Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act:Jump-Starting Your Implementation
Agenda
▪Upcoming Guidance, TA & Resources
▪Transition Activities
▪State Perspectives
▪Q&A
Presenters
Adele GagliardiAdministrator
Office of Policy
Development and Research
Employment and Training
Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
Have a question or comment about WIOA? Email [email protected]
Presenters
Christine QuinnTechnical Assistance,
Training and Workforce
Communications Team
Senior Advisor
Employment and Training
Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
Have a question or comment about WIOA? Email [email protected]
State and local presenters
▪ Lori H. Collins, Director, Division of Workforce &
Employment Services, Kentucky Career Center
▪ Mike Riley, ETPL lead, Division of Workforce &
Employment Services, Kentucky Career Center
▪ Lisa Salazar, City of Los Angeles Economic &
Workforce Development Department, Director -
YouthSource System.
State and local presenters
▪ Thomas Colombo, Deputy Assistant Director,
Arizona Department of Economic Security,
Division of Employment & Rehabilitation Services
▪ Jennifer James Price, Undersecretary for
Workforce Development Executive Office of Labor
and Workforce Development
▪ Scott C. Fennell, Chief Operation and Financial
Officer, Career Source Florida
Guidance and other
Technical Assistance
▪ January 2016: Publish final regulations
▪ Early 2015: Issue NPRM
▪ Winter-Spring 2015: TEGLs
–WIOA vision
–Youth
–Recommended transition activities
–Operating instructions
Guidance and other
Technical Assistance
▪Webcasts
▪Regional Office technical assistance
▪Single website with all WIOA materials:
www.doleta.gov/wioa
Transition Activities
▪Begin conversations across core
partners to lay the groundwork for
robust strategic planning. Examples:▪Registered Apprenticeship
▪Job Corps
▪Unemployment Insurance
▪TANF
▪Perkins career and technical education
Transition Status: Poll
Where are you with regards to convening
strategic partners?
A) Identified partners
B) Have begun meeting
C) Begun strategic planning
D) Have not yet reached out to partners
Massachusetts
Jennifer James Price,
Undersecretary for Workforce Development
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Transition Activities
▪Develop a vision and roadmap for
success
▪Build new and strengthen existing
partnerships at all levels.
Transition Status: Poll
What is the status of your development
of a state vision?
A) Its in development
B) We have a good idea of our vision
C) Together with our partners, we have
a good idea of our vision
D) We are waiting for DOL’s vision
Florida
Scott C. Fennell, Chief Operation and Financial
Officer, Career Source Florida
Transition Activities
▪Develop plans to add members to
state boards to become WIOA-
compliant
▪Develop transition plans
Transition Status: Poll
Where are you with regards to transition
planning?A) We have started preparing a written transition
plan, based on strategic planning
B) We have prepared timelines
C) We have identified areas where we need to plan
D) We weren’t planning to do a formal plan but have
talked about our plan
E) We haven’t started planning yet
State of Arizona
Thomas Colombo, Deputy Assistant Director,
Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division
of Employment & Rehabilitation Services
Transition Activities
▪Prepare for fiscal and program
changes for transition across
legislation and identify new program
elements
▪Review Eligible Training Provider Lists
Transition Status: Poll
What is the status of your review of the
Eligible Training Provider Lists?A) We have begun a review of our current ETPL
compared to new WIOA requirements
B) We have started making updates to our ETPL
based on WIOA requirements
C) We haven’t done anything with the ETPL yet
Kentucky
▪ Lori H. Collins, Director, Division of Workforce &
Employment Services,
Kentucky Career Center
▪ Mike Riley, ETPL lead, Division of Workforce &
Employment Services, Kentucky Career Center
Transition Activities
▪Reassess your One-Stop Delivery
System
▪Prepare to reconstitute and certify local
boards by July 1
Transition Activities
▪Ensure new competitions for youth
funds support the 75% out-of-school
youth and the 20% work experience
expenditure rate goals
Transition Status: Poll
Have you started reviewing your youth
programs to plan for changes?
A) Extensively, we have a plan in place
B) We have begun reviewing the new
requirements and putting a plan in place
C) No – we are waiting on guidance from
DOL
City of Los Angeles
Lisa Salazar
City of Los Angeles Economic & Workforce Development
Department, Director - YouthSource System
Information and Questions
Department of Labor
● WIOA resource page
www.doleta.gov/WIOA
● WIOA dedicated email
Department of Education
● Office of Career, Technical, & Adult Education’s WIOA resource page
www.ed.gov/AEFLA
● Rehabilitation Services Administration’s WIOA resource page
www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/wioa-reauthorization.html
Q&A
