TEN_22-19_acc.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. 22-19DATE April 3 2020 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WASHINGTON D.C. 20210 TO STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AMERICAN JOB CENTERS FROM JOHN PALLASCH s Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Techni cal Assistance Resources for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Youth Program 1. Purpose. To provide technical assistance to states local workf orce areas and other recipients of WIOA Title I youth formula funds to help address the n eeds of disconnected youth. 2.Action Requested. The Employment and Training Administration ETA requests states and local areas share this information with state and local WIOA youth staff and youth service providers. 3.Summary and Background. a.Summary This Tr aining and Employment Notice TEN shares existing technical assistance resources t o state and local area staff to improve outcomes for youth participants. It also offers technical support for addressing common WIOA youth monitoring findings so that state and local areas have the tools and clarity to provide comprehensive and effective services to youth. b .Background WIOA Title I outlines a broad youth vision that supports an integrated service delivery system and provides a framework through which states and local areas can leverage other federal state local and philanthropic partnerships to support in -school youth ISY and out-of-school youth OSY . WIOA Title I affirms ETA s commitment to providing high-quality services for youth from career exploration and guidance continued support for educational attainment and opportunities for skills training such as pre-apprenticeships or internships in in-demand industries and occupations and culminating with employment enrollment in postsecondary education or apprenticeship. ETA will provide an enhanced focus o n these areas during TA and monitoring. 2 Since the passage of WIOA state and local areas have revamped youth programming to serve youth with significant barriers to education and career pathways providing participants with quality work experiences to prepare them for the world of work. The WIOA youth program has the following priorities 1 at least 75 percent of funds are spent on OSY and 2 at least 20 percent of funds are spent on work experiences. Overall the public workforce system has either met or exceeded those requirements. The data indicates that most states have been successful at shifting focus to serve more OSY. National expenditure rates on OSY are about 85 percent in recent program years. Additionally national expenditure rates for work experience for youth hover around 25 percent in recent program years exceeding the 20 percent minimum. While a few states are still below 20 percent in work experience expenditures the number of states above 20 percent continues to increase. E TA recognizes that states local areas and youth service providers strive to deliver comprehensive services that provide eligible WIOA youth with the educational and employment skills necessary to succeed in the workforce. In an effort to continue to support the effective delivery of services to our youth with multiple barriers ETA has provided numerous technical assistance TA resources. TA includes WIOA State and Local Youth Program Request for Proposals RFP Examples WIOA Youth Retention and Recruitment Resources Collaboration Opportunities between the WIOA Youth and Vocational Rehabilitation Programs and many other resources as documented in Section 4 a . A dditionally ETA routinely conducts monitoring visits in order to assist states and local areas in providing high-quality services to youth. In ETA s review of monitoring visits over the last few years themes emerged around common issues at the state and local levels. The most common findings relate to seven categories eligibility program design OSY and work experience expenditures service provision of the 14 program elements performance management monitoring and policy development. Attachment I provides a detailed explanation of each of these findings. 4.Technical Assistance and Support in Implementing WIOA Youth Program. a.R esources Below are a number of resources that ETA developed to support state and local area youth workforce professionals in implementing comprehensive services for youth. i.WI OA State and Local Youth Program RFP Examples shares state and local workforce development board requests for proposals https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2019 09 13 14 43 WIOA-State-and- Local-Youth-Program-RFP-Examples . ii.Collaboration Opportunities WIOA Youth and Vocational Rehabilitation Programs is a joint technical assistance document intended to provide a high-level overview and to improve coordination of workforce preparation activities and employment services between these two programs 3 https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2019 05 16 16 50 Collaboration- Opportunities-WIOA-Youth-and-Vocational-Rehabilitation-Programs . iii. Collaboration Opportunities WIOA Youth Program and Job Corps provides an overview of the WIOA