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2 Year Modification

Plan: Louisiana PYs 2022-2023 (Mod)
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 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—

      • 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

          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

View corresponding narrative from PYs 2020-2023

Current Narrative:

 

The Research and Statistics Division and the Office of Management and Finance reviews the formula for distribution of Title I Dislocated Worker funds to local workforce areas in accordance with requirements in WIOA section 133(b)(2)(B) and makes recommendation to the Governor through the Secretary of Labor and the Office of Workforce Development. This review is done annually to ensure that the most current data are used for the formula allocations to local workforce areas.

Unemployment concentration: 35 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.

Plant closing and mass layoff: 

The term plant closing is when an employment site (or one or more facilities or operating units within an employment site) will be shut down, and the shutdown will result in an employment loss for 50 or more employees during any 30-day period. A mass layoff that does not result from a plant closing, but results in an employment loss at the employment site during any 30-day period for 500 or more employees, or for 50- 499 employees if they make up at least 33% of the employer's active workforce.  Data is comprehensive by parish and includes the most recently completed fiscal year.

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.

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. 

A hold-harmless provision ensures that each local area’s percentage share of the State allotment designated for local Dislocated Worker program activities does not fall below 90% of the local area’s average percentage share for the prior two fiscal years.