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—
- c. Youth Program Requirements.
With respect to youth workforce investment activities authorized in section 129 of WIOA, States should describe their strategies that will support the implementation of youth activities under WIOA. State’s must-
- c. Youth Program Requirements.
c. 4. Provide the language contained in the State policy for “requiring additional assistance to enter or complete an educational program, or to secure and hold employment” criterion for out-of-school youth specified in WIOA section 129(a)(1)(B)(iii)(VIII) and for “requiring additional assistance to complete an education program, or to secure and hold employment” criterion for in-school youth specified in WIOA section 129(a)(1)(C)(iv)(VII). If the state does not have a policy, describe how the state will ensure that local areas will have a policy for these criteria.
Current Narrative:
As outlined in OWD policy 2-21.3 “Youth Program Operations” Local Boards are responsible for establishing local definitions and eligibility documentation requirements for “requires additional assistance” as it relates to both OSY and ISY. The local policy should be reasonable, quantifiable, and based on evidence that the specific characteristics of the youth identified in the policy objectively requires additional assistance. Some examples could include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Have repeated at least one secondary grade level or are one year over age for grade.
- Have a core grade point average of less than 1.5.
- For each year of secondary education, are at least two semester credits behind the rate required to graduate from high school.
- Are emancipated youth.
- Have aged out of foster care.
- Are previous dropouts or have been suspended five or more times or have been expelled.
- Have received court/agency referrals mandating school attendance.
- Are deemed at risk of dropping out of school by a school official.
- Have been referred to or are being treated by an agency for substance abuse related problem.
- Have experienced recent traumatic events, are victims of abuse, or reside in an abusive environment as documented by a school official or other qualified professional.
- Have serious emotional, medical or psychological problems as documented by a qualified professional.
- Have never held a job (applies to OSY).
- Have been fired from a job within the 12 months prior to application (applies to OSY).
- Have never held a full-time job for more than 13 consecutive weeks (applies to OSY).