20 CFR § 683.295 - Is earning of profit allowed under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s683.295"
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title: "20 CFR § 683.295 - Is earning of profit allowed under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "683.295"
section_name: "Is earning of profit allowed under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "683"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Secs. 102, 116, 121, 127, 128, 132, 133, 147, 167, 169, 171, 181, 185, 186, 189, 195, 503, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 56410, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 683.295 Is earning of profit allowed under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

(a)(1) Under secs. 121(d), 122(a) and 134(b) of WIOA, for-profit entities are eligible to be one-stop operators, service providers, and eligible training providers.

(2) Where for-profit entities are one-stop operators, service providers, and eligible training providers, and those entities are recipients of Federal financial assistance, the recipient or subrecipient and the for-profit entity must follow 2 CFR 200.323.

(b) For programs authorized by other sections of WIOA, 2 CFR 200.400(g) prohibits earning and keeping of profit in Federal financial assistance unless expressly authorized by the terms and conditions of the Federal award.

(c) Income earned by a public or private nonprofit entity may be retained by such entity only if such income is used to continue to carry out the program.