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. Youth Program Requirements.
With respect to youth workforce investment activities authorized in section 129 of WIOA, States should describe their strategies that will support the implementation of youth activities under WIOA. State’s must-
- c. Youth Program Requirements.
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:
Wisconsin's state policy on “requiring additional assistance to enter or complete an educational program, or to secure and hold employment” criterion for both in-school youth and out-of-school youth is outlined in DWD-DET's WIOA Titles I-A and I-B Policy and Procedure Manual Chapters 10.3.6: https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/wioa/policy/10/10.3.htm#sectionSix.
Local Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) are not required to use criterion specified in WIOA § 129(a)(1)(B)(iii)(VIII) for out-of-school youth and WIOA § 129(a)(1)(C)(iv)(VII) for in-school youth as part of eligibility determinations. However, as Wisconsin's Governor's Council on Workforce Investment (CWI) has declined to further define this category, local WDBs must include policy and procedure for applying this criterion in their local plans if they choose to use it as an eligibility criterion. Any policies and procedures should be reasonable, quantifiable, and based on evidence that the specific characteristic of the youth identified in the policy objectively requires additional assistance.
Even if a local area chooses to use this category as part of ISY eligibility, no more than 5% of newly enrolled ISY participants in the local area can be found eligible based on the "needs additional assistance" category in any given program year. There is no similar restriction for OSY eligibility. DET holds the local WDBs responsible for tracking eligibility determinations for ISY that are based solely on this eligibility barrier and ensuring compliance with the five percent limitation. Any costs associated with serving participants who exceed the five percent limitation will be disallowed. In cases where the local WDB exceeds the five percent limitation, participants' eligibility determination dates will be placed in chronological order and only the first 5% will be covered by the limitation.
If the WDBs choose to apply this criterion, DET will monitor for compliance during the annual Coordinated Monitoring process.