Programs that provide training that is designed to enable employees to perform a job that their previous training has not equipped them for or to adapt to changes in the workplace. Retraining may be needed when new methods or equipment are introduced or when jobs for which employees have trained are phased out. It may also be provided by employers or governments for employees who have been laid off and are no longer able to find employment using the skills they already possess. The need for retraining may arise because of a decline in a particular industry sector or because of rapid technological change.

Programs that help people identify and secure paid employment opportunities that match their aptitude, qualifications, experience and interests.

Programs that provide vocational assessment, job development, job training, job search, job placement, specialized job situations and/or other supportive services for individuals who are unable to continue in a particular job, industry or profession because the needs of society have changed and the person's skills are no longer required. Included are services for people who have been permanently laid off because of plant closings, outsourcing of jobs to other countries, reductions in the work force, declines in business activities and other factors in situations where reemployment within their industry is unlikely.

Individuals whose nationality, ethnic background and cultural ancestry are those of one of the countries and peoples of Central America, the contiguous land mass that extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of the South American nation of Columbia.

Americans of Spanish or Latin American descent. Latin America is a geographic and cultural region comprising 18 Spanish-speaking countries, Brazil, and Haiti, or generally the areas which Spain and Portugal colonized in the Americas.

Individuals who are either citizens of Mexico or who identify themselves as part of the Mexican community.

Individuals whose nationality, ethnic background and cultural ancestry are those of one of the countries and peoples of the South American continent.

Individuals who are unable to continue in a particular job, industry or profession because the needs of society have changed and the person's skills are no longer required.