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Plan: Louisiana PYs 2016-2017
Combined Plan C

Section: WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Narrative: III. b. 5. A. iii.

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  • III. Operational Planning Elements
    The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that support the State’s strategy and the system-wide vision described in Section II.(c) above. Unless otherwise noted, all Operational Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs. This section must include—
    • b. State Operating Systems and Policies
      The Unified or Combined State Plan must include a description of the State operating systems and policies that will support the implementation of the State strategy described in Section II Strategic Elements . This includes—
      • 5. Distribution of Funds for Core Programs
        Describe the methods and factors the State will use in distributing funds under the core programs in accordance with the provisions authorizing such distributions.
        • A. for Title I Programs
          For Title I programs, provide a description of the written policies that establish the State's methods and factors used to distribute funds to local areas for—

III. b. 5. A. iii. Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities in Accordance with WIOA Section 133(b)(2) and Based on Data and Weights Assigned.

Current Narrative:

OWD 4-15.1, WIOA Title 1 Allocations and Financial Reporting Policy, states that Dislocated Worker allocations in each region shall reflect the hold harmless adjustments in accordance with WIOA sections 128(2)(b)(A)(ii) and 133(b)(2)(A)(ii). The hold harmless adjustments are applied to ensure that no LWDA receives an allocation percentage for a fiscal year that is less than 90% of the average allocation percentage of the local area for the two preceding fiscal years. Unemployment concentration: 25 percent The 12-month average for the most recently completed October-September fiscal year will be used showing the unrounded number of persons unemployed by parish within each LWDA.

Insured unemployed without earnings: 20 percent The 12-month average for the most recently completed October-September fiscal year showing the number of continued claims filed without earnings for the reference week that includes the last day of each month. Data is also by parish within the LWDA. Exhaustees (long-term unemployed): 25 percent This is long-term unemployment data that refers to claimants who received a final payment in unemployment benefits. Data is by parish and is an annual average for the most recently completed fiscal year.

Permanent mass layoffs and plant closings (PMLPC): 10 percent Data used was taken from the total number of separated workers for all recordable layoffs by parish for the most recently completed October-September fiscal year. A mass layoff is defined as one in which 50 or more unemployment insurance claimants filed for benefits against a certain company within a 3-week period and remained unemployed for 30 days or more. If there were no separations or PMLPC firms in a parish, zero was shown for that parish.

Declining industries: 15 percent Since data on all parishes from the suggested CES Program do not exist, covered employment from the ES-202 Program was used to identify industries that showed a decline in employment for the four-year period ending in March of the prior fiscal year. Decreases in employment for all industries within a parish were totaled and that figure was used toward the allocation of funds for that parish and LWDA.

Farmer/rancher economic hardship: 5 percent Numerical difference between the last two Census of Agriculture to determine decline in hiring farm workers.

LWC will evaluate alternative formulas for future allocations in alignment with WIOA sec 133 (b)(2)(B) to ensure that the most appropriate information that is available is incorporated.