1. (a) A Board shall ensure that services are available to assist Choices eligibles with obtaining employment as quickly as possible and, if employed, with retaining employment. These services may include:

   1. (1) job readiness and job search-related services;
   2. (2) work-based services;
   3. (3) post-employment services;
   4. (4) education and training services as described in this chapter; and
   5. (5) support services.
2. (b) A Board shall ensure that employment and training activities are conducted in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as specified in §811.29.
3. (c) A Board shall ensure that placement in work-based services does not result in the displacement of currently employed workers or impair existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements.
4. (d) A Board may, through local policies and procedures, require the use of the Eligible Training Provider Certification System (ETPS) and Individual Training Account (ITA) systems as described in Chapter 841 of this title to provide for Choices services for Choices participants and paid for with TANF funds.

5. (e) A Board shall, through local policies and procedures, make available job development services, which include:

   1. (1) contacting local employers or industry associations to request that job openings be listed with Texas Workforce Centers, and other entities in the One-Stop Service Delivery Network selected by the Board;
   2. (2) identifying the hiring needs of employers;
   3. (3) assisting the employer in creating new positions for Choices participants based on the job developer's and employer's analysis of the employer's business needs; or
   4. (4) finding opportunities with an employer for a specific Choices participant or a group of Choices participants.
6. (f) A Board shall ensure that job development services identify, at a minimum, job openings for current mandatory Choices participants.

7. (g) A Board shall, through local policies and procedures, make available job placement services. Job placement services shall include:

   1. (1) identifying employers' workforce needs;
   2. (2) identifying Choices participants who have sufficient skills and abilities to be successfully linked with employment; and
   3. (3) matching the skills of the Choices participant pool to the hiring needs of local employers.

Source Note:The provisions of this §811.21 adopted to be effective November 18, 2003, 28 TexReg 10261; amended to be effective February 26, 2007, 32 TexReg 906.