Workforce Innovation
and Opportunities Act
Judy Mortrude
DEED Program Administrator
Big Change?
• Real Partnership across Core Programs
• Focus on those with Barriers to Employment
• Not just jobs: Good jobs, Good wages, with
Growth Potential
• “Stepping Stones:” Career Pathways
• Employer Engagement and Work-based
Training
• Consumer Reports and Program Comparison
What Congress Wants
• Align workforce development, education, and
economic development systems
• Increase access and opportunities, particularly for
those with barriers to employment
• Increase attainment of recognized postsecondary
credentials by participants
• Provide workers with skills and credentials to
secure and advance in employment with familysustaining wages and to provide America’s
employers with skilled workers
• Meet the skill requirements of employers
Two Big Changes
• From UNIVERSAL services to TARGETED
services
• Shift from focus on jobs to focus on CAREERS
President’s Job Driven Checklist
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Engaging Employers
Earn and Learn
Measurement Matters
Smart Choices
Stepping Stones
Opening Doors
Regional Partnership
Four Core Program Partners
• WIOA Title IB: Adult, Dislocated Worker,
Youth
• WIOA Title II: Adult Education & Family
Literacy
• WIOA Title III: Wagner-Peyser
• WIOA Title IV: Vocational Rehabilitation
What Core Partners Must DO
• Unified state plan with alignment strategies,
including co-enrollment
• Same performance indicators & reporting
requirements:
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Employment in 2nd Quarter
Employment in 4th Quarter
Median Earnings in 2nd Quarter
Postsecondary Credentials (or Secondary School diploma)
Achieving Measure Skills Gains during program participation
Effectiveness in Serving Employers
What Core Partners Must DO
• Be part of the local plan to align core programs
must include a…
“Description of how the local board, working with
entities carrying out core programs, will expand
access…for eligible individuals, particularly eligible
individuals with barriers to employment, including how
the local board will facilitate the development of career
pathways and co-enrollment, as appropriate, in core
programs, and improve access to activities leading to a
recognized postsecondary credential (including a
credential that is an industry-recognized certificate or
certification, portable, and stackable.)”
Required One-Stop Partners
• Core Programs (Titles I-IV)
• Career & Technical Education (Perkins)
• TANF and more…
Role and Responsibility of One-Stop Partners
• Provide access through the one-stop delivery
system
• Use a portion of funds available to maintain the
one-stop delivery system, including payment of
the infrastructure costs of one-stop centers
• Enter into a local MOU with the local board on
the operation of the one-stop system
• Participate in the operation of the one-stop
system
One-Stop Center Services
New to WIOA
• Priority of Services for Individuals with
Barriers to Employment
• Career Services (no separate sequence of
service core to intensive to training)
• Emphasis on Career Pathways
Priority of Service
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Career Services
All the standards plus
“Services, if determined to be appropriate in order for an
individual to obtain or retain employment…”
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Comprehensive assessment
Individual employment plan
Career planning/counseling
Short-term prevocational services
Internship and work experience
Workforce preparation activities
Financial literacy
Out of area job search
English language acquisition
Training Services
All the standards plus
– Job readiness training provided in combination
with other training
– Adult education and literacy activities, including
activities of English language acquisition and
integrated education and training programs,
provided concurrently or in combination with
(other training services)
– Incumbent worker training
– Transitional jobs
Training eligibility
Customer flow
Eligible Training Providers
• Procurement changes – easier to contract with
a postsecondary institution for a cohort of
customers (not just ITA)
• Customer Program Performance and Cost
Information
July 22, 2015:
Eligible training providers must provide
information specifying performance on “all
individuals engaging in the program of study.”
Training for Basic Skills Deficit
• Adult education and literacy activities, including
activities of English language acquisition and
integrated education and training IET programs,
provided concurrently or in combination with
(other training) services
• IET = “a service approach that provides adult
education and literacy activities concurrently and
contextually with workforce preparation activities
and workforce training for a specific occupation
or occupational cluster for the purpose of
educational and career advancement.”
Career Pathways
“The local board, with representatives of
secondary and postsecondary education
programs, shall lead efforts in the local area to
develop and implement career pathways within
the local area by aligning the employment,
training, education, and supportive services that
are needed by adults and youth, particularly
individuals with barriers to employment.”
Alliance for Quality Career Pathways
Alliance for Quality Career Pathways
Alliance for Quality Career Pathways
American Assoc of Community
Colleges
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: A
Guide for Community Colleges:
“WIOA …updates the statute to reflect the fact that
a postsecondary credential is increasingly necessary
to attaining a middle class lifestyle. WIOA makes a
variety of changes to steer the system away from a
“job-first” mentality to a structure that emphasizes
obtaining a “recognized postsecondary credential”
(a newly-defined term).”
Recognized Postsecondary Credential
“…means a credential consisting of an industryrecognized certificate or certification, a
certificate of completion of an apprenticeship, a
license recognized by the State involved or the
Federal Government, or an associate or
baccalaureate degree.” (WIOA)
Learn More
• www.doleta.gov/wioa/
Questions?
Judy.mortrude@state.mn.us