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Self-Sufficiencyin WIOA
Phil Koenig, DirectorBureau of Workforce Training
Division of Employment and Training
Sharan Bhaskar, CoordinatorAdult and Dislocated Worker ProgramDivision of Employment and Training
What is Self-Sufficiency in WIOA?
WIOA Goals: 1 of the 6 goals is to provide workforce development activities to increase economic self-sufficiency for participants.
WIOA Participation: Self-sufficiency must also be taken into account to determine:
Participant eligibility for training services; and
If a training service will lead a participant to self-sufficient employment.
Brief History
What is Self-Sufficiency in Wisconsin?
Calculating Individual Self-Sufficiency is based on: Household composition;
Geographic location; and
Dislocation wage, if applicable.
Wisconsin Defines Self-Sufficiency as the: Minimum level of income an individual must earn in order to meet his/her most basic expenses without public or private assistance.
Title 1B – 3 Uses
Eligibility to receive training and/or individualized career services
IEP Development:
Selection of an economic self-sufficient occupation.
Demonstrating that the training can lead to employment which in turn provides economically self-sufficient wages.
Program Exit
Data Sources
DWD contracted with the University of Washington to develop Wisconsin’s Self-Sufficiency Standard.
Data Sources
Used data on County Wages & Employment by Occupation from WORKnet, Wisconsin’s Workforce and Labor Market Information System.
Assessment Categories
State policy includes 3 assessment categories:
Individual Self-Sufficiency: Is the participant self-sufficient?
Household Self-Sufficiency: Is the participant’s household self-sufficient?
Dislocation Wage Requirements: Efforts to achieve a comparable wage.
Access Wisconsin’s self-sufficiency policy here: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/det/adminmemos/1607.htm
Tiered Assessment System
State policy requires a tiered assessment system.
Category: Policy Criteria:
Individual: • Self-sufficiency for individual adult in their county of residence.
Household:
• Total household income meets or exceeds household self-sufficiency in their county of residence.
• Experienced wage of an occupation meets or exceeds self-sufficiency for their household in their county of residence.
DislocatedWorker:
• Receiving an income 80% or more of their dislocation wage.
• Experienced wage of an occupation is greater than or equal to their dislocation wage.
• Current wage is greater than the hourly wage of the 75th percentile of all occupations in their county of residence.
Tiered Assessment System, continued…
WDBs are allowed to do the following with justification:
Provide service to individuals assessed as self-sufficient prior to enrollment.
Provide a training service that leads to an occupation that does not meet the State’s definition of self-sufficiency.
Assist participants with securing employment in occupations that do not meet the State’s definition of self-sufficiency.
Self-Sufficiency Calculator Demonstration
Moving Forward in Wisconsin
DWD is currently coordinating a self-sufficiency pilot program in 3 WDAs.
Staff are identifying and implementing policy efficiencies, including:
Automating the storage of self-sufficiency assessments.
Developing other applications to simplify the planning and provision of services.
Integrating new tools with existing data sources and systems.
Individual Employment Plan Tool Demonstration
Self-Sufficiency Summary
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IEP Development
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IEP Development
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IEP Development
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IEP Development
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IEP Development
Individual Employment Plan Tool Demonstration, continued…
IEP Development
