112 STAT. 998 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 a rural area) to accomplish the purposes of a system of individual training accounts; or (III) the local board determines that there is a training services program of demonstrated effectiveness offered in the local area by a community-based organization or another private organization to serve special participant populations that face multiple barriers to employment, (iii) LINKAGE TO OCCUPATIONS IN DEMAND.— Training services provided under this paragraph shall be directly linked to occupations that are in demand in the local area, or in another area to which an adult or dislocated worker receiving such services is willing to relocate, except that a local board may approve training services for occupations determined by the local board to be in sectors of the economy that have a high potential for sustained demand or growth in the local area. (iv) DEFINITION.—In this subparagraph, the term "special participant population that faces multiple barriers to employment" means a population of low-income individusds that is included in one or more of the following categories: (I) Individuals with substantial language or cultural barriers. (II) Offenders. (III) Homeless individuals. (IV) Other hard-to-serve populations as defined by the Governor involved. (e) PERMISSIBLE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.— (1) DISCRETIONARY ONE-STOP DELIVERY ACTIVITIES. —-Funds allocated to a local area for adults under paragraph (2)(A) or (3), as appropriate, of section 133(b), and funds allocated to the local area for dislocated workers under section 133(b)(2)(B), may be used to provide, through one-stop delivery described in subsection (c)(2)- — (A) customized screening and referral of qualified participants in training services described in subsection (d)(4) to employment; and (B) customized employment-related services to employ- ers on a fee-for-service basis. (2) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. —Funds allocated to a local area for adults under paragraph (2)(A) or (3), as appropriate, of section 133(b), and funds allocated to the local area for dislocated workers under section 133(b)(2)(B), may be used to provide supportive services to adults and dislocated workers, respectively— (A) who are participating in programs with activities authorized in any of paragraphs (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (d); and (B) who are unable to obtain such supportive services through other programs providing such services. (3) NEEDS-RELATED PAYMENTS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Funds allocated to a local area for adults under paragraph (2)(A) or (3), as appropriate, of section 133(b), and funds allocated to the local area for
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