Located in:
- 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. With respect to youth workforce investment activities authorized in section 129 of WIOA—
With respect to youth workforce investment activities authorized in section 129 of WIOA—
- c. With respect to youth workforce investment activities authorized in section 129 of WIOA—
c. 4. Provide the language contained in the State policy for “requiring additional assistance to enter or complete an educational program, or to secure and hold employment” criterion for out-of-school youth specified in WIOA section 129(a)(1)(B)(iii)(VIII) and for “requiring additional assistance to complete an education program, or to secure and hold employment” criterion for in-school youth specified in WIOA section 129(a)(1)(C)(iv)(VII). If the state does not have a policy, describe how the state will ensure that local areas will have a policy for these criteria.
Current Narrative:
A youth who requires additional assistance is a person between the ages of 14 and 24 and requires additional assistance to complete an education program or to secure and hold employment. Local areas are to define “requires additional assistance” for both criterion in their local plans.
Per Section 129(a)(3)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), in each local area, not more than five percent of In-School Youth (ISY) may be individuals with a sole barrier of “An individual who requires additional assistance to complete an educational program or to secure or hold employment,” as described in Section 129 (a)(1)(C)(iv)(VII). This percentage is exact, and therefore may not be rounded down from any percentage higher than 5.0.
The state’s WIOA Manual, our official policy guidance, provides examples of individuals who require additional assistance.
Examples may include, but are not limited to:
- Have repeated at least one secondary grade level or are one year over age for their grade;
- Have a core grade point average of less than 1.5;
- For each year of secondary education, are at least two semester credits behind the rate required to graduate from high school;
- Are an emancipated youth;
- Have aged out of foster care;
- Are previous dropouts, have been suspended five or more times, or have been expelled;
- Have court/agency referrals mandating school attendance;
- Are deemed at risk of dropping out of school by a school official;
- Have been referred to or are being treated by an agency for a substance abuse related problem;
- Have experienced recent traumatic events, are victims of abuse, or reside in an abusive environment as documented by a school official or other qualified professional;
- Have serious emotional, medical, or psychological problems as documented by a qualified professional;
- Have never held a job;
- Have been fired from a job within the 12 months prior to application; or
- Have never held a full-time job for more than 13 consecutive weeks.