DWD 820.02(15)
(15) "DCR" means the U.S. DOL directorate of civil rights.
DWD 820.02(16)
(16) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of workforce development.
DWD 820.02(17)
(17) "Department grantee" means an organization or agency receiving a grant directly from the department.
DWD 820.02(18)
(18) "Direct costs" means any cost which can be identified specifically with one particular cost objective.
DWD 820.02(19)
(19) "Dislocated worker committee" means a subcommittee of the Wisconsin jobs council.
DWD 820.02(20)
(20) "DOD" means the Wisconsin department of development.
DWD 820.02(22)
(22) "DWLAP" means the substate dislocated worker local assistance plan submitted to the department in compliance with
29 USC 1661b.
DWD 820.02(23)
(23) "EDS" means the department's automated data system which is used to track participant eligibility and enrollment under this chapter.
DWD 820.02(24)
(24) "EDS EDF" means the eligibility determination form issued by the department for certifying participant eligibility in programs funded under this chapter.
DWD 820.02(25)
(25) "EDS SCTN" means the status change/termination notice form issued by the department for use in tracking participant enrollment in programs funded under this chapter.
DWD 820.02(26)
(26) "EDWAA" means the economic dislocation and worker adjustment assistance act, P.L.
100-418, title VI, subtitle D, s. 6302, 102 Stat. 1538 which amended title III of the job training partnership act,
29 USC 1651 et seq.
DWD 820.02(27)
(27) "Equipment" means an article of nonexpendable tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and a unit acquisition cost of $500 or more. An organization may use its own definition if it includes all nonexpendable tangible personal property as defined in
sub. (50).
DWD 820.02(28)
(28) "ERD" means the equal rights division within the department.
DWD 820.02(29)
(29) "ETA" means the employment and training administration within DOL.
DWD 820.02(30)
(30) "Expendable personal property" means all tangible personal property other than nonexpendable personal property.
DWD 820.02(31)
(31) "Facilities" means land or buildings, individually or collectively, or any other tangible capital asset wherever located and whether owned or leased, including leasehold improvements and equipment.
DWD 820.02(32)
(32) "FAS" means the department's automated financial accounting system for programs funded under this chapter.
DWD 820.02(33)
(33) "FDIC" means the federal deposit insurance corporation.
DWD 820.02(34)
(34) "Fixed unit price contract" means a contract in which payment is based wholly on the delivery of services by the contractor.
DWD 820.02(35)
(35) "FSLIC" means the federal savings and loan insurance corporation.
DWD 820.02(36)
(36) "Grant" means an agreement between the department and the grantee whereby the department provides funds to carry out specific programs under this chapter.
DWD 820.02(37)
(37) "Grantee" means an organization or agency receiving a grant either directly or indirectly from the department or another grantee.
DWD 820.02(38)
(38) "Grantor" means the department or another organization or agency from which the grantee receives its grant.
DWD 820.02(39)
(39) "Immediate family" means wife, husband, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, stepparent and stepchild. Pursuant to
20 CFR 632.118 (c), for Native American grantees, "immediate family" means wife, husband, son, daughter, mother, father, brother and sister.
DWD 820.02(40)
(40) "Indirect cost" means any general management cost incurred for a purpose benefiting more than one cost objective.
DWD 820.02(41)
(41) "Industrywide project" means a special response program targeted to a specific population identified by the dislocated worker committee.
DWD 820.02(42)
(42) "In-kind contributions" means the value of noncash contributions provided by the grantee or third parties which directly benefit and are specifically identifiable to the program. In-kind contributions may be in the form of charges for real or nonexpendable personal property and the value of goods or services.
DWD 820.02(44)
(44) "Joint cost" means any cost which benefits more than one cost objective and which is readily assignable to the cost objectives benefited. Examples of joint costs include the salary of a staff person teaching both a vocational skills and employer-linked training program or the salary of an individual who administers and provides training for a program.
DWD 820.02(46)
(46) "Leasehold improvements" means any capital expenditure made for additions or improvements to any tangible real property leased by the grantee.
DWD 820.02(48)
(48) "Long term unemployed" means any individual who is unemployed at the time of eligibility determination and has been unemployed for 15 or more of the 26 weeks immediately prior to eligibility determination.
DWD 820.02(49)
(49) "Needs-related payments" means payments made pursuant to
29 USC 1661c (e) by a SSG to an eligible dislocated worker who does not qualify or has ceased to qualify for U.C. in order to enable the worker to participate in training or education programs funded under this chapter.
