Section 7-602. PARTICIPANT RECRUITMENT, ASSESSMENT, REFERRAL AND HIRING

 

602.1The Director shall utilize the District's free Public Employment Service for the recruitment of unemployed adults with dependents.

 

602.2The Employment Service shall, in seeking eligible participants, utilize it's current applicant files, conduct outreach through its job service centers, as well as through a network of community based organizations, and if necessary through the media.

 

602.3The Employment Service shall assess persons interested in on-the-job training opportunities against program eligibility requirements and employment requirements specified by participating employers, such as the minimum educational achievement needed to learn a occupation on-the-job.

 

602.4The Employment Service shall be responsible for referring all potential participants to participating employers, and assuring the employers that all referrals meet basic program eligibility requirements.

 

602.5In making referrals to employers the Employment Service shall strive to offer employment with on-the-job training opportunities to eligible adults in a pattern which reflects the distribution of unemployment among the various wards of the city.

 

602.6Participating employers shall be responsible for the hiring, employment and training of all participants.