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- Employment & Training
- Partners
- WIOA Title I-A & I-B
- Policy & Procedure Manual
Chapter 1) Administration and Governance
Chapter 2) The One-Stop (Job Center) Delivery System
Chapter 3) Program Funding and Grants Management
Chapter 4) Fiscal Management
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
Chapter 9) Rapid Response
- 9.1 Rapid Response Introduction and Overview
- 9.2 Rapid Response Program Funding
- 9.3 Rapid Response Program Design
- 9.3.1 State Role and Responsibilities
- 9.3.2 Local Rapid Response Teams
- 9.3.3 Coordination with TAA
- 9.3.4 Layoffs, Business Closings, and Layoff Notices
- 9.4 Rapid Response Activities
- 9.4.1 Required Rapid Response Activities
- 9.4.2 Minimum Services to be Offered
- 9.4.3 Allowable Activities
- 9.4.4 Local Team Response
- 9.4.5 Reporting Requirements Rapid Response Events Tracking System
- 9.5 Dislocated Worker Survey
- 9.6 Supporting Outreach
- 9.6.1 Mobile Labs
- 9.6.2 UI Scans
- 9.6.3 Mailroom Services
- 9.6.4 Quality Assurance Survey
- 9.6.5 Publications
- 9.6.6 Rapid Response Videos
Chapter 10) Youth Program
Chapter 11) Performance Accountability and Reporting
Chapter 12) File Documentation
Chapter 13) Coordination and Co-Enrollment with Other Programs
11.13 Barriers to Employment
Effective date: August 7, 2017 - November 6, 2019
The WIOA State Performance Report requires states to report on performance across the barriers to employment.
The barriers to employment must be reported beginning in PY 2016 through ASSET. Reporting guidance is provided
in the Technical Assistance Guide (TAG). The barriers to employment that will be reported are listed below:
The definitions of each barrier to employment are in the Glossary.
Individuals with Barriers to Employment are participants fitting into one or more of the following
populations:1
- Displaced homemakers;
- Low-income individuals;
- Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, as such terms are defined in section 166;
- Individuals with disabilities, including youth who are individuals with disabilities;
- Older individuals;
- Ex-offenders;
- Homeless individuals (as defined in section 41403(6) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994
(42 U.S.C. 14043e–2(6))), or homeless children and youths (as defined in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a (2)));
- Youth who are in or have aged out of the foster care system;
- Individuals who are English language learners, individuals who have low levels of literacy,
and individuals facing substantial cultural barriers;
- Eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers, as defined in section 167(i);
- Individuals within 2 years of exhausting lifetime eligibility under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
- Single parents (including single pregnant women);
- Long-term unemployed individuals;
- Such other groups as the Governor involved determines to have barriers to employment;
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