---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 679.280"
title: "20"
number: "679.280"
heading: "How does the State fulfill the requirement to provide assistance to local areas within a planning region that wish to redesignate into a single local area?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/679.280"
---

# §679.280. How does the State fulfill the requirement to provide assistance to local areas within a planning region that wish to redesignate into a single local area?

- (a) When the chief elected officials and Local WDBs of each local area within a planning region make a request to the Governor to redesignate into a single local area, the State WDB must authorize statewide adult, dislocated worker, and youth program funds to facilitate such redesignation.
- (b) When statewide funds are not available, the State may provide funds for redesignation in the next available program year.
- (c) Redesignation activities that may be carried out by the local areas include:
  - (1) Convening sessions and conferences;
  - (2) Renegotiation of contracts and agreements; and
  - (3) **Other activities directly associated with the redesignation as deemed appropriate by the State WDB.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 101, 106, 107, 108, 189, 503, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 56371, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.