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b. 4. Describe How the State Will Implement and Monitor the Priority for Public Assistance Recipients, Other Low-income Individuals, and Individuals Who Are Basic Skills Deficient in Accordance with the Requirements of WIOA Sec. 134(c)(3)(e), Which Applies to Individualized Career Services and Training Services Funding by the Adult Formula Program.

Current Narrative:

The State of Delaware is refining its policy, which addresses the priority for public assistance recipients, other low-income individuals, or individuals who are basic skills deficient through development of DOL-DET Intensive Training Policy 4 which will “… provide the necessary guidance and policy for eligibility determination to staff who determine eligibility for enrollment into WIOA Adult, WIOA Dislocated Worker, and Trade Act programs. This policy was created using WIOA Public Law 113-128, WIOA Final Regulations, appropriate TEGLs, and existing DET policy.” The policy is currently in draft form, but will ensure the DOL-DET Management Team and One Stop Staff will monitor these groups to ensure all receive needed service. Progress of this monitoring will be accomplished through DJL reporting. An excerpt of Intensive Training Policy is below. Even so, all adults receiving services are monitored through the state’s system to ensure the mitigation of barriers and successful completion on their Individual Service Strategy.

3. WIOA Adult Program Specific Eligibility Requirements

In addition to meeting and documenting the General Eligibility, WIOA Adult customers must also meet one the following criteria:

A. Low Income

A customer is considered low income if they meet any of the following criteria:

1. Receives, or in the past 6 months has received, or is a member of a family that is receiving or in the past 6 months has received, assistance through SNAP, TANF, SSI, Refugee Cash Assistance, or state funded General Assistance

2. Is in a family with total family income that does not exceed the established income limits in relation to family size. This income chart takes the most recent poverty line or 70% of the lower living standard income level, whichever is greater, to establish income limits per family size. This chart can be found on the V drive

3. Is a homeless individual (as defined in the section 41403(6) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, or a homeless child or youth (as defined under section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

4. Aged out of foster care

5. Participating in the Moving to Work program with Delaware State Housing Authority

6. Is an individual with a disability whose own income meets the income requirements in ii, but who is a member of a family whose income does not meet this requirement

The DWDB closely monitors this and annually reviews its allocations of the states Lowe Level Income Standard ensuring monies are prioritized in accordance with law and regulation. The DOL-DET leadership reviews the day-to-day enforcement of prioritization and via its monthly meetings makes adjustments as necessary. To date this has never been a problem.