§ 4607. Bridge to employment, work tryout and education program. 1.\nThe commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to make grants within\nthe limits of the appropriation available for such purpose, to major\neducation providers, as defined in the Vocational Education Act of 1963,\nservice delivery area administrative entities and private industry\ncouncils as established by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of\n1982 in accordance with the provisions of this section, to encourage the\nestablishment of a bridge to employment, work tryout and education\nprogram for certain targeted populations with businesses with no more\nthan two hundred fifty employees in any facility and no more than an\naggregate of one thousand employees in the state of New York. Priority\nshall be accorded to jointly developed proposals from major education\nproviders, as defined in the Vocational Education Act, and service\ndelivery area administrative entities. For the purposes of a statewide\nprogram, the commissioner is hereby authorized to develop regulations,\nand to consult with the commissioner of labor, to establish\nadministrative, program, and expenditure guidelines and standards for\nthe work tryout experience and the bridge to employment programs\npursuant to this chapter. Such regulations and guidelines shall include\nprovisions for educational services to meet additional job skill\nrequirements for youth or adults to continue such employment placements.\n 2. Any agency or organization, eligible for a grant or contract under\nthe provisions of subdivision one of this section, which plans to\nestablish a bridge to employment, work tryout and education program\nshall submit an application to the commissioner on or before the first\nday of July of each year in which such program is conducted provided,\nhowever, that such application for the nineteen hundred\neighty-seven--eighty-eight pilot program shall be filed by September\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-seven. Priority shall be accorded to\njointly developed proposals from major education providers and service\ndelivery area administrative entities. Such application shall include\nbut not be limited to, at least a statement of the purpose of the\nprogram, a detailed estimate of the cost of such program, a complete\ndescription of the manner in which the program will operate and how the\nprogram will improve and expand education and placement services\ncurrently offered by the applicant, and such other information as the\ncommissioner shall require.\n 3. For the purposes of a statewide program, the commissioner in the\nconsultation with the commissioner of labor shall evaluate such\napplications, using as criteria the merit and value of the various\nprograms submitted and prior experience of such agency or agencies and\nsubcontracts in provision of placement services. The commissioner shall\nthen promulgate a list of those programs that have been selected\naccording to regulations established by the commissioner.\n 4. The commissioner shall determine the amount of the apportionment\nwhich shall be made to those programs which he deems to have merit\nwithin the amount of the appropriation therefor.\n 5. A person who seeks to participate under the bridge to employment,\nwork tryout and education program must be:\n a. (1) a secondary student who has completed an career sequence or\n (2) a community college graduate who has completed a certificate or\nassociate degree program in career education and\n (3) unemployed three months after completion of such education; or\n b. (1) an unemployed adult at least twenty-one years of age or older\nwho has completed a career education adult and/or other training program\nor have the necessary capacity and past employment history to explore\nnew job experiences and\n (2) meet any of the following qualifications:\n (i) single parent;\n (ii) dislocated worker;\n (iii) long-term unemployed;\n (iv) displaced homemaker;\n (v) older worker
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