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For services and expenses related to youth
employment and training programs including
on-the-job training, counseling and reme-
diation for disadvantaged youth. Programs
shall emphasize improvement in partici-
pant's basic educational skills, Voca-
tional skills, job-seeking capabilities
and work maturity. For the purposes of
this program the terms including, but not
limited to 'economically disadvantaged',
'service delivery areas' and 'private in-
dustry councils' shall be defined as set
forth in the federal job training partner-
ship act PL97-300. These monies, subject
to the limits of the appropriation and the
approval of the director of the budget,
shall be apportioned to employment and
training providers on a competitive basis
ensuring adequate geographic distribution
representing urban and rural communities,
based on factors including but not limited
to the number of economically disadvan-
taged youth, the youth unemployment rate
and the high school dropout rate. The em-
ployment
training providers for pro-
gram operation shall be designated no
later than June first, nineteen hundred
eighty-five. The state education depart-
ment shall be responsible for advising the
department of labor regarding educational
program components. The department of
labor shall submit to the governor and
the legislature by September first,
nineteen hundred eighty-five a first-year
report that includes an evaluation of fac-
tors such as changes in dropout rates,
participants' educational competencies as
measured by accepted testing tools and
participant employability skills. Notwith-
standing the provisions of section 131a of
the social services law, wages and income
earned by participants in the youth em-

to

5,023,300

STATE OPERATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR--Cont.

ployment and training program who are
receiving assistance under the aid to
dependent children program shall be exempt
and disregarded in determining need
for
such assistance in accordance with federal
law and regulations or pursuant to waiver
of such law and regulations. The commis-
sioner of social services shall, within
thirty days of the enactment of this chap-
ter apply for appropriate federal waivers
to exempt and disregard wages and income
earned by participants in such program who
are receiving assistance under the aid to
dependent children program, in determining
the need for such assistance. Copies of
the waiver shall be filed with the chair-
men of the senate finance committee and
the assembly ways. and means committee.
Wages and income earned by participants in
such program, who are receiving assistance
pursuant to the home relief or veterans
assistance program shall be exempt and
disregarded in
in determining need for such
assistance. Such income and wage exemp-
tions and disregards shall be allowed, if,
and as long as, federal financial partici-
pation is available. No more than five
percent of the total monies available pur-
suant to this appropriation shall be
retained by the department of labor for
administration including program monitor-
ing and fiscal auditing, provided further
that all remaining monies shall be made
available by the department of labor for
employment and training programs. Sixty
percent of the monies available for em-
ployment and training programs pursuant to
this appropriation shall be allocated to

fifty percent urban and fifty percent
rural service delivery areas for the pur-
poses of providing in-school youth em-
ployment and training programs for disad-
vantaged youth 16 through 18 years of age,
who agree to meet certain school atten-
dance and performance standards. Pref-
erence shall be given to students who
at risk of dropping out of school. Partic-
ipating youth may be employed for a maxi-
mum of 1,000 hours per year for up to one
year, with wages subsidized at fifty per-
cent out of monies appropriated herein.
The service delivery areas shall provide

are

STATE OPERATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR--Cont.

made

services and participant assistance equivalent to fifty percent of the amount available pursuant to this program. Forty percent of monies available for employment and training programs shall be awarded to organizations including but not limited to public agencies, private business firms, labor unions and not-for-profit corporations for the purposes of providing youth employment and training programs for disadvantaged, out-of-school youth 16 through 18 years of age. Preference shall be given to homeless youth. Participating youth may be employed for a maximum of 1,000 hours per year for up to one year.

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