1. Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Development Board – Area 3 2017
Presented by:
Grace A. Kilbane, Executive Director
Cleveland/Cuyahoga County WDB
October 6, 2017

2. Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA)
TITLE I: Workforce programs for Dislocated Workers, Low- income Adults and Youth; Requirements for One-Stop Career Center and Workforce Board
TITLE II: Adult Education
TITLE III: U.S. Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser Act)
TITLE IV: Rehabilitation Act of 1973

3. Funding and Oversight Flow
U.S. Congress
Enacted WIOA and appropriates funds
U.S. Department
of Labor
Local Workforce
Development Boards
Local One-Stop
Career Centers
State Agency/State Workforce
Development Board
Oversees the public workforce system
Develops state workforce plan, provides leadership and guidance to local workforce boards and informs local strategies
Provides strategic direction to their areas, sets training priorities, oversees services to businesses and job seekers
The workforce system is devolved: states and local areas have wide latitude to develop and administer workforce development programs within established parameters (law, regulations, and negotiated performance measures).
Funding flows from ETA to states.
Each Governor appoints a State Workforce Investment Board (WIB), which includes the Governor, two members of each chamber of the legislature, business representatives (owners, chief executives and nominees of business organizations), chief elected officials, workforce agency representatives and stakeholder representatives. The chair and majority of members represent business.
The state WIB assists the Governor in the development of the five-year plan, statewide activities and performance measures and in the preparation of annual reports.
The state WIB supports and informs strategies of Local Workforce Investment Boards (LWIBs), which also consist of business and community leaders.
The state workforce agency is frequently the WIA grant recipient, frequently issues policies, and monitors local areas.
LWIBs administer and manage One-Stop Career Centers and establish Eligible Training Provider lists.
One-Stop Career Centers deliver services based on the strategic direction from the LWIB. They collaborate with providers of training and supportive services (housing, child care, etc.).
Serves job seekers and employers directly with 6 core programs and 10 partner programs
Training Providers
Career technical training in in-demand occupations by eligible training providers

4. One-stop Career Center
(American Job Center)
State Unemployment & Job Service Center
Local
JTPA
Office
Vocational Rehabilitation Office
Adult Basic
Education
Programs
TANF
Jobs Programs
Before the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) was passed in 1998, federally-funded job programs operated separately in local communities
WIA(and WIOA) mandate that one physical “one-stop” career center operate in each local area to provide services of all required partners who must also contribute to the cost of operations
Focus on high-quality customer service through functionally-integrated programs
WIOA mandates a common brand for the 3,000 one-stop career centers: American Job Center

5. Key Principles of WIOA
Streamlined service delivery through One-Stop Career Centers
Individual choice
Universal access
In-demand training
State and local flexibility in conjunction with accountability
Performance measures set annually
WIA succeeded the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and introduced “one-stop” service delivery of workforce development services.
Anyone can come into a One-Stop Career Center and receive some services (e.g., self-service using available computers).
WIA also promotes local control of workforce investment activities, facilitating alignment of services with local labor market characteristics, as well as individual empowerment and graduated services for job seekers.
Eligible individuals can choose training programs that meet their career goals through using Individual Training Accounts. More information on ITAs will be presented later in the presentation.
WIA promulgated stronger requirements for certifying eligible training providers. In particular, providers must submit annual performance information.
Relative to JTPA, WIA introduced incentive grants to states that exceed performance measures.
Innovations in youth services under WIA include stronger linkages to postsecondary education institutions as well as to employers.
Having officially expired in 2003, WIA is due for reauthorization.

6. WIOA Services Career Services Training Services
Determination of eligibility for WIOA and other services
Outreach, intake and orientation
Initial assessment of skills, abilities, aptitudes and service needs
Job search and placement assistance
Provision of workforce information
Follow-up upon job placement
Comprehensive and specialized assessments of skills and service needs
Development of individual employment plans
Employment counseling and career planning
Case management
Prevocational or pre-training short-term skill development services
Career Pathways
“Demand-facing” service delivery approach
Occupational skills training
Skill upgrading and retraining
On-the-job training
Workplace training combined with related instruction
Entrepreneurial training
Job readiness training
Adult education and literacy (GED)
Career On-line High School

7. Title I & Title II Connections
State, Regional, Local Workforce Plans
Required One-Stop Partner
Labor Market Information
Development Career Pathways
Employer Engagement
Local Workforce Boards Review Adult Education Funding Requests

8. Three Over-Arching Goals of Workforce Development Plan
A workforce with the skills that are needed for business growth.
Career Pathways to prepare under-skilled and low-income workers for family-sustaining wage jobs.
A coordinated local workforce system.

9. Actions Needed More residents need to join the workforce.
Workforce programs and educators should highlight middle-skill opportunity occupations and digital skills.
Current workers skills need to be raised. Create more “learn and earn” opportunities with education and the business community Promote completion of high school diploma or alternatives.
More young people need jobs.
Increase awareness of and access to good jobs and job training.
Incorporate “what works” such as the Work Advance model for those low-skill and low wages.
Strengthen demand-facing model of delivering workforce services.

10. Questions & Answers