20 CFR Sec. 683.260 restricts the use or proposed use of WIOA funds to be used for:
The encouragement or inducement of a business, or part of a business, to relocate from any location in the United States, if the relocation results in any employee losing his or her job at the original location; and
Customized training, skill training, or on-the-job training or company specific assessments of job applicants or employees of a business or a part of a business that has relocated from any location in the United States, until the company has operated at that location for one hundred twenty (120) days, if the relocation has resulted in any employee losing his or her jobs at the original location.
To verify that an establishment which is new or expanding is not, in fact, relocating employment from another area, the attached standardized pre-award review criteria developed by the state must be completed and documented jointly by the local area with the establishment as a prerequisite to WIOA assistance. The criteria may be customized for local use as long as all the required elements are included.