(a) The local workforce investment plan must meet the requirements
of WIA section 118(b). The plan must include:
(1) An identification of the workforce investment needs of
businesses, job-seekers, and workers in the local area;
(2) An identification of current and projected employment
opportunities and job skills necessary to obtain such opportunities;
(3) A description of the One-Stop delivery system to be established
or designated in the local area, including:
(i) How the Local Board will ensure continuous improvement of
eligible providers of services and ensure that such providers meet the
employment needs of local employers and participants; and
(ii) A copy of the local memorandum(s) of understanding between the
Local Board and each of the One-Stop partners concerning the operation
of the local One-Stop delivery system;
(4) A description of the local levels of performance negotiated
with the Governor and the chief elected official(s) to be used by the
Local Board for measuring the performance of the local fiscal agent
(where appropriate), eligible providers, and the local One-Stop
delivery system;
(5) A description and assessment of the type and availability of
adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities in the
local area, including a description of the local ITA system and the
procedures for ensuring that exceptions to the use of ITA's, if any,
are justified under WIA section 134(d)(4)(G)(ii) and 20 CFR 663.430;
(6) A description of how the Local Board will coordinate local
activities with Statewide rapid response activities;
(7) A description and assessment of the type and availability of
youth activities in the local area, including an identification of
successful providers of such activities;
(8) A description of the process used by the Local Board to provide
opportunity for public comment, including comment by representatives of
business and labor organizations, and input into the development of the
local plan, prior to the submission of the plan;
(9) An identification of the fiscal agent, or entity responsible
for the disbursal of grant funds;
(10) A description of the competitive process to be used to award
grants and contracts for activities carried out under this subtitle I
of WIA, including the process to be used to procure training services
that are made as exceptions to the Individual Training Account process
(WIA sec. 134(d)(4)(G)),
(11) A description of the criteria to be used by the Governor and
the Local Board, under 20 CFR 663.600, to determine whether funds
allocated to a local area for adult employment and training activities
under WIA sections 133(b)(2)(A) or (3) are limited, and the process by
which any priority will be applied by the One-Stop operator;
(12) In cases where an alternate entity functions as the Local
Board, the information required at Sec. 661.330(b), and
(13) Such other information as the Governor may require.
(b) The Governor must review completed plans and must approve all
such plans within ninety days of their submission, unless the Governor
determines in writing that:
(1) There are deficiencies identified in local workforce investment
activities carried out under this subtitle that have not been
sufficiently addressed; or
(2) The plan does not comply with title I of WIA and these
regulations, including the required consultations and public comment
provisions.
(c) In cases where the State is a single local area:
(1) The Secretary performs the roles assigned to the Governor as
they relate to local planning activities.
(2) The Secretary issues planning guidance for such States.
(3) The requirements found in WIA and in these regulations for
consultation with chief elected officials apply to the development of
State and local plans and to the development and operation of the One-
Stop delivery system.
