This PPT reviews key provisions to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

1. Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act:
An Introduction to Key Provisions

2. WIOA 101
• Vision and Goals of WIOA
• Local Governance
• WIOA Funding
• One-Stop Center Service Design
• Robust and Effective Services to Business
• Robust and Effective Services to Jobseekers and Workers
• Workforce Investment Activities for Youth
• Targeted Populations
• Registered Apprenticeships
• Performance Accountability

3. VISION AND GOALS OF
WIOA

4. WIOA
• Signed into Law July 22, 2014
• Amends and replaces WIA
• Oriented towards sector and
employer-based training
• Most provisions effective July 1, 2015

5. WIOA Vision
To achieve and maintain an integrated, job-driven workforce system
that links our diverse, talented workforce to our nation’s businesses
and improves the quality of life for our citizens.
Based on three key pillars of our system:
● One-Stop career centers provide
first-rate customer service to
jobseekers, workers, and businesses.
● The demands of businesses and
workers drive workforce solutions.
● The workforce system supports strong
regional economies.
WIOA

6. Six Broad Goals of WIOA
1. Increase access to workforce-related services
2. Better align workforce investment, education and economic
development systems
3. Improve relevance of workers skills and credentials
4. Serve needs of employers, workers and job seekers
5. Increase job retention, earning and credential attainment to
reduce welfare dependency
6. Increase prosperity, productivity, economic growth and global
competitiveness

7. WIOA Titles
Title I Programs
Title I is the primary source of
federal workforce development
funding to prepare low-
income adults, youth, and
dislocated workers for
employment, and to help them
continue to build skills once
they are employed.

8. WIOA Titles
Title II & Title III Programs
● Title II is the main source of federal
adult education and literacy funding,
including English language services.
● Title III funds the Wagner-Peyser
Employment Services program,
which provides labor exchange
services that match employers with
qualified job seekers.

9. WIOA Titles
Title IV Programs
Title IV funds Vocational
Rehabilitation which supports
a wide range of services
designed to help individuals
with disabilities prepare for and
engage in gainful employment,
and secure financial and
personal independence through
rehabilitative services.

10. WIOA Titles Align with
Core Programs
1. Title IB programs (i.e., services for
adults, dislocated workers and youth)
2. Wagner-Peyser Employment Services
3. Adult Education
4. Vocational Rehabilitation
WIOA Identifies Four “Core” Programs

11. Transitioning to WIOA

12. Local Governance

13. Local Governance
● WIOA expands the strategic
roles of workforce
development boards.
● WIOA positions boards to
address the workforce needs
of local and regional
employers.

14. Local Workforce Boards
● Local boards is similar to WIA
but with different requirements
for required members.
● Local boards may appoint
standing committees such as a
youth committee, a One-Stop
partner committee, and a
committee focused on serving
individuals with disabilities.

15. Local Workforce Board Membership
Minimum Membership
● Business Representatives
● Workforce Representatives
● Other Representatives to include:
○ Adult Education/Literacy Providers
○ Higher Education (including community
colleges)
○ Economic and Community Development
○ Wagner-Peyser Employment Services
○ Vocational Rehabilitation
○ May include others determined appropriate
by chief elected officials

16. Local Workforce Board Functions
Responsibilities
P.L. 112-128 Sec. 107(d)

17. Unified Planning
The unified planning
requirement ensures that
employment and training
services provided by the
four core programs are
coordinated and
complementary.

18. Focus on Regional Collaboration
WIOA promotes alignment
of workforce development
programs with regional
economic development
strategies to meet the
needs of local and
regional employers.

19. Focus on Regional Collaboration
● States are required to
identify regions within
their state.
● A regional plan is now
required.
● Local areas in identified
regions will have
coordinated planning and
service delivery strategies.

20. Local Plans
• Align to state strategy
• Describe strategies to align
local services to regional labor
market needs
• Must include description of
strategies and services to align
and coordinate resources,
including resources of the core
program partners

21. WIOA Funding

22. Out-of-School Youth Priority
WIOA requires 75% of state and local
Youth funding be used for out-of-
school youth.
50% exception for states that
receive a minimum allotment.
75% requirement was recently
relaxed through TEGL 23-14
recognizing transition
difficulties

23. Transferring and Targeting Funding
● Local boards can transfer
100% of funds between
Dislocated Worker and Adult
programs.
● Up to 10% of both funds
can be used for transitional
jobs for individuals with
barriers to employment.
Local Boards

24. Transferring and Targeting Funding
Funding for State Initiatives
Governors can allocate
up to 15% of Adult,
Dislocated Worker,
and Youth funds for
statewide activities.

25. One-Stop Center Service
Design

26. Service Integration
● WIOA is intended to increase the quality,
integration, and accessibility of services.
● Services are delivered via One-Stop centers,
as in WIA. Wagner-Peyser Employment
Services cannot stand alone, and must be
delivered at one-stop centers with few
exceptions.
● States encouraged to develop integrated
intake, case management, reporting systems,
and fiscal and management accountability
systems.

