WIOA State Plan Common Elements

B. Success Plus Goals by State and Workforce Council Region

Region 2 SUCCESS + Goal 33,000

Region 3 SUCCESS+ Goal 32,000

Region 4 SUCCESS+ Goal 132,000

Region 5 SUCCESS+ Goal 65,000

Region 6 SUCCESS+ Goal 32,000

Region 7 SUCCESS+ Goal 81,000

SUCCESS+ Goal = 500,000

Alabama

Annual LFP Goal = 40,000

Sources for population estimates include US Census Bureau (ACS), AL Dept. of Public Health (ADPH),

AL Dept. of Human Resources (DHR), AL Dept. of Corrections (DOC), The Annie E Casey Foundation, and AL Dept. of Labor (ADOL).

SUCCESS+ Goal = 125,000

Region 1

Annual LFP Goal = 10,000

Sources for population estimates include US Census Bureau (ACS), AL Dept. of Public Health (ADPH),

AL Dept. of Human Resources (DHR), AL Dept. of Corrections (DOC), The Annie E Casey Foundation, and AL Dept. of Labor (ADOL).

SUCCESS+ Goal = 33,000

Region 2

Annual LFP Goal = 2,600

Sources for population estimates include US Census Bureau (ACS), AL Dept. of Public Health (ADPH),

AL Dept. of Human Resources (DHR), AL Dept. of Corrections (DOC), The Annie E Casey Foundation, and AL Dept. of Labor (ADOL).

SUCCESS+ Goal = 32,000

Region 3

Annual LFP Goal = 2,600

Sources for population estimates include US Census Bureau (ACS), AL Dept. of Public Health (ADPH),

AL Dept. of Human Resources (DHR), AL Dept. of Corrections (DOC), The Annie E Casey Foundation, and AL Dept. of Labor (ADOL).

SUCCESS+ Goal = 132,000

Region 4

Annual LFP Goal = 10,500

Sources for population estimates include US Census Bureau (ACS), AL Dept. of Public Health (ADPH),

AL Dept. of Human Resources (DHR), AL Dept. of Corrections (DOC), The Annie E Casey Foundation, and AL Dept. of Labor (ADOL).

SUCCESS+ Goal = 65,000

Region 5

Annual LFP Goal = 5,200

Sources for population estimates include US Census Bureau (ACS), AL Dept. of Public Health (ADPH),

AL Dept. of Human Resources (DHR), AL Dept. of Corrections (DOC), The Annie E Casey Foundation, and AL Dept. of Labor (ADOL).

SUCCESS+ Goal = 32,000

Region 6

Annual LFP Goal = 2,600

Sources for population estimates include US Census Bureau (ACS), AL Dept. of Public Health (ADPH),

AL Dept. of Human Resources (DHR), AL Dept. of Corrections (DOC), The Annie E Casey Foundation, and AL Dept. of Labor (ADOL).

SUCCESS+ Goal = 81,000

Region 7

Annual LFP Goal = 6,500

Sources for population estimates include US Census Bureau (ACS), AL Dept. of Public Health (ADPH),

AL Dept. of Human Resources (DHR), AL Dept. of Corrections (DOC), The Annie E Casey Foundation, and AL Dept. of Labor (ADOL)

Carl D. Perkins Act

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education

Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) State Plan

I. COVER PAGE

A. State Name:        Alabama

B. Eligible Agency (State Board) Submitting Plan on Behalf of State:

Alabama State Board of Education

C. Person at, or officially designated by, the eligible agency, identified in Item B above, who is responsible for answering questions regarding this plan. This is also the person designated as the “authorized representative” for the agency.

3. 1. Name:  Jennifer J. Burt
   2. Official Position Title:   Administrator of Standards and Accountability
   3. Agency:       Alabama State Board of Education
   4. Telephone: (334) 694-4763                6.   Email:  jburt@alsde.edu                                                           D.Individual serving as the State Director for Career and Technical Education:

 □ Check here if this individual is the same person identified in Item C above and then proceed to Item E below.

4. 1. Name:  Daniel Boyd                                                                                                          
   2. Official Position Title:   Deputy State Superintendent of Education
   3. Agency:   Alabama State Board of Education                                                                   
   4. Telephone: (334) 694-4907                5.  Email:  dboyd@alsde.edu                                                          E. Type of Perkins V State Plan Submission - FY 2019 (Check one):

• 1-Year Transition Plan (FY2019 only) – if an eligible agency selects this option, it will then complete Items G and J

F. Type of Perkins V State Plan Submission - Subsequent Years (Check one):4

X State Plan (FY 2020-23) - if an eligible agency selects this option, it will then complete Items H, I, and J

• State Plan Revisions (Please indicate year of submission: ______________) - if an eligible agency selects this option, it will then complete Items H and J

G. Submitting Perkins V State Plan as Part of a Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) Combined State Plan – FY 2019 (Check one):

• Yes

X No

H. Submitting Perkins V State Plan as Part of a Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) Combined State Plan – Subsequent Years (Check one):5

X Yes (If yes, please indicate year of submission: FY2020-2023         )

• No

I. Governor’s Joint Signatory Authority of the Perkins V State Plan (Fill in text box and then check one box below):6

X The Governor has provided a letter that he or she is jointly signing the State plan for submission to the Department.

