Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Final Rule

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The Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) issued this Joint Final Rule to implement jointly administered activities authorized by Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that was signed into law on July 22, 2014. Through these regulations, the Departments implement workforce education and employment system reforms and strengthen the nation’s public workforce development system to provide increased economic opportunity and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century evolving labor market. This Joint WIOA Final Rule provides guidance for State and local workforce development systems that increase the skill and credential attainment, employment, retention, and earnings of participants, especially those with significant barriers to employment, thereby improving the quality of the workforce, reducing dependency on public benefits, increasing economic opportunity, and enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the nation.

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2016-06-29T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/wioa/regulations
Publication Date
2016-06-30

Training and Employment Notice N. 42-15: Announcing the Release of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Final Rules and Information Collections for WIOA and Additional DOL Administered Programs

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The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce the advance posting of the WIOA final regulations, specifically:

  • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Final Rule.
  • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Department of Labor-Only; Final Rule.
  • Programs and Activities Authorized by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act); Final Rule.
  • State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program; State Supported Employment Services Program; Limitations on Use of Subminimum Wage; Final Rule.
  • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Miscellaneous Program Changes; Final Rule. 

This TEN also announces two information collections to implement WIOA, and align performance accountability and information reporting for WIOA and additional Department of Labor programs. Further, the DOL established Information Collections for all programs authorized by WIOA title I and additional DOL administered programs. These information collections are as follows:

  • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Common Performance Reporting; OMB Control No. 1205-0526.
  • DOL-Only Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System; OMB Control No. 1205-0521.
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2016-06-29T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
URL
http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=6469
Publication Date
2016-06-30

A Roadmap for Collaborative and Effective Evaluation of Child Welfare in Tribal Communities

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Many members of Tribal communities feel impacted by intergenerational trauma, resulting from the experiences of prior generations who had been exposed to adverse conditions. Additionally, some Tribal communities have endured negative experiences that may have caused a distrust of research and evaluation. Some previous research has been invasive or perceived as offering little to no benefits for communities; therefore, evaluation efforts on Tribal lands are often faced with reluctance or refusal. The Children’s Bureau developed this guide to improve evaluation efforts among Tribal child welfare programs. It was informed by a workgroup of representatives from Tribal child welfare programs, evaluators, researchers, technical assistance providers, and Federal partners.
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2014-06-30T20:00:00
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Region
City/County
URL
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/resource/tribal-workgroup
Publication Date
2014-07-01

Learning from Experience: A Guide to Social Impact Bond Investing

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The social impact bond (SIB) uses private funds to pay for a social, educational, or health program. Then if the program achieves predetermined results, the government repays investors, plus a return. This paper from MDRC looks at the successes and failures of current SIBs and presents lessons learned for moving forward.
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2016-02-29T19:00:00
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City/County
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http://www.mdrc.org/publication/learning-experience
Publication Date
2016-03-01

Adult Workers with Low Measured Skills: A 2016 Update

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This fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education draws on data from the Survey of Adult Skills to provide an updated profile of low-skilled workers in the U.S. The update shows that the United States has a high percentage of low performers in literacy and numeracy, and that the skill levels of U.S. adults have remained stagnant over the past 20 years. Although two-thirds of low-literacy adults are employed, nearly 60 percent of lower-skilled adults earn incomes of less than $16,000 per year.
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2016-05-01T20:00:00
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City/County
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http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/factsh/adultworkerslowmea…
Publication Date
2016-05-02

Who is Poor in the United States?

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The Brookings Institution released a paper that documents the characteristics of the 46.7 million Americans who were living in poverty in 2014. The authors used data from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement that were collected in March 2015. This data presents information about who lives in poverty, including characteristics of the working-age poor.
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2016-06-16T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.brookings.edu/research/who-is-poor-in-the-united-states/
Publication Date
2016-06-17

Lessons Churned: Measuring the Impact of Churn in Health and Human Services Programs on Participants and State and Local Agencies

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This report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities discusses the concept of “churn,” when the periodic review of public benefits eligibility leaves benefits-eligible households without benefits temporarily, and forces them to reapply. Churn costs benefit recipients and state agencies both time and money, so reducing churn is beneficial for all involved parties. The report uses the experience of states involved in the Work Support Strategies project to discuss lessons learned about churn and potential methods for reducing churn.
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2015-03-01T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
SFS Category
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City/County
URL
http://www.cbpp.org/research/lessons-churned-measuring-the-impact-of-churn-in-h…
Publication Date
2015-03-02

State Innovations in Horizontal Integration: Leveraging Technology for Health and Human Services

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This report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities discusses how enhanced federal Medicaid matching funds made available because of the Affordable Care Act can be used for technology and services improvements to eligibility systems that are shared between Medicaid and other health and human services programs. The report discusses states that have used this opportunity to make systems improvements, including specific examples of initiatives and discussion of common themes between state efforts. Most states in the report have worked on improving client portals, enhancing call center technology, streamlining document imaging and management, and introducing mobile tools for consumer use.
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2015-03-01T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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http://www.cbpp.org/research/state-innovations-in-horizontal-integration-levera…
Publication Date
2015-03-02

Work Supports Strategies Evaluation Publications Page

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This webpage from the Urban Institute includes several publications related to the Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative evaluation. Topics include changes in joint Medicaid/CHIP and SNAP participation rates, using technology to improve delivery of benefits, and using behavioral economics to inform the integration of human services and health programs.
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2016-05-31T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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http://www.urban.org/work-support-strategies-evaluation-publications-and-resour…
Publication Date
2016-06-01

Event Materials Available: Making Government Programs Work for Families

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The Urban Institute, in collaboration with the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, hosted a discussion on how state and federal government can improve access to work support programs for low-income families. Over the past four years, as part of the Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative, six states have worked to streamline low-income families’ access to benefits, reducing burdens on families and workers, and promoting cross-agency and cross-program integration and coordination. Results show that WSS state agencies improved benefit access and the delivery of benefits through coordination of technology, local office operations, policy, and use of data for management, and relationships between health and human services agencies and between state, county, and local offices.
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2016-05-31T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
URL
http://www.urban.org/events/making-government-programs-work-families
Publication Date
2016-06-01