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. 4. Describe How the State Will Implement and Monitor the Priority for Public Assistance Recipients, Other Low-income Individuals, and Individuals Who Are Basic Skills Deficient in Accordance with the Requirements of WIOA Sec. 134(c)(3)(e), Which Applies to Individualized Career Services and Training Services Funding by the Adult Formula Program.
Current Narrative:
Colorado has issued Policy Guidance Letter WIOA-2015-07: Priority of Service for Title I Adult Programs that provides detailed guidance to local areas regarding implementation of Adult priority of services. This guidance includes definitions of the priority groups, identifies how veterans priority of service interfaces with adult priority of service, sets a minimum goal of adult enrollments meeting priority definitions, and requires local boards to create local policies that must include:
o Local procedures for determining priority during the eligibility process and enrollment;
o How the local area will define “low income” (it may be more stringent than the state definition in this PGL) and the relevant data used to establish the definition;
o What criteria and procedures will be used to assess priority for basic skills deficient individuals;
o Any local requirements, such as residency, that will be established in relation to the four priority groups;
o Any local discretionary priorities that will be established in addition to the four targeted groups, the data to support the need for the local priority, and the documentation that will be required from an individual for the local priority; and
o Local procedures for internal monitoring of the goal of Adult participants from the priority targeted groups.
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment will add the Adult Priority of Service requirements to its annual compliance monitoring review of each local area within the state. PY15 will be a base building year with technical assistance provided by the state, and PY16 will serve as the first compliance year for meeting the goal.