Indiana PYs 2018-2019

Program-specific Requirements for Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities under Title I-B
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include the following with respect to activities carried out under subtitle B--
- c. Youth Program Requirements
  With respect to youth workforce investment activities authorized in section 129 of WIOA,—

Per DWD’s recently issued Youth Eligibility, the State’s definition is as follows:

The term “basic skills deficient” means, with respect to an individual:

Have English reading, writing, or computing skills at or below the 8.9 grade level on a generally accepted standardized test; or

Are unable to compute or solve problems, or read, write, or speak English at a level necessary to function on the job, in the individual’s family, or in society. This is defined as:
Lacks a high school diploma or equivalency and is not enrolled in secondary education; or
Scores 8.9 or below on the TABE; or
Is enrolled in Title II adult education (including enrolled for ESL); or
Has poor English language skills ( and would be appropriate for ESL even if the individual isn’t enrolled at the time of WIOA entry into participation); or
Is WorkINdiana eligible (Title II participants are eligible for WorkINdiana up to a year after exit); or
The case manager makes detailed observations of deficient functioning and records those detailed observations as justification in a case note; or
For in-school only:

Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities