Narrative: d. 1.

Under WIA, the State has a history of providing English literacy and civics education, serving adult English language learners, including professionals with degrees and credentials from their native countries, with programming designed to develop competence in English, as well as employability, citizenship, and parenting knowledge and skills. The State will leverage these past successes to meet the new requirements under WIOA. The State’s application for IELCE (i.e., section 243) funds will require applicants to describe how they plan to provide services that include instruction in literacy and English Language acquisition and instruction on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and civic participation, and are designed to:

Prepare adults who are English Language Learners (ELLs) for and place such adults in, unsubsidized employment in in-demand industries and occupations that lead to economic self-sufficiency; and Integrate with the local workforce development system and its functions to carry out the activities of the program.

Applicants must show how services will be delivered in combination with integrated education and training IET activities. Eligible activities must include the following three components, Adult education and literacy activities, workforce preparation activities, and workforce training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster.

Workforce training can be provided by Co-enrolling participants in integrated education and training that is provided within the local or regional workforce development area from sources funded outside IELCE funds or by using IELCE funds to support integrated education and training activities as described in subpart D.

The proposed activities and budget will be reviewed by the State to ensure that they meet all statutory requirements.