•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
•Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Workforce Investment Act
(WIA) Title I
Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth
February 16, 2012
•Governor Nathan Deal
•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
•Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
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Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Primers
a) Grant Definitions
b) Georgia’s Measures as delegated by United States Department of Labor
(USDOL)
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Introduction to Grants
d) Individual Training Account
e) Local Obligations
Local Board Responsibilities
WIA Local Plan Content
Equal Opportunity and Veterans Mandate as delegated by USDOL
United States Department of Labor (USDOL) requirements
Workforce Investment Areas
Contact Us
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•Governor Nathan Deal
•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
•Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
WIA Primer - Grant Definitions
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Title I Grant - Formula grants are distributed to the local areas to serve Adult, Youth, and Dislocated
Workers.
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The amount each area receives is determined by local data factors and described in the state plan.
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Reserve Grants – National Emergency Grants (NEGs) are discretionary grants awarded by the Secretary
of Labor to serve dislocated workers in significant dislocation events that arise from the effects of
economic globalization, business fluctuations and unexpected events (ex BRAC).
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De-Obligation - Reallocated funds taken away from the LWIAs by the state.
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Modification – A modification is required should a local area wish to transfer formula funds between
adult and dislocated worker funding streams.
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Modifications should be made according to guidelines set forth from the State Plan.
Original Allocation - Allocation amount used to establish the grant for the program year
(July 1 – June 30).
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Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) which provides updates made by the USDOL
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EO officer – Equal Opportunity Officer
•Governor Nathan Deal
•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
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•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
WIA Primer – Georgia’s Measures
Common Measures
Three measures for each WIA adults and dislocated workers
Entered employment rate
Employment retention rate
Average six-month earnings
Three measures of WIA youth
Attainment of a degree of certificate
Placement into employment or education
Literacy and numeracy gains
Please note that Georgia currently has waivers in place from the federal measures
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WIA Primer - Introduction to Grants
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Basic Eligibility requirements for title I services:
– 18 years of age or older (adults)
– 14 – 21 years of age (youth)
– Citizen or non citizen authorized to work in the US
– Meet military selective service registration requirements (males only)
***There is no specific age criteria for dislocated workers***
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The amount of funding that is distributed to the states is based on formulas for each
funding stream as defined in section 127 for Youth Activities and section 132 for Adult
and Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities of the Act with 5 percent
reserved for statewide activities.
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Of the amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker Employment and Training
Activities USDOL reserves 20 percent for use for assistance to the outlying areas,
dislocated worker technical assistance, dislocated worker projects, and national
emergency grants (NEGs) and the states reserve up to 25 percent for Rapid
Response activities.
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•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
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WIA Primer - Individual Training Account (ITA)
An ITA is the primary way for participants (classified as
adults) using Title I funds to obtain occupational training.
An ITA is essentially a voucher given to participants who
need occupational skills training to become gainfully
employed or reemployed.
The participant utilizes the voucher to reserve a slot in an
eligible provider’s training class.
Georgia currently utilizes the service of the GCIC to provide a
list of eligible providers.
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•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
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WIA Primer – Local Obligations
• Any changes such as transfers between the Adult and Dislocated Worker
funding streams, funding levels or registrant information must be
addressed as a modification to the Local plan.
• A Local Board may transfer up to 20 percent of a program year allocation
for adult employment and training activities, and up to 20 percent of a
program year allocation for dislocated worker employment and training
activities between the two programs unless a waiver is granted by
USDOL for an increase.
• Local Boards may not transfer funds to or from the youth program.
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•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
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Local Board Responsibilities
A workforce board serves as a “board of directors”, appointed by a Chief Elected
Official (CEO) focusing on strategic issues and engaging all parts of the
community to achieve outcomes while providing oversight of an integrated
seamless one-stop service system in activities pertaining to
– Determining roles and responsibilities
– Levels of collaboration and cost sharing
– Liability of Title I funds
– Guidance for core services within WIA guidelines
– Guidance for intensive services within WIA guidelines
– Guidance for training services within WIA guidelines
– Guidance for youth services within WIA guidelines
– Linking required one-stop partners through a memorandum of
understanding and an executed resource sharing agreement document.
