Barriers to Employment

The Barriers to Employment are included in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr803/BILLS-113hr803enr.pdf

The Barriers to Employment are primarily based on self-reporting by the learner, except in circumstances where the barrier may be observed and all barriers should be tracked in accordance with state policies or guidelines.

In LACES, the Barriers to Employment display as read-only in the student's Demographics panel and can be edited/updated in the student's History tab > Barriers to Employment History panel.

When a new student is entered into LACES, a Barriers to Employment record will be created in the Barriers to Employment History panel with the start date the same as the intake date.  This record can be edited if an error was made.  

When a student's Barriers to Employment change, a new record may be added. The most recent barriers will display at the Demographic tab/ Demographic panel.

On the WIOA Statewide and Local Performance Report, students are included based on their barriers at program entry so a new Barrier record should be added if the student leaves and returns to the program after 90+ days if there are any changes in the barriers.