(a)(1) General. Allowable types of payments which may be made to
participants are: Needs-based payments for eligible individuals in
programs under title II; incentive and bonus payments for participants
in title II programs; work-based training payments for work experience,
entry employment experience, internships and other work-based training
activities; payments for participants in title II-B activities; and
training payments for combined activities in title II programs. These
payments shall be made in accordance with paragraphs (b) through (f) of
this section.
(2) A participant shall receive no payments for training activities
in which the participant fails to participate without good cause
(section 142(a)(1)).
(3) The SDA shall ensure to the extent possible that similarly
situated participants receive similar payments.
(4) Payments to participants, broadly defined for this subsection as
all funds distributed to participants except OJT wages, shall not be
considered as income for the purposes of determining
eligibility for and the amount of income transfer and in-kind aid
furnished under any Federal or federally assisted program based on need,
other than as provided under the Social Security Act (section 142(b)).
(5) The SDA is responsible for meeting any applicable Internal
Revenue Service and Fair Labor Standards Act requirements (section
142(a)(3)).
(6) An SDA may set fixed levels for any non-wage payment.
(b) Needs-based payments. (1) Participants in programs funded under
title II may receive needs-based payments when such payments are
necessary to enable the individual to participate in training programs.
Payments shall be made in accordance with a locally developed policy
which is included in the job training plan approved by the Governor.
(2) The individual determination of participants' needs-based
payments and the amount of such payments shall be based upon the results
of the continuing objective assessment and determined in accordance with
a locally developed policy. The provisions and amount of such payments
shall be recorded in the ISS.
(c) Incentive and bonus payments. Participants in programs funded
under title II may receive incentive and bonus payments based on their
attendance and performance in accordance with a locally developed
policy. The policy shall be described in the job training plan approved
by the Governor and shall include a specification of the requirements
for the receipt of such payments and the level of payments.
(d) Work-based training payments. Individuals participating in work
experience, in entry employment experience programs, in limited
internships for youth in the private sector, or in other work-based
training activities under title II of the Act may receive work-based
training payments which may be wages.
(e) Summer participants may receive training payments for
participation in activities under title II-B.
(f) Training payments for combined activities. For title II
programs, participants in one of the activities described in paragraph
(d) of this section for which work-based training payments are payable
for more than 50 percent of the participant's time, including classroom
training, may also receive training payments for hours of participation
in classroom training.
