Title: Workforce Innovation
1Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Regional
and Local Area Designation and Redesignation
Local Elected Officials Listening
Session February 3-6, 2015
2Agenda
- Welcome
- Purpose of Meeting
- WIOA and the LEOs Role
- Steering Committee Process
- Review Proposed Options
- Provide Feedback
- Discuss Next Steps
3Purpose of the Meeting
- Create a common understanding of the role of
regions and local areas - Understand federal requirements
- Review KWIB process
- Present Local Options and Regional Recommendation
- Gather feedback
4Timeline of Process
- 11/17/14 KWIB established process
- 12/19/14 Finalized Steering Committee
- 01/23/15 Developed initial options/recommendation
- 02/07/15 DWI completes local input process
- 02/13/15 Review feedback finalize
recommendations - 03/02/15 KWIB reviews recommendations
- 03/02/15 30 day appeals process begins
- 03/31/15 Governor issues Executive Order
5WIOA Summary
- Expectations
- A streamlined workforce development system
- Greater value
- Better coordination
- Improved outreach to disconnected youth
6LEOs Role
- Interlocal Agreement
- How CLEO is determined
- How Board members are appointed, removed or
reappointed - Who the local workforce fiscal agent is and how
they are selected - How is liability apportioned
7Key Governance Agreements
- The Interlocal Agreement explaining how local
governments will conduct their many WIOA mandated
tasks. - A Memorandum of Agreement between the local
elected officials and the Workforce Board
explaining who does what and how disputes are
resolved.
8Key Workforce Governance Tasks
- Developing the new strategic workforce plan for
the entire local workforce system. - Cooperating with other workforce areas in your
region. - Agreeing on an annual workforce budget.
- Choosing Kentucky Career Center operators.
9Section 106
- Local areas identified
- Consistent with labor market areas
- Consistent with economic regions
- Available Federal and non-Federal funds
- Regions identified
- 1 local area
- 2 or more local areas and
- Interstate areas
10Steering Committee Review Factors
- Economic Regions
- Local Labor Market Areas
- Other Factors
11Local Area Options
- Initial Designation Criteria
- Option 1 No Change
- Option 2 LEO Change Requests
12Designation Process
- Initial Designation
- Approve requests for initial designation during
the first 2 years of enactment as a local area
if - Operated as a local area for 2 years prior to
WIOA - Performed successfully
- Sustained fiscal integrity
13WIA Boundary Review
14Local Area Option 1
15Option 1 No Change
- Pros
- Focus on strategic policy and service delivery
changes under WIOA - Workforce system partner relationships already
established - Stability in funding structures in local areas
16Option 1 No Change
- Cons
- Local Elected Official requests not granted
- Does not support streamlining of the workforce
system - Does not take advantage of the opportunity to
restructure local areas under WIOA
17Local Area Option 2
18Option 2 LEO Change Requests
- Pros
- Some Local Elected Official requests are granted
- Ownership in the system by local leaders
- Embraces the opportunity to change local areas
under WIOA - Increases local control over workforce funds
19Option 2 LEO Change Requests
- Cons
- Not in alignment with economic region, local
labor market area and commuting pattern data - There is not consensus among Local Elected
Officials that new local areas should be formed - Separates workforce planning between communities
that have the jobs and those that provide the
workforce - Limits economies of scale on administrative and
service delivery functions
20Regional Recommendation
- Regional Coordination
- Recommendation Three Intrastate Regions
21Regional Coordination
- Regional Planning
- Prepare a regional plan
- Establish regional service strategies
- Develop and implement sector strategies
- Collect and analyze regional labor market data
- Establish administrative cost arrangements
- Negotiate and oversee regional performance goals
- Coordinate transportation and support services
- Coordinate with regional economic development
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23Regional Recommendation Three Intrastate Regions
- Pros
- Recognizes LWIB work across local areas
- Supports economic region sector strategies work
- Allows for economy of scale on administrative and
service delivery functions
24Regional Recommendation Three Intrastate Regions
- Cons
- Difficult to achieve administrative savings with
different procurement processes/regulations - Challenging to achieve the same Career Center
Operator given different procurement approaches - Complexities of sharing performance data across
different IT infrastructures
25Local Options and Regional Recommendation Comments
26Next Steps
- Listening Sessions across the Commonwealth
- Collect written public comment
- Public comment and response report
- Steering Committee meeting to finalize
recommendations - Present to KWIB for review and approval
- Forward final recommendation to Governor for
consideration