Colorado § 8-83-216 - Required and optional partners of work force boards.

§ 8-83-216. Required and optional partners of work force boards.

(1) Required partners. Each work force board, with the agreement of the local elected officials, is authorized to designate or certify partners outlined in the federal act for purposes of participating in the delivery of services for the one-stop system or work force development program in the local work force development area:

(a) Repealed.

(b) Adult education and literacy programs;

(c) Welfare-to-work programs;

(d) Programs under the federal "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act", 20 U.S.C. sec. 2301 et seq.;

(e) Community service block grants;

(f) Unemployment insurance;

(g) "Wagner-Peyser Act" services;

(h) Vocational rehabilitation programs;

(i) Programs under the federal "Older Americans Act of 1965";

(j) Programs under the federal "Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform and Extension Act of 1986";

(k) Programs under 38 U.S.C. sec. 4100 et seq., concerning local veterans' employment representatives and disabled veterans' outreach programs; and

(l) Employment and training programs administered by the federal department of housing and urban development.

(2) Repealed.

(3) Functions of required partners. All required one-stop partners shall perform the following functions:

(a) Make available to participants through the one-stop system the core services that are required of and applicable to the partner's programs;

(b) Serve as representatives on the work force board;

(c) Use a portion of moneys, personnel, and other available resources to create and maintain a one-stop system; except that, to the extent such use would violate federal law or lead to a loss of federal moneys, this paragraph (c) does not apply; and

(d) Enter into a memorandum of understanding with the work force board relating to the operation of the one-stop career center, including a description of services, how the cost of the identified services and operating costs of the system will be funded, and methods for referrals of individuals.

(4) Functions of optional partners.

(a) Optional one-stop partners shall perform the following functions:

(I) Make available to participants through the one-stop system the core services that are required of and applicable to the partner's programs;

(II) Participate in the operation of such one-stop system, consistent with the terms of the memorandum of understanding approved by the work force board and with the requirements of the federal act in which the program is authorized, if the work force board and local elected official approve such participation.

(b) If an optional partner is designated or certified pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, its functions and responsibilities are the same as those of a required partner as set forth in subsection (3) of this section.

Source: L. 2012: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 12-1120), ch. 27, p. 95, § 6, effective June 1. L. 2016: IP(1) amended and (1)(a) and (2) repealed, (HB 16-1302), ch. 183, p. 642, § 20, effective May 19.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former§ 8-71-216 as it existed prior to 2012.

Cross references: For the "Wagner-Peyser Act", see 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq.; for the "Older Americans Act of 1965", see 42 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq.; for the "Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform and Extension Act of 1986", see Pub.L. 99-272.