Title 29 › Chapter 32— WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY › Subchapter I— WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES › Part B— Workforce Investment Activities and Providers › Subpart 1— workforce investment activities and providers › § 3151
Local workforce boards, with the agreement of the area's chief elected official, must set up and run one-stop job centers. They must make a written agreement (called an MOU) with required one-stop partners and any optional partners. The partners (13 programs are listed in the law, including Wagner-Peyser services, adult education, Rehabilitation Act programs, Older Americans Act, postsecondary career and technical education, Trade Act programs, VA programs, HUD employment and training, State unemployment programs, certain education and Social Security programs) must give access to their services at the one-stop, help pay operating and infrastructure costs, join the MOU, follow the MOU in running the system, and have State board representation. The MOU must say what services will be offered, how costs will be paid (cash or in-kind), how people are referred between partners, how services will be accessible to workers, youth, and people with barriers (including disabilities), how long the MOU lasts, and must be reviewed at least once every 3 years. One-stop operators must be chosen in a competitive process. Eligible operators include colleges, employment service agencies, community groups, nonprofits, for-profits, government agencies, or consortia that include at least three required partners; regular elementary and secondary schools generally cannot be operators (except nontraditional public secondary schools and area career/technical schools). Operators must disclose conflicts of interest, not create barriers for people who need longer-term help, and follow federal rules on profits. Each local area must have at least one physical one-stop center that offers career services, access to training, partner programs, and Wagner-Peyser labor exchange services. States must set criteria and review centers at least every 3 years to qualify centers for infrastructure funding. If local partners cannot agree on who pays infrastructure costs, a State funding method applies starting July 1, 2016. Partner contributions are limited by law (generally up to 3% for some programs and 1.5% for others, with a phased increase for one program reaching 1.5% by the fifth full program year after July 22, 2014). The Secretary must create a common one-stop identifier by the start of the second full program year after July 22, 2014. Defined term: "costs of infrastructure" — one-line: non-personnel costs needed to run a one-stop center (rent, utilities, maintenance, equipment, technology, planning, and outreach).
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29 U.S.C. § 3151
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Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60