Welcome to Workforce3 One
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training
Administration
Stakeholder Consultation Series:
Job-Driven Training for Adults and
Dislocated Workers
8-22-14
Agenda
 Purpose and Session Flow
 Overview of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
 Key Provisions Related to Job-Driven Training for Adults and
Dislocated Workers Discussion Questions
 Technical Assistance Tools and Resources
 Stakeholder Engagement – Webinar Series Schedule
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Purpose
This series of stakeholder consultation webinars is aimed to:
 Gather input from state and local workforce leaders and practitioners,
workforce system partners, customers, and other stakeholders on key
implementation topics;
 Inform development of regulations; and
 Inform technical assistance strategies to support implementation.
Please note that ETA is also planning to conduct a series of Town
Halls this Fall to gather input from the field, and that you are always
welcome to send comments and questions to [email protected]
Our Federal Partners (ED and HHS) are also collecting input, and we
are working closely together on implementing the new legislation.
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Session Flow
 The Department of Labor is in a “listening” mode.
 Submit your responses and input to the discussion
questions through the chat feature.
 Responses will be reviewed and analyzed as we
are developing draft regulations and planning
future guidance issuance and technical assistance.
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Opening Remarks
Mark Mitsui
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges
Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education
US Department of Education
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Overview of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act
 President Barack Obama signed WIOA into law on July 22, 2014.
 Passed by Congress with wide bipartisan majority (The Senate voted 93-5
and the House of Representatives voted 415-6).
 Reaffirms ongoing role of American Job Centers.
 Promotes program coordination and alignment of key employment,
education, and training programs at the Federal, State, local, and regional
levels.
 Builds on proven practices such as sector strategies, career pathways,
regional economic approaches, work-based training.
 Complements and supports the President’s Job-Driven Workforce Vision.
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Programs under the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act
 Supersedes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and retains and
amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, the WagnerPeyser Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
 Identifies “core programs”:
– Adults, Dislocated Workers, and Youth formula programs and WagnerPeyser employment services administered by the Department of Labor;
and
– Adult education and literacy programs and Vocational Rehabilitation state
grant programs that assist individuals with disabilities in obtaining
employment administered by the Department of Education.
 Authorizes the Job Corps, YouthBuild, Indian and Native
Americans, and Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker programs, and
evaluation and research activities conducted by DOL.
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Highlights of Reforms to the Public
Workforce System under the Act
 Requires states to strategically align workforce development
programs to support job seekers and employers.
 Promotes accountability and transparency of programs.
 Fosters regional collaboration to meet the needs of regional
economies.
 Streamlines and strengthens the strategic roles of workforce
development boards.
 Enhances services provided to job seekers and employers through
the American Job Center system.
 Improves services to employers and promotes work-based training.
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Highlights of Reforms to the Public
Workforce System under the Act
 Provides access to high quality training
 Enhances workforce services for the unemployed and other job
seekers.
 Improves services to individuals with disabilities.
 Makes key investments in serving disconnected youth and other
vulnerable populations, including Native Americans and Migrant
and Seasonal Farmworkers.
 Increases the performance and quality of the Job Corps program.
 Reinforces connections with Registered Apprenticeship.
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Job-Driven Training
In July 2014, Vice President Biden issued a report titled
“Ready to Work: Job-Driven Training and American
Opportunity” and developed the Job-Driven Checklist
Job-Driven Checklist is built off of the work being done every
day at American Job Centers Nationwide
Job-Driven Training Involves 3 Important Themes
◦ Business Engagement
◦ Strong Data
◦ Stakeholder Collaboration
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Job-Driven Checklist
1. Work with business to determine local or regional hiring needs and to
inform the of design training programs.
2. Utilize work-based learning opportunities
3. Use of data to drive accountability and better inform jobseekers
4. Measure and evaluate employment and earnings
5. Promote seamless progression from education and training programs
6. Help jobseekers address barriers to accessing job-driven training
7. Promote regional collaboration among AJCs, education institutions, labor,
and nonprofits
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Kick-Off Question
What are your top three priorities
for implementation of WIOA?
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Provisions Related to Job-Driven Training
 Training that leads to industry recognized post-secondary credentials
is emphasized.
 States and local areas will use career pathways to provide education
and employment and training assistance to accelerate job seekers’
educational and career advancement.
 Local areas can use funds for demonstrated strategies including
incumbent worker training, Registered Apprenticeship, transitional
jobs, on-the-job training, and customized training.
