WIOA Overview Training: Legislation & Funding | Presented by Local Board

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2. Local Board, Train the trainer webinarIntro to WIOA, LWDB Bylaws, Sunshine Provisions & Open Meeting Requirements, and Robert’s Rules

3. WORKSOURCE FULTON BOARD TRAINING AGENDA • BLOCK 1 • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Overview Pt 1: Participants • Budget and Finances • BREAK • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Overview Pt2: Industry • Ask questions. Open discussion.

4. WORKSOURCE FULTON BOARD TRAINING AGENDA • BLOCK 2 • LUNCH- The State Perspective • Local Workforce Development Board Structure • Fulton’s Strategic Plan and Service Delivery • Committee Breakout Sessions • Finance Committee Charrette • Quarterly Workforce LWDB Meeting

5. Workforce Legislation Workforce Federal Acts • 2014 – Present:Workforce Innovative and Opportunity Act (WIOA). • 1998 – 2014: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. • 1982 – 1998: Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). • 1973 – 1982: Comprehensive Employment & Training Act (CETA). • 1962 – 1973: Manpower Development Training Act (MDTA). • WIOA signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2014. • WIOA is set for re-authorization in 2020.

6. - Signed into law July 2014 • “WIOA is landmark legislation that is designed to strengthen and improve our nation's public workforce system and help get Americans, including youth and those with significant barriers to employment, into high-quality jobs and careers and help employers hire and retain skilled workers.” • U.S. Department of Labor • Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act

7. Workforce Legislation WIOA Vision To achieve and maintain an integrated, job-driven workforce system that links the diverse, talented workforce to the nation’s businesses and improves the quality of life for citizens.

8. WIOA: SIX BROAD GOALS • Create a comprehensive, high-quality workforce development system by aligning workforce investment, economic development and education. • Increase access to education, training, and employment—especially for those who possess barriers to employment. • Improve the quality and labor market relevance of workforce investment, education and economic development efforts. • Promote improvement in the structure and delivery of services. • Increase the prosperity of workers and employers. • Reduce welfare dependency, increase economic self-sufficiency, meet employer needs, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the nation.

9. Workforce Legislation WIOA Legislative Titles Under WIOA, there are five (5) Titles written into law to address different programs, services and transitions. WIOA requires that Titles I through IV coordinate and collaborate to provide services through a comprehensive, high-quality workforce development system which aligns workforce, economic development and education. • Title IB – Workforce Development Activities (Adult, Dislocated Worker & Youth) - ETA • Title II – Adult Education and Literacy– USDoEd • Title III – Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 to integrate the U.S. Employment Service (ES) into the One-Stop system authorized by WIOA - ES • Title IV – Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize employment-related vocational rehabilitation services – Voc Rehab

10. Workforce Ecosystem Technical College System of Georgia Office of Workforce Development

11. Workforce Ecosystem WIOA Required Partnerships

12. Workforce Ecosystem Regions & LWDAs • Atlanta Region

13. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT • The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) • Two categories of “Customers” for the workforce system • Employers • Individuals • Federal funds allocated in three streams to states based upon unemployment and other economic indicators (mass layoffs, distressed industries, youth below poverty line) • States reserve a portion of each funding stream, allocate the majority to local workforce areas • Georgia’s annual allocation is ~$90M • Fulton’s annual allocation is ~$3.2M

14. WIOA Funding • Each funding stream is tied to a particular group with specific eligibility requirements • Adult • Dislocated Worker • Youth • How is each funding stream distributed?

15. GEORGIA PY18 Allocation • Total Allocation - $90,881,820

16. WIOA Funding • Youth Allocation Formula • 33 1/3% on the basis of the relative number of unemployed individuals in areas of substantial unemployment in each LWDA, compared to the total in the State; • 33 1/3% on the basis of the relative excess number of unemployed individuals in each LWDA, compared to the total in the State; and • 33 1/3% on the basis of the relative number of disadvantaged youth in each LWDA, compared to the total in the State. • Adult Allocation Formula • 33 1/3% on the basis of the relative number of unemployed individuals in areas of substantial unemployment in each LWDA, compared to the total in the State; • 33 1/3% on the basis of the relative excess number of unemployed individuals in each LWDA, compared to the total in the State; and • 33 1/3% on the basis of the relative number of disadvantaged adults in each LWDA, compared to the total in the State. • DW Allocation Formula • 9 factors of varying weights • 40% on the basis of individuals receiving UI without earnings in last six months • 10% on the basis of UI from firms included in Mass Layoff Statistics data in 2 latest quarters • 10% on the basis of individuals employed in industries that declined 5% or more in the last year. • Local Funding Allocation:

