---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 680.600"
title: "20"
number: "680.600"
heading: "What priority must be given to low-income adults and public assistance recipients and individuals who are basic skills deficient served with adult funds under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/680.600"
---

# §680.600. What priority must be given to low-income adults and public assistance recipients and individuals who are basic skills deficient served with adult funds under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

- (a) **WIOA sec.** 134(c)(3)(E) states that priority for individualized career services (see [§ 678.430(b)](/cfr/20/678.430.md?p=b) of this chapter) and training services funded with title I adult funds must be given to recipients of public assistance, other low-income individuals, and individuals who are basic skills deficient (as defined in WIOA [sec. 3(5)(B)](/cfr/20/3.md?p=5-B)) in the local area.
- (b) States and local areas must establish criteria by which the one-stop center will apply the priority under WIOA [sec. 134(c)(3)(E)](/cfr/20/134.md?p=c-3-E). Such criteria may include the availability of other funds for providing employment and training-related services in the local area, the needs of the specific groups within the local area, and other appropriate factors.
- (c) The priority established under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section does not necessarily mean that these services only may be provided to recipients of public assistance, other low-income individuals, and individuals who are basic skills deficient. The Local WDB and the Governor may establish a process that also gives priority to other individuals eligible to receive such services, provided that it is consistent with priority of service for veterans (see [§ 680.650](/cfr/20/680.650.md)) and the priority provisions of WIOA [sec. 134(c)(3)(E)](/cfr/20/134.md?p=c-3-E), discussed above in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 122, 134, 189, 503, Pub. L. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 56385, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.