20 CFR § 685.540 - How are funds allocated to grants funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

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title: "20 CFR § 685.540 - How are funds allocated to grants funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "685.540"
section_name: "How are funds allocated to grants funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
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."
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# 685.540 How are funds allocated to grants funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

The allocation of funds will be based on the comparative merits of the applications, in accordance with criteria set forth in the FOA.