• The Governor has not provided a letter that he or she is jointly signing the State plan for submission to the Department.

4      Item F will only appear to the user in the Perkins V State Plan Portal in subsequent years (FY 2020-23).

5      Item H will only appear to the user in the Perkins V State Plan Portal in subsequent years (FY 2020-23).

6      Item I is required in FY 2019 only for States that choose to submit a full Perkins V State plan, covering FY 2019-23.

Governor's Workforce Innovation Directives

ALABAMA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM

April 24, 2015 Department of Economic and Community Affairs Workforce Development Division 401Adams Avenue Post Office 5690 Montgomery,Alabama 36103-5690 GOVERNOR’ S WORKFORCE INNOVATION DIRECTIVE NO. PY2014-10

SUBJECT:

1. Purpose. Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Program Transition This transmits the following TEGL:

Number Date 23-14 03/26/15 Subject Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Program Transition

2. Discussion. The purpose of TEGL No. 23-14 is to provide guidance and planning information to states, local workforce areas, and other recipients of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title I youth formula funds on the activities associated with the implementation of WIOA.

In order to continue implementation prior to the final rule, a series of WIOA Operational Guidance documents that provide the needed implementation information will be issued in the form of Training and Employment Guidance Letters (TEGLs). These Operational Guidance TEGLs will inform the system about how to begin the important planning and reorganization necessary to comply with new WIOA statutory requirements for the upcoming Program Year (PY) 2015 (beginning July 1, 2015). The Operating Guidance TEGLs will provide a framework for program activities until the regulations are finalized. TEGL 23-14 is one in the ongoing series of Guidance.

Regarding the implementation of youth programs, TEGL 23-14 states that while previously issued TEGL No. 19-14 (discussed in GWID PY2014-07) says "States will receive their first WIOA allotment for the youth programs in April 2015 and will begin full implementation of WIOA for the Youth Program at that time," this was imprecise. Operational implementation of the WIOA youth program begins on July 1, 2015, with all provisions taking effect July 1,2016. The PY 2015 WIOA youth allotment that is distributed in April 2015 is for preparation and programmatic activities for WIOA youth program implementation on July 1, 2015. In addition, states and local workforce areas are encouraged to use allowable transition funds to prepare for implementation of the WIOA Youth program. Page 2 Directive No. PY2014-10

TEGL 23-14 further discusses youth program planning and provides operational guidance for WIOA. This includes discussion on the transition from the required minimum thirty (30) percent expenditure rate for youth formula-funded programs on out-of-school youth under WIA to the new required minimum seventy-five (75) percent expenditure rate for youth formula-funded programs on out-of-school youth under WIOA and how the percentage is calculated. Other topics include Youth Standing Committees, transitioning in-school youth programs, changes to the youth program elements, the new eligibility criteria, and many other programmatic changes. Examples of successful out-of-school youth programs currently meeting the seventy-five (75) percent expenditure rate are provided for research as well as a list of resources to help states and local areas successfully transition.

3. Action. This Directive should be distributed accordingly to local areas, workforce staff, and partners. Local area staff should review TEGL 23-14, and use presented strategies and resources to transition their youth programs to the WIOA.

-------------- ALABAMA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM Department of Commerce Workforce Development Division 401 Adams Avenue Post Office Box 5690 Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5690 September 11, 2015 GOVERNOR’S WORKFORCE INNOVATION DIRECTIVE NO. PY2015-03

SUBJECT: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Eligible Training Providers Policy

1. Purpose. This directive transmits the State’s policy regarding the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Eligible Training Providers List in order to continue eligibility and to provide the procedures for potentially new training providers.

2. Discussion. Under WIOA, States shall establish initial eligibility for WIOA eligible training provider and certified training programs in order to continue to be eligible to provide training services until December 31, 2015. WIOA initial eligibility (for all current training providers on the ETPL) expires on December 31,2015. All current training providers and their current programs are grandfathered in as eligible training providers. Procedures are included in this policy for current training providers to seek continued eligibility. Under WIOA, the State shall also establish a procedure to determine the eligibility of new training providers. The criteria and procedures for new training providers are included in the attached policy. It is the responsibility of the Workforce Development Division to collect the required information from all Eligible Training Providers, who provide services to WIOA participants in Alabama . This Directive supercedes all previous directives regarding policies, collection of performance, costs and other information on the ETPL including GWDD No. PY2002-03 through PY2011-23, change 2.

