WIOA Core Program Definitions

To track WIOA Core Partner program enrollment, agencies should ask students if they are also receiving services for Titles I, III, or IV. These are as follows:

Title I Adult and Title I Dislocated Worker: WIOA Title I Adult and Dislocated Worker funding streams pay for career services and training services.

Career services cover a broad range of activities, including:

·        initial and comprehensive assessment of skills

·        providing information about careers and the local labor market

·        job search assistance

·        development of an individual employment plan

·        career counseling

·        internships and work experiences linked to careers

·        financial literacy

·        English language acquisition and Integrated Education and Training

·        information and assistance in filing for unemployment compensation

·        assistance in establishing eligibility for federal and state financial aid

Training services include:

·        occupational skills training

·        on-the-job training

·        incumbent worker training

·        transitional jobs

·        and adult education and literacy provided concurrently or in combination with other training services

Local areas may also provide support services and needs-related payments to assist individuals participating in career and training services.

Title I Youth: WIOA is designed to serve low-income youth who face barriers to continued education and employment. Eligibility is defined separately for out-of-school youth and in-school youth. At least 75 percent of formula funds must be allocated for out-of-school youth.

Out-of-school youth are those aged 16-24 who are not attending any school as defined by state law and
meet at least one of these criteria:

·        dropped out of school

·        is within compulsory school age but did not attend during the previous schoolyear

·        has obtained a secondary school diploma or equivalent but is low
income and basic skills deficient or an English language learner

·        is in the juvenile or adult justice systems

·        is homeless, a runaway, or either in or aged out of foster care

·        is pregnant or parenting

·        is an individual with a disability

·        and/or is low-income and “requires additional assistance to enter or complete an educational program or to secure or hold employment.”

In-school youth are low-income individuals aged 14-21 who are attending school and meet at least one of these criteria:

·        is basic skills deficient

·        is an English language learner

·        is homeless, a runaway, or either in or aged out of foster care

·        is pregnant or parenting

·        is an individual with a disability

·        and/or “requires additional assistance to complete an education program or secure and hold employment.”

Title III Wagner-Peyser: Labor exchange services are considered a type of career service under WIOA and are available to all individuals legally entitled to work in the U.S. There are no eligibility criteria for Wagner-Peyser as long as the individual has authorization to work in the U.S.

Title IV Vocational Rehabilitation: State agencies determine eligibility and provision of service. Eligibility is limited to adults who have a physical or mental impairment that results in substantial employment
barriers and who require Title IV services to “prepare for, secure, retain, advance in, or regain employment that is consistent with the applicant’s strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities,
capabilities, interests, and informed choice.” 35 States must give priority of services to persons with
the “most significant disabilities”; others can be put on a waiting list.