20 CFR § 685.470 - How can grantees request a waiver?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s685.470"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 685.470 - How can grantees request a waiver?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "685.470"
section_name: "How can grantees request a waiver?"
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "685"
part_name: "NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 167, 189, 503, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 56438, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "685"
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# 685.470 How can grantees request a waiver?

To request a waiver, a grantee must submit to the Department a waiver plan that:

(a) Describes the goals of the waiver, the expected programmatic outcomes, and how the waiver will improve the provision of program activities;

(b) Is consistent with any guidelines the Department establishes;

(c) Describes the data that will be collected to track the impact of the waiver; and

(d) Includes a modified program plan reflecting the effect of the requested waiver.