§ 4493. COUNSELING.
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In General .— The implementing official shall, upon request, provide, by contract or otherwise, employment counseling services to any eligible person eligible to participate under this subtitle in order to assist such eligible person in selecting a suitable program of job training under this subtitle. Case Manager .— The implementing official shall provide for a program under which— except as provided in paragraph (2), a disabled veteran’s outreach program specialist appointed under section 4103A(a) of title 38 , United States Code, is assigned as a case manager for each eligible person participating in a program of job training under this subtitle; the eligible person has an in-person interview with the case manager not later than 60 days after entering into a program of training under this subtitle; and periodic (not less frequent than monthly) contact is maintained with each such eligible person for the purpose of
(i)avoiding unnecessary termination of employment,
(ii)referring the eligible person to appropriate counseling, if necessary,
(iii)facilitating the eligible person’s successful completion of such program, and
(iv)following up with the employer and the eligible person in order to determine the eligible person’s progress in the program and the outcome regarding the eligible person’s participation in and successful completion of the program. No case manager shall be assigned pursuant to paragraph (1)(A)— for an eligible person if, on the basis of a recommendation made by a disabled veterans’ outreach program specialist, the implementing official determines that there is no need for a case manager for such eligible person; or in the case of the employees of an employer, if the implementing official determines that— the employer has an appropriate and effective employee assistance program that is available to all eligible persons participating in the employer’s programs of job training under this subtitle; or the rate of eligible persons’ successful completion of the employer’s programs of job training under this subtitle, either cumulatively or during the previous program year, is 60 percent or higher. The implementing official shall provide, to the extent feasible, a program of counseling or other services designed to resolve difficulties that may be encountered by eligible persons during their training under this subtitle. Such counseling or other services shall be similar to the counseling and other services provided under sections 1712A, 3697A, 4103A, 4104, [former] 7723, and [former] 7724 of title 38, United States Code, and section 1144 of title 10 , United States Code. Case Manager Required .— Before an eligible person who voluntarily terminates from a program of job training under this subtitle or is involuntarily terminated from such program by the employer may be eligible to be provided with a further certificate, or renewal of certification, of eligibility for participation under this subtitle, such eligible person must be provided by the Secretary of Labor, after consultation with the implementing official, with a case manager.