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2 Year Modification

Florida PYs 2018-2019

Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities

Located in:

a. 1. B. Describe the Process Used for Designating Local Areas, Including Procedures for Determining Whether the Local Area Met the Criteria for “performed Successfully” and “sustained Fiscal Integrity” in Accordance with 106(b)(2) and (3) of WIOA. Describe the Process Used for Identifying Regions and Planning Regions Under Section 106(a) of WIOA. This Must Include a Description of How the State Consulted with the Local Boards and Chief Elected Officials in Identifying the Regions.

View corresponding narrative from PYs 2016-2017

Current Narrative:

Local Areas

CareerSource Florida in coordination with the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) reviewed the performance and financial integrity of each of the state’s 24 currently designated workforce local areas and existing LWDBs. A recommendation was presented to the CareerSource Florida Board of Directors to initially designate all 24 workforce local areas previously designated under the Workforce Investment Act and to continue the charter of existing local workforce boards for the period from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2017. In a public meeting, the CareerSource Florida Board reviewed the action to provide the initial designation to the existing workforce local areas and to continue the charter to the existing LWDBs contingent upon receipt of an official completed request from each local Area that demonstrated local elected official consultation. Consistent with language established under WIOA which states that local workforce development areas that receive an initial designation shall be granted a subsequent designation if they met the requirements outlined in WIOA Sec. 106(c)(1), CareerSource Florida and DEO issued policy which describes the requirements and process by which subsequent area designation would be determined and granted. Each of the 24 local workforce areas submitted the required documents and were all granted subsequent area designation.

Planning Regions

Florida designated each local area a planning region. This designation was agreed upon based on consultation with the Florida WIOA Task Force, state stakeholder groups and the LWDBs. Florida identified six factors for the development of regions including:

  1. Single Labor Market
  2. Common Economic Development Area
  3. Federal and Non-Federal Resources to Carry Out WIOA Activities
  4. Population Centers
  5. Commuting Patterns
  6. Industrial Composition and Sector Alignment

Using these six factors, various regional alignments may be considered and proposed by workforce system stakeholders including state policymakers, state and local CareerSource Florida Board members, state and local workforce staff, partner program staff, business and industry partners and workforce and education associations. For the state to consider and designate local areas, a formal proposal must be presented to the CareerSource Florida Board including a rationale for the local area designation using the six factors and a description of why the regional alignment proposed is in the best interests of the state, business and industry and workers and job seekers. Each local workforce development board plan incorporates their respective strategies to continue evaluating potential regional planning areas.