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WIOA requires an infrastructure funding policy to support the One-Stop delivery system. Minnesota has had such a policy in place since 2010 for operations of the 48 One-Stops. This policy uses general customer, participant and staffing data to determine the proportional benefit that each title derives from the shared services now known as “Career Services” under WIOA. All infrastructure funding is borne by the local budgets of service providers. This policy includes a dispute resolution statement which allows local partners to appeal the infrastructure funding policy to the Commissioner of DEED, who will designate and convene all partners and attempt to resolve the dispute. If an agreement still cannot be reached, the Commissioner’s designee will convene a meeting consisting of one representative from the Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB), the local WIOA Title 1b Director, a representative assigned by the DEED Title 4 state units, and the DEED Workforce Development Division Director. If this is not successful, a final appeal will be made to the DEED Commissioner for resolution. This policy is under current review, as WIOA has broader view of funding participation, beyond just those partners physically located at a One-Stop. Current data systems that can appropriately determine proportionate benefit are not in place across the system making this unachievable in the near future. It is also unclear as to how the definition of “administration” based allocations, if agreements are not reached, would be applied and be sufficient to maintain adequate services and locations of the One-Stop system. Legal review and technical guidance from DOL is pending our finalization of the appeals process for infrastructure funding. Until such time these issues can be resolved, our existing policy will remain in place.