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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



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
• 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

Resources

• Youth Eligibility Desk Guide

WIOA Title I-A & I-B Policy & Procedure Manual
Ch. 10) Youth Program

10.3 Youth Program Eligibility



10.3.4 Definition of School

Effective date: August 2, 2018

State law for secondary and post-secondary institutions defines "school."¹

Wisconsin statutes define "secondary school" as covering grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 and being:

• a public school;
• a private school;
• a charter school;
• a home-based private educational program which means that the individual's parent, guardian, or a person designated by the parent or guardian provides the instruction to the individual (an instructional program provided to more than one family unit does not count);
• a tribal school; or
• an alternative education program which includes an instructional program approved by the school board that replaces regularly scheduled curricular programs with alternative or adaptive school structures and teaching techniques.²

Wisconsin statutes do not define "post-secondary school." DWD-DET adopts WIOA's definition. As such, "post-secondary school" means education outside of the K-12 grades and is one of the following:

• an institution of higher education that provides not less than a 2-year program of instruction that can be used as credit toward a bachelor's degree;
• a tribally controlled college or university;
• a nonprofit educational institution offering a certificate;or
• a nonprofit educational institution offering a registered apprenticeship program.³

Schools that meet the above criteria may be virtual or brick and mortar establishments.

Under WIOA, the following programs are not considered schools:

• Adult education programs under WIOA Title II;
• YouthBuild programs;
• The Job Corps program;
• High school equivalency (HSE) programs not funded by the public K-12 school system; and
• Dropout re-engagement programs not funded by the public K-12 school system.⁴

Note: YouthBuild programs with education components funded by the public K-12 school system are an exception to the above rule. Youth who attend such YouthBuild programs and are receiving GED/HSED instruction should be classified as ISY.⁵

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• ¹20 CFR § 681.230 specifies that applicable State law for secondary and post-secondary institutions defines "school."
• ²Wis. Stats. §§115.001; 115.01(2) and 115.28(7); TEGL 10-16, p.15
• ³WIOA Sec. 203(14)
• ⁴20 CFR § 681.230 and TEGL 21-16, p.3
• ⁵Email from DOL to DWD-DET, 7/18/2016