DWD 820.02(50)
(50) "Nonexpendable personal property" means tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and unit acquisition cost of $500 or more.
DWD 820.02(51)
(51) "OIG" means the U.S. office of the inspector general.
DWD 820.02(53)
(53) "OMB" means the U.S. office of management and budget.
DWD 820.02(54)
(54) "Participant" means any individual who has been determined eligible for participation and started receiving subsidized employment, training or services under a grant following intake, except for an individual who receives only outreach, intake and assessment services or an individual who receives post-termination services.
DWD 820.02(55)
(55) "Performance based contract" means a type of fixed unit price contract under which costs may be allocated entirely to the retraining services cost category.
DWD 820.02(56)
(56) "Personal property" means property of any kind except real property. Personal property may include expendable and nonexpendable property and be either tangible or intangible.
DWD 820.02(58)
(58) "PPM" means the department policy, procedures, participant eligibility and data reporting manual for programs funded under this chapter.
DWD 820.02(59)
(59) "Pre-application" means the format by which to request and receive approval for special response funds authorized under
29 USC 1652 (c) (B) and s.
106.15, Stats.
DWD 820.02(60)
(60) "Program income" means the net income earned from grant or contract related activities. Program income may be defined as gross revenue to simplify accounting of the funds.
DWD 820.02(61)
(61) "Program year or PY" means the administrative year under JTPA, effective July 1 through June 30.
DWD 820.02(62)
(62) "Project costs" means all allowable costs incurred by a grantee and the value of any in-kind contributions made by the grantee or third parties in accomplishing the objectives of the grant during the program period.
DWD 820.02(64)
(64) "Real property" means land, land improvements, buildings and leasehold improvements but not including movable machinery and equipment.
DWD 820.02(65)
(65) "Regional project" means a special response program targeted to serve workers dislocated due to a specific plant closing or layoff or to train dislocated workers for a specific business or industry.
DWD 820.02(67)
(67) "Retraining services" means the direct costs associated with activities authorized under
29 USC 1661c (d). Examples include OJT contracts; occupational skill and other classroom training; basic and remedial education; out-of-area job search; literacy and English for non-English speakers training; relocation; entrepreneurial training; and other appropriate training activities directly related to appropriate employment opportunities in the SSA.
DWD 820.02(69)
(69) "SDA" means service delivery area or the geographic area designated by the governor for administering JTPA funds pursuant to
29 USC 1511.
DWD 820.02(70)
(70) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department.
DWD 820.02(71)
(71) "Service provider" means a public agency, private nonprofit organization, or private-for-profit entity that delivers educational, training or employment services.
DWD 820.02(72)
(72) "Special response program" means statewide, regional or industrywide projects funded pursuant to
29 USC 1652 (c) (B) and s.
106.15, Stats.
DWD 820.02(74)
(74) "SSG" means substate grantee or the agency or organization selected to administer programs pursuant to
29 USC 1661a (b).
DWD 820.02(75)
(75) "Statewide project" means a special response program targeted to specific groups of dislocated workers requiring retraining services. Examples include projects that provide greater training duration for individuals in substate programs; trade adjustment assistance to eligible individuals when federal and state funds are not available; training and other services after state rapid response and local expeditious response has occurred and sufficient funds are not available in a SSA; and matching funds for title IV-C veterans grants,
29 USC 1721 et seq.
DWD 820.02(76)
(76) "Subgrantee" means an organization or agency receiving a grant under this chapter from any grantee.
DWD 820.02(77)
(77) "Substantial layoff" means any reduction in force at a single employment site that is not the result of a plant closing, and that during any 30-day period, results in an employment loss for at least 33% and 50 of the employees; or at least 500 employees. Only employees regularly working at least 20 hours per week shall be included in the computation.
DWD 820.02(78)
(78) "Supportive services" means services pursuant to
29 USC 1503 (24) which are necessary to enable an individual who is eligible but cannot afford to participate in a training program under this chapter, and services pursuant to
29 USC 1661c (c) (15) which are necessary to assist a participant to retain employment. Examples include transportation, health care, special services and materials for the handicapped, child care, meals, temporary shelter, financial counseling and other reasonable expenses which may be provided in-kind or through cash assistance.
