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2 Year Modification

Idaho 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—
    • a. State Strategy Implementation
      The Unified or Combined State Plan must include—
      • 2. Implementation of State Strategy
        Describe how the lead State agency with responsibility for the administration of each core program or a Combined Plan partner program included in this plan will implement the State’s Strategies identified in Section II(c). above. This must include a description of—

III. a. 2. F. Partner Engagement with Other Education and Training Providers.

Describe how the State’s Strategies will engage the State’s other education and training providers, including providers on the state’s eligible training provider list, as partners in the workforce development system to create a job-driven education and training system.
View corresponding narrative from PYs 2016-2017

Current Narrative:

(F) Partner Engagement with Other Educational and Training Providers

Describe how the State’s strategies will engage the State’s other educational and training providers, including providers on the state’s eligible training provider list, as partners in the workforce development system.

This section describes how the State’s Strategies will engage the State’s other education and training providers, including providers on the state’s eligible training provider list, as partners in the workforce development system to create a job-driven education and training system.

Almost 90% of the state’s WIOA eligible training provider programs are from Idaho’s community colleges and technical education schools. As mentioned above, these programs are well integrated into the workforce development system.

The Idaho Department of Labor and the Office of the State Board of Education have begun working with other providers, such as proprietary schools and non-public training programs, to provide technical assistance as part of implementing the new WIOA reporting requirements for eligible training providers. These schools have agreed to provide participant and program information for their programs in a manner that is consistent with the public institutions. The result will be a comprehensive, comparable list of program outcomes across all programs in the workforce development system.

The WIOA State Plan partners have a strong relationship with the union apprenticeship programs in the state. The union-based apprenticeship programs are available on the WIOA Title IB Eligible Training Provider list. The AFL-CIO’s apprenticeship director is represented on the Workforce Development Council and the state’s apprenticeship coordinator is an active participant in all state workforce development initiatives, including the performance reporting initiative for the eligible training providers.

The state’s workforce partners also support ApprenticeshipIdaho, a statewide initiative for increasing and developing apprenticeship opportunities, supported by an ApprenticeshipUSA State Expansion Grant. This initiative involves employers, unions and many other stakeholders, including traditional and nontraditional training providers, including online training opportunities.

One-Stop partner Idaho Department of Health and Welfare has generously promoted their SNAP 50-50 matching funds for partners to leverage for training opportunities. They have developed relationships with many community based organizations that provide training with non-federal funds.

The Idaho Commission for Libraries has been an active facilitator for promoting and expanding the One-Stop system across the state. Particularly in rural areas, libraries are the main resource for citizen seeking public information. In addition to providing access to information on workforce development programs, the libraries have free training resources available to the general public. The LiLI system (Libraries Linking Idaho) provides access to the LearningExpress Library, which even includes occupational test preparation.