The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Transcript:The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act:
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Important Changes to the Core Programs Presented by: Chaz Compton, Ed.D., CRC The Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center WINTAC (www.wintac.org) A Few Quick Facts Signed into law July 22, 2014 The full Act took effect on July 1, 2015, with a few exceptions like VR First legislative reform in 16 years of the workforce system A bipartisan effort Still awaiting final regulations – maybe April Core Partners DOL Programs Include: the Adult Program (title I), the Dislocated Worker Program (title I), the Youth Program (title I), the Wagner-Peyser Act Program (title III), Department of Education Programs Include: the Adult Education and Literacy Program (title II), and the Vocational Rehabilitation Program (title IV of WIOA and title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973). Other Workforce Development Partners Perkins career and technical education programs TANF – Temporary Assistance for Needs Families Program SNAP – Employment and training programs under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program TAA – Trade adjustment assistance for workers program JVSG - Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program UI - Unemployment Insurance Programs SCSEP - Senior Community Service Employment Program HUD - Employment and training activities carried out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development CSBG - Community Services Block Grant Program ReXo - Reintegration of Ex-Offenders Program How did we get to WIOA? The recession of 2007 The changing and evolving workplace – what that meant for training and jobs Major skills gap identified Employment and training programs working in silos, even with WIA Identified need for starting early and creating career pathways Financial bailout, ARRA, the automakers and the need to change our usual way of doing business Important Elements of WIOA Strategic alignment of workforce development programs Requires unified planning Requires the adoption of common performance measures for all core programs Focuses on improving services to employers and job-driven training Improves the American Job Center System Improves services to youth, individuals with disabilities and other vulnerable populations Important Changes to the Rehab Act in WIOA Requires pre-employment transition services and a 15% reserve or set-aside for the provision of PETS Requires 50% of the Supported Employment funds be spent on youth Requires VR programs to engage with employers Promotes competitive integrated employment (Section 511) Promotes customized employment for individuals with the most significant disabilities Reduces the minimum level of education needed for qualified rehabilitation professionals Moves IL to the