Local plans and requirements

§ 333. Local plans and requirements. Each social services district shall submit to the commissioner for approval a biennial plan for the provision of education, work, training and supportive services related to the operation of work activity programs pursuant to this title.

Such plan shall be developed in cooperation and coordination with public and private education institutions, child care providers, child care resource and referral agencies if available in the district, labor unions, libraries, public and private employers, employment and training agencies and organizations, and private industry councils established in service delivery areas defined in subdivision five of section nine hundred seventy-one of the executive law.

Such plan shall be generally available to the public for review and comment for a period of thirty days prior to submission to the commissioner. In accordance with department regulations and consistent with federal law and regulations, such plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Estimates of the number of participants to be served;

2. A description of available supportive services as prescribed by section three hundred thirty-two-a of this title;

3. A description of the available activities under this title and the estimated capacity of such activities;

4. A description of the district's plan to meet federal requirements regarding participation and the district's criteria established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section three hundred thirty-two of this title;

5. A list of education and training providers, such as job training partnership act agencies, educational agencies and other public agencies or private organizations with which the district expects to enter into agreements or contracts with a description of such contracts;

6. A description of the orientation to be provided to participants pursuant to section three hundred thirty-four of this title;

7. A description of the assessment tools chosen and the employee qualifications, district administrative unit or contracting entity that will be responsible for the assessments and the development of the employability plans;

8. A description of the conciliation procedures to be made available to participants pursuant to section three hundred forty-one of this title; and

9. Such additional information as is necessary to comply with federal requirements and to provide the report required under section three hundred thirty-nine of this title.