27. One-Stop Centers
● Each local area must have 1 comprehensive
One-Stop center that provides access to the
services of all required partners.
● A local area may also have affiliate One-Stop
centers with any subset of partners, or
specialized centers.
● Local boards certify One-Stop centers every 3
years, using criteria established by the state
board.
● One-Stop operators to be selected through a
competitive process.

28. Sixteen Required Partners
● Career and Technical Education (Perkins Act)
● Community Services Block Grant
● Indian and Native American Programs
● HUD Employment and Training Programs
● Job Corps
● Local Veterans’ Employment Representatives and
Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program
● National Farmworker Jobs Program
● Senior Community Service Employment Program
● TANF (under WIOA Governor can waive requirement)
● Trade Adjustment Assistance Programs
● Unemployment Compensation Programs
● YouthBuild
Four core programs and twelve One-Stop system partner programs:

29. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
● The MOU will describe:
○ Services provided and coordinated
through the One-Stop system.
○ How One-Stop center infrastructure
costs will be shared.
○ Other shared services and costs.
○ Referral methods among partners.
● MOUs will be reviewed every 3 years.
Local Boards Must Negotiate a MOU with all Local One-Stop
Partners

30. One-Stop Center Infrastructure Funding
● One-Stop partners must contribute to the infrastructure
costs of the One-Stop centers.
● The Governor must provide guidance to State-administered
programs
● The Governor will also give local areas guidance to help
stabilize funding.
● Local boards negotiate with One-Stop partners.
● If a local board is unable to reach agreement, a state
infrastructure mechanism kicks in.
● Local MOU must describe how One-Stop infrastructure costs are
funded.

31. Common Identifier
● A common identifier will help job
seekers and employers readily access
services.
● WIOA allows states, local areas, and
other partners to have additional
identifiers.
● ETA is consulting with state and local
boards and stakeholders.
● After the Department of Labor Secretary announces the identifier, the
ETA will provide guidance and technical assistance on identifier
implementation.

32. Robust and Effective
Services to Businesses

33. WIOA Meets Employer Needs
WIOA contributes to
economic growth and
business expansion by
ensuring the workforce
system is job-driven,
matching employers
with skilled workers.

34. State and Local Workforce Boards – Business
Focus
● Promote industry and sector
partnerships to address the
workforce needs of multiple
industry employers
● Emphasize career pathways to
promote employment in in-
demand occupations and
industries

35. Services to Employers
● Local boards fund proven work-based
training strategies, such as on-the-job
training, Registered Apprenticeship,
transitional jobs, and customized
training.
● WIOA increases reimbursement rates
for employers offering on-the-job and
customized training.
● Local board will engage in a regional
planning process to develop a
coordinated regional service strategy.

36. Robust and Effective Services
to Jobseekers
and Workers

37. Career Services
● Former WIA core and intensive
services are merged under WIOA
into a single new category of
Career Services.
● Under WIOA, individuals have
enhanced access to training by
ensuring there is no sequence of
service requirement.

38. Support for Work-Based Learning
● WIOA allows local boards to
fund proven work-based
strategies.
● Reimbursement rates have
increased for employers
offering on-the-job training
and customized training.

39. Priority of Service
Job seekers who are
basic skills deficient
now have priority for
Adult program services
along with low-income
job seekers and public
assistance recipients.

40. Workforce Investment
Activities for Youth

41. Changes to Youth Eligibility
Out-of-School Youth
To be eligible youth must be:
● Aged 16 to 24
● Meet one or more additional
conditions

42. OSY Additional Conditions of Eligibility
● School dropout
● Within age of compulsory school attendance, but not attending
school
● Recipient of a secondary school diploma or recognized equivalent
who is low-income and basic skills deficient or an English language
learner
● Subject to the juvenile or adult justice system
● Homeless
● Pregnant or parenting
● Individual with a disability
● Low-income status requires additional assistance to enter or complete
an educational program or to secure or hold employment

43. Changes to Youth Eligibility
In-School Youth (ISY)
To be eligible youth must be:
● Aged 14 to 21
● Low-income*
● And one or more additional
conditions
* Youth receiving or eligible to
receive a free or reduced price
school lunch are considered
“low income” under WIOA

44. ISY Additional Conditions of Eligibility
● Basic skills deficient
● English language learner
● An offender
● Homeless, a runaway, in foster care or has
aged out of the foster care system
● Pregnant or parenting
● Disabled
● Requires additional assistance to enter or
complete an educational program or to
secure or hold employment

45. New Youth Program Elements
● Financial literacy
● Entrepreneurial skills training
● Services that provide labor market and
employment information in the local area
● Activities that help youth transition to
postsecondary education and training
● Education offered concurrently with and in
the same context as workforce preparation
activities and training for a specific
occupation or occupational cluster
Five New Elements (total of 14 program elements)

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

47. Target Populations

48. WIOA increases access to
high quality workforce
services for individuals
with disabilities and
prepares them for
competitive, integrated
employment.
Services to Youth and Adults with Disabilities

49. ● One-Stop centers will be
physically and programmatically
accessible for individuals with
disabilities.
● Youth with disabilities will receive
extensive pre-employment
transition services so they can
successfully obtain competitive,
integrated employment.
Services to Youth and Adults with Disabilities

50. Services to Veterans and Military Spouses
● Priority of service requirements for eligible
veterans and spouses continue under WIOA.
● Spouses of certain active duty members of
the Armed Forces are included in the
definition of dislocated workers and
displaced homemakers eligible for
assistance.

