1. Incentive Award Amount of Award: 4102A (7) With respect to program years beginning during or after fiscal year 2004, one percent of the amount of a grant or contract under which funds are made available to a State in order to carry out section 4103A or 4104 of this title for the program year shall be for the purposes of making cash awards under the program of performance incentive awards described in section 4112 of this title in the State.

2. Incentive Award Section 4112…shall establish criteria for performance incentive awards programs to be administered by States to— (A) encourage the improvement and modernization of employment, training, and placement services provided under this chapter; and (B) recognize eligible employees for excellence in the provision of such services or for having made demonstrable improvements in the provision of such services.

3. (b) FORM OF AWARDS – Under the criteria established by the Secretary for performance incentive awards to be administered by States, an award under such criteria may be a cash award or such other nonfinancial awards as the Secretary may specify. Incentive Award

4. (d) Eligible employee defined – In this section, the term “eligible employee” means any of the following: (1)A disabled veteran's outreach program specialist. (2)A local veterans’ employment representative. (3)An individual providing employment, training, and placement services to veterans under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or through an employment service delivery system (as defined in section 4101(7) of this title).

5. Incentive Award VPL 08-03 Selection Criteria for award recipients must be based on performance or activities during the program year States are encouraged to involve both objective and subjective data in developing selection criteria States should consider employees who demonstrate outstanding outreach on behalf of veterans who have barriers to employment States are discouraged from relying solely on performance data

6. Incentive Award VPL 08-03 DATES: Incentive award funds must be obligated by September 30 (end of fiscal year) and expended by December 31. Adjustments will be made to subsequent fiscal year funding for any portion of such funds that are not utilized in this time period and for the intended purpose.

7. State Veterans’ Program Plan III. Incentives A. Total amount designated B. Expected outcomes to be achieved C. Selection and award process D. Distribution of funds