Terri Kaufman
- Workforce Development Specialist
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Jul 15, 2015
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The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires four Core Program Partners to provide expanded services at One-Stop Centers. These four Core Program Partners include:
WIOA Title I. B: Adult, Dislocated Workers and Youth
WIOA Title II: Adult Education and Literacy
WIOA Title III: Wagner-Peyser
WIOA Title IV: Vocational Rehabilitation
Other required One-Stop partners who must participate in the operation of the One-Stop system include:
Career & Technical Education
Title V Older Americans Act
Job Corps
Native American Programs
Migrant Seasonal Farmworkers
Veterans
Youth Build
Trade Act
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Unemployment Compensation
Second Chance Programs
Additionally, Governors can elect to include Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) as a Core Program Partner.
All partners must also be identified within in a “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU). Information regarding the financial support partners will provide to the One-Stop, as well as the services they will provide, is required.
Partners must identify:
How services will be coordinated and delivered in the Center (integration of services)
How service costs and operating costs of the Center will be funded
How individuals will be referred between the One-Stop operator and partners for appropriate services and activities
How they will ensure that workers, youth and individuals with barriers to employment will be adequately served
How individuals will be provided immediate access to training (no sequence of services)
How technology and materials will be made available across the Center
Required WIOA Career Services
New to WIOA, One-Stop Center services must now include career services. No longer are there separate core and intensive services. Additionally, Centers must expand their labor exchange services to meet in-demand industry sectors and occupations and include information on non-traditional employment. Centers must identify other business services available for employers (including small businesses).
Labor exchange services must also provide labor market information to the individuals seeking services. The information must be accurate and include information on local, regional and national labor market areas such as:
Job vacancies in labor market areas
Information on job skills necessary to obtain the jobs
Local, in-demand occupations and related earning potential
Opportunities for advancement in those occupations
All One-Stops must provide the following career services:
Outreach, intake and orientation
Initial assessment
Labor exchange services
Eligibility for services
Referrals to programs
Performance and cost information
Information on unemployment insurance
Financial aid information
Follow-up services
Additionally, One-Stops and partners must provide appropriate services for individuals to obtain or retain employment. These services include, but are not limited to:
Individual Employment Plan (IEP)
Career planning and counseling (no longer called case management)
Comprehensive assessment
Short-term prevocational services
Internship and work experience including transitional jobs and industry partnerships
Workforce preparation
Out-of-area job search
English language acquisition
Financial literacy
What steps have you already taken to ensure your One-Stop Centers, operators and partners are ready to deliver required WIOA career services? Do you need help getting started or completing the processes?
Interested in learning more information regarding WIOA implementation?
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