§ 4112. Performance incentive awards for quality employment, training, and placement services
(a)
Criteria for Performance Incentive Awards.—
(1)
For purposes of carrying out a program of performance incentive awards under section
4102A
(c)(2)(A)(i)(III) of this title, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training, shall establish criteria for performance incentive awards programs to be administered by States to—
(2)
The Secretary shall establish such criteria in consultation with representatives of States, political subdivisions of States, and other providers of employment, training, and placement services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 consistent with the performance measures established under section
4102A
(b)(7) of this title.
(b)
Form of Awards.—
Under the criteria established by the Secretary for performance incentive awards to be administered by States, an award under such criteria may be a cash award or such other nonfinancial awards as the Secretary may specify.
(c)
Administration and Use of Awards.—
Performance incentive cash awards under this section—
(1)
shall be made from amounts allocated from the grant or contract amount for a State for a program year under section
4102A
(c)(7) of this title;
(d)
Eligible Employee Defined.—
In this section, the term “eligible employee” means any of the following: