In addition to the definitions set forth at WIA sec. 101, the
following definitions apply to the regulations set forth in 20 CFR
parts 660--671:
Department or DOL means the U.S. Department of Labor, including its
agencies and organizational units.
Designated region means a combination of local areas that are
partly or completely in a single labor market area, economic
development region, or other appropriate contiguous subarea of a State,
that is designated by the State under WIA section 116(c), or a similar
interstate region that is designated by two or more States under WIA
section 116(c)(4).
Employment and training activity means a workforce investment
activity that is carried out for an adult or dislocated worker.
EEO data means data on race and ethnicity, age, sex, and disability
required by regulations implementing sec. 188 of WIA governing
nondiscrimination.
ETA means the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Grant means an award of WIA financial assistance by the U.S.
Department of Labor to an eligible WIA recipient.
Grantee means the direct recipient of grant funds from the
Department of Labor. A grantee may also be referred to as a recipient.
Literacy means an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in
English, and to compute, and solve problems, at levels of proficiency
necessary to function on the job, in the family of the individual, and
in society.
Local Board means a local workforce investment board established
under WIA sec. 117, to set policy for the local workforce investment
system.
Outlying area means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,
and the Republic of Palau.
Participant means an individual who has registered under 20 CFR
663.105 or 20 CFR 664.215 and has been determined to be eligible to
participate in and who is receiving services (except for follow up
services) under a program authorized by WIA title I. Participation
commences on the first day, following determination of eligibility, on
which the individual begins receiving core, intensive, training or
other services provided under WIA title I.
Recipient means an entity to which a WIA grant is awarded directly
from the Department of Labor to carry out a program under title I of
WIA. The State is the recipient of funds awarded under WIA secs.
127(b)(1)(C)(i)(II), 132(b)(1)(B) and 132(b)(2)(B).
Register means the process for collecting information to determine
an individual's eligibility for services under WIA title I. Individuals
may be registered in a variety ways, as described in 20 CFR 663.105 and
20 CFR 664.215.
Secretary means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Self certification means an individual's signed attestation that
the information he/she submits to demonstrate eligibility for a program
under title I of WIA is true and accurate.
State Board means a State workforce investment board established
under WIA sec. 111.
State means each of the several States of the United States, the
District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The term
``State'' does not include outlying areas.
Subrecipient means an entity to which a subgrant is awarded and
which is accountable to the recipient (or higher tier subrecipient) for
the use of the funds provided.
Vendor means an entity responsible for providing generally required
goods or services to be used in the WIA
program. These goods or services may be for the recipient's or
subrecipient's own use or for the use of participants in the program.
Wagner-Peyser Act means the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended,
codified at 29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.
Workforce investment activities mean the array of activities
permitted under title I of WIA, which include employment and training
activities for adults and dislocated workers, as described in WIA
section 134, and youth activities, as described in WIA section 129.
Youth activity means a workforce investment activity that is
carried out for youth.
