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Title: WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT INFORMATIONAL OVERVIEW


1
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT - INFORMATIONAL OVERVIEW
  • OHIOS GOVERNORS WORKFORCE POLICY ADVISORY BOARD
  • January 8, 2009

2
PRINCIPLES OF WIA
  • Streamlined Services One-Stop System
  • Universal Access with Customer Choice
  • Business Driven
  • State and Local Flexibility
  • Improved Youth Programs
  • Primary Funding Streams
  • Adult, Dislocated Workers, and Youth

3
HOW IS IT DONE?
  • Congress sets laws and appropriates funds
  • USDOL provides regulatory oversight and
    administration at national level
  • Governors provide administration at state level
    and may implement additional rules/standards as
    well as establish statewide programs/policies
  • Within national/state guidelines, local areas
    create individual workforce systems that meet
    specific needs of local economy

4
STATE BOARD (GWPAB)
  • Governor
  • 2 members of each legislative chamber
  • Business (majority chair)
  • City/County Elected Officials
  • Labor
  • Youth Organizations
  • Community Colleges/Community Orgs
  • State Agencies involved w/ workforce
  • Others as identified by Governor

5
GWPAB ASSISTS GOVERNOR WITH
  • Statewide Workforce Delivery System
  • Designation of Local Workforce Areas
  • Formula(s) to Allocate Adult Youth Funds to
    Local Areas
  • Performance Measures
  • State Plan to USDOL
  • Comments on Carl D. Perkins Voc. Plan
  • Annual Report to USDOL
  • Statewide Employ. Statistics System for
    Wagner-Peyser
  • Applications for Incentive Grants from USDOL

6
STATEWIDE WORKFORCE DELIVERY SYSTEM
  • State policy with local delivery
  • Flexibility at local level
  • At State level in Ohio key players are ODOD
    ODJFS

7
STATEWIDE ACTIVITIES
  • Portion of WIA funds set aside from Adult, DLW,
    and Youth
  • May be combined together
  • May be distributed as statewide programs,
    demonstration projects, and/or competitive grants

8
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT (ODOD)
  • Staffs Governors Workforce Policy Advisory Board
  • Administers Statewide Workforce Policy
  • Oversees Business Services
  • Employer Outreach
  • Layoff Aversion Services
  • Incumbent Worker Programs

9
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB FAMILY SERVICES (ODJFS)
  • Administers Workforce Technology Systems
  • Job Matching
  • Performance Tracking
  • Monitoring Oversight
  • Oversees Job Seeker Services
  • Labor Exchange Programs
  • Rapid Response Services
  • Trade Assistance Programs
  • Unemployment Insurance

10
WORKFORCE SYSTEM MANDATORY PARTNERS
  • Workforce Investment Act Includes Adult,
    Dislocated Worker, Youth, Job Corps Migratory
    Seasonal Worker Programs
  • Wagner-Peyser
  • Adult Education Literacy
  • Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Older Americans
  • Postsecondary Voc. Educ. (Carl D. Perkins)
  • Trade Adjustment Assistance
  • Community Services Block Grants
  • Housing Urban Development
  • Unemployment Compensation
  • TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
    (Ohio-mandatory)

11
LOCAL AREA DESIGNATION
  • Based primarily on local labor markets
  • Population 500,000 have automatic designation
  • Populations with 200,000 have temporary
    designation based on achievement of performance
    outcomes
  • Ohio Option

12
LOCAL AREA COMPARISONS
  • WIA Designations Economic Development Regions

13
FORMULAS FOR ADULT YOUTH ALLOCATIONS
  • Set by Governor based on recommendations from
    State Board
  • Based primarily on unemployment and poverty rates
  • Hold harmless provisions keep wide fluctuations
    from occurring

14
STATE WORKFORCE PLAN
  • Document that describes states delivery system
  • How services are delivered to businesses and job
    seekers
  • Major initiatives
  • Non-duplication
  • Innovations
  • Specific requirements from USDOL
  • Usually compliance document but have the
    opportunity to do more with it

15
USDOL MANDATORY PERFORMANCE MEASURES
  • Negotiated between State and USDOL
  • Common Measures
  • Adult/Dislocated Worker
  • Entered Employment
  • Average Earnings
  • Retained Employment
  • Youth
  • Entered Employment (or Education System)
  • Average Earnings
  • Retained Employment
  • Literacy Numeracy Gains
  • Credential or Diploma Achievement

16
ANNUAL REPORT
  • USDOL Specified Requirements
  • Overview of Performance Outcomes
  • Review of Financial Results
  • Best Practices

17
STATEWIDE STATISTICS SYSTEM
  • Tracks labor exchange activities
  • Monitors performance outcomes
  • Ohio Ohiomeansjobs.com, SCOTI.com

18
COMMENTS ON CARL D. PERKINS
  • Vocational Education activities
  • Ensure that these complement workforce activities
    undertaken by the WIA and other initiatives

19
APPLICATIONS FOR INCENTIVE GRANTS
  • Based on meeting/exceeding mandatory USDOL
    performance measures
  • States may receive funds for additional
    activities/initiatives
  • States may also choose to establish similar
    systems for their local areas

20
CONTACT INFORMATION
402 Golden Bear Drive Austin, TX 78738 Phone
(330) 284-2601 Fax (216) 472-8125
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