---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 680.960"
title: "20"
number: "680.960"
heading: "May needs-related payments be paid while a participant is waiting to start training classes?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/680.960"
---

# §680.960. May needs-related payments be paid while a participant is waiting to start training classes?


Yes, payments may be provided if the participant has been accepted in a training program that will begin within 30 calendar days. The Governor may authorize local areas to extend the 30-day period to address appropriate circumstances.


## 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.