N.J. Admin. Code § 12:23-3.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 12:23-3.1 - Eligibility

(a) Individual training grants may be approved for qualified displaced workers, who receive employment counseling by approved job counselors resulting in an Employability Development Plan.

(b) In order to be eligible for an individual training grant as a displaced worker under the Workforce Development Partnership Program, an individual must be permanently separated from his or her employment, or laid off and unlikely to return to similar employment due to a substantial reduction in work opportunities in the individual's job classification.

(c) An individual seeking training or other services under the Workforce Development Partnership Program must make an application for such services at a One-Stop Career Center System office designated by the Department.

(d) An individual who has qualified for a training grant shall enter the training program identified in the Employability Development Plan as soon as possible.

1. The Employability Development Plan and grant award shall become null and void if the individual, without good cause, delays or postpones enrollment in the available training program as outlined in the plan.

2. A training grant award shall not be awarded to an individual who, after giving notice of an interest in training, fails to comply with the Department representative's directions to participate in reemployment services, counseling or other prescribed activities which aid the representative in evaluating the individual's need for training.

3. "Good cause" means any situation over which the individual did not have control or which was so compelling as to prevent the individual from participating.

(e) A WDP training grant shall not be awarded to individuals who self-enroll in training or an educational program prior to the development and approval of a plan by a qualified job counselor except if the individual was previously enrolled in such training or educational program prior to layoff or termination and upon becoming unemployed obtains counseling from a qualified job counselor.

(f) A WDP training grant may be awarded for eligible individuals under the Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skills providing the requirements set forth in 12:23-9.4 are met and an Employability Development Plan is developed.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:23-3.1

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 1687(b), effective 6/19/2017