3. Action. It is the responsibility of the local workforce development areas and the training providers to review the attached policy and instructions and adhere to the established procedures.

Attached are the policy and forms to use in the continued eligibility process and/or the application process for new training providers. The required information is to be submitted to the Workforce Development Division and information updated on the website, www.ETPL.alabama.gov, for each current program by December 31, 2015. Training providers are required to enter the information on the Eligible Training Provider List website. Training providers are strongly encouraged to keep the performance information listed on the ETPL website up to date. Training providers’ information will be reviewed at least every 24 months for renewal purposes. Training providers, who fail to follow the continued eligibility instructions by December 31, 2015, will be removed from the ETPL without exception.

-------------------- Alabama Workforce Investment System

Department of Economic and Community Affairs

Workforce Development Division

401 Adams Avenue

Post Office 5690

Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5690

February 26, 2015

GOVERNOR’S WORKFORCE INNOVATION DIRECTIVE NO. PY2014-05

SUBJECT: Local Area Designation Policy

1. Purpose. To transmit the State’s local area designation request form.

2. Discussion. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires the Governor to designate local workforce development areas within the state through consultation with the State Workforce Development Board and after consultation with the chief elected officials and comments from the general public. Factors impacting these designations are listed in Section 106(b) of the WIOA. It is anticipated that supplemental instructions may be issued at a later date to address the requirements of Section 106(a) Regions, which must be addressed before the second full year program, e.g. prior to July 1, 2016. If there are any inconsistencies with the issuance of the final WIOA Implementing Regulations in calendar year 2016, this policy will be revised to comply with the Implementing Regulations.

3. Action.All local area designation requests must be submitted using the attached form. The effective date of this policy is the date of issuance of this Directive. The local Chief Elected Official (CEO) must submit the completed application to the Workforce Development Division no later than 5:00 p.m., March 31, 2015 for consideration of initial designation.

4. Contact. Questions regarding this information should be directed to Bill Hornsby, Supervisor, State Programs, Planning, and Divisional Budget Management Section at (334) 242-5847 or bill.hornsby@adeca.alabama.gov.

----------------- Alabama Workforce Investment System

Alabama Department of Commerce

Workforce Development Division

401 Adams Avenue

Post Office 304106

Montgomery, Alabama 36130-4106

December 9, 2015

GOVERNOR’S WORKFORCE INNOVATION DIRECTIVE NO. PY2014-05, Change 01

SUBJECT: Local Area Designation Policy

1. Purpose. To transmit a revision to the State’s Local Area Designation Policy pursuant to correspondence of September 22, 2015 from the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training as well as update information relative to the transfer of the Workforce Development Division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to the Alabama Department of Commerce per Act 2015-450.

2. Discussion. Subsequent to the issuance of the initial Local Area Designation Policy on February 26, 2015, the U.S Department of Labor (USDOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) issued Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) Number 27-14 on April 15, 2015. Among other requirements, this TEGL required the states to include not only a definition of “Performed Successfully,” which was in the initially issued state policy, but also definitions for the terms “met or exceeded” and “failure” consistent with how those terms were defined at the time the performance levels were negotiated. TEGL Number 25-13, dated May 15, 2014, is the relevant guidance in regard to the guidance used for the definition of the Workforce Investment Act performance measure parameters to define exceeds, met, or failed to meet. Per the Secretary of Labor’s correspondence, as well as the guidance provided in TEGL Number 27-14, the applicable attachments to the State’s Local Area Designation Policy have been revised to include the required additional definitions as stated in TEGL Number 25-13.

3. Action. Local area designation requests were received from three (3) entities pursuant to the initially-issued (February 26, 2015) Local Area Designation Policy. Two of the applications were approved by the Governor subsequent to recommendation by the State Workforce Development Board, so no action is required for those two entities (Mobile Works, Inc. and the Alabama Workforce Investment Area). However, the application for the Jefferson County Commission was not recommended by the State Workforce Development Board for approval by the Governor nor was it approved by the Governor.

Per the Assistant Secretary of Labor’s requirement stated in her September 22, 2015 correspondence, the State is required to “allow the Jefferson County Commission to request initial designation under WIOA Section 106(b)(2) and review such request if submitted, and afford the local area the right to a State-level appeal under WIOA Section 106(b)(5) if the State rejects the local area’s request for initial designation.”

In compliance with this requirement, the local Chief Elected Official (CEO) for the Jefferson County Commission may submit the completed application to the Workforce Development Division no later than 5:00 p.m., December 31, 2015 for consideration of initial designation per Section 106(b)(2) of the WIOA.

4. Contact. Questions regarding this information should be directed to Kivondra Rivers, Supervisor, State Programs, Planning, and Divisional Budget Management Section at (334) 242-5847 or kivondra.rivers@commerce.alabama.gov.