17. ARWDB Programs & Services ARWDB Funding Stream

18. Who does WIOA serve? What levers can the LWDB operate?

19. ARWDB Programs & Services ARC Workforce Solutions Group Fiscal & Administrative Agent Customers: Job Seekers & Businesses One-Stop Career Resource Center Affiliate Sites & Mobile Unit Adult & Dislocated Workers Youth NextGen (Youth) Providers Business Services Business Services Direct Outreach

20. Program Delivery Model Career Resource Centers 1 One-Stop Center 7 Affiliate Sites Mobile Unit 1 full-size mobile unit 14 regular stops Youth Providers10 Out-Of-School Locations 1 In-School Provider

21. How is the Money Spent? • Basic Career Services Examples: • Information and orientation to system services, UI, etc. • Initial skills assessments • Job search and placement assistance, career counseling • Referrals and coordination with other resources • Job market information • Individual Career Services Examples: • Individual skills assessments • Group or individual counseling • Individualized career planning, development of education plan • Short-term classroom assistance, including computer training, exam prep, etc. • Financial literacy services • Internships and work experience opportunities • Supportive services • Local Activities: Adult & DW: Career Services

22. How is the Money Spent? • Individual Training Account (ITA) • An ITA is used to “purchase” training services from eligible providers and training programs (selected in consultation with a WIOA career advisor). • The Statewide Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) - includes State approved training providers and programs • Training providers - held responsible for providing quality training and outcomes for customers.

23. Approved Training Providers Examples • ATLANTA TECHNICAL COLLEGE • CDL OF GA, LLC • GOODWILL OF NORTH GEORGIA • KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY • MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF NORTHEAST GA • PIEDMONT COLLEGE • *PROVIDERS VS PROGRAMS*

24. Example: Growth and Demand Occupations

25. Current ITA Funding Limitations • Funding Limitations vary by Local Workforce Area Fulton: • Up to$7,000 intraining costs, excluding supportmay be expendedforeach participantforthefirstyear (three consecutive semesters) oftraining assistance. • For training assistance that extends beyond one year, total training costs may not exceed $10,000 (excluding support.)

26. TRAINING SERVICES AVAILABLE WHEN: • Customers are determined: • to be unlikely or unable to obtain or retain employment (that leads to economic self-sufficiency or wages comparable to or higher than wages from previous employment) through WIOA career services • in need of training to obtain or retain employment leading to economic self-sufficiency or wages comparable to or higher than wages from previous employment • to have selected training linked to demand occupations • unable to obtain grant assistance from other sources or require WIOA assistance in addition to other sources • + TEGL 19-16

27. How is the money spent? • 14 Required Youth Elements: • Tutoring, study skills, dropout prevention and recovery strategies • Alternative secondary school or dropout recovery services • Paid and unpaid Work Experiences • Occupational skills training • Education aligned with workforce preparation activities • Leadership development • Supportive services • Adult mentoring • Comprehensive guidance and counseling • Financial literacy education • Entrepreneurial skills training • Labor market & employment information services • Activities that prepare for transition to postsecondary education/training • Follow-up Services • Local Activities: Youth

28. Emphasis on Work-based Learning Funding Work Experiences At least 20% of local Youth formula funds must be used for work activities such as: • Work Experience • Pre-apprenticeship • On-the-job training • Internships 20% Local Youth Formula Funds

29. ARWDB Programs & Services

30. ARWDB Programs & Services ARWDB Enrollment Numbers

31. How is the Money spent? SUPPORTIVE SERVICES • Must be determined on an individual basis • Must be a WIOA participant (limited if in Career Services) • Must be documentation that participants are incapable of providing these services for themselves and services not are available from other sources • Support must be necessary for a individual to participate in WIOA activities (training) • Examples of allowable support: Transportation assistance, child care, dependent care, auxiliary aides and services for persons with disabilities

32. FOLLOWUP SERVICES PERFORMANCE • Must be provided for Adults/DWs who are placed in jobs for up to 12 months after the first day of employment • Ties into performance standards for 2nd quarter and 4th quarter after exit • Youth follow-up – more extensive services, including supportive services for 12 months or until they do not respond or can’t locate or decline to participate

33. Accountability - Performance • Performance Measures:

34. WIOA Performance and Accountability

35. ARWDB Programs & Services ARWDB Performance – PY2018 To Date

36. Customer Flow REFERRAL

37. A Customer and WIOA How do they find out? • Word of mouth – friends, relatives, etc. • Partner referral (GDOL, Rehab Services, Community) • Outreach – Mobile Units • Employer referred (reverse referral) May not have a clue about eligibility or career path – majority want training or a job. Eligibility process takes time – person has to produce documents such as proof of citizenship, driver’s license, residence, etc.

