the planning and operation of the program; (C) involves the business community in the region to be served by the program in its development and operation; and (D) gives priority to persons who receive state-administered general assistance benefits; and (2) a program receiving financial assistance has adequate internal administrative controls, accounting procedures, personnel standards, evaluation procedures, availability of in-service training and technical assistance programs and other policies as are necessary to promote the effective use of funds received under said programs.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 29, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 04-76, S. 34.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section; P.A. 04-76 amended Subsec. (c)(1)(D) by deleting reference to “general assistance”.