20 C.F.R. Subpart I—Disaster Relief Employment Assistance
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
This subpart establishes a Disaster Relief Employment Assistance program under title IV, part J of JTPA which shall be administered in conjunction with the title III National Reserve Grants Programs. Funds appropriated to carry out this subpart may be made available by grant to the Governor of any State within which is located an area that has suffered an emergency or a major disaster as defined in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of section 102 of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5122(1) and (2)) (referred to in this subpart as the “disaster area”). The Secretary shall prescribe procedures for applying for funds. (a) Not less than 80 percent of the grant funds available to any Governor under §631.81 of this part shall be allocated by the Governor to units of general local government located, in whole or in part, within such disaster areas. The remainder of such funds may be reserved by the Governor for use, in concert with State agencies, in cleanup, rescue, repair, renovation, and rebuilding activities associated with such major disaster. (b) The JTPA title III program substate grantee for the disaster area shall be the designated local entity for administration of the grant funds under this subpart. Funds made available under this subpart to Governors and units of general local government shall be expended in consultation with— (a) Agencies administering programs for disaster relief provided under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974; and (b) The JTPA title II administrative entity and the private industry council in each service delivery area within which disaster employment programs will be conducted under this subpart. Funds made available under this subpart to any unit of general local government in a disaster area— (a) Shall be used exclusively to provide employment on projects that provide food, clothing, shelter and other humanitarian assistance for disaster victims; and on projects involving demolition, cleanup, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of damaged and destroyed structures, facilities, and lands located within the disaster area; and (b) May be expended through public and private non-profit agencies and organizations engaged in such projects. An individual shall be eligible for disaster employment under this subpart if such individual is— (a)(1) Eligible to participate or enroll, or is a participant or enrolled, under Title III of the Act, other than an individual who is actively engaged in a training program; or (2) Eligible to participate in programs or activities assisted under Native American and Migrant Programs; and (3) Unemployed as a consequence of the disaster. (b) [Reserved] No individual shall be employed under this subpart for more than 6 months for work related to recovery from a single natural disaster (described in §631.3(f) of this part). As used in this subpart, the term unit of general local government includes: (a) In the case of a community conducting a project in an Indian reservation or Alaska Native village, the grantee designated under the JTPA section 401 Indian and Native American Program (see part 632 of this chapter), or a consortium of such grantees and the State; and (b) In the case of a community conducting a project in a migrant or seasonal farmworker community, the grantee designated under the JTPA section 402 Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program (see part 633 of this chapter), or a consortium of such grantees and the State.
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 631—PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE III OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT
Subpart I—Disaster Relief Employment Assistance
§ 631.80 Scope and purpose.
§ 631.81 Availability of funds.
§ 631.82 Substate allocation.
§ 631.83 Coordination.
§ 631.84 Allowable projects.
§ 631.85 Participant eligibility.
§ 631.86 Limitations on disaster relief employment.
§ 631.87 Definitions.
