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- Program-specific Requirements for Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities under Title I-B
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include the following with respect to activities carried out under subtitle B—
b. 5. Describe the State’s criteria regarding local area transfer of funds between the adult and dislocated worker programs
Current Narrative:
Section 133(b)(4) of WIOA and Section 20 CFR 683.130 allow the local WDBs to transfer up to 100 percent of formula funds of a program year (PY) allocation between the Adult Program and Dislocated Worker Program. DWD-DET is extending the full transfer authority afforded by WIOA to the local WDBs, in order to ensure the local WDBs have maximum flexibility to best serve participant populations with the greatest needs.
On behalf of the Governor, DWD-DET will serve as the approving authority for the WDBs' funding transfer requests. To be eligible for a transfer, DWD-DET will take the following factors under consideration:
- Expenditures and obligations for the Adult Program and Dislocated Worker Program PY formula funds at issue;
- The quarter of the grant period in which the request is made;
- Availability of funds for both formula programs, including carry-in funding from the prior program year;
- Availability of Rapid Response and National Dislocated Worker grant funding;
- Total enrollments in both formula programs;
- Total training enrollments in both formula programs;
- Applicability of TAA certifications in the local area;
- Impact on the WIOA primary indicators of performance; and
- Implications for Rapid Response and National Dislocated Worker grant funding.
DWD-DET will approve transfer requests unless it anticipates that a transfer will negatively impact the local WDB's ability to adequately serve current or future program participants and/or meet the local area's adjusted levels of performance.
Local WDBs must submit transfer requests to their assigned Local Program Liaison. They must make requests in writing and include the following: (1) a statement indicating the program and the PY in need of additional funding; (2) the amount of additional funding requested for the program in need; (3) a budget reflecting actual and planned participant enrollments and expenditures/obligations for the applicable PY formula funds; and (4) a narrative addressing how the WDB will meet adjusted levels of performance for the primary indicators if the transfer request is approved.
DWD-DET will review the request and issue a determination within 30 days.