45 CFR § 400.154 - Employability services.

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title: "45 CFR § 400.154 - Employability services."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "400.154"
section_name: "Employability services."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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authority: "Section 412(a)(9), Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(9))."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 59323, Sept. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 400.154 Employability services.

A State may provide the following employability services—

(a) *Employment services,* including development of a family self-sufficiency plan and an individual employability plan, world-of-work and job orientation, job clubs, job workshops, job development, referral to job opportunities, job search, and job placement and followup.

(b) *Employability assessment services,* including aptitude and skills testing.

(c) *On-the job training,* when such training is provided at the employment site and is expected to result in full-time, permanent, unsubsidized employment with the employer who is providing the training.

(d) *English language instruction,* with an emphasis on English as it relates to obtaining and retaining a job.

(e) *Vocational training,* including driver education and training when provided as part of an individual employability plan.

(f) *Skills recertification,* when such training meets the criteria for appropriate training in § 400.81(b) of this part.

(g) *Day care for children,* when necessary for participation in an employability service or for the acceptance or retention of employment.

(h) *Transportation,* when necessary for participation in an employability service or for the acceptance or retention of employment.

(i) *Translation and interpreter services,* when necessary in connection with employment or participation in an employability service.

(j) *Case management services,* as defined in § 400.2 of this part, for refugees who are considered employable under § 400.76 and for recipients of TANF and GA who are considered employable, provided that such services are directed toward a refugee's attainment of employment as soon as possible after arrival in the United States.

(k) Assistance in obtaining Employment Authorization Documents (EADs).

[54 FR 5481, Feb. 3, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 33603, June 28, 1995; 65 FR 15449, Mar. 22, 2000]