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2 Year Modification

Florida PYs 2018-2019

WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Located in:
  • III. Operational Planning Elements
    The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that support the State’s strategy and the system-wide vision described in Section II.(c) above. Unless otherwise noted, all Operational Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs. This section must include—
    • b. State Operating Systems and Policies
      The Unified or Combined State Plan must include a description of the State operating systems and policies that will support the implementation of the State strategy described in Section II Strategic Elements . This includes—

III. b. 5. B. i. Multi-year Grants or Contracts

Describe how the eligible agency will award multi-year grants or contracts on a competitive basis to eligible providers in the State, including how eligible agencies will establish that eligible providers are organizations of demonstrated effectiveness.
View corresponding narrative from PYs 2016-2017

Current Narrative:

In accordance with Section 231 under Title II Adult Education and Literacy Act of WIOA, the DCAE provides funding to eligible local entities to provide adult education services through a continuation process for 2016-2017 and a competitive process for 2017-2018. This includes awarded grant projects funded under Section 225 - Corrections and Other Institutionalized.

A competitive bidding process was conducted in the spring of 2017. DCAE identified, assessed and awarded multi-year grants to eligible providers throughout the state. An eligible provider is an organization that has demonstrated effectiveness in providing adult education activities that may include a/an:

  • local education agency;
  • community-based or faith-based organization;
  • volunteer literacy organization;
  • institution of higher education;
  • public or private nonprofit agency;
  • library; a public housing authority;
  • nonprofit institution with the ability to provide adult education and literacy services;
  • consortium or coalition of agencies, organizations, institutions, libraries, or authorities described above; and,
  • partnerships between an employer and an entity described above.

In the grant and contract awarding process, the required 13 considerations identified in Section 231 were included in the evaluation and selection process. Other factors considered included: the ability of the eligible provider to meet the literacy needs of the area, the ability to comply with WIOA expectations, the past performance of the entity in providing literacy instruction and meeting programmatic goals and the overall qualifications and expertise of the provider’s personnel.

As part of the grant application awarding process, Florida incorporated integrated education and training services which provide adult education and literacy activities concurrently and contextually with workforce preparation and training for a specific occupation and occupational cluster for educational and career advancement. In total, 66 eligible providers were awarded more than $2.8M in AEFLA funds.