(A)To determine eligibility and low income of individuals for programs operated under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, local workforce development agencies must use the most recently published income guidelines revised annually by the U.S. department of health and human services and lower living standard income levels revised annually by the U.S. department of labor. Low income is used to determine eligibility for youth services and to prioritize adult individual training accounts (ITAs) when funds are limited.

(B)Local boards must ensure that all program operators and staff members and use the most recently published poverty income guidelines and LLSIL for determining eligibility and low income for youths, eligibility and low income for employed adult/dislocated workers for certain services, and for the re-authorized work opportunity tax credit (WOTC).

(C)The most recently published income guidelines and lower living standard income levels are attached in appendix A of this rule.