PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 120

(5) in cases permitted by regulations of the Secretary, is an adult
handicapped individual whose own income meets the requirements of paragraph (1) or
(2) of this subsection, but who is a member of a family whose income does not meet such
requirements.

(d)     "Federal act" means the federal Job Training Partnership Act.

(e)     "Governor's plan" means the Governor's coordination and special services
plan as provided in Section 121 of the federal act.

(f)     "Handicapped individual" means any individual who has a physical or mental
disability which for the individual constitutes or results in a substantial handicap to
employment.

(g)     "Job training plan" means the training plan required for each service delivery
area as provided in §§ 103 and 104 of the federal act and any final plan or modification as
provided in § 105 of the federal act.

(h) "Performance standards" means the basic measures of performance for
training programs to be prescribed by the Secretary and such variations of the standards
as the Governor may prescribe as provided in § 106 of the federal act.

(i) "Secretary" means the United States Secretary of Labor.

(j) "Service delivery area" means a geographic area designated by the Governor
in accordance with § 101 of the federal act.

(k) "State council" means the State Human Resource Investment Council, as
provided in § 701 of the federal act, which will be called the Work Force Investment
Board.

(l) (1) "Supportive services" means services which are necessary to enable an
individual eligible for training under the federal act, but who cannot afford to pay for
such services, to participate in a training program funded under the federal act.

(2) "Supportive services" may include transportation, health care, special
services and materials for the handicapped, child care, meals, temporary shelter, financial
counseling, and other reasonable expenses required for participation in the training
program and may be provided in-kind or through cash assistance.

11-504.

(a)     A job training partnership program is established to implement the federal
act.

(b)     This program shall provide employment, training, supportive and related
services for unemployed individuals who are economically disadvantaged, for dislocated
workers, and for those who are not economically disadvantaged, but who qualify under §
203(a)(2) of the federal act as having barriers to employment, including, but not limited
to, displaced homemakers, school dropouts, teenage parents, handicapped individuals,
older workers, and veterans.

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