– Develop a local plan and budget
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WIA Local Plan content
– Needs Assessment –
• The workforce investment needs of businesses, jobseekers, and workers in
your local area
• The current and projected employment opportunities in your area
• The job skills necessary to obtain such employment opportunities
– Workforce Delivery System
• Continuous improvement of eligible providers to meet the employment
needs of local employers and participants
• Copy of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
• Local negotiated performance
• Adult and dislocated workers program activities
• Rapid Response activity coordination
• Youth program activities
– Plan development and implementation
• Local procedural manual to include where the public can comment within
the 30 day timeframe, CLEO agreements, LWIB By-Laws
– Fiscal agent as determine by the Chief Elected Official
– Equal access Opportunity and non discriminatory written policies
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•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
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•1104 West Tower
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Equal Opportunity and Veterans Mandate
Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) prohibits discrimination against
applicants, employees and participants in WIA Title I-financially assisted programs and
activities, and programs that are part of the One-Stop system, on the grounds of race, color,
religion, sex, and national origin. Section 188 also prohibits discrimination on the grounds
of age, disability, political affiliation or belief, and for beneficiaries only, citizenship or
participation in a WIA Title I-financially assisted program or activity. This law is enforced by
the Civil Rights Center.
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Priority of Service applies to every qualified job training program funded, in whole or in
part, by the Department of Labor
 An agreement to implement priority of service is a condition for receipt of all DOL job
training funds
 Priority of service applies to all sub-recipients, including sub-grantees, subcontractors,
and those delivering services under other types of agreements
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Priority of Service cannot be waived
•Governor Nathan Deal
•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
•Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
•Governor Nathan Deal
•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
•Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
GEORGIA’s USDOL Requirements
– A State plan. This is currently on the GDOL website and effective until
June 30, 2011
– Local plans. These are currently on the GDOL website and effective
until June 30, 2011
– Assisting in the establishment of One-Stop Delivery System
(coordinated with the Chief Elected Official)
– Identification of Eligible Providers of Training Service requirements
(Youth and Adults)
– Performance data on the nine common performance measures
– Progress of local areas in achieving local performance measures
– Technical assistance
– Equal Opportunity compliance
•Governor Nathan Deal
•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
•Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
GEORGIA’s USDOL Requirements
– Provide leadership to the local boards and knowledge of local
strategies
– Operating a fiscal and management accountability information
system under section 136 (f)
– Monitoring Local Workforce Investment Board
– Conducting evaluations under section 136(e) of activities authorized
in coordination with activities carried out under section 172
– Negotiating expected levels of performance with ETA and LWIBs.
– Carry out a system of financial awards (incentive grants) and
sanctions which is tied to common performance measures
– Compliance statement of nondiscrimination assurances
– “Equal Opportunity is the Law” notices
•Governor Nathan Deal
•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
•Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Contact Us
www.workforce.georgia.gov
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Main number at 404-463-5030
Cherry Peterson - compliance manager
404-656-9485
cpeterson@georgia.gov
Diaon Woods – External Affairs Specialist
404-456-9489
dwoods@georgia.gov
Workforce Professionals
https://etareporting.workforce3one.org/page/home
Our goal as the state of Georgia is to present a competitive working state, consistent local
areas, greater accountability to our grantor, and job placement for our citizens
•Governor Nathan Deal
•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
•Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Governor’s Office of Workforce Development (GOWD)
wants to hear from you
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Please email GOWD with things you think we can keep
Please email GOWD with things you would like to see different
Please email GOWD with local area program success stories
Please email GOWD with local area program not so successful stories
****We are here to collaborate with you from SWIB to LWIB to Directors****
GO TEAM GEORGIA
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•Executive Director Tricia Pridemore
•Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
•Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
•1104 West Tower
•Atlanta, Georgia 30334
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