Workforce Innovation

and Opportunity Act:Jump-Starting Your Implementation

Agenda

▪Upcoming Guidance, TA & Resources

▪Transition Activities

▪State Perspectives

▪Q&A

Presenters

Adele GagliardiAdministrator

Office of Policy

Development and Research

Employment and Training

Administration

U.S. Department of Labor

Have a question or comment about WIOA? Email DOL.WIOA@dol.gov

Presenters

Christine QuinnTechnical Assistance,

Training and Workforce

Communications Team

Senior Advisor

Employment and Training

Administration

U.S. Department of Labor

Have a question or comment about WIOA? Email DOL.WIOA@dol.gov

State and local presenters

▪ Lori H. Collins, Director, Division of Workforce &

Employment Services, Kentucky Career Center

▪ Mike Riley, ETPL lead, Division of Workforce &

Employment Services, Kentucky Career Center

▪ Lisa Salazar, City of Los Angeles Economic &

Workforce Development Department, Director -

YouthSource System.

State and local presenters

▪ Thomas Colombo, Deputy Assistant Director,

Arizona Department of Economic Security,

Division of Employment & Rehabilitation Services

▪ Jennifer James Price, Undersecretary for

Workforce Development Executive Office of Labor

and Workforce Development

▪ Scott C. Fennell, Chief Operation and Financial

Officer, Career Source Florida

Guidance and other

Technical Assistance

▪ January 2016: Publish final regulations

▪ Early 2015: Issue NPRM

▪ Winter-Spring 2015: TEGLs

–WIOA vision

–Youth

–Recommended transition activities

–Operating instructions

Guidance and other

Technical Assistance

▪Webcasts

▪Regional Office technical assistance

▪Single website with all WIOA materials:

www.doleta.gov/wioa

Transition Activities

▪Begin conversations across core

partners to lay the groundwork for

robust strategic planning. Examples:▪Registered Apprenticeship

▪Job Corps

▪Unemployment Insurance

▪TANF

▪Perkins career and technical education

Transition Status: Poll

Where are you with regards to convening

strategic partners?

A) Identified partners

B) Have begun meeting

C) Begun strategic planning

D) Have not yet reached out to partners

Massachusetts

Jennifer James Price,

Undersecretary for Workforce Development

Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development

Transition Activities

▪Develop a vision and roadmap for

success

▪Build new and strengthen existing

partnerships at all levels.

Transition Status: Poll

What is the status of your development

of a state vision?

A) Its in development

B) We have a good idea of our vision

C) Together with our partners, we have

a good idea of our vision

D) We are waiting for DOL’s vision

Florida

Scott C. Fennell, Chief Operation and Financial

Officer, Career Source Florida

Transition Activities

▪Develop plans to add members to

state boards to become WIOA-

compliant

▪Develop transition plans

Transition Status: Poll

Where are you with regards to transition

planning?A) We have started preparing a written transition

plan, based on strategic planning

B) We have prepared timelines

C) We have identified areas where we need to plan

D) We weren’t planning to do a formal plan but have

talked about our plan

E) We haven’t started planning yet

State of Arizona

Thomas Colombo, Deputy Assistant Director,

Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division

of Employment & Rehabilitation Services

Transition Activities

▪Prepare for fiscal and program

changes for transition across

legislation and identify new program

elements

▪Review Eligible Training Provider Lists

Transition Status: Poll

What is the status of your review of the

Eligible Training Provider Lists?A) We have begun a review of our current ETPL

compared to new WIOA requirements

B) We have started making updates to our ETPL

based on WIOA requirements

C) We haven’t done anything with the ETPL yet

Kentucky

▪ Lori H. Collins, Director, Division of Workforce &

Employment Services,

Kentucky Career Center

▪ Mike Riley, ETPL lead, Division of Workforce &

Employment Services, Kentucky Career Center

Transition Activities

▪Reassess your One-Stop Delivery

System

▪Prepare to reconstitute and certify local

boards by July 1

Transition Activities

▪Ensure new competitions for youth

funds support the 75% out-of-school

youth and the 20% work experience

expenditure rate goals

Transition Status: Poll

Have you started reviewing your youth

programs to plan for changes?

A) Extensively, we have a plan in place

B) We have begun reviewing the new

requirements and putting a plan in place

C) No – we are waiting on guidance from

DOL

City of Los Angeles

Lisa Salazar

City of Los Angeles Economic & Workforce Development

Department, Director - YouthSource System

Information and Questions

Department of Labor

● WIOA resource page

www.doleta.gov/WIOA

● WIOA dedicated email

DOL.WIOA@dol.gov

Department of Education

● Office of Career, Technical, & Adult Education’s WIOA resource page

www.ed.gov/AEFLA

● Rehabilitation Services Administration’s WIOA resource page

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/wioa-reauthorization.html

Q&A