Located in:
- III. Operational Planning Elements
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that supports 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—
- b. State Operating Systems and Policies
III. b. 3. A. State Agency Organization
Describe the organization and delivery systems at the State and local levels for the programs covered in the plan, including the organizational structure. Include an organizational chart.
Current Narrative:
Governor Sisolak has established a network of state agencies and shareholders to ensure effective information sharing among entities responsible for implementing the state’s workforce investment system.
WIOA Title IV: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
DETR is responsible for overseeing the administration of functions and activities pertaining to WIOA Titles I, III and IV.
At the state level, governance is provided by the state board, which is responsible for overseeing workforce programs in Nevada. Administrative leadership, coordination, oversight, and support to the state’s workforce system are provided by DETR. An organizational structure chart is included in this state plan, which delineates the course of service delivery control between the various entities described herein. The Governor’s Workforce Development Board was codified in Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 232.935, and its charge pursuant to the reauthorization in WIOA via Executive Order 2016-08.
Nevada is divided into two (2) designated local workforce development areas: one in the north and one in the south. In partnership with the state board, each local workforce development area is overseen by a local workforce board. Governed by chief local elected officials (CLEOs) in the area, each local board is responsible for establishing policy and overseeing workforce programs for their respective workforce development area.
Nevada’s WIOA State Compliance Policy (SCP) 1.1 prescribes the State’s policy and process of the identification of regions, designation of local workforce development areas and the appeals process in Nevada. There are two (2) local workforce development areas designated by the Governor: northern Nevada and southern Nevada, which have designated local workforce development boards overseen by chief elected local officials that carry out systemwide workforce development activities: Nevadaworks in northern Nevada, and Workforce Connections in southern Nevada.
Nevadaworks aligns the activities of the northern Nevada local workforce development board, which includes eligibility, outreach and intake, assessment, labor exchange services, referrals, and employment statistics reporting required in the administration of WIOA programs. Nevadaworks operates the American Job Center of Reno, which serves as northern Nevada’s one-stop center. This northern Nevada local workforce development board provides WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth services to a geographic area of over 70,000 square miles with a population of approximately 750,000 people in the following Nevada counties: Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, and White Pine.
Workforce Connects aligns the activities of the southern Nevada local workforce development board, which includes eligibility, outreach and intake, assessment, labor exchange services, referrals, and employment statistics reporting required in the administration of WIOA programs. Workforce Connection operates the One-Stop Career Center of Las Vegas, which serves as souther Nevada’s one-stop center. This southern Nevada local workforce development board provides WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth services to a geographic area of over 40,000 square miles with a population of approximately 1.5 million people (age 16 and older) in the following Nevada counties and cities: Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye, Boulder city, Henderson, Las Vegas, and N. Las Vegas.
The following additional Nevada State Compliance Policies govern the operational structure of the two (2) local workforce development boards:
- SCP 1.0: Membership of Local Workforce Development Boards
- SCP 1.2: Local Workforce Investment Plan (Elements of Plan)
- SCP 1.3 Criteria Under Which Local Boards May Provide Core, Intensive and Training Services
- SCP 1.4: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act One-Stop System
Nevada does not currently participate in any interstate regional collaboration and does not include any regions which meet the definition of a planning region as defined in WIOA Section 106 (a) (2) (B) and (C) if in the future planning areas are designated.
The local boards and CLEOs engage in regional planning that result in:
- Region-wide strategies, including use of cooperative service delivery agreements;
- Development and implementation of sector initiatives for in-demand industry sectors or occupations for the region;
- Collection and analysis of regional labor market data in conjunction with the state
- Establishment of administrative cost agreements, including the pooling of funds for administrative costs as appropriate foe the region.
- Coordination of services with regional economic development and providers; and,
- Establishment of an agreement concerning how the planning region will collectively negotiate and reach agreement with the governor on local levels of performance, and the reporting of said performance for local areas and their respective planning regions.
DETR is responsible for distributing funds, providing policy guidance, monitoring program activity, and providing technical assistance to the state board and the two local boards. The local boards receive federal WIOA funding through the state agency (i.e., DETR) by formula to carry out WIOA workforce development services. Because the local boards are legislatively restricted from carrying out core or intensive services directly (unless specifically agreed upon by the governor and the CLEO), or from providing training services (unless specifically approved through a waiver issued by the governor), each local board must contract with other local service providers to deliver actual client services.
WIOA Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act Programs
The NDE is responsible for overseeing the administration of functions and activities pertaining to WIOA Title II.
Other:TANF and SNAP
The DWSS is responsible for overseeing other program components contained within the TANF State Plan, the TANF Work Verification State Plan, and the SNAPET State Plan.
The DWSS’ TANF and SNAP employment and training programs are organized under the deputy administrator of program and field services.
These programs are referred to as the TANF NEON and SNAPET programs. The NEON program provides services to 100 percent of the TANF NEON work eligible population statewide. The SNAPET program operates statewide and serves SNAP recipients who have volunteered to participate in the program. The SNAPET opportunities may vary by the geographic location of the participant.
The chart below reflects the 2020 state workforce system
