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Chapter 1) Administration and Governance

• 1.1 Governor's Council on Workforce Investment (CWI)
• 1.2 Oversight and Monitoring
  • 1.2.1 Overview
  • 1.2.2 Types of Recipients and Oversight Responsibility
  • 1.2.3 DWD-DET Coordinated Monitoring
• 1.3 Workforce Development Area (WDA) Designations and Agreements
• 1.4 Local Workforce Development Boards (Local WDBs)
  • 1.4.1 Summary
  • 1.4.2 Role of the Chief Elected Official (CEO)
  • 1.4.3 Functions of the Local WDB
  • 1.4.4 Limitations of Local WDBs
  • 1.4.5 Local WDB Staff
  • 1.4.6 Standing Committees
  • 1.4.7 Sunshine Provision
  • 1.4.8 Local WDB Membership and Criteria
  • 1.4.9 Chairperson
  • 1.4.10 Biennial WDB Recertification
  • 1.4.11 Changes to Local WDB Membership During the Certification Period
  • 1.4.12 Conflict of Interest
  • 1.4.13 Summary of Responsibilities
• 1.5 WIOA Local Plans

Chapter 2) The One-Stop (Job Center) Delivery System

Chapter 3) Program Funding and Grants Management

• 3.1 WIOA Allocation Process
• 3.2 Modification of Grants
• 3.3 Transfer of Funds
• 3.4 Termination of Grants
• 3.5 Grant Closeout
• 3.6 Program Waitlists

Chapter 4) Fiscal Management

• 4.1 Access, Retention and Custodial Requirement for Records
• 4.2 Standards for Financial Management System
• 4.3 Reporting Requirements
• 4.4 Cash Management and Invoicing Standards
• 4.5 Cost Categories and Allowable Activities
• 4.6 Program Income
• 4.7 Sub grantee Monitoring
• 4.8 Procurement Standards
• 4.9 Property Management Standards
• 4.10 Audit and Audit Resolutions
• 4.11 Debt and Debt Collection
• 4.12 General Principles Affecting Allow ability of Costs
• 4.13 Allocation of Joint Costs
• 4.14 Cost Allocation or Indirect Cost Rates
• 4.15 Leverage Funds
• 4.16 35% Training Expenditure Goal For Program Year Formula Allocations
• 4.17 Expenditure Requirements for the Youth Program
  • 4.17.1 Expenditure Requirement for Out-of-School Youth
  • 4.17.2 Expenditure Requirement for Youth Work Experience
  • 4.17.3 Reporting Requirements

Chapter 5) Non-Discrimination/Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action

Chapter 6) Complaints, Grievances, and Appeals

Chapter 7) Individual Training Accounts and Eligible Training Programs

• 7.0 ETPL Transition Guidance
• 7.1 Individual Training Accounts
• 7.2 Introduction and Overview of the ETPL
• 7.3 Eligible Institutions and Program Types
  • 7.3.1 Eligible Institution Types
  • 7.3.2 Eligible Program Types
• 7.4 ETPL Eligibility
  • 7.4.1 WIOA Overview
  • 7.4.2 Background for Wisconsin's Eligibility Procedures
  • 7.4.3 State and Local WDB Roles & Responsibilities
  • 7.4.4 Wisconsin's Initial Eligibility Procedure
  • 7.4.5 Wisconsin's Continued Eligibility Procedure
  • 7.4.6 Institution Minimum Requirements
  • 7.4.7 Standard vs. Alternative Eligibility Criteria
  • 7.4.8 Information Requirements
• 7.5 Eligibility Denials and Terminations
  • 7.5.1 Overview
  • 7.5.2 Wisconsin's Procedures for Eligibility Denials and Terminations
• 7.6 Appeals
• 7.7 Performance
• 7.8 Registered Apprenticeships
  • 7.8.1 Overview
  • 7.8.2 Wisconsin's Procedures



Chapter 8) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs

• 8.1 Introduction and Overview
• 8.2 Eligibility
  • 8.2.1 Adult Program
  • 8.2.2 Dislocated Worker Program
• 8.3 Program Design
  • 8.3.1 Order of Services
  • 8.3.2 Priority of Service
  • 8.3.3 Assessments
  • 8.3.4 Economic Self-Sufficiency
  • 8.3.5 Non-traditional Occupations
• 8.4 Career Services
• 8.5 Training Services
  • 8.5.1 Eligibility
  • 8.5.2 Credentials
  • 8.5.3 Informed Choice
  • 8.5.4 Coordination of Funds
  • 8.5.5 Recovery of Costs
  • 8.5.6 Expenditure Requirement
  • 8.5.7 Career Pathways
  • 8.5.8 Accelerated Licensure for Vets
  • 8.5.9 Training vs. Individualized Career Service
  • 8.5.10 Methods of Funding Training
  • 8.5.11 Types of Training
• 8.6 Supportive Services
  • 8.6.1 Overview
  • 8.6.2 Categories
  • 8.6.3 Providing Supportive Services
  • 8.6.4 Documentation Requirements
  • 8.6.5 Needs-Related Payments
  • 8.6.6 Local WDB Policy Requirements
• 8.7 Program Exit
• 8.8 Follow-up Services
• 8.9 National Dislocated Worker Grants

