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Table of Contents

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

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



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
• 10.6 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
• 10.7 Program Exit
• 10.8 Prohibitions

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
• 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

Summary of WDB Membership Requirements

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

1.4 Local Workforce Development Boards (Local WDBs)



1.4.11 Changes to Local WDB Membership

Effective date: July 1, 2017

To ensure continuous compliance with WIOA and this policy, any changes to the membership of the local WDB must be reported in writing to the Local Program Liaison assigned to the local area within 20 business days from the date of the change.

Notification shall include:

• the name of the board member
• the nature of the change (i.e. added, removed, etc.)
• the organization represented
• job title
• category of inclusion (Business, Workforce, Education & Training, Government/Economic and Community Development, Other)
• term of appointment; and
• for any new member(s) added to the Board, a signed Conflict of Interest form attached to the notification.