1. (a) A Board shall ensure that services are available to assist individuals 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) job retention and career advancement services;
   4. (4) education and training services as described in this subchapter; 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.
3. (c) A Board shall ensure that a 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 Training Provider Certification System (TPCS) and Individual Training Account (ITA) systems as described in 40 T.A.C. Chapter 841 to purchase or pay for training services for individuals participating in Choices activities.
5. (e) A Board may, through local policies and procedures, make available Job Development Services. These services may include outreach activities performed to solicit an employer's acceptance of an individual into an unsubsidized job opening, subsidized employment, on-the-job training position, or other work-site activity.
6. (f) A Board may, through local policies and procedures, make available Job Placement Services. Job Placement services include identification of employers' workforce needs and identification of individuals who have sufficient education and training to be successfully linked with employment.

Source Note:The provisions of this §811.21 adopted to be effective February 19, 2001, 26 TexReg 1566.