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Timestamp: 2019-06-20 22:22:38
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Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities - Federal Grants Wire
To assist persons to secure employment and workforce information by providing a variety of services to both job seekers and employers free of charge. Job seekers are provided career services, which include: labor exchange services, job search assistance and workforce information services. and referrals to employment and other programs of assistance. These services are available universally to all job seekers. Employers can use these services to post job orders and be referred qualified applicants.
Fiscal Year 2014: Performance targets and results are reported in the agencies budget request at www.dol.gov/dol/aboutdol/main.htm#budget. Fiscal Year 2015: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2016: No Current Data Available
The Workforce Investment Act and The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128)
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128) was passed on July 22, 2014. It supersedes titles I and II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and amends the Wagner-Peyser Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The law went into effect on July 1, 2015. Also, unless otherwise stipulated, recipients are subject to Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards; Final Rule on December 26, 2013 and found at 2 CFR Part 200 along with the OMB approved exceptions for DOL at 2 CFR Part 2900 published on December 19, 2014 in the Federal Register., Public Law 105-220, as amended by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Public Law 113-128.
The system affords universal access to all jobseekers. In addition, services are available to employers seeking workers to fill job openings. Priority of service is given to veterans and other covered persons. The individuals receive priority referral to jobs, as well as specialized employment services and assistance.
2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. FORMULA GRANTS: Under WIOA, Wagner-Peyser is a "core" program, so the governor submits a single Unified State Plan or Combined State Plan in accordance with one of the Planning Guidances, issued through the Federal Register. The Planning Guidance provides detailed instruction on what must be included in the State Plan. The Unified Planning Guidance provides a framework for collaboration across programs and integration of services including WIOA Title I programs and Wagner-Peyser Activities, and WIOA Titles II and IV programs housed with the Department of Education. The Combined Plan includes these programs as well as other non-DOL programs. The plan is submitted to the Federal Coordinator for Plan Review and Approval (currently Heather Fleck), Division of WIOA Adult Services and Workforce System, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-4209, Washington, DC 20210.
Those portions of the State Plan over which the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training exercises authority are reviewed and approved by the Employment and Training Administration. Formula funds are awarded to the states based on a statutory formula provided in the authorizing legislation or, as in the case of LMI grants, based on an administrative formula. The State Plans include services to persons with disabilities and other targeted groups.
Wagner-Peyser Employment Services Grants: The Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 established a nationwide system of public employment offices which is known as the Employment Service. Wagner-Peyser was amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and as of July 22, 2014, by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), making the Employment Service part of the American Job Center (AJC) system, also known as the One-Stop Career Center delivery system. AJCs provide an integrated array of high-quality services that workers, job seekers, and businesses can access services under one roof in easy-to-reach locations, with many services also offered through self-service electronic access. These services provide universal access to all including a variety of persons with multiple challenges to employment, including persons with disabilities.
These services include assessment of skill levels, abilities, and aptitudes, career guidance when appropriate, job search workshops, and referral to jobs or training as appropriate. The services offered to employers, in addition to referral of job seekers to job openings, include matching job requirements with job seeker experience, skills and other attributes, helping with special recruitment needs, assisting employers analyze hard-to-fill job orders, assisting with job restructuring and helping employers deal with layoffs.
Under Wagner-Peyser Act Section 7(b), ten percent of the total sums allotted to each state workforce agency shall be reserved for use by the governor to provide performance incentives; services for groups with special needs; and for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering job services.
Labor Market Information Grants to States: This allows for the development and distribution of state and local workforce information which allows job seekers, employers, and providers and planners of job training and economic development to obtain information pertaining to job opportunities, labor supply, labor market or workforce trends, and the market situation in particular industries. For Wagner-Peyser Employment Services Grants to states, the funds must be used for career services, including labor exchange activities, labor market, and workforce information purposes. Training is not an allowable activity.
For formula grants, quarterly performance reporting is required in addition to quarterly financial, activities and outcomes reports. No cash reports are required. No progress reports are required. For formula grants, quarterly financial reports are required. Monitoring is conducted by Regional Federal Project Officers based on quarterly reports.
Statutory Formula: Title The Wagner-Peyser Act , Chapter Section 6 (b)(4), Public Law 29 U.S.C. 493.
Amanda Ahlstrand 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Room C-4526, Washington, District of Columbia 20210 Email: ahlstrand.amanda@dol.gov Phone: 202-693-3052 Fax: 202-693-3981
(Formula Grants) FY 14 $695,000,000; FY 15 est $693,000,000; and FY 16 est $693,000,000. (Project Grants) FY 14 $23,000,000; FY 15 est $27,000,000; and FY 16 est $27,000,000
20 CFR Part 652 - Establishment and Functioning of State Employment Services: Part 662 - Description of the One Stop System under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act; Part 663 - Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act; Sub part A - Delivery of Adult and Dislocated Worker Services through the One Stop Service Delivery System; Part 1001-Services for Veterans.