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

Colorado § 8-83-216

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 08: Labor and
• Art.: Workforce Development

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(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(a) Repealed.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(2) Repealed.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.

Legislative History

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.