 Increased reimbursement rates for on-the-job and customized
training.
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Provisions Related to Job-Driven Training
 Local areas have additional procurement vehicles for training to increase
customer choice and quality, including individual training accounts, pay
for performance contracts, and direct contracts with higher education.
 WIA service categories of core and intensive services are collapsed into
“career services” and there is no required sequence of services,
enabling job seekers to access training immediately.
 Local areas have flexibility to serve job seekers with greatest need by
transferring up to 100 percent of funds between the Adult and
Dislocated Worker programs.
 Registered Apprenticeship programs are included on the eligible
training provider list.
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Discussion Questions- 1
A key component of both the Job-Driven Agenda and the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is
employer engagement and satisfaction.
 Under WIA, have you developed any promising practices for
collecting this information and have you developed any
mechanisms to gauge if training provided aligns with the
employer’s needs? Also, are there any common
challenges that should be considered in developing
guidance?
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Discussion Questions- 2
WIOA collapses intensive and core services into the
single category of “career services.”
Under WIA, did the separate categories of “core” and
“intensive” services create any barriers or challenges and
are there any potential challenges or benefits with the new
combined “career services”? Also, will this change have an
impact on how services are provided?
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Discussion Questions- 3
WIOA and the Job Driven Agenda strongly emphasize
work-based learning models including OJT, Registered
Apprenticeship, and transitional jobs.
 OJT contracts often are perceived as overly complicated and
challenging to develop. What has been your experience and
have you identified any promising practices that have
facilitated the implementation of work-based
learning? Also, have you experienced any other challenges
with OJT or other work-based learning strategies, such as
transitional jobs, paid internships, or Registered
Apprenticeships?
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Discussion Question -4
WIOA provides additional procurement vehicles for
training, including pay for performance contracts,
customized training, and direct contracts with higher
education. These additional flexibilities are intended
to provide greater access to training, which aligns
with the job-driven vision.
 Do you have any previous exposure to or experience with
these procurement approaches and do you foresee any
challenges with their implementation?
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Discussion Question- 5
WIOA provides authority for local boards to transfer 100
percent of funds between the Adult and Dislocated Worker
programs.
 What are some of the potential advantages and
disadvantages of the increased transfer authority?
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Discussion Questions- 6
WIOA and the job-driven vision both emphasize the
importance of high quality training. To help ensure the
quality of training, WIOA has strengthened eligible training
provider requirements, such as performance reporting for all
participants in the program of study and costs associated
with such training.
What are potential implementation challenges associated
with these changes and where is technical assistance most
needed?
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Discussion Questions- 7
WIOA significantly broadens allowable statewide activities to
include: sectorial and industry cluster strategies and
partnerships; career pathway programs; microenterprise and
entrepreneurial training; use of direct and prior learning
assessments to provide credit for experience; development
of common intake procedures; and several other strategies
that help to align activities.
 To what degree are these activities already taking place
and where is technical assistance and/or guidance most
needed?
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Discussion Questions- 8
What other changes to adult and/or dislocated worker
service delivery does WIOA introduce that create new
opportunities or challenges?
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Discussion Questions- 9
What challenges at the federal or state level should DOL
consider in developing guidance?
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Discussion Questions- 10
Is there anything else you want us to share with us today?
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Technical Assistance Tools and
Resources
 Department of Labor
– WIOA Resource Page (www.doleta.gov/WIOA)
– WIOA Dedicated Email ([email protected])
 Department of Education
– Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education’s WIOA Resource
Page (http://www.ed.gov/AEFLA)
– Rehabilitation Services Administration’s WIOA Resource Page
(http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/wioareauthorization.html)
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Stakeholder Engagement
INFORMATION ON CURRENT AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO
PROVIDE INPUT IS BE AVAILABLE AT WWW.DOLETA.GOV/WIOA.
August
8/25 - Integrated Performance
Reporting and the ETPL
8/26 - Consultation with Consumers,
Advocacy Groups, and Direct Service
Providers on Services for Individuals
with Disabilities
8/28 - The Migrant and Seasonal
Farmworker Program
September
9/2 - Services to Individuals with
Disabilities
9/5 - Services to Disconnected Youth
9/11- Strategic Program Alignment
and Unified Planning
9/12- WIOA and Registered
Apprenticeship
9/15 -The Indian and Native
American Program
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