Located in:
- 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. 3. Training Provider Eligibility Procedure
Provide the procedure, eligibility criteria, and information requirements for determining training provider initial and continued eligibility, including Registered Apprenticeship programs (WIOA Section 122).
Current Narrative:
WFWV’s Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) is comprised of training programs that are approved by WFWV and LWDBs to provide training services to eligible WIOA Title 1-B participants. All training providers must submit information and criteria as established under WIOA §122(d) through (g). Training providers use the MACC to provide all required information for initial eligibility, which includes Assurances, as well as applications for each program of study. MACC doubles as WFWV’s program certification system and the Statewide List of Eligible Training Providers, as required by WIOA §122 (a)(3). All approved programs are available to the public and to WIOA partners on MACC. WFWV and LWDBs share the responsibility of managing the ETPL, including approving programs for initial and continued eligibility, ensuring training provider compliance, and ensuring accuracy of information, removing training providers or programs, and monitoring of training providers. Upon receipt of completed application and program data, WFWV shall attempt to make an initial determination of statewide eligibility within 15 business days. Training providers will be contacted via email if the completed application and/or program data requires clarification. The Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB) will then have 10 business days to review and make comments to the state prior to the official determination of eligibility and placement on the ETPL. Subsequent eligibility determinations take place on a biennial basis, where performance data is again evaluated against the standards. Once the training provider is approved, each training program is evaluated to determine if training programs meet ETPL requirements, including initial performance data standards, resulting in a federally or locally recognized credential and being related to an in-demand sector or occupation in WV. The State ETPL Coordinator reviews required ETPL program information on the application including the following: a detailed description of the program, the total cost of the program, including the cost of tuition, books, and any fees, credential information, and labor market information for the related occupation, including the minimum entry level wage and demand for the occupation in the local area, and initial performance data.
LWDBs are encouraged to target training programs that support industry sectors and prepare participants for jobs in identified career pathways. Using LMI, LWDBs are able to determine higher paying jobs, in-demand industry sector and occupations in the local area enabling them to work with local employers to determine the minimum requirements for these jobs and the types of training and certification requirements for these positions. Using this information, LWDBs are better equipped to reach out to local training providers to encourage them to add their training program to the ETPL.
The State ETPL Coordinator will review the training provider’s program performance based on the performance accountability measures, using data on all WIOA Title I-B participants who participated in the training program during the performance period. Each program’s performance will be evaluated against state performance standards to determine if the program will remain on the list.
WIOA Policy 01-15 - ETPL Change 3 can be found at: https://workforcewv.org/public-information/guidance-notices-and-policies or directly at: https://workforcewv.org/images/files/PublicInfo/public-notices/WIOA_Policy_01-15_-_ETPL_Change_3.pdf.