38. PRIORITY OF SERVICE (Adult)– SECTION 134(c)(3)(E) WIOA focuses on serving “individuals with barriers to employment” See WIOA Section 3(24) list • Priority of Service applies regardless of funding levels versus previous WIA - “in times of limited funding” • WIOA mandates priority service to • Recipients of public assistance, • Other low income individuals • Individuals who are basic skills deficient • Does not mean that services may only be provided to these groups – areas may set additional priority groups

39. VETERANS PRIORITY TEGL 10-09 • Veterans must meet each program’s eligibility requirement to receive services • First priority: Veterans and eligible spouses who are also recipients of public assistance, low income or basic skills deficient (military pay not included as income) • 2nd priority: non-covered persons in the 3 priority groups • 3rd priority: veteran and eligible spouses not included in priority groups • 4th priority: other priority groups established by LWDAs

40. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT • WIOA Business Services • On-the-Job Training • 50% wage reimbursement for eligible new hires • Length of training dependent upon job title (6 mos) • Customized Training • 50 % reimbursement on cost of training • Designed for special skill-sets or hard to fill positions • Incumbent Worker Training • 50% reimbursement on cost of training • Employer-driven training model • Registered Apprenticeships • Serving Employers

41. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT • Work-Based Learning • Referenced or required in: Workfoce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins V), Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) • As defined by Perkins, WBL is “sustained interactions with industry or community professionals in real workplace settings, to the extent practicable, or simulated environments at an educational institution that foster in-depth, firsthand engagement with the tasks required in a given career field, that are aligned to curriculum and instruction.”

42. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT • Job Shadow • Internship • Mentorship • Externship • Practicum/Service Learning Project • Apprenticeship/Registered Apprenticeship • Pre-Apprenticeship • Work-Based Learning Examples

43. Leadership Local Elected Officials – LEO Board • In those Local Workforce Development Areas comprised of more than one county or municipality, there may exist a Local Elected Officials Board, which shall be comprised of the mayors and county commission chairpersons within the designated local workforce development area. • A CLEO shall be appointed or elected by the LEO Board. • A CLEO’s term shall run concurrent with the term set by his or her respective elected office. • A CLEO/LEO Board may appoint a Fiscal Agent to administer the WIOA funds for a Local Workforce Development Area. • A CLEO/LEO Board develops a process for sharing of liability with respect to the misuse of WIOA funds. • A CLEO/LEO Board establishes a local workforce development board appointment process.

44. Leadership LWDB Membership • Business Representatives • Workforce Representatives: Labor Organizations; Employers with Registered Apprenticeships; Community-based organizations; Orgs with experience with youth employment, training, or educational needs • Other Representatives to include: • Adult Education/Literacy Providers • Higher Education (including community colleges) • Economic and Community Development • Wagner-Peyser Employment Services -(DOL) • Vocational Rehabilitation • May include others determined appropriate by chief elected officials

45. Leadership ARWDB’s Purpose • Provide strategic and operational oversight in collaboration with the required and additional partners and workforce stakeholders to help develop a comprehensive and high-quality workforce development system in the local area and larger planning region; • Assist in the achievement of the state’s strategic and operational vision and goals as outlined in the Unified State Plan or Combined State Plan; and • Maximize and continue to improve the quality of services, customer satisfaction, and effectiveness of the services provided. • 19 points of action specified for ARWDB to conduct in agreement with the CLEO

46. Leadership LWDB Roles & Responsibilities

47. Leadership ARWDB Member Expectations • Come well-prepared to meetings. • Join at least one standing committee of the board. • Notify the ARWDB Chair or staff when unable to attend meetings. • Do not send a representative; actively participate through meeting attendance, questioning, advice, and advocacy. • Act and vote on behalf of the broad mission and long-term interests of the Board, but not based on the interest of a single constituency. • Avoid conflicts of interest, but if they are unavoidable, disclose conflicts and follow policies for removing oneself from a discussion and/or vote. • Respect the confidentiality of Board deliberations and information provided to the Board. • Understand and observe the respective roles and responsibilities of the Board and the Local Elected Officials. • Take advantage of opportunities to become more educated about the Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board and its environment.

48. Board Bylaws Include: • Purpose of the LWDB • Membership/composition requirements • Appointment, Vacancy/Replacement, or Removal Process • Terms of office • Officers and Duties • Committees (if they have any, none are required any more) • Meetings (frequency, notices, minutes/records, etc.) • Quorum & Voting process/requirements • Conflict of Interest & Code of Conduct

49. WIOA Governance: Statewide Green Arrows: Flow of fundingOrange Arrows: flow of governance/program decision-making authority Blue Arrows: flow of shared fiscal and programmatic oversight responsibility

50. WIOA Performance & Accountability • Monitoring • State completes annual onsite monitoring of all LWDAs • Includes reviews of fiscal and programmatic operations • The State Monitoring team applies approximately 20 testing tools to LWDA operations • Sample tools: EO compliance, internal controls, participant eligibility, personnel and payroll, disbursements, subrecipient monitoring, policies and procedures • Results are communicated as findings and observations in a final report that requires the LWDA to provide corrective actions for State approval • State oversees the implementation of the corrective actions • Accountability