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Plan: Louisiana PYs 2020-2023
Combined Plan C

Section: WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Narrative: III. b. 3. A.

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  • 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—

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.

View corresponding narrative from PYs 2018-2019

Current Narrative:

The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) interrelates with its partner agencies as illustrated in the organizational chart.

Organizational Chart of Workforce System. Under the direction of Governor John Bel Edwards, Louisiana’s Workforce Commission (LWC) collaborates with other executive branch agencies: Louisiana Economic Development (LED), Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The LWC also serves over the Workforce Investment Council, 15 Workforce Development Boards and 62 American Job Centers. Additionally, LWC works with entities outside of the Executive Branch including the Board of Regents (which is over LCTCS Board of Supervisors) and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (which is over the Department of Education’s Superintendent).

Among the Executive Branch agencies, the lines of authority are very clear. Each agency is run by a Cabinet-level appointee, and these appointees all report to the Governor. All of the cabinet members in the agencies listed above are members of the Workforce Investment Council (WIC).

All post-secondary education is governed by a state Board of Regents, some of whose members are appointed by the Governor. The Regents’ chief executive, the state Commissioner of Higher Education, is a member of the WIC. Under the Regents’ umbrella is the Board of Supervisors for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS), whose chief executive is also a member of the WIC.

Elementary and secondary education is governed by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). Eight members are elected from the eight BESE districts, and the remaining three members are appointed by the Governor. BESE’s chief executive is the Superintendent of Education, who also is a member of the WIC.

Title 1 (Adult Youth and Dislocated Worker), Title III Wagner-Peyser, Community Service Block Grants (CSBG) and Title IV Vocational Rehabilitation are administered by LWC.  Title II (Adult Education) is administered by LCTCS.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are administered by the Department of Children and Family Services.