29 U.S.C. § 49f — Percentage disposition of allotted funds

(a) Use of 90 percent of funds allotted — Ninety percent of a state's funding under section 49e of this title can go toward: (1) job search and placement services for job seekers, including people claiming unemployment insurance — counseling, testing, labor-market information, assessment, and referring them to employers; (2) recruiting services and special technical help for employers; and (3) a list of other activities, including: (A) evaluating programs; (B) linking these services to related federal or state programs, including offering labor-exchange services at schools; (C) helping workers who got layoff notices, or workers in industries hurt by technology, imports, or plant closures; (D) developing labor-market and job information; (E) building a management information system and analyzing its reports; (F) running the "work test" for state unemployment benefits, including deciding eligibility and helping claimants find jobs; and (G) helping unemployment claimants find and apply for training and education, including federal Pell Grants, GI Bill benefits, other federal student aid, state aid, and training under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Rehabilitation Act. (b) Use of 10 percent of funds allotted — The remaining 10 percent is reserved for the Governor to use for: (1) performance rewards for public employment offices and programs, based on how well they do on job-placement, wage, and retention measures; (2) services for groups with special needs, run through joint agreements between employment offices and local workforce boards, elected officials, or other agencies; and (3) extra costs for model programs delivering the services described in subsection (a), and for training and career-advancement programs for state agency staff. (c) Joint funding — (1) States can add these funds to another program's budget if: (A) that program otherwise follows this chapter's and its own rules; (B) it serves the same people; (C) it coordinates its services with this chapter's services; and (D) the added funds supplement — not replace — non-federal funding. (2) "Applicable program" here means any workforce activity under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (d) Performance of services and activities under contract — Beyond what this chapter already allows, the Secretary or a designated state agency can do additional work under contracts, paid for or reimbursed by the Secretary or by any federal, state, or local agency, or by a nonprofit. (e) Provision of services as part of one-stop delivery system — All the job-search, placement, recruiting, and labor-market services this section authorizes must be delivered as part of the state's one-stop delivery system.