---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 309.121"
title: "45"
number: "309.121"
heading: "Employment and training services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/309.121"
---

# §309.121. Employment and training services.

- (a) As elected by the Tribe or Tribal organization in [§ 309.65(b)](/cfr/45/309.65.md?p=b), provide employment and training services to eligible noncustodial parents. In addition to eligibility criteria that may be set by the Tribal IV-D agency, the noncustodial parent must: have an open IV-D case; have a child support order or be determined by the Tribal IV-D agency to be fully cooperating with the Tribal IV-D agency to establish a child support order; be unemployed or underemployed or at risk of not being able to comply with their support order. In addition, the Tribal IV-D agency must have adopted policies and procedures for determining that the noncustodial parent is not receiving the same employment and training services under federally-funded employment and training programs administered by the Tribe.
- (b) **These IV-D agency employment and training services are limited to—**
  - (1) Job search assistance;
  - (2) Job readiness training;
  - (3) Job development and job placement services;
  - (4) Skills assessments to facilitate job placement;
  - (5) Job retention services;
  - (6) Work supports, such as transportation assistance, uniforms, and tools; and
  - (7) Occupational training and other skills training directly related to employment, which may also include activities to improve literacy and basic skills, such as programs to complete high school or a high school equivalency certificate, or English as a second language.
- (c) Federal financial participation may also be used to provide case management in connection with the allowable services under this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 100809, Dec. 13, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 655(f) and 1302.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 16672, Mar. 30, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 100809, Dec. 13, 2024]