DWD 820.02(80)
(80) "Unemployed" means an individual who did not work during the 7 consecutive days prior to application for a program under this chapter, who made specific efforts to find a job within the past 4 weeks prior to application and who was available for work during the 7 consecutive days prior to application, except for temporary illness.
DWD 820.02(81)
(81) "Unit acquisition cost" means the net invoice unit price, including the cost of modifications, attachments, accessories, or auxiliary apparatus necessary to make the property usable for the purpose for which it was acquired.
DWD 820.02(83)
(83) "VTAE" means Wisconsin vocational, technical and adult education.
DWD 820.02(84)
(84) "WEOP" means the Wisconsin employment opportunities program.
DWD 820.02(85)
(85) "WIMS" means the Wisconsin information management system which is automated and used by the department to gain access to the EDS.
DWD 820.02(86)
(86) "Wisconsin jobs council" means the state job training coordinating council authorized under
29 USC 1532 which is appointed by the governor to provide advice in planning, coordination, monitoring and related activities and services.
DWD 820.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, February, 1990, No. 410, eff. 3-1-90; corrections in (16), (59) and (72) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 6. and
7., Stats.,
Register November 2008 No. 635.
DWD 820.03
DWD 820.03
Administration. The department, on behalf of the governor, shall prepare and administer the state plan of services to dislocated workers; select SSAs; solicit and review applications and award funds to department grantees; implement a dislocated worker unit, the special response program, rapid response activities and labor-management committees or community response teams; authorize payments and otherwise implement obligations entailed in grants made under this chapter; monitor the provision of services; evaluate program performance; develop and receive required reports; hear and resolve complaints; and conduct and resolve audits.
DWD 820.03 History
History: Cr.
Register, February, 1990, No. 410, eff. 3-1-90.
DWD 820.04
DWD 820.04
Policies and procedures manual. The department shall develop a PPM for policies, procedures, eligibility determination and participant data reporting under this chapter. The PPM shall be provided to all department grantees and available to the general public. The department shall update the manual as necessary and provide the updates to department grantees.
DWD 820.04 History
History: Cr.
Register, February, 1990, No. 410, eff. 3-1-90.
DWD 820.05
DWD 820.05
Eligible participants. Any person participating in an employment and training program under this chapter shall be determined eligible pursuant to the PPM and the following eligibility criteria:
DWD 820.05(1)
(1) Federal requirements. Pursuant to
29 USC 1651 (a), eligible dislocated workers means individuals to whom the following apply:
DWD 820.05(1)(a)
(a) Unlikely to return. Individuals who have been terminated or laid off or who have received a notice of termination or layoff from employment, are eligible for or have exhausted their entitlement to U.C. and are unlikely to return to their previous industry or occupation;
DWD 820.05(1)(b)
(b) Permanent closure or substantial layoff. Individuals who have been terminated or have received a notice of termination of employment as a result of any permanent closure of or any substantial layoff at a plant, facility or enterprise;
DWD 820.05(1)(c)
(c) Long-term unemployed. Individuals who are long-term unemployed and have limited opportunities for employment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which the individual resides, including older individuals who may have substantial barriers to employment by reason of age; or
DWD 820.05(1)(d)
(d) Self-employed. Individuals who were self-employed, including farmers and ranchers and are unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community in which they reside or because of natural disasters pursuant to
sub. (3).
DWD 820.05(2)
(2) State requirements. In addition to
sub. (1), any person served shall meet all of the following:
DWD 820.05(2)(a)
(a) Period of dislocation. The person shall be dislocated from his or her place of employment within the last 5 years.
DWD 820.05(2)(b)
(b) Age and work history. A person over 22 years of age shall have at least 2 years continuous or intermittent previous work history. A person 21 years of age or younger shall have at least 4 years of previous work history. Victims of a permanent plant or facility closing or substantial layoff are exempt from all work history requirements.
DWD 820.05(2)(c)
(c) Recall date not specific. The person does not have a specific recall date from the employer.
DWD 820.05(3)
(3) Dislocation of self-employed. Self-employed individuals or their family members and farm or ranchhands may be eligible as follows:
DWD 820.05(3)(a)
(a) Self-employed. Self-employed individuals may include farmers, ranchers, professionals, independent tradespeople and other business persons who were self-employed and are dislocated because of natural disasters pursuant to
20 CFR 631.3 (e) or as a result of general economic conditions in the community in which they reside pursuant to
20 CFR 631.3 (c) and are one of the following:
