(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:
Registration into the centralized computer system;
Career center operations;
Education and training program information;
A multimedia resource library providing access to internet-based services;
Labor market information;
Skill assessment services that are designed to determine each participant's employability, aptitudes, abilities, and interests, by means of individual interviews whenever possible;
Job referral and placement;
Self-help resume preparation resources;
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;
Veterans' benefits and services information, subject to the availability of WagnerPeyser funds and to the following:
Any one-stop career center receiving Wagner-Peyser funds or housing WagnerPeyser Act staff shall provide veterans with priority employment and training services in accordance with chapter 41 of title 38, U.S.C.;
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
All one-stop career centers shall make the full array of core services available toveterans 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:
Professional account representatives and management;
Assistance in individual and mass recruiting;
Referrals of skilled applicants;
Labor market information;
Education and training program information;
Access to internet-based services;
Information and referral for community and social services;
Layoff assistance; and
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.