Chapter 9) Rapid Response

Chapter 10) Youth Program

• 10.1 Introduction and Overview
• 10.2 Program Design
  • 10.2.1 Case Management
  • 10.2.2 Information and Referral
  • 10.2.3 Objective Assessment
  • 10.2.4 Individual Service Strategy
  • 10.2.5 WIOA Youth Program Expenditure Requirements
• 10.3 Eligibility
  • 10.3.1 Overview
  • 10.3.2 In-School Youth (ISY) Criteria
  • 10.3.3 Out-of-School Youth (OSY) Criteria
  • 10.3.4 Definition of School
  • 10.3.5 Attending versus Not Attending
  • 10.3.6 Guidance on Eligibility Barriers
  • 10.3.7 Multiple Eligibility Barriers
• 10.4 Enrollment Process
  • 10.4.1 Overview
  • 10.4.2 Enrolling 18 to 24 Year Olds
• 10.5 Program Elements
  • 10.5.1 Overview
  • 10.5.2 Options for Administering Program Elements
  • 10.5.3 Descriptions of the 14 Youth Program Elements<
• 10.6 Incentive Payments
  • 10.6.1 Overview
  • 10.6.2 Local Policy/Procedure Requirements
  • 10.6.3 Activities that Local WDBs Cannot Incentivize
  • 10.6.4 Documentation Requirements

Chapter 11) Performance Accountability and Reporting

• 11.1 Overview
• 11.2 References
• 11.3 Performance Advisory Committee
• 11.4 Common Exit
• 11.5 Primary Indicators of Performance
  • 11.5.1 Primary Indicators of Performance - Overview
  • 11.5.2 Unsubsidized Employment during the 2nd Quarter after Exit (Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs)
  • 11.5.3 Unsubsidized Employment or Education during the 2nd Quarter after Exit (Youth)
  • 11.5.4 Unsubsidized Employment during the 4th Quarter after Exit (Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs)
  • 11.5.5 Unsubsidized Employment or Education during the 4th Quarter after Exit (Youth)
  • 11.5.6 Median Earnings
  • 11.5.7 Credential Attainment Rate
  • 11.5.8 Measurable Skill Gain
  • 11.5.9 Effectiveness in Serving Employers
  • 11.5.10 Additional Indicators of Performance
• 11.6 Exclusions from Performance Indicators
• 11.7 Cohort Timeframes
• 11.8 Incentives, Sanctions and Administrative Actions
• 11.9 Determining Successful State Performance
• 11.10 Determining Successful Local Area Performance
• 11.11 Determining and Addressing At-Risk Performance
• 11.12 Setting Adjusted Levels of Performance
• 11.13 Barriers to Employment
• 11.14 Management Information Systems (Title I)
• 11.15 Title I Services
• 11.16 Credential Policy
• 11.17 Measurable Skill Gain Policy
• 11.18 Pay for Performance
• 11.19 Evaluations
• 11.20 Regional Performance
• 11.21 Supplemental Data Collection Policy
• 11.22 Incumbent Worker Training Performance Reporting Policy
• 11.23 Data Validation
• Summary of Responses and Comments

Chapter 12) File Documentation



Appendices

• Guide to WIOA Title I-B Eligibility Determination and Documentation
• Guide to WIOA Title I-B Participant Case File Documentation for Adults and Dislocated Workers
• Guide to WIOA Title I-B Participant Case File Documentation for Youth
• Allowable Program Milestones WIOA Youth Program Incentive Payments
• Basic Skills Deficient (Adult Program) Guidance
• Dependent Family Member Guidance
• Income Guidance
• Incumbent Worker Recommended Talking Points Guidance
• Low-Income Guidance
• Selective Service Guidance
• Summary of Workforce Development Board (WDB) Membership Requirements
• Supplemental Data Collection Recommended and Proven Practices
• Supportive Services - Examples and Resource Guide
• "Unlikely to Return to a Previous Industry or Occupation" Guidance
• WIOA Title I Application Process Guidance

Resources

• Summary of WDB Membership Requirements
• WDB Membership Chart

WIOA Title I-A & I-B Policy & Procedure Manual
Ch. 1) Administration and Governance

1.4 Local Workforce Development Boards (Local WDBs)



1.4.10 Biennial WDB Recertification ¹

Effective date: July 1, 2017

After initial establishment, each local WDB must be recertified by the State once every two (2) years.

Recertification shall be granted to one (1) local WDB in each designated local area based on the following criteria:

• Membership of the local WDB is compliant with the membership criteria outlined in the Local WDB Membership and Criteria section 1.4.8; and
• During the most recent period of certification (prior two (2) years) the local WDB has ensured positive outcomes for workforce investment activities carried out in the local area, including successful attainment of performance accountability measures and achievement of sustained fiscal integrity.

Failure to Achieve Recertification

In cases where local WDBs fail to achieve recertification, the Governor shall appoint a compliant WDB following the process outlined in WIOA Section 107(c)(1)(B)(ii).

Decertification ²

Local WDBs may be decertified in certain cases, including when:

• The local WDB is found to have committed fraud, abuse, and/or failure to carry out required functions.
  • In this case, the Governor shall provide notice to the CEO(s) and the local WDB, and an opportunity for comment which will last no less than 30 days.
• The local WDB has failed to meet the local performance accountability measures for such local area in accordance with section 116(c) for two (2) consecutive program years.

If a local WDB is decertified, the Governor, in consultation with the CEO in the local area, may issue a reorganization plan and require that a new board be appointed per the criteria established in the Local WDB Membership and Criteria section 1.4.8.

When subject to reorganization, the local board and CEO for a local area have 30 days after receiving notice of the reorganization plan to appeal to the Governor to rescind or revise the plan. The Governor must provide the CEO with a ruling within 30 days of receiving the appeal. The local board and CEO have 30 days from the date of receiving the Governor's ruling to file an appeal with the Secretary of Labor. The Secretary must make a final decision with 30 days of receiving the appeal. However, the Governor's ruling will be effective at issuance, and will remain effective unless rescinded or revised by the Secretary of Labor. ³

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• ¹ WIOA Section 107(c)(2)
• ² WIOA Section 107(c)(3)
• ³ WIOA Sections 116(g)(2)(B,C)