1. (a) The Self-Sufficiency Fund may be used by a public community or technical college, CBO, or state extension service:

   1. (1) to develop training projects in which participants, as defined by §835.2(7) of this chapter, are provided job training by:

      1. (A) an entity that develops a job-training program under Texas Labor Code, §309.002;
      2. (B) a small- or medium-sized business or trade union; or
      3. (C) an informal partnership between an entity that develops a job-training program under this section and a small- or medium-sized business network; and
   2. (2) for support services, deemed reasonable and necessary by the Agency, for participants to prepare and participate in training activities and to make the transition from training activities to employment.
2. (b) Only those support services specifically described in a contract under this section may be charged to a contract funded with Self-Sufficiency Fund monies.
3. (c) The Self-Sufficiency Fund may not be used for the purchase of any proprietary or production equipment for the training project.

Source Note:The provisions of this §835.3 adopted to be effective January 7, 2003, 28 TexReg 357; amended to be effective September 12, 2022, 47 TexReg 5499.