Louisiana’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act …

1 Louisiana s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Combined State plan For the Period of July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2020 John Bel Edwards Governor Ava Dejoie Executive Director, Louisiana Workforce Commission Revised February 14, 2018 Louisiana WIOA Combined State plan [Add/View Comments] Page 1 Contents I. WIOA STATE plan TYPE .. 7 A. COMBINED plan PARTNER PROGRAM(S) .. 7 II. STRATEGIC ELEMENTS .. 8 A. ECONOMIC, Workforce , AND Workforce DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ANALYSIS.

2 8 B. STATE STRATEGIC VISION AND GOALS .. 52 C. STATE STRATEGY .. 56 III. OPERATIONAL PLANNING ELEMENTS .. 62 A. STATE STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION .. 62 B. STATE OPERATING SYSTEMS AND POLICIES .. 82 IV. COORDINATION WITH STATE plan PROGRAMS .. 93 V. COMMON ASSURANCES .. 97 VI. PROGRAM-SPECIFIC REQUIRMENTS FOR CORE PROGRAMS .. 99 A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .. 99 B. ADULT DISLOCATED WORKERS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS .. 109 C. YOUTH PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS .. 112 D. SINGLE-AREA STATE REQUIREMENTS .. 116 E. WAIVER REQUESTS.

3 116 PROGRAM-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR WAGNER-PEYSER PROGRAM (EMPLOYMENT SERVICES) .. 119 A. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROFESSIONAL STAFF B. EXPLAIN HOW THE STATE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION AND MEANINGFUL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN FILING A CLAIM FOR UNEM- PLOYMENT COMPENSATION THROUGH ONE-STOP CENTERS, AS REQUIRED BY WIOA AS A CAREER SERVICE.. 120 C. DESCRIBE THE STATE S STRATEGY FOR PROVIDING REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMANTS AND OTHER UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.

4 120 D. DESCRIBE HOW THE STATE WILL USE W-P FUNDS TO SUPPORT UI CLAIMANTS, AND THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN W-P AND UI, AS APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: .. 120 E. AGRICULTURAL OUTREACH plan (AOP). EACH STATE AGENCY MUST DEVELOP AN AOP EVERY FOUR YEARS AS PART OF THE UNIFIED OR COMBINED STATE plan REQUIRED UNDER SECTIONS 102 OR 103 OF WIOA. THE AOP MUST INCLUDE .. 124 F. WAGNER-PEYSER ASSURANCES .. 146 PROGRAM-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY ACT PROGRAMS .. 146 A.

5 ALIGNING OF CONTENT STANDARDS .. 146 B. LOCAL ACTIVITIES .. 146 Louisiana WIOA Combined State plan [Add/View Comments] Page 2 ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES (SECTION 203 OF WIOA) .. 147 SPECIAL RULE .. 147 C. CORRECTIONS EDUCATION AND OTHER EDUCATION OF INSTITUTIONALIZED INDIVIDUALS .. 147 D. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS EDUCATION 147 E. STATE LEADERSHIP .. 147 F. ASSESSING QUALITY .. 147 PROGRAM-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION .. 147 A. INPUT OF STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL.

6 147 B. REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF STATEWIDENESS .. 149 C. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH AGENCIES NOT CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES UN- DER THE STATEWIDE Workforce DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM. 150 D. COORDINATION WITH EDUCATION OFFICIALS .. 152 E. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS .. 154 F. ARRANGEMENTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES .. 155 G. COORDINATION WITH EMPLOYERS .. 157 H. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION .. 158 I. COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT; DATA SYSTEM ON PER- SONNEL AND PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT.

7 158 J. STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT .. 167 K. ANNUAL ESTIMATES .. 177 L. STATE GOALS AND PRIORITIES .. 180 M. ORDER OF SELECTION .. 182 N. GOALS AND PLANS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF TITLE VI FUNDS.. 187 O. STATE S 188 P. EVALUATION AND REPORTS OF PROGRESS: VR AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT GOALS .. 196 Q. QUALITY, SCOPE, AND EXTENT OF SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.. 207 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES CERTIFICATIONS .. 209 ASSURANCES .. 211 APPENDICES: .. 215 Louisiana WIOA Combined State plan [Add/View Comments] Page 3 OVERVIEW Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Governor of each State must submit a Unified or Combined State plan to the Secretary of Labor that outlines a four-year Workforce development strategy for the State s Workforce development system.

8 The publicly-funded Workforce system is a national network of Federal, State, regional, and local agencies and organizations that provide a range of employment, education, training, and related services and supports to help all jobseekers secure good jobs while providing businesses with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy. states must have approved Unified or Combined State Plans in place to receive funding for core programs. WIOA reforms planning requirements, previously governed by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), to foster better alignment of Federal investments in job training, to integrate service delivery across programs and improve efficiency in service delivery, and to ensure that the Workforce system is job-driven and matches employers with skilled individuals.

9 One of WIOA s principal areas of reform is to require states to plan across core programs and include this planning process in the Unified or Combined State Plans. This reform promotes a shared understanding of the Workforce needs within each State and fosters development of more comprehensive and integrated approaches, such as career pathways and sector strategies, for addressing the needs of businesses and workers. Successful implementation of many of these approaches called for within WIOA requires robust relationships across programs.

10 WIOA requires states and local areas to enhance coordination and partnerships with local entities and supportive service agencies for strengthened service delivery, including through Unified or Combined State Plans. Louisiana WIOA Combined State plan [Add/View Comments] Page 4 OPTIONS FOR SUBMITTING STATE plan A State has two options for submitting a State plan a Unified State plan or a Combined State plan . At a minimum, a State must submit a Unified State plan that meets the requirements described in this document and outlines a four-year strategy for the core programs.