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• A professional, industry, or employer organization (e.g., National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence certification, National Institute for Metalworking Skills, Inc., Machining Level I credential) or a product manufacturer or developer (e.g., Microsoft Certified Database Administrator, Certified Novell Engineer, Sun Certified Java Programmer) using a valid and reliable assessment of an individual's knowledge, skills, and abilities. • A public regulatory agency, upon an individual's fulfillment of educational, work experience, or skill requirements that are legally necessary for an individual to use an occupational or professional title or to practice an occupation or profession (e.g., FAA aviation mechanic certification, state certified asbestos inspector). • A program that has been approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer education benefits to veterans and other eligible persons. • Job Corps centers that issue certificates. • Institutions of higher education which are formally controlled, or have been formally sanctioned, or chartered, by the governing body of an Indian tribe or tribes. CITIZENSHIP TRAINING: Includes life skills training such as parenting, work behavior training, budgeting of resources, and an ethic of civic responsibility. Citizenship training is one aspect of the required youth program element broadly termed "Leadership Development Opportunities ". CLASSROOM TRAINING: Academic and /or occupational training conducted in an institutional setting. Effective classroom training will provide linkages between academic and occupational learning. COLLABORATION: A mutually beneficial alliance of groups or organizations that come together to achieve common goals. This alliance is characterized by well- defined relationships that include a commitment to mutual authority and accountability for success and sharing of resources. It is expected that it transcends individual organization strategies and will integrate diverse missions, language and cultural concerns to focus on the needs of the customers. Collaboration is strengthened by a formal written agreement which delineates the responsibilities of each group, organization or entity. COMMUNITY -BASED ORGANIZATION (CBO): A private nonprofit organization that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community and that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of workforce investment. COST REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACT: A contract format which provides for the reimbursement of allowable costs which have been identified and approved in the contract budget and incurred in the operation of the program. Back -up documentation is required to justify payments made under this type of contract. DROPOUT (YOUTH): An individual no longer attending school who has not received a secondary school diploma or GED (note: a youth attending an alternative school is not a dropout for the purposes of this program). ELIGIBLE or ELIGIBILITY: Refers to an individual's status in relation to his /her qualification to participate in a WIOA funded program. The following are examples of eligibility criteria for various programs: residency, age, economic status, Selective Service registration, serious barriers to employment, plant closures, layoffs, long term unemployment, etc. Specific youth eligibility requirements are defined at 20 CPR, 664.2000. 19D-43 39