631.13—Classification of costs at State and substate levels.
(a)
(1)
Allowable costs under Title III shall be planned, controlled, and charged by either the State or the substate grantee against the following cost categories: rapid response services, basic readjustment services, retraining services, needs-related payments and supportive services, and administration. Costs shall be reported to the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the reporting requirements established pursuant to § 631.15 of this part.
(2)
All costs shall be allocable to a particular cost category to the extent that benefits are received by such category; and no costs shall be chargeable to a cost category except to the extent that benefits are received by such category.
(b)
Rapid response services shall include the cost of rapid response activities identified at section 314(b) of the Act.
(1)
Staff salary and benefit costs are chargeable to the rapid response services cost category only for that portion of staff time actually spent on rapid response activities.
(2)
All other costs are chargeable to the rapid response services cost category only to the extent that they are for rapid response purposes.
(c)
Basic readjustment services shall include the cost of basic readjustment services identified at section 314(c) of the Act, except that the cost of supportive services under section 314(c)(15) of the Act shall be charged to the needs-related payments and supportive services cost category, as provided in paragraph (e) of this section.
(d)
Retraining services shall include the cost of retraining services identified at section 314(d) of the Act.
(e)
Needs-related payments and supportive services shall include the cost of needs-related payments identified in section 314(e) of the Act, and supportive services identified in section 4(24) of the Act and provided for in section 314(c)(15) of the Act.
(f)
(1)
Administration shall include the costs incurred by recipients and subrecipients in the administration of programs under Title III of the Act, and shall be that portion of necessary and allowable costs which is not directly related to the provision of services and otherwise allocable to the cost categories in paragraphs (b) through (e) of this section. The description of administrative costs in subpart D of part 627 of this chapter shall be used by States and substate grantees as guidance in charging administration costs to Title III programs.
(2)
Administration does not include the costs of activities under section 314(b) of the Act and which are provided for in paragraph (b) of this section.
(3)
Administration shall include Title III funds used for coordination of worker adjustment programs with the Federal-State unemployment compensation system and with Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271, et seq.) and part 617 of this chapter ( sections 311(b)(10) and 314(f) ).