---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 680.970"
title: "20"
number: "680.970"
heading: "How is the level of needs-related payments determined?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/680.970"
---

# §680.970. How is the level of needs-related payments determined?

- (a) The payment level for adults must be established by the Local WDB. For statewide projects, the payment level for adults must be established by the State WDB.
- (b) For dislocated workers, payments must not exceed the greater of either of the following levels:
  - (1) The applicable weekly level of the unemployment compensation benefit, for participants who were eligible for unemployment compensation as a result of the qualifying dislocation; or
  - (2) The poverty level for an equivalent period, for participants who did not qualify for unemployment compensation as a result of the qualifying layoff. The weekly payment level must be adjusted to reflect changes in total family income, as determined by Local WDB policies.

## 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.