(1) The work force investment program, as implemented through one-stop career centers, shall provide a core set of services, as defined by the federal act, to individuals who are adults or dislocated workers, including, at a minimum, access for job seekers to a comprehensive array of services and information, which may include:
(a) Registration into the centralized computer system;
(b) Career center operations;
(c) Education and training program information;
(d) A multimedia resource library providing access to internet-based services;
(e) Labor market information;
(f) Skill assessment services that are designed to determine each participant's employability, aptitudes, abilities, and interests, by means of individual interviews whenever possible;
(g) Job referral and placement;
(h) Self-help resume preparation resources;
(i) Referral services for community and social services, including welfare-to-work programs, employment programs for persons with disabilities, employment programs for older workers, community-based organizations, vocational rehabilitation, adult literacy, supportive services, and youth programs and services;
(j) Veterans' benefits and services information, subject to the availability of Wagner-Peyser funds and to the following:
(I) Any one-stop career center receiving Wagner-Peyser funds or housing Wagner-Peyser Act staff shall provide veterans with priority employment and training services in accordance with chapter 41 of title 38, U.S.C.;
(II) In one-stop career centers that have been assigned disabled veteran outreach program and local veteran employment representative positions, such positions must be held by state employees and are in addition to, and do not supplant, Wagner-Peyser staff in providing priority employment and training services; and
(III) All one-stop career centers shall make the full array of core services available to veterans in the following order of priority: Disabled veterans, Vietnam-era veterans, veterans, and other eligible persons.
(2) Work force boards are encouraged to consider and determine, at a minimum, the feasibility of providing access for employers to a comprehensive array of services and information, which may include:
(a) Professional account representatives and management;
(b) Assistance in individual and mass recruiting;
(c) Referrals of skilled applicants;
(d) Labor market information;
(e) Education and training program information;
(f) Access to internet-based services;
(g) Information and referral for community and social services;
(h) Layoff assistance; and
(i) Other employment-related services and information.
(3) At the option of the local elected officials, other services for job seekers and employers may be offered to meet the needs of a work force development area.
Source: L. 2012: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 12-1120), ch. 27, p. 98, � 6, effective June 1. L. 2016: (3) amended, (HB 16-1302), ch. 183, p. 644, � 22, effective May 19.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 8-71-218 as it existed prior to 2012.
8-83-219. Intensive services - training services - individual training accounts. (1) Access to intensive services, as specified in the federal act, must be available to individuals who are adults or dislocated workers who are unemployed, unable to obtain employment through core services, and have been determined by a one-stop operator to be in need of more intensive services to obtain employment or who are employed but are determined by a one-stop operator to be in need of such services. Such services may include diagnostic testing, individual or group counseling and career planning, case management and follow-up services, and training services specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Participants who have met the eligibility requirements for intensive services, are unable to obtain or retain employment through such services, are determined by the one-stop operator to be in need of such services, and are eligible for such services as specified in the federal act must have access to training services, as specified in the federal act. Such training services include occupational skills training, on-the-job training, and training programs operated by the private sector.
(3) The one-stop system shall provide training services authorized under this section to eligible individuals through the use of individual training accounts, as specified in the federal act. Exceptions to the use of individual training accounts, as set forth in the federal act, include customized training, training services not provided by a training provider within the work force area, or training services that are offered by community-based organizations or other private organizations that serve such special populations that face multiple barriers to employment.
Source: L. 2012: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 12-1120), ch. 27, p. 100, � 6, effective June 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 8-71-218.5 as it existed prior to 2012.
8-83-220. Encouragement of in-demand programs - legislative declaration. (1) The state work force development council shall encourage work force development programs and work force development areas to enroll individuals in educational programs related to industries that are in demand in that work force development area. The general assembly finds that Colorado is facing a shortage in several different industries and that having local areas encouraging individuals to follow a career path in a marketable industry in that area further benefits Colorado residents.
(2) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that educating individuals eligible to receive moneys from welfare-to-work or temporary assistance to needy families will benefit such individuals. In addition, the general assembly finds, determines, and declares that Colorado is facing a shortage of licensed practical nurses and that encouraging individuals to follow such a career path further benefits Colorado and its residents.
Source: L. 2012: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 12-1120), ch. 27, p. 100, � 6, effective June 1. L. 2016: (1) amended, (HB 16-1302), ch. 183, p. 644, � 23, effective May 19.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 8-71-218.7 as it existed prior to 2012.