51. Registered Apprenticeship

52. WIOA Emphasizes Registered Apprenticeship
• State and local board
membership will now include
a Registered Apprenticeship
representative.
• Registered Apprenticeship
programs will be included on
the Eligible Training Provider
List for Adult and Dislocated
Worker programs.

53. Career Pathways for Youth
● Registered Apprenticeship is recognized
as a career pathway for Job Corps
students.
● The Youth program may offer pre-
apprenticeship training to prepare youth
for Registered Apprenticeship.
● YouthBuild may offer work experience
and skills training in coordination with
pre-apprenticeship and Registered
Apprenticeship programs.

54. Registered Apprenticeship and WIOA Common
Performance Indicators
● Employment Outcomes
Registered Apprenticeship can “count”
for performance indicators on entered
employment, retention in employment,
and median wages.
● Credential Attainment
Registered Apprenticeship completion
certificates are recognized as a
postsecondary credential.

55. Performance Accountability

56. Common Performance Accountability
● Core programs and other authorized
programs are required to report on
the new primary indicators.
● WIOA adds new common
performance indicators to measure
the effectiveness of core programs
providing services to employers.
● Secretaries of Labor and Education must
define these indicators.

57. Primary Indicators
WIOA’s new primary indicators focus on outcomes and progress of programs.
UNDER WIA (Common Measures only)
1. Entered Employment 1st Qtr. after exit
(Adult programs)
2. Employment Retention 2nd and 3rd Qtr.
after exit (Adult programs)
3. Six Months Average Earnings 2nd and 3rd
Qtr. after exit (Adult programs)
4. Placement in Employment/Education 1st
Qtr. after exit (Youth programs)
5. Attainment of a Degree or Certificate by
3rd Qtr. after exit (Youth programs)
6. Literacy Numeracy Gains
(Youth programs)
UNDER WIOA (Primary Indicators only)
1. Percent Employed 2nd Qtr. after exit (Adult
programs)
2. Placement in Employment/Education 2nd Qtr. after
exit (Youth programs)
3. Percent Employed
4th Qtr. after exit (Adult programs)
4. Placement in Employment/Education 4th Qtr. after
exit (Youth programs)
5. Median Earnings 2nd Qtr. after exit (All programs)
6. Credential Attainment (up to 1 year after exit)
(All programs except Wagner-Peyser)
7. Measurable Skill Gains (All programs except
Wagner-Peyser)
8. Effectiveness in Serving Employers (All programs)

58. Data-Driven Reporting
● Unified state plans require focus on integrated data
systems across core, education, and UI programs.
● Labor market and workforce information is a critical
foundation for workforce strategies and a key career
service to be delivered through the One-Stop
system.
● WIOA envisions continuous improvement of labor
market and workforce information through
collaboration among federal agencies, states, and
the new Workforce Information Advisory Council.
Service Delivery and Performance Accountability

59. Adjusted Levels of Performance
● A statistical adjustment model is
being established for levels of
performance.
● The statistical adjustment model will
take into account economic
conditions and participant
characteristics.
● The model will be applied at the end
of a program year to adjust for
actual conditions experienced.

60. Performance Sanctions
● A 5 percent sanction of the
Governor’s reserve is applied if a
state either:
o fails to report in any given
program year; or
o fails to meet adjusted levels
of performance for 2
consecutive program years.
● States will receive technical assistance, including a performance
improvement plan the first year they fail to meet adjusted levels of
performance.

61. Transparency
● Performance reports for states, local areas,
and eligible training providers will be made
publicly available.
● States, localities, and eligible training
providers will report performance data
using common templates to be provided
by the Departments of Education and
Labor.
● Eligible training providers are required to
provide data on performance outcomes for
all students in a training program.

62. IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING AND STRUCTURE
• Planning for implementation is underway
• Task Force of the Illinois Workforce Investment Board
(IWIB) created to focus on State-level decisions and
actions
– Representatives of the four core programs
– Seven IWIB members are each assigned to a local
task advisory group
– Required program partner interagency team to focus
on details

63. IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING AND STRUCTURE
• Seven “Task Advisory Groups” established
to obtain local perspective input
– Governance
– Planning
– Policy
– Operations
– Youth
– Performance
– Technology

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