§ 835. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Additional dislocated workers" means a displaced homemaker who is\nan individual who:\n (a) was a full-time homemaker for a substantial number of years; and\n (b) derived the substantial share of his or her support from:\n (i) a spouse and no longer receives such support due to the death,\ndivorce, permanent separation from the spouse, or\n (ii) public assistance on account of dependents in the home and no\nlonger receives such support.\n 2. "Administrative entity" means the entity designated to administer a\njob training plan pursuant to section one hundred three (b) (1) (B) of\nthe federal Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300).\n 3. "Basic readjustment services" means services including, but not\nlimited to:\n (a) development of individual readjustment plans for participants in\nprograms under this article;\n (b) outreach and intake;\n (c) early readjustment assistance;\n (d) job or career counseling;\n (e) testing;\n (f) orientation;\n (g) assessment, including evaluation of educational attainment and\nparticipant interests and aptitudes;\n (h) determination of occupational skills;\n (i) provision of future world-of-work and occupational information;\n (j) job placement assistance;\n (k) labor market information;\n (l) job clubs;\n (m) job search;\n (n) job development;\n (o) supportive services, including child care, commuting assistance,\nand financial and personal counseling which shall terminate not later\nthan the ninetieth day after the participant has completed other\nservices under this subdivision, except that counseling necessary to\nassist participants to retain employment shall terminate not later than\nsix months following the completion of training;\n (p) prelayoff assistance;\n (q) relocation assistance; and\n (r) programs conducted in cooperation with employers or labor\norganizations to provide early intervention in the event of closures of\nplants or facilities.\n 4. "Dislocated workers" means individuals who:\n (a) have been terminated or laid off or who have received a notice of\ntermination or layoff from employment, are eligible for or have\nexhausted their entitlement to unemployment compensation, and are\nunlikely to return to their previous industry or occupation;\n (b) have been terminated or have received a notice of termination of\nemployment, as a result of any permanent closure of or any substantial\nlayoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise;\n (c) are long-term unemployed and have limited opportunities for\nemployment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the\narea in which such individuals reside, including older individuals who\nmay have substantial barriers to employment by reason of age; or\n (d) were self-employed (including farmers and ranchers) and are\nunemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community\nin which they reside or because of natural disasters, subject to\nregulations prescribed by the federal Secretary of Labor.\n 5. "Employer specific skill training" shall mean programs administered\nby the state education department designed to support, supplement and\ncontribute to the economic development activities of the department of\neconomic development and regional and local efforts to maintain the\neconomy of the state by providing skills training programs for companies\nwhich want to locate or expand in the state, including support to small\nbusiness and cottage industries, special training for new and expanding\nindustries in urban and rural areas and other training programs to meet\nthe needs of dislocated workers and the state's business and industry.\n 6. "Grant recipient" means the entity chosen within a service delivery\narea to receive funds from the state pursuant to section one hundred\nfour (b) (2) of the federal Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300).\n 7. "Labor-management
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