Youth program and the Job Corps program specifically and outlines strategies for coordination and the benefits of partnership. https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2017 03 22 09 55 link.aspx id 22D3BC5E5F8D46B1957B0F53E289A94B z z . iv. Mythbuster WIOA Titles I II is a brief document that seeks to debunk myths and discusses the benefits of partnering between the Title I Youth program and the Title II AEFLA program. https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2017 03 22 09 55 link.aspx id 4A1DFF7D4A134DC2AAD059879D059DB7 z z . v. Mythbuster Youth in Foster Care and WIOA is a brief document that seeks to debunk myths about serving foster care youth in the WIOA Youth program. Both the WIOA Youth program and the foster care system can provide complementary services to youth in foster care. https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2018 05 17 12 05 MYTH-Youth-in- foster-care-cannot-be-served-in-the-WIOA-Youth-program . vi. WIOA Youth Retention and Recruitment Resources is a compiled list of resources on how to recruit and retain youth participants. https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2019 06 28 11 31 Retention- Recruitment . vii. Sample Youth Individual Service Strategy ISS from the Employment and Training Administration assists local areas in developing an ISS. https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2019 06 20 18 30 Youth-Individual- Service-Strategy-ISS . viii. Career Pathways Toolkit An Enhanced Guide and Workbook for System Development helps state offices and partners align the vision definition and requirements of WIOA with career pathways. https careerpathways.workforcegps.org resources 2016 10 20 10 11 Enhance d Career Pathways Toolkit . ix. WIOA Youth Monitoring Supplement identifies compliance requirements along with additional questions that may be used to assess state progress in successfully implementing the WIOA youth service provisions. 4 https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2018 12 18 13 57 Final-WIOA- Youth-Monitoring-Supplement . x. L ist of Required WIOA State Youth Policies assists states and local areas in monitoring to ensure that states and locals have all required WIOA youth polices. https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2019 07 29 14 16 List-of- Required-WIOA-State-Youth-Policies . x i. Tracking and Reporting of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Youth Expenditures contains examples of state tools used to track WIOA OSY and work experience expenditures. https youth.workforcegps.org resources 2019 07 22 15 50 Tracking-and- Reporting-of-Workforce-Innovation-and-Opportunity-Act-WIOA-Youth- Expenditures . xii. U.S. Department of Labor s Wage and Hour Division provides resources on federal minimum wage overtime pay recordkeeping and child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. https www.dol.gov whd . Add itional TA resources are located on the Workforce GPS Youth Connections Community of Practice CoP at https youth.workforcegps.org . The site is an online learning destination for public workforce system staff and partners who serve youth. ETA plans to conduct a webinar to review the content of this TEN and attachment. You are encouraged to sign up to receive notifications about upcoming TA and webinars at the Youth Connections CoP. b. Technical Support Attachment I includes suggestions for how states and local areas might address common monitoring issues so that they can provide the highest quality of services to youth. 5. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office. 6. References. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Public Law Pub. L. 113- 128 Titles I and IV enacted July 22 2014 WIOA Regulations at 20 CFR part 681 The Workforce Investment Act WIA of 1998 Pub. L. 105-220 Title I Training and Employment Guidance Letter TEGL No. 10-16 Performance Accountability Guidance for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Title I Title II Title III and Title IV Core Programs TEGL No. 8-15 Second Title I WIOA Youth Program Transition Guidance TEGL No. 1-15 Operations Guidance Regarding the Impact of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Implementation on Waivers Approved Under the Workforce Investment Act 5 TEGL No. 38-14 Operational Guidance to Support the Orderly Transition of Workforce Investment Act Participants Funds and Subrecipient Contracts to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 TEGL No. 23-14 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Youth Program Transition TEGL No. 19-14 Vision for the Workforce System and Initial Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act TEGL No. 12-14 Allowable Uses and Funding Limits of Workforce Investment Act WIA Program Year PY 2014 funds for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Transitional Activities TEGL No. 21-16 Third Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Title I Youth Formula Program Guidance. 6. Attachment s . Attachment I Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Youth Program Suggestions Based on Common WIOA Youth Monitoring Findings