The following are the program objectives in administering the IRAP fund:

1. (1) To ensure that funds from the program are spent in workforce areas that are impacted by hurricanes and other natural disasters and to respond to immediate workforce needs and overall workforce shortages;
2. (2) To encourage the private sector to develop specialized IRAPs in Texas;
3. (3) To develop projects that, at completion of the training, will result in wages equal to or greater than the mid-level status of the apprenticeable occupation related to that IRAP; and
4. (4) To sponsor the attraction of advancing participant skills, at a minimum, to obtaining an industry credential in the related field of the IRAP.

Source Note:The provisions of this §838.22 adopted to be effective December 28, 2020, 45 TexReg 9573.