Narrative: c. 3.

In the local Comprehensive Four-Year and Regional Plan and again in subsequent Program Years, each Workforce Development Board is required to provide a detailed chart and description of how each of the required fourteen program elements will be made available to youth. Each local plan identifies how these services will be administered through referral, WIOA resources or both. Boards are required to establish procedures for the delivery of these elements in their respective local workforce development areas and the individual’s Service Strategy.

The State’s program and fiscal field services teams monitor local area implementation practices, on an ongoing basis, utilizing North Carolina’s management information system, NCWorks Online, in addition to other monitoring practices.

education, and career readiness for participants, programs shall provide elements consisting of-—

1. tutoring, study skills training, instruction, and evidence-based dropout prevention and recovery strategies that lead to completion of the requirements for a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent (including a recognized certificate of attendance or similar document for individuals with disabilities) or for a recognized postsecondary credential;
2. alternative secondary school services, or dropout recovery services, as appropriate;
3. paid and unpaid work experiences that have as a component academic and occupational education, which may include-—

• summer employment opportunities and other employment opportunities available throughout the school year;
• pre-apprenticeship programs; (While students can pursue pre-apprenticeship training when still in school, programs for out-of-school youth are often sponsored by community organizations that work with apprenticeship sponsors or other employers to address behavioral, economic and other barriers to employment of youth who do not have a career path. North Carolina’s apprenticeships are managed by the North Carolina Community College system. More about the program ApprenticeshipNC can be found on the website at ttps://www.apprenticeshipnc.com/.)
• internships and job shadowing; and
• on-the-job training opportunities;

4. occupational skill training, which shall include priority consideration for training programs that

lead to recognized postsecondary credentials that are aligned with in demand industry sectors or occupations in the local area involved, if the local board determines that the programs meet the quality criteria described in section 123;

5. education offered concurrently with and in the same context as workforce preparation activities

and training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster;

6. leadership development opportunities, which may include community service and peer- centered activities encouraging responsibility and other positive social and civic behaviors, as appropriate;

7.  supportive services;

8.  adult mentoring for the period of participation and a subsequent period, for a total of not less 

     than 12 months;

9. follow-up services for not less than 12 months after the completion of participation, as  

     appropriate;

10. comprehensive guidance and counseling, which may include drug and alcohol abuse counseling

     and referral, as appropriate;

 11. financial literacy education;

 12. entrepreneurial skills training;

 13. services that provide labor market and employment information about in-demand industry

       sectors or occupations available in the local area, such as career awareness, career counseling,

       and career  exploration services; and

 14. activities that help youth prepare for and